cloudy sunrises painted with billowing birdsong

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@lalalucky thank you so much! But the thread is not ending just yet >.>


~ april 30th ~

39. cloudy sunrises painted with billowing birdsong

i hear it now.
the cacophony weaves itself
into a melody,
of sparrows, of crows, of seagulls,
of feathers.

it was listening all along,
floating behind the twinkling light,
under the searing, tenebrous dark.

like a match in the dark,
it is luminescent,
enough for me to
find my way home.
Good is not a thing you are. It's a thing you do.
- Ms. Marvel

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~ april 30th ~

40. resolution (credit to Merriam Webster for the definitions on the first line)

resolution (noun)
res·​o·​lu·​tion

a) the act of finding a solution to a conflict or problem

tie me a knot,
make it tight,
make it pretty,
twist this length of ribbon.

find some fate
where no thing has to die,
no thing has to hurt,
or without any protest of the detritivores.


b) firmness of resolve

this is my ground,
this is my soil,
i stand by you,
but not for you.
your grim eyes
don't shake me.


c) a formal expression of opinion, will, or intent voted by an official body or assembled group or of an individual in the pursuit of a goal

i can see stars
through the telescope.
one day i will hurtle towards them,
for how long, it matters not,
i will reach that light.
i can almost grasp it now.


d) the measure of sharpness of an image

your eyes are
supernova,
or perhaps they are an explosion
of irrational human emotion.
pupils rounded,
they still see not
what truly lies beneath.


e) the point in a literary or dramatic work at which the main conflict is worked out

my arm was
outside the water while i drowned.
i made it so you could pull me,
drag me out, scrape away the leeches,
pretend i never touched it.

i have cleaned,
and i have washed away that fear.
i am
anew.
i am
resolved.
Good is not a thing you are. It's a thing you do.
- Ms. Marvel

LuminescentAnt ~ Lum ~ Ant
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Congratulations on completing NaPo (AND surpassing it by 10 extra poems!!)

i can see stars
through the telescope.
one day i will hurtle towards them,


!! I really enjoy all the variety and vividness of your imagery - final poem with the twist on the definition of resolution is a fun and effective ending too! Congrats!
you should know i am a time traveler &
there is no season as achingly temporary as now
but i have promised to return




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@alliyah thank you so much!! And thank you also for reading my poems too <333
Good is not a thing you are. It's a thing you do.
- Ms. Marvel

LuminescentAnt ~ Lum ~ Ant
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