It’s Quadrille Monday over at the dVerse Poets Pub! This time our writing prompt is some form of the word crack.
ℵ
Almost never
a sliver of sunlight cracks through
the brick-like layer of eternal gloom.
For a nanosecond, I convince myself that
you are at work
or the hardware store.
The accident never happened;
It was all a mistake
and you’ll be home
any minute.
(for Delfina O.)
The Abject Muse 
Gah. This tore my heart out. So well done.
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Thank you, whimzy.
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Grief is a tale well penned here; a lot of emotion packed in but a handful of words. Fact or fiction, it soars like a gull.
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Thank you so much, Glenn! 🙂
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Wow. Such much heartache packed into this. Real or not, it packs a punch.
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Much appreciated, kanzen sakura.
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Oh Susan, that sent a deep shiver of sadness through me. So very touching.
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Thanks, Rob.
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Tiny tale, but not to small to cause a tear to fall. Happy Monday.
Much✏lovr
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Thank you, gillena.
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Heartbreaking. Well constructed!
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Deeply saddened by the realization of life or death & the unknown. Nicely written!
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Thanks so much, Lisa!
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This stings and bites to the core. That gloom can be devastating.
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Thank you, Grace! Much appreciated.
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May the sunlight make it through the gloom.
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oh dear. oh dear. i have no words. T_T
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Sometimes words are hard to find in such a situation. Thank you!
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that is true.
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Even if we don’t know what happened the grief is still so clear.
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Thank you, Bjorn. That’s what I was aiming for. 🙂
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A powerful glimpse through a crack in grief.
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Heartbreak in 44 words. Your words touched my heart.
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Thank you, Beverly. Much appreciated!
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Such heartbreak in so few words.
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It’s a dangerous place to go, but go we must on the path of letting go…
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Letting go is so difficult. And like you said, dangerous too.
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Loss is a powerful darkness and it’s hard to have hope for the light again. You’ve captured that feeling so well in this poem.
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Thank you Mish! Much appreciated. 🙂
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You have painted a picture of heartbreak.
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Heartbreak in all flavors seems to be my forte, I’m afraid. Thank you for stopping by!
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😔
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