Celestial Blood Poetry Contests [CLOSED]

Contest #8 Results

1st Place - "S . O . U . L . S" by Dewywrites

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The E C H O E S scream in my mind, creating fractured images and blurring the edges of my carefully constructed reality

The S O U L S they whisper, ghosts of what I used to be before I was

B R O K E N

And they won't stop reminders of what I would've, could've, should've been

Remember

R E M E M B E R

Remember that you are

S H A T T E R E D. Remember you are

S O I L E D you are a broken echo of who you were.

worthless

Worthless

W O R T H L E S S

And for a moment

I think

The E C H O E S

Are

R I G H T

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I am a shattered person

I am a broken girl

I am seeped in blackened memories

I am stardust

I am moonbeams

I am the million voices that

S C R E A M E D I was worthless

B U T

I

Am not

A N

E C H O

2nd Place - PreciousNinja

I need to hear

someone

            calling back to me

Beyond these shattered walls

and the gnarled aspen tree

I bet the echo's waning voice

is my distant fantasy.

Fading out without a sound

                                      beneath the apple trees.

3rd Place - "Echoes of My Memories" by b_rogue

The shadows of my past come rushing back.

I've forgotten who I used to be

Before my life suddenly flashed before me.

I take a moment to relish in this delight.

Behind my closed eyes,

All I see is a younger me.

Singing to myself

In the yard of my school.

The sound of my sisters' laughter fill my ears.

They're bouncing off the walls

As I play with them.

The sounds are crystal clear.

I smell my dad's cooking

As he makes his greatest creations.

A special cake for my mother,

And the many dishes he's made before.

The cool water if my town's closed pool

Submerge my body as I sink.

I used to be a little fish,

Racing into the ends of my summer days.

The smell of my family's homeland

Bring a smile to my face.

String Hoppers and Curry from Sri Lanka,

And Mole and Picadillo from Mexico.

When I open my eyes,

The memories stop coming

Like water being shut off from the faucet.

To go back to this time is my greatest dream.