More Madness

These were originally written for #MadVerse on 9/10/17 with prompt:
Burn bright


MadVerse #13

Never relent
Never believe you're not good enough
Stand tall
Be Bold
Burn bright

© 2017 Michael P. O’Connor. All rights reserved.


MadVerse #14

Scared and broken
Lonely but not alone
Just one spark
Is all I need to
Burn bright

© 2017 Michael P. O’Connor. All rights reserved.


MadVerse #15

Burn bright
Delight
In the power of light

© 2017 Michael P. O’Connor. All rights reserved.




Related posts:

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World - posted August 4, 2017

The Crazy Ones - posted September 11, 2017

Passion - posted October 1, 2017

Immersed in the #MadVerse - posted October 1, 2017

Immersed in the #MadVerse

I've been captivated by #MadVerse prompt writing. These were originally written on 8/30/17 with prompts:
I Can and I Will / kiss in the rain


MadVerse #10

I can
And I will
Survive
This onslaught of adversity
I can't
And I won't
Surrender
To the tide of hatred and vitriol
Rise
And resist
With Love everlasting

 © 2017 Michael P. O’Connor. All rights reserved.



MadVerse #11

A kiss in the rain
A smile by the fire
A bed left in ruins
These are my memories
Of you
 
 © 2017 Michael P. O’Connor. All rights reserved.



MadVerse #12

It was a kiss in the rain
Of a deluge of tears
As I endured the pain
Of you saying goodbye

© 2017 Michael P. O’Connor. All rights reserved.




Related posts:

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World - posted August 4, 2017

The Crazy Ones - posted September 11, 2017

Passion - posted October 1, 2017

Passion

Originally written for #MadVerse on 8/28/17 with prompts: Passion / Never Get Enough


MadVerse #9

You'll never get enough
No matter how much you get
Completely insatiable
And we've only just met
Passion

© 2017 Michael P. O’Connor. All rights reserved.



Related posts:

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World - posted August 4, 2017

The Crazy Ones - posted September 11, 2017

The Crazy Ones

Here's to the dreamers
The artists
And lovers
Here's to the crazy ones
The poets
And writers
Let's make our mark for the better


© 2017 Michael P. O’Connor. All rights reserved.

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

The following selections were originally written for #MadVerse, hosted by @MadQueenStorm on Twitter. It's prompt-driven writing which I'd never done before. Unfortunately, I don't recall the prompts for the early ones.

MadVerse #2 

Purple heather
Swaying gently
In an unnatural breeze
A false calmness
Before being engulfed
By the orange flames
Of the raging wildfire
Transforming serenity
Into chaotic destruction

© 2014 Michael P. O’Connor. All rights reserved.


MadVerse #3

Shades of blue
Dissipate to black
My fragile joy
Riddled with invisible cracks
As Darkness consumes the Twilight

© 2014 Michael P. O’Connor. All rights reserved.


Prompts for the next few: thorn in my side / let it go / echo

MadVerse #4

I was a thorn in your side
That you couldn't abide
Didn't you know?
I couldn't let go
I plunged off the cliff
Without even an echo

 © 2017 Michael P. O’Connor. All rights reserved.


MadVerse #5

Infidelity

He was a thorn in my side
That I couldn't abide
Didn't you know?
I'd never let it go
I pushed him over
Without even an echo

 © 2017 Michael P. O’Connor. All rights reserved.


MadVerse #6

When I let it go
There was no echo
Like the thorn in my side
The pain would endure forever

 © 2017 Michael P. O’Connor. All rights reserved.


MadVerse #7

I had to let it go
It was the thorn in my side
My full-throated scream
Left no echo

© 2017 Michael P. O’Connor. All rights reserved.