MadVerse MadCarnival prompts

closing time is closing in
but before dawns breaks our dreams
into nothing but smoke on the wind
before we dissipate and disappear
we will make some magic here
of everything wicked, every spite
transform into delight each fright
a mystery among the missing pieces
we fit and find our joy increases
and wounded but alive
still we thrive

the vase

dropped from shaky hands
I shattered
on a side street
bits hurriedly gathered
and carried home
in bleeding hands
glued back together
those that see me
may not see the seams
but I still feel the cracks
and all the little shards
too small to retrieve
left for the street sweeper

MadVerse Dark Carnival Prompts: of masks & mischief, blood red dreams, to tame the darkness

we dance a demon waltz
to tame the darkness
my dress made of midnight,
moonlight, and blood red dreams
smooth as silk and frayed at seams
as is your tattered tux and tails
your battered stovepipe hat and smile
we twirl through the funhouse ballroom
full of masks & mischief
as a million mirror images of us
waltz a terrifying two-step
just out of time
a moment too fast or slow
bewildering us until we don't know
are we the real or reflected?

SenseWrds Prompt: portrait, absolution, timbre

searched old voicemails
for the pitch and tone
of that half-chuckle,
full-smile voice, now gone

you'd say you love me
before you'd hang up

please forgive me
I could not find
that moment
frozen in time
memory
will have to suffice
since you left
for paradise

treefall

MadVerse Dark Circus Prompts

seeing is believing but still unexpected
they find the heaving of their breathing
as they continue creaking higher & higher
hear the click click click of rickety wood & metal
held together by hope & a magician's trick
with each white-knuckle grip they flip
into the upside down darkness
twisting through sky when the rails skip
easy marks who answered the barks
of the barker's call to step right up
to rise and fall 
on the Scream-O-Rama
return....different
or not at all