I took life apart
To see what made stars glow;
I wove a web of silver truth,
Untangled row by row.
I took life apart,
Each gear and cog and spring;
I mapped each broken hand
And mended them with string.
I took life apart
And put it back in place.
I labeled every shade of light
And painted night a face.
Life took itself apart,
Came back a whole size smaller,
Shielding me with crystal walls
To the clouds and taller.
Life once held me close
Yet showed me so much more.
Now I’m walking along that wall,
Looking for a door.
Hope Ann likes to think of herself as an undercover resistance fighter in the battle for truth. In reality, her bluntness and sarcasm make her anything but “undercover.” The oldest of nine children, she has an arsenal of experience ranging from jiu-jitsu, living in the Dominican Republic for two years, and working with troubled teenagers.
Her greatest struggle is realizing she can’t do everything, but it hasn’t stopped her from periodically trying.
Based in central Indiana, her day-to-day life involves brainstorming theories about Sanderson’s Cosmere with her husband, collecting situation-perfect memes, and struggling to remember the difference between effect and affect. She is the author of nine fantasy books, a writing coach, and a former board member of Story Embers.
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You should write rhyme more often. 😍
*grins* It was fun. Normally they come to me as free verse though.
Very nice!!!! Bravo! Bravo! Encore! Encore! Thank you for sharing a piece of yourself with us.
Thanks for sharing this poem, Hope. I really enjoyed it.
Ahh, I love this so much! So imaginative and beautifully expressed.
Great poem I too write poetry And right now I’m writing a children’s book in rhyme
You just crushed that rhyme. Wow. I love how precise and powerful each word is. You owned this piece!