Workshop # 3

He sat by himself, alone...
On the highest building,
In the largest city,
In the seat of the world.

He was unnoticed by those
that walked beneath him,
No one paid attention to the lone man,
Tired and sleepy,
Huddled in a corner of a building long forgotten.

No people remembered his name,
His family long gone,
the money gambled for drugs...
A tin can of half dead fish,
A cracked iron bowl,
These were things
that the world had thought
never existed in this current day and age...

Cupped in his hand were his most prized possessions,
They were the only things that kept him alive...
A match, unused, and a match, smoldering in silence.

And then they were gone.
The man cried softly, once again feeling the bitter cold
From the wind that blew harshly over the building's roof,
Screeching and moaning in agony.

He was not the only one who felt pain,
Nor suffered,
Nor died on that day.

Workshop  # 3
A Different Realm by Maria Reed-Shore    
A Frozen Memory by Hippie Gal       
A Whisper in the Ear by Hillol Ray    
Abuse by Pavalamani Pragasam    
After Glow by Cynthia Proctor    
Annexation by Hillol Ray    
Broken Hearted by Beth Hancock    
Burn and Glow by Meenakshi Madhur    
Burning Problem by Pavalamani Pragasam    
Early Trust by Hillol Ray    
Eternal Flames by Krista Nicole Hubschman    
Face To Face by Hillol Ray    
Faith of a Match by Nicholas LaMattina    
Fate by Bhagwat K. Shah    
Fire of Life by Rajender Krishan    
Forgotten Sorrow by Thomas Eng    
Glue Without A Clue by Hillol Ray    
Her Smile by Saurabh Kumar    
Immortal Lovers by Trupti Derashri    
Indelible Ink by Hillol Ray    
Lean on Me by Bijal Dwivedi    
Love by Dr. Soumya Panigrahi    
Love by Shanon     
Love's Fire by Hecletia     
Lovers by Pili Pubul    
Mission by Pavalamani Pragasam    
Moment of Truce by Hillol Ray    
My Burning Desire by B.K. Swaminathan    
Our Love Burned Me by Frank Sheehan    
Our Project of Love by Muralidharan R. Nair    
Passion Does Not Wither by Vaish     
Salute by Pavalamani Pragasam    
Signs and Reckoning by Mary Ann Harrison    
Spirits Rebellious by Uma Parthasarathy    
Staying Together by Dr. C.S. Shah    
Still Together by Smitha Abraham    
The Eternal Flame by Ahmed Tanhaa    
The Fire Inside by Joseph Allen Hardy    
To Be or Not To Be by Pavalamani Pragasam    
Touch by Helena Fernz    
Two Images by Seema Banerjee    
Two is One by Chandra Shekhar Das