no wind blows here

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her mind’s become a wasteland
an arid desert town
abandoned by its residents
all that’s left is brown
nothing grows here
no wind blows here
do not ask
‘cuz no one knows here
she can’t think now
she can’t focus
today she got her diagnosis

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© 2017 kStan(ly) Lanning
picture by _marion, courtesy pexels.com
created for the Daily prompt – arid

8 thoughts on “no wind blows here

  1. Like the rhyme, do not like the implications. Sending a long-distance hug ( which i know isn’t useful, but i like to think that they somehow translate to real ones from nearer sources).

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