Lauren M. Hancock Poetry and Prose

Month: January 2021

  • Poem: Denounced – 01/01/21

    Poem: Denounced – 01/01/21

    Not right, not right, not right.
    Matchmaking is more than a plight,
    I shall denounce the insolence with a single breath
    into the dead of night.

    Who minds that only I am the one who breathes,
    flames flicker by my outstretched hands,
    extended sleeves,
    I shall not learn what it means to flee.

    I will stand strong and steadfast
    without losing face,
    treated unfairly,
    lost the place in my race,

    it’s not right to besmirch on a day such as this,
    wriggle those magical fingers,
    fend off those ill feels,
    I shan’t bother to ache,
    rather I’ll begin to heal.

    © 2021 Lauren M. Hancock. All rights reserved.

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  • Poem: Delicate – 01/01/21

    Poem: Delicate – 01/01/21

    Perhaps some are meant to be
    apart for a while,
    to allow distance and the ability for
    truth to no longer be real.

    Imagination reigns without truth,
    what is that person seeing, feeling,
    what will they do,
    thoughts of them, I should really be
    immensely and measurably through.

    Delicate interventions,
    reaching out in a moment,
    wondering is no longer wondering
    because now there’s an
    ability to slightly see,

    Are there differences to be observed,
    are they selective,
    there to be heard?
    I know there are some changes,
    waiting to be discovered and learned.

    Brightened are they,
    with each moment they are heard,
    loneliness could have overwhelmed,
    must have caused great dismay,

    but I must tread delicately,
    not flit around too flashily or fancily,
    too much attention drawn could cause cracks to be seen and
    cause future suffering.

    (c) 2021 Lauren M. Hancock. All rights reserved.

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