Nominated for Best Poem in the 2013 Quicksilver Quill Awards
Categories: Poetry Characters: None
Warnings: None
Challenges:
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Completed: Yes
Word count: 106 Read: 1285
Published: 07/16/12 Updated: 07/22/12
Nominated for Best Poem in the 2013 Quicksilver Quill Awards
Categories: Poetry Characters: None
Warnings: None
Challenges:
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Completed: Yes
Word count: 106 Read: 1285
Published: 07/16/12 Updated: 07/22/12
One cheerful chime sounds,
Out of step,
Like lone birdsong at midnight.
You are that clock:
The solitary singer,
Taking your joy where none else will.
You choose:
Laughter in the silence of a library,
Bold light through thrown-back blackout curtains.
A shining cry rises,
drawing you away,
Like a fledgling’s hungry call.
The clocks in the house
Tick on
Like dutiful daughters.
A/N: And I must add more words to meet the minimum. Ah, MNFF, why are you so silly? I can't even add 'this was written for so-and-so challenge' because it wasn't...