Decay

One liner prompt piece for Wednesday February 20, 2019

Paul S. Markle

The nature of strife
is for decay
to seek
out our roots,
stagnant, rotting,
into every soul rain must fall
leaving a state of disarray,
yet death begets life.

Your Turn
THEME: Decay
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