Echo In The Cave

by Alice   Jun 2, 2018


We are all heir to Sheol’s fumes:
the thousand shocks,
in skulls like tombs
we stack them with the dead:
a putrid pox
love left unsaid-
so we echo in the cave,
and fear to face
what we must brave.

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  • 6 years ago

    by Em (marmite)

    I absolutely love this although I'd take the and from line 7 as in my opinion it takes the flow a little but that's only a suggestion and it's still a fantastic piece with wonderful imagery

  • 6 years ago

    by Milly Hayward

    A vivid dark piece with dynamic impact, strangely compelling read. Best wishes Milly x

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