Lauren M. Hancock Poetry and Prose

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  • poem: fifty shades of tears (Instagram prompt) – 16/06/22

    Fifty shades of tears

    and sixty shades of fear

    a hundred thousand pounding heartbeats

    a million yearning fingers clawing 

    dragging each another near.

    She does not understand

    nor accept the desire of theirs

    but her aching, manic thoughts so frantic 

    convolutions near, and…

    defensively, besmirching names of others

    who strolled past or within her way,

    she is determined to change, alter

    she wishes not to bother with current affray

    for this nonsense must be laid to rest

    the desire of others so fabricated 

    based on her visual alterations,

    the penny need not drop,

    she’s already aware of the situation 

    she shall not be loved only for her shell,

    accept her on both sunny days and storms, 

    and during explosive personal hells,

    she’s a layered scene

    so many levels to explore and delve

    surprised or not, overwhelmed or underwhelmed. 

    © 2022 Lauren M. Hancock Poetry and Prose
    Artwork: KELLEPICS on Pixabay

    Author’s note: This was written for “fifty shades of tears” from June prompts by @bruisedwaye on Instagram. 🙂

  • poem: rainbow tears

    poem: rainbow tears

    rainbow tears stream from crystal eyes
    the making, the madness,
    of where I’m 
    wonderful and wise
    then empty and sad 
    these colours are thus grey
    but rainbow tears of happiness 
    can still linger for another day. 

    the different moods, different faces which 
    spring forth from within
    I now embrace them 
    I welcome them
    I allow them to be seen 
    because it is in moments of darkness
    of dejection and bleakness 
    that my rainbow tears give themselves away
    they are in comparison to my shadows 
    in which bitterness or negativity 
    can themselves truly lay.

    rainbow tears may stream down my face
    my cheeks trailing with colourful paths 
    so brightly placed
    but their shades are so welcome
    a mixture of hope, sadness and soul,
    of joy and reverence
    to me these tears shall share what the 
    world needs to know,
    what tales should be revealed and cast
    no longer best kept close to the soul.

    © 2022 Lauren M. Hancock Poetry and Prose. All rights reserved.

    Image from Pexels.

    This poem was inspired by a prompt by @soulful_poetry_from_the_heart on Instagram, and the prompt I chose was “Rainbow tears”. Thank you to Hiya for her prompts. Please visit her Instagram for her beautiful, evocative poetry. 🙂
    and please visit my Instagram @laurenm.hancock if you’d like to see more of my poetry and my past artworks and more.