Sunday, July 12, 2015

Mapie Tales: Alight

from Magpie Tales

Alight
Training on man made tracks
I head for the light at the beginning of the tunnel
Hoping I will come out intact, whole,
A strong warrior of my kind.
Striding the land in confidence,
I am assured to prevail.
The dawn tells me so. 

© Gerry at Strummed Words


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12 comments:

Berowne said...

Fine response to the prompt...

Unknown said...

This has an interesting voice to it. Nice write.

Anonymous said...

Nice! I love that last line.

Gemma Wiseman said...

The dawn is the visual hope of the light within. A nice one.

JiRa said...

She does have a look of confidence doesn't she!

Deepa said...

Lovely take on the prompt

Keith's Ramblings said...

Confident words - I'm sure she'll come out intact!

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Helen said...

Beautiful, strong poetry ...

Truedessa said...

This sounds like a bit of a quest..and I am confident she will come out a stronger warrior.

Kutamun said...

Thems fightin words , Gerry , good one

Ira said...

Hope and confidence keep us moving... nice take on the prompt!

Tess Kincaid said...

You go warrior woman...

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