Orpheus Road 

4/29/2024

A song, a cry, a small step forward.

Match your footfalls to the tune. 

Let the cavern wail an echo.

Let the path hear your croon.

Music in your blood is all you have to pull you forward.

Bloody knuckles whisper your next notes.

Light is but a memory in the task you've shouldered. 

How strong is your memory,

Where even ghosts will shudder?

Hope is all you have now,

But hope still sings along.

blocked 

4/30/2024

Empty as the dust

Storms impeding my eyesight

Full of hidden things

Derivative 

4/30/2024

Stories echo stories through years gone past.

Each adds new flavor to myth's old brew.

Some carry a strain of triumph, too.

Some shine dully, though they came in last.

It's fine by me you favor other stories.

That is where your power truly lies.

You reflect and sparkle with nostalgia's sighs

While bringing in a touch of hidden glories

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Not the strongest finish, may expand the idea into something better later, just needed to get it done.