Darkened Childhood

Chalkboard One Line Poetry Challenge Prompt: Conscience

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Conscience trained in overdrive,

the blameless, accepting blame,

sowing seeds of self-loathing

while she in whom conscience should rule

runs amok through innocence

turned grown

turned now-too-late.

Natalie Frank (Taye Carrol) has had work featured in Haunted Waters Press, Weirdbook Magazine, Siren’s Call Publications, Lycan Valley Press and Zero Fiction among others. Her poetry has been featured a several anthologies. She is the Managing Editor for Novellas and Serials at LVP Publications.

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