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POEM STARTER
Enchantment and Mystery
Write a poem, in any style, that comes to mind with these two words.
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Chattering floors,
Scuffed like copper,
Where shoes collide
To move as one
Flowing dresses,
On their hands, lie
Diamond secrets,
With long faces,
Moving below
Banquets set with
Ruby sherries,
Amber glasses,
Garnish desserts,
Fatted meat, there,
Off far tables,
Where melting eyes
Shine like rivers,
Masquerading,
As they smile
In the dimly
Litted rumours
Of the poor man’s
Ideations...
They escaped down the narrow hallway dimly lit with candles emerging from the walls.
A powerful force blew past them and into the wall to their right. Just inches from death, they began sprinting even faster and swung a left.
Into the library, they bolted up the spiral staircase enveloped in vines and dissapeared amongst the towering shelves of books.
After an intense search, they finally stumb...
I drank and danced
the night away.
With the skeletons,
I could not sway.
Till the dawn rose up,
with blood in its teeth.
My soul no longer a virgin,
old faiths eclipse beneath...
I slept with midnight,
a corpse now, in the light.
Sex and agony painted
across my skin.
Those wounds growing
deeper with every new sin.
Upon my deathbed I
memorized the sky.
Until the first kiss from death...
Children ask me "Do you believe in magic?"
They already know the answer, but it does them no harm to hear it over and over.
Yes.
I believe in a summer storm spending itself over the water,
Forks of light ripping through the sky, leaving the world scrubbed and the air perfumed with salt.
I believe in the last notes of a violin, played alone, when the only light comes from a crescent moon, a secre...
It’s just a game
Puzzles and tricks
Two of the same
But one you pick
Caged again
By lock and key
Play pretend
No one will see

The real you—
Hidden inside
They’ll say “who?”
You’re in disguise.
Wave the wand
Sparks will fly
All is calm
Until you die
It’s all a game
While you’re still fine
But it’s not the same
When you’re trapped inside
A reckless trick
An unseen twist
It’s all shits and...
Sometimes I wanna be the snake
Graceful in its lethality
An evocation of fear and envy
The manifestation of the hate I’d never dare to show
And yes, I am self aware enough to know that what I am romanticizing isn’t beauty
And surely I’d recognize that if I ever had the courage to become what I am not
But in weakness I imagine it must be nice to have the talent, the intelligence come so easily
And...
Don’t be afraid
The unknown is there for us
to conquer not to fear
Mystery and enchantment
is how you thrive my dear
Mystery is like tossing a rock
into calm waters
It ripples with succession
making circles upon circles
Leading to repercussion
The rock sinks
the ripples will clear
It’s back to a surface of glass
Untouched from the rocks wrath
No sign of trespass
Enchantment is that at ...
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