For @writeblrcafes Cinnamon Prompt.

for @writeblrcafe’s “cinnamon” prompt.

a candlelit corridor

with endless doors

on and on

and on it goes

keep walking, keep moving,

to an end I can’t see

just keep moving, keep moving

until I’m free

don’t think, don’t speak

just keep walking, keep walking

don’t breathe - don’t leave

block out the whispers, the talking

don’t touch the doors

don’t touch the locks

because if I opened those doors

what would come out?

a candlelit corridor

with endless doors

on and on

and on it goes

wintertime comes with white snow and blue ice

with lights so merry and fires burning bright

with holly and pine and mistletoe

and children laughing in joyful delight

crisp is the wind and warm is the hearth

open to the weary travelers who roam

on this winter day, let none be alone

welcome home—welcome home

my secret santa gift to the lovely @azriel-alexander-holmes! May you have a wonderful holiday <3

--based on the turmeric prompt for @writeblrcafe

Who let these wings unfold, bits of beige and gray, only bound to fly in the darkest of places deluding myself that light will come for me?

Why couldn't I be one of them-- those who take in all the colors of the rainbow with a flap of wings, those who glimmer without the need to shout out their existence from a charred throat?

The pupa disintegrates on the branch; my moth metamorphosis shaking off the last remains of a putrid shell, sinking into the frost-tinged earth.

Nothing stops the winter from coming-- except if I fly towards the sun. A star which fades faster than I desired, falling down towards oblivion with its bloodied streaks and scarlet shadows.

So, unfurl these beige wings, if the world demands it.

I will still fly towards the flames, even if they consume me. --Elda Mengisto

For @writeblrcafe’s “star anise” prompt.

Golden leaves on trees

autumn’s cold breeze rushes through-

a single leaf falls.

just like the sea

just like the sea, I drown in your eyes

your eyes of blue, green, and gold

your fluid grace as you come near then pull back

and all of your secrets untold

my blood is burning, rivers of poison,

my heart a great tree you so swiftly felled

down I fell, cradled in your arms

yet so gently I was held

just like the sea, your temper was slow

yet I was caught in your storm

tossed aside and half-drowned

until I crawled back home

just like the sea, crashing against stone

the stone of the walls of my mind

cracking, crumbling, tumbling down

as our fingers intertwined

yet just like the sea, I couldn’t see

the true depth of your heart

beyond the surface of those waters

so deep I sank as I fell apart

so just like the sea, I chased the horizon

chasing after your heart

yet as sun set and darkness came

no stars guided me out

just like the sea, you are wild

uncontrollable by people like me

and perhaps that’s why I fell so hard

for those eyes just like the sea