NaPoWriMo Day 6: Prayer

Prompt: Write a poem that stretches your comfort zone with line breaks. That could be a poem with very long lines, or very short lines. Or a poem that blends the two. You might break to emphasize (or de-emphasize) sounds or rhymes, or to create a moment of hesitation in the middle of a thought.

PRAYER

Be anything everything but not gone I wake up to this this this name no name you not you an aborted embryo of a thought in the coffin of my mind mind mind mine minefield field f d g k t sh consonants with no vowels a gasp of air air eh aaaaa ahhh ahh ah in a vacuum your mouth opens wide like a great misshapen flower and all that comes out is ah – eh –

word bubbles dis

                         sol

                            ving into e       m       p       t       y        s      p        a         c       e

                and all that’s left is

                                      a  f  t e r  t   h  o u   g  ht

                                            f a   d    i    n   g      a f t  e  r    i  m   a   g   e

                                                      dis    si     pated  sm     oke from the last put

                                                                                                                             put

                                                                                                                         put

                                                                                                                            of dwarf

                                                                                                                  fireworks