B –
Bones (noun pl.)
/bōn/
birch trees bending and breaking in the wind | forests of tangled trunks, cracking and snapping, littering the ground | roots (like fingers); reaching and grasping and clenching | stark and white and fragile.
Bon●sai (noun)
/ˈbänˌsī/
tree I: aged (aging still) | stooped and wrinkled, elderly | earthbound, roots that clench and huddle, shrinking into the dirt, hunkering down against the turn of time | and the twists of life.
C
Cam●ou●flaged (adjective)
/ˈkaməˌflä(d)ZH/
wearing a face - a mask - | the nature of a human to blend in [d r i f t a w a y] into the blur | of bodies, shadows buried in the masses | (individuals) gone: hidden.
Cor●mo●rant (noun)
/kôrmər-ənt/
bird I: feel the tuck of wings: hunching down before taking flight [the walls of my chest still around her] | lifting up into the open air, taking (my) beating heart with her.
E
E●gret (noun)
/ˈēɡrət/
bird II: hear her coming [fluttering] - feel her landing [ripping skin], lighting on heavy shoulders, weighing down | look up: wings blocking out the sun | heavy feathers: crushing.
I
Im●ag●i●nar●y (adjective)
/iˈmajəˌnerē/
you: dancing in the shadows, flitting in and out of air [thin] | twirling in the sun, glimpsed in periphery | whispering in the wind, a voice without a body / gone.
L
Lamp●shade (noun)
/ˈlam(p)ˌSHād/
shining light - through paper thin (skin; cloth), muted, holding in the sun | heat searing through, sizzling embers creep along the seams | you can’t keep it in [any longer].
N
Night●mare (noun)
/ˈnītˌmer/
monsters [under the bed] holding my hand at night | guiding through the subconscious, labyrinth of any (every) kind | leading out of the dark of the mind, into the dark of an “empty” room.
S
Se●quoi●a (noun)
/səˈkoiə/
tree II: head in the clouds; daydreamer | redwood giant, reaching skywards, arms branching [grasping] at the birds that fly by | free.
T
Tat●too (noun)
/taˈto͞o/
paint my body black and blue with ink that s-c-r-a-w-l-s and sPliNterS, fill the space with spidering lines | stain me with (your) permanent signatures.
Train tracks (noun pl.)
/trān/ /trak/
[getaway] wheels rolling and thundering | red lights flashing, flagging down cars to watch the blurs race by | chasing, thundering steps and flinging arms strain for rusted handles | r.u.n.a.w.a.y.(s).
Tsu●na●mi (noun)
/tsoo-nä’mē/
[d.r.o.w.n.i.n.g.] water: pooling | seaweed: swirling (drifting), filling, flooding, and floating into houses | empty homes, where life is left on pause.
Posted in response to the challenge PAST CONTESTS – Teenager: In Writing.
Comments
I adore this
What an inventive idea, and carried out so beautifully! Love this Immy :)
I love this so much! The way the dictionary style punctuation adds to the flow is really cool. It’s such an evocative way to demonstrate emotions.
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