Waking day gives light to dusted ruins and powder that coats the lungs. The world is dry, water lines drop like heart rates among the rubble, she dreams of golden sunsets that do not leave her skin plastered with a sickly glow or sand that makes her skin raw.
“K~a~t~h~e~r~i~n~e”
She could swear the harsh, gritty wind rasps her name. Its voice like a betrayed lover choking on poison, and that’s what it might as well be, It whips at her with a vengeance as if to strip the skin from her very bones. And ducking, winding through the wreckage of a world that seems so long passed, she searches for anything to keep her going for one more day. Existence is dwindling; a mere puff of smoke stretching out, disappearing from the lips of a smoker into the thick night air. Predators lurk in the shadows, desperate, rabid with hunger, but so is she. The simplicity of just slipping away and giving up does not appeal to her, falling like so many others have, she will not claim defeat. Her heart aches to reach out, strengthen, thrive and conquer among this strange new way of life.
Hearts have one desire. To keep beating. And Katherine’s is no exception.
Author notes
so...I sat down to write and this is what came out....
A contest entry
- a single name. by Kathraina.
675 points, ended November 11, 11 entries
Bronze trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Comments
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Wow, I really enjoyed this read! Excellent word usage here, I love the imagery in every line. Creative and very appealing piece
bravo and thank you for entering
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Thank you so much I'm glad you enjoyed it and thank you for the bronze
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I just smile at how vivid you always write. This piece just made my mind run wild with every word. Good luck in the contest by the way
And see...something came to ya
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Haha, you're so positive
Thanks for reading
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Well you won bronze, but of course I would have given you gold...alllllll the way
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haha, it wasn't that good...I'm surprised it got a trophy at all
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Well someone thought it was good enough to win something so
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