Written by Lizzi and HastyWords
The sun trickled magically down
Lighting the very tips of my toes
Oiling my skin with glowing warmth
Glittering in the air between those
Canopies of red and orange blurred
As my eyes searched for morning
I didn’t know; my ears had not yet heard
The blackbird’s cry of warning
Not sure how long I had dozed off
Only that I had wandered too far
To come back fully from that moment
Where the woods between the worlds are
Distant sirens brought a strange relief
As I began to notice how bare I felt
Whether they heralded rescue or conviction
T’would at least be change from where I dwelt
Focus continued to play hide and seek
As a frightful image came into my periphery
It clenched within my gut as I awoke
Darkening my dawn with an epiphany
Far too many yesterdays were spent
Reliving this moment of my rebirth
I squandered my days away and now
Am empty-handed, pondering my worth
A survivor found among leaves and dirt
I now try to survive the piece mill memory
That threatens to swallow my future whole
A long ago tragedy claiming me as its casualty
Its poison claws embedded in my psyche
From this my soul will never be unwed
My hollow eyes seek solace in the skies
Then I turn and pull the covers o’er my head
HASTYWORDS 
Thank you so much for having me over to play words with you. I loved writing this together. And thanks for sharing my blog, too 🙂 You’re a dear, sweet lady.
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That was incredible!! Wow! I envy poets like you two!! I’ve tried to write a couple but nothing close to the awesomeness of this!! Thank you both for sharing your gift!
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Thank you Melissa, for your kind words. And by the way, I saw you wrote a poem for Laura’s blog hop, so you HAVE IT IN YOU! Just practice 🙂 You can do it.
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Uhmazing!
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Fanx, my friend 🙂 It was UH-MAY-zing to be part of creating, too.
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Writing with Hasty is always a joy.
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This was my first time. She was gentle with me, and we made the world move so much a wood appeared between it and the other worlds 🙂
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You actually did. This poem really was THAT fantastic.
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I’m glad it was good for you, too. I hope it was for Hasty as well – judging by what she said up there, I’m gonna go ahead and assume it was.
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Writing with Hasty is how she gets to know you, so I have no doubt she enjoyed it very much. I’ve never met anyone quite like her, and that is very much a compliment.
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OH! Well then I shall bear that in mind 😀
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This was fantastic! I had to read it through twice, and then again. Absolutely amazing you two! So glad you decided to work together!
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I not-so-secretly love that you could figure out some of the parts I wrote, because you know my poetry so well now 😀
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It’s like knowing your favorite authors. I can pick Hasty out of some of her duets as well 😀
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I’m not that clever at it yet. You’ll teach me 🙂
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I could pick you out too I think!
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Wow…that imagery…..just wow. So well done Lizzi and Hasty. That was luxurious to read.
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I’m glad you enjoyed it. I aim to please 🙂
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Some places recall, record different events, singing mixed words as they rewrite changed experiences in the mind tripping ones usual thoughts on such descriptions in a wake to fresh histories moments unable to wind them back. An amazing short exploration to ponder upon, the duet above.
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Thank you 🙂
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Standing ovation for both of you! Awesome!
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Thank you very much *curtseys prettily*
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This is freaking amazing. LOVELOVELOVE!
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*exhales* you commented twice and CONFUSED me! I was all “who the hell did I reply to before?!”
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I did because it didn’t show up the first time that I had commented and I thought it didn’t go through and all well, I loved it twice!
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LOL! I don’t mind you loving it twice.
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nice…
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Ahhh thank you very much. Do you see two clarks?
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awesome
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Thank you very much indeed 🙂
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Oh no… thank you…
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Loved the poem. The photo is gorgeous, too.
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Thanks Kitt 🙂 Hasty found a gorrrrgeous picture, didn’t she? Reminds me of a painting I once did.
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You should keep it forever so we BOTH know how awesomerockin we are, right? No joke – get that arrogance going with me – we GOT THIS! We pwned at poeming.
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Gorgeous ladies! The title is actually my favorite part of the poem, “the woods between the worlds”. LOVE!
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Meaning my favorite part WITHIN the poem 🙂
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