conflicted – Mandibelle16

For OctPoWriMo Day 12 the Prompt is torture. I’m combing with Sonya from Only 100 Words, #3LineTales.

I’m not the Candle who’ll,

Burn because you,

You’ve no solace; no heat.

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But I can see your gnarled,

Exit-wounds, scars;

Twisted, wrecked, ashes cindered dust.

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I’ll not be abused, fractured —

I’ve exit-wounds;

They were smothered flames too.

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I might be warmth, ice —

Everything misconstrued, blighted;

My prayers gut-wrenching torn.

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Define truth, straightforward, not confused;

Honesty lashed with,

Toxicity, illusion; unhealed wounds seep.

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Heart quickens, pace strong, defiant,

Cornered, smothered, responsibility;

One truth believe, another truth quivers.

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