The Poetic Musings of Dawn

the 160 (#117)

Feeling the End

There is regret
falling down on
bruised knees.
Anger in raised fists
to the sky from rage
against his lies.
More pain as each
decision collapses
under dead weight.
Loss.


160
The 160 is a 21st century poetry form. Adapted from the number of characters that can be placed in an SMS; the 160 is challenging the poet to write compact, using exactly 160 characters, including spaces, commas etc. It is limiting, but also challenging...