Words In Motion

Words In Motion

Poetry

Cement is Setting

on the furling sails of my ship

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Tree Langdon
Jan 19, 2024
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ice and snow
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My mind drifts.
Thoughts disperse in tiny cuts
as the whip licks its lips.

Memories break away
in large grey chunks of ice
and crash into the sea
sinking out of sight.

I lo…

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