I promise this is the last Rhyming Couplet post I will make this week. (Sometimes not so rhyming).

Not only because it is my third entry in this challenge, limited to three entries, but because I am aware that it is a limited and unsophisticated form of poetry. Well, at least my use of it is, but maybe it's what you do with it.

I have enjoyed the theme very much, although it did take me to some dark places. My juvenile attempts, coupled with the heavy themes is an odd juxtaposition for sure. I intentionally tried to lighten the theme with this one.

I've really enjoyed reading the entries. I love that the community is so encouraging and kind.

I did very poorly at school with creative writing. I have ideas in my head but struggle to spell the simplest of words. I spent most of my time doodling pictures in class instead.

I have included my drawings too, it was how I expressed myself when words evaded me.

Technology has helped me develop strategies to over come my deficit, and helped me build confidence.
A phone on my desk at work where I write paper records means I can easily search a word as I write.

Producing anything that remotely resembles a poem has brought me great satisfaction.

Thanks.

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Freedom's Spark

Oppression is found in so many places,
I see it projected from millions of faces.

Hiding within I see something else too,
Out of the sorrow springs something born new.

A hint of a glimmer I see in their eyes,
A beautiful shimmer, no money can buy.

A manifestation of pains that are past,
They also exhibit a repose at last.

After the battle, the struggle, the pain,
These faces have retrieved their life force again.

In the retrieval they discover once more,
A freedom that they took for granted before.

I've arrived in this place after paying life's fee,
It's now that I cherish my life that is free.