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Rose and the Compass

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October 3, 2017
Rose and the Compass by kiwi-damnation
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Rose held the compass in her hand,
She did not know this foreign land,
She’d walked so far, she could not stand,
Where was that man? Where was that man?

And in the distance – silhouettes,
She panicked, feeling quick regret
But she was weary, soiled and wet,
The figures met, the figures met.

Her body trembled as the sky
Changed drastically before her eyes,
No warning ‘fore the blackest night,
“Can I still fight?” “Can I still fight?”

A pap’ry cloth was placed in hand
With subtle grains of soil and sand,
“What is this?” Rose did so demand,
“It is the plan”, “It is the plan”

“Please carry these towards the seas”
“And when you hear the wind’s howl cease”
“Just place it in the cockle’s key”
“Then leave it be”, “Then leave it be”

She stumbled, staggered to the beach
And soon she came to seashell’s breech,
The cloth fragmented once in reach,
The cockle screeched, the cockle screeched.

The day was bright with greens and golds
A warmth replaced the biting cold,
Home now, no longer did she hold,
The compass old, the compass old.
Flashlit with the delightful cholie. I was feeling edgy so I decided to flashlit the annoyance away. It worked :). Oh and this is a monotetra (iambic tetrameter, monorhyme and last line is same 4 beats repeated.)

Prompt: "Compass Rose" by cholie :).

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:heart: Sammy
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shelleypalmer's avatar
Love this! So different!