November PAD Challenge – write. design. create.

The mental load weighs heavily…

A work in progress
partially formed.

Awake from the responsibilities
that have popped into my mind
overnight, I overcome
exhaustion with caffeine.

I will find you, near or far.

leaning back to each other in a sine.

The costume gives me strength.

One day
I won’t be surprised
by the immeasurable grief

Have you thought about my proposal?
… read on …

I had more questions than answers.
… read on …

In this moment
I stare down my enemy.
Confronted with a choice…

Blood rushes
from the gaping wound,
a ragged trench
relinquishing an army
of red blood cells.

Sources say
explosions rang out
and no one intervened.

Your reputation precedes you,
the perfect candidate
to carry out my work…

It’s always the same.
The projects differ,
the details vary,
the challenges reward.

Sparks fly
building into something
more than friendship.