(Photo by Teslariu Mihai on Unsplash) Dissolution Unlimited, Goodbye dear world of books, time to choose your coffin! Would classy teak do in line with your aesthetic halcyon days? Or should it be hardy oak bearing testimony to your valiant battle to remain relevant? Shiny mahogany would feel slighted for just like the printed word, seduction is its … Continue reading Logging Off

(Photo by Javardh on Unsplash) Only when the observer merges into the observed, Is there a realisation of the words spoken that are hasty and absurd. Diction, inflection, pronunciation and frustration mean nothing without introspection, When the speaker and the spoken are in sync. The transformation from the agitated to the unperturbed is complete. Happiness pierces through the … Continue reading Calm

(Photo by Alexander Grey on Unsplash) The delicate grip over the fountain pen Crackling whir as the fine nib contacts the pliant paper. Flow of words that symbolise meaning and a shape that denotes purpose. Quick lick for the stamps Technology you killer! (Word Count: 37) Sammi Cox Weekend Writing Prompt #304

(Photo by Liam Pozz on Unsplash) Usurpation Man against man, weapon against weapon. Wanton destruction, agonising shrieks of humanity Drowned in the depths of depravity but lost in a frenzy of rage. A self-perpetuating vicious cycle of extinction, resurrection, peace and plunder Whistling vassals of hell streaking through the blue skies Sounds of impartial vengeance sparing neither young … Continue reading Venture

(Photo by Blake Verdoorn on Unsplash) Looking straight up Mother Nature cascading down Breathtaking offerings which man ignores. Oh, L.I.F.E! (Word Count: 14) Sammi Cox Weekend Writing Prompt#302

(Photo by Derek Lee on Unsplash) Stillness of an accommodating night disturbed by an ominous rumble. Ushering in unwelcome guests in the form of Cracks and Crevasses Structures collapsing in heaps as the city hasn't even time for a mumble. Saturnine images of ravaged fathers holding their lifeless girls' corpses Oh! Mother Nature (Word Count: 47) Sammi CoxWeekend … Continue reading Melancholia

(Photo by Marek Piwnicki on Unsplash) A benevolent disposition that hides a belligerent murderer A paid assassin sheathed in the skein of a pious mendicant The peddler of morals cocks the wrist that plunges a dagger into the heart Fond reminiscences are but mere preparatory blocks for revenge Deceptive doves in white, remorseless ravens in disguise The founts … Continue reading Harvesting Souls

(Photo by Charl Folscher on Unsplash) Biding her time and getting away from battles that aren't hers Wielding words that cut sharper than a rapier yet roll off like honey A trader of knowledge discretion A philosophical bibliopole and the revered Mother to the Helpless. (Word Count: 39) SammiCox Weekend Writing Prompt#286

(Photo by Matthew Brodeur on Unsplash) A behemoth palace sheltering statesmen and spies Thalassic in location and tenuous in affairs Conspiracies, chaos and camaraderie dance a dalliance with death Mournful wails compete with mellifluous notes of euphoria Queens pilfer, pilferers rule, ailing kings remain oblivious to truth An impending doom threatening to decimate a crony kingdom (Word Count: … Continue reading Diffraction

(Photo by Angel Luciano on Unsplash) Shrill discordant protests of an obedient missile Courageous and dour look that is the face of rebellion The fatal contact bringing together chemical and skin The story of humanity running amok rending asunder souls within (Word Count: 35) (Sammi Cox Weekend Writing Prompt #280)