Ephemeral: An Eleventh Power*
Someone shattered your fragile heart with sweet lies,
someone freed the inner demons you keep inside,
someone left you without answering your whys,
someone laughed hard without seeing that you cried,
someone belied your efforts and many tries,
someone neglected your presence in one stride,
they dug hollow holes inside your once tough soul,
the suffocating pain’s like a burning coal.
As you transformed from whole to a broken piece,
remember those someones who denied your right to bliss,
pain’s ephemeral, you’ll be back, I promise.
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©2016 Rosemawrites@A Reading Writer. All Rights Reserved.
Photo credit: Unsplash.com
Word Inspiration: Sarah Doughty of Heartstring Eulogies (Thank you, Sarah!)
Eleventh Power is an invented stanzaic form introduced by Christina Jussaume who requests the subject be uplifting.
The Eleventh Power is:
- stanzaic, written in any number of 11 line stanzas.
- syllabic, 11 syllables each.
- rhymed, rhyme scheme abababccddd or ababababccc.
This is great!
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Hi there! Thank you very much! 😀
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absolutely gorgeous! Love the image and the poem, especially its empowering end. You’re on a roll my friend!
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Thank you very much, Mel! Long poetic lines are not my comfort zones thus this one was a tough piece to make. I dumped more or less 5 whole poems after I got this one. 🙂
This is also close to my heart so I am glad it empowered you too! 🙂
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You’re welcome 🙂 You should rework the rejects into future poems. 🙂 waste no words!
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HAHAHAH. I will take note of that! Thanks dear!
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You’re welcome 🙂
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❤ ❤ ❤
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🙂
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Oh this was so beautiful. It resonated inside my heart. And Melinda is correct, your ending promised hope and it made this piece all so more wonderful.
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Oh dear. Thank you! This is straight from my heart, a reminder to self sort of poem, thus, it is extra special that it resonated with your heart, too. ❤
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A wonderful delight! I am sharing this lovely piece.
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aww. thank you, Muse!! 😀
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You’re utmost welcome, Rosema.
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❤ ❤ ❤
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Reblogged this on La Petit Muse and commented:
If you need a little hope in your life right now…
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Oh thank you!
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Love this. Simply beautiful.
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Hi there!! thank you very much for your kind words. ❤
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My pleasure!
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If you won’t mind. May I ask how you have reached this little blog of mine? 🙂 ❤
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A reblog, I think. I just saw your poem and loved it; I look forward to exploring more of your site once I get a bit more free time and computer access=)
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Thank you for answering my question!:) No worries. I understand. Thank you again. 😉
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Beautiful word to use. Pain lasts only short time. For your main character, that’s a relief. She’ll come back stronger I hope.
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Thank you for your wise insights, Mandi! Yes. Pain is ephemeral. 🙂 ❤
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Powerful writing, Rosey–I could feel the pain amid the lovely, lovely lines.
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oh thank you dear, sissy. I wrote this when I am at my lowest time. It’s as if a reminder to self. 😀
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That is so good–to write it out, and provide a reminder for yourself, Bravo!!! <3<3<3
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Thank you, dear sissy! You are my inspiration during those tough times. 🙂 ❤
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Oh my goodness–I’m not always the best role model/mentor, but I do my best for you ❤ xxoo
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you are enough for me, sissy. more than enough. ❤
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Oh, you are just the dearest, sweetest thing!
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you deserve that! 😀
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I’m just full of *kilig* tonight….thank you ❤
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yay! 😀 😀 😀 love to give you loads of kilig dear!! 😀 you;re most welcome!
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I’ll never get to sleep tonight–so very excited, because the voices make everything so much more Real ❤
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Awww. You should sleep! not sleeping might be bad for you! 😀 😀 😀
Yeah. I agree. That’s what I felt when I heard your voice for the first time too! I am smiling and crying all at the same time! 😀
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Will have to do more of these now–in the future, not “now” now… I’m such a mess! And I think I’ll go fix a sandwich, so…don’t know if I’ll be back on WP. If not–God bless you, dear heart, till tomorrow!
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Okay dearest! 😀 😀 😀 you have a great night! ❤
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Now I am back–tummy full (roast beef sandwich)!
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geez!!! my mouth’s watering!!!
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Did I tell you that Jeff taught me how to do my roast? I was stunned that he knew something about cooking that I didn’t, hahaha!!
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HAHAHA! Roast and coffee! He is surely a cook!!!
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Yes, he can do just enough to survive–with my help, haha! I think he also gave me some tips for chicken–but I’ve already forgotten them, yikes! Today I gave him the rest of the Banana Cream Pie so I wouldn’t eat any more 🙂
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Awww. So Jeff has a family sister?
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His daughter and grandson live north of us, but he doesn’t see them too much–she works–but he’s taking his grandson on a little vacation next month, so that will be nice for them.
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Oooh.. 🙂
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🙂
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An intriguing poetic form. I admire your message. Though the negative influences are withering, “pain’s ephemeral, you’ll be back, I promise.” Too many think happiness is ephemeral. But it’s pain that doesn’t last, not really. Terrific teaching, sister!
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Thank you, brother!! This is a tough form to write. As you may noticed, I write short poems. And this requires 11 syllables per line. I think I dumped 5 poems before I come up with this one. 🙂 I am glad to conveyed that message. Thank you, brother!
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The results are worth the work. I don’t do nearly as well with poem forms as you do well. I do have parts of poems around, having “dumped” them as you have yours. Your poetry, sister, is beautiful fruit from all your nourishing.
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Thank you very much, brother! 😀 You are great in what you do. 😉 Let’s embrace our individualities. 😉
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A hopeful and positive message. I love the imagery. Just beautiful!
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awww. thank you, Gilda! This is a tough poem to write but it is close to my heart. 🙂
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