If the truth be told and I don’t really lie
my heart wasn’t in it, I wanted to die
I declined the chance which might have been bad
it was an opportunity I never have had
Until I found out later that day
with dawn and then twilight dimming the way
my fears could diminish and vanish for good
If I conflated my lives with a twist of my mood
I was only a chicken with white, softish wings
the dawn of a new day was really my thing
so I sucked up my fear and used what I had
And found waking up early wasn’t that bad.

©2022 CBialczak Poetry

• FOWC: vanish https://fivedotoh.com/2022/06/14/fowc-with-fandango-vanish/
• FSS: Truth be told, my heart wasn’t in it and I declined the opportunity until I found at that…https://fivedotoh.com/2022/06/14/fandangos-story-starter-50/
• 3TC: dawn, dusk, twilight https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2022/06/14/three-things-challenge-994/
• RDP: conflate https://ragtagcommunity.wordpress.com/2022/06/14/rdp-tuesday-conflate/
• DailySpur: twist https://thedailyspur.wordpress.com/2022/06/13/twist-2/
• WOTD: chicken https://wordofthedaychallenge.wordpress.com/2022/06/14/w-o-t-d-c-chicken/
• MVB: only https://chellebcom2.wordpress.com/2022/06/14/todays-prompt-only/