Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – For Your Consideration – Sexton’s Room
“WRITE A SOMETHING INSPIRED BY THIS LINE FROM ONE OF ANNE SEXTON’S POEMS:”
“THE BLACK ROOM TOOK US LIKE A CAVE”
Dark, dark, dark. I could
not see my own fingers
in front of me. Please
let this be a nightmare–
short length–because if
this is my new reality,
I will be dead before
morning in this isolated
cave.
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I like that this poem is so haunting.
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Thanks, Mike!
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