From Ashes
She opens a shoe box filled to
the brim with letters she never
sent. He always called from Denver
when he needed to fight the hue
of loneliness his searching drew.
She ignites a match to penned guards,
letting pain burn the house of cards
down to the ashes staining her
spirit. “Love will not be deferred,”
she whispers, cutting free his barbs.
Poetic Form 65: Decima
There are various versions of the Decima poetic form. The form I used is popular
in Puerto Rico. The form has 10 lines with 8 syllables per line. The form has the
following rhyme scheme:
A
B
B
A
A
C
C
D
D
C
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