In an effort to write more frequent blog posts, I drew a prompt from “642 Things to Write About” by the San Francisco Writer’s Grotto, which I highly recommend. It quickly became a short poem instead of the longer flash piece I expected. Please enjoy.
A word spoken, a secret kept.
A match lit, a light goes out.
An egg boiled, a bird takes flight.
A dime lost, a lottery won.
A child cries, an old man smiles.
A breath gasped, a person shot.
A hearth kindles; a bomb explodes.
A bus brakes; a plane crashes.
A flag waves; a war sparks.
A pin drops; the sky falls.
In just a second,
The world changes.
Actions are taken.
Lives are begun,
Lives are ended.
In just a second…
A word is spoken.
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