Day number One: Spooky
OctPoWriMo: Fears (Day #1)
Written at the end of September, because I realized that October is the month of art challenges; and I wanted to get a jump on them. I cannot locate this year's OctPoWriMo, but have found a fellow writer who is posted and sharing their artistic endeavours. So, I will post all of them from poetry to illustration, and maybe a little in between.
Today's date is inspired by Maya Angelou. While not quite of the same caliber, it certainly feels the moment.
Repeating Nightmares
There are many times,
Of things I have tried
That I could repeat.
Chosen to quickly
Not chosen fast enough,
That I could repeat.
Treated people wrongly,
Bullied or badgered.
Maybe, I could repeat.
I wish to try again
And only do I know
If I could repeat.
I do not want to try again
Only to know I have failed,
They I did repeat the mistakes.
Less likely to try again,
Afraid of what might begin
The future repeat mistakes.
Yet, if I don't know, or try
How will I escape the repeat fields
That I dread to repeat.
I fell in love again
Build a life again,
But this time I try a different step
To avoid repeated mistakes, again.
8:15pm 9/30/2023
I like how you explored building fears through repetition, "Afraid of what might begin
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I suddenly remembered that it is October, and searched for the Octpowrimo site. Alas, it seems it is not being run this year. #wanttowriteagain
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