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World’s Edge
by Ela Lourenco
Echoes of laughter
Clinks of drinks
Swirling dresses
Coquettish winks
Music and merriment
Filled these halls
Acres of manicured gardens
Hedges trimmed just so
Many a hidden corner
For lovers to go
A house alive
Once pulsating with life
All that remains now
Is a barren wasteland
Decaying walls
An empty shell
Where nothing will grow
Not since the birth
Of the long-awaited child
His birth cry
Was the end of us all…
Fiction © Copyright Ela Lourenco
Image courtesy of Pixabay.com.
More from Ela Lourenco:
Dragon Born: Book Three
Awakening
The Royal tournament, the Karnac, is fully underway. But there is deception and betrayal at every turn. Unseen dark forces are at play, both within the school grounds and out with. Even the Gods are unable to help when a new threat looms over them all.The very existence of Azmantium depends on Lara fully becoming the Child of Fire and casting aside the Shadows lurking in every corner of her beloved planet.Can she overcome the challenges that await? Will the Shadows cover the world in darkness? Only Lara and her friends can change the fate of Azmantium.
Spreading the Writer's Word 
Great rhythm – really moves the story along to its chilling conclusion
A darkly wonderful and delightfully disturbing poem.