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Wednesday Whispers

Serena Mossgraves
Serena Mossgraves

2026 PAD Challenge Day 21

2026 PAD Challenge Day 21

my response is :

when trying to describe
who I am and who I am not
the ink is limited.

there is no clarity
in the darkness
of the ink pot,
even as it empties.

2026 Pad Challenge Day 20

2026 Pad Challenge Day 20
2026 PAD Challenge Day 20
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My Response is:

Perhaps the world has forgotten
the simple pleasures of laying back
watching dragons in flight.

children still dream of them,
so easily as if the dragons 
are solid and real...

so why have adults forgotten?

Monday Poetry

Poetry

2026 PAD Challenge Day 18

2026 PAD Challenge Day 18

my response is ( though late still )

according to the constitution
the definition of citizenship 
is either one born on this soil
or one that follows the rules 
and takes the tests to gain
the green card to become one.

if you stop them from getting the tests 
you stop the legal process for citizenship ...
this country was founded on immigrants 
the idea of immigration. the only non-immigrants were born here.

and even those were often 
children of immigrants.

2026 PAD Challenge Day 17

2026 PAD Challenge Day 17

my response is :

a house with no foundation
falls in so quickly...
so too does the soul 
without ego fail.

We need to build 
a foundation,
stable and true...
so that with time
we know the ability 
to face the truth.

2026 PAD Challenge Day 16

2026 PAD Challenge Day 16

Serena’s response:

in the twilight 
of the cemetery
bleeding blooms 
give relief to the chaos 
of the grieving souls.

Though the bleeding
is but illusionary,
it adds to the feeling 
of the graveyard at night.

2026 PAD Challenge Day 15

2026 PAD Challenge Day 15

my response is:

our forefathers set up hope 
in a nation so young...
it was supposed to be freedom 
for all and welcoming arms 
for those who need sanctuary.

the new government are pirates 
stealing the dream.
piracy of hope seems to be 
unbelievable and profane...
for the reality of this country 
is nowhere near what everyone 
believed it would be.

Wednesday Whispers

Serena Mossgraves
Serena Mossgraves

2026 PAD Challenge Day 14

2026 PAD Challenge Day 14

my response is :

you were always there
when I awoke after 
dreaming violence.

A soft safe space 
to wrap around me
when I shake from 
remembered violence.

I wrap myself in your love 
knowing that I am done 
with violence and am safe.