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Gold Cracks

Do you think I appreciate the lies that fall from your lips like truths?
Can you tell what reality is or do you twist our lives to reflect the truth you want to see?
I require no rose glasses when thorns remind me I’m real.
I am here.
I am alive.
The thorns never cut as deep as my disappointment.
Tomorrow I will fill the new cracks in my exterior with gold.
I will repair what you broke once again.
Resilience isn’t my issue, the expectation that you will change is.
My bar for you is low, any p...

FanFic Friday – Hermione

I title this,
“Hermione Granger and the Hot Bulgarian Quidditch Player Who Respects Strong Women” 

Hermione Granger had been married for eight years. She had two children, one just starting at Hogwarts, a mortgage on a three-bedroom house, and a laundry basket that no matter how much she magicked, never seemed to shrink.

It was an ordinary Friday on what was an extraordinary day. She was late, having stopped at the store to pick up groceries for dinner that night. Arriving at number 13 Picker...

I Dare You

Break me down.
Split me open.
Destroy me.
You already express your disdain in word and deed.
The glass ceiling is reinforced with actions that transparently demonstrate your hatred for all I am.
Do not whisper you lies to me,
Dear Man,
I have peeled off your mask.
What dwells in me is a fighter,
While in you shivers a fear.
Hold me back, bring forth my wrath.
Underestimate me,
I dare you.

 © 2018 Kim Cong

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Pack away the flowers

You were my compass,
the north to my south.
I would give this world
For one more kiss from your mouth.
To drink your taste,
To feel your embrace,
To dance my fingers reverently
Across the ridges of your face.
I want to press my heart against yours,
To not suppress this grief that within me roars.
What would I give
For your hand in mine?
To have your scent with mine entwine.
Friends,
Pack away the flowers,
Put away the sun
The grim reaper has come.
Death has won.

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Force of Nature

I am a force of nature.
I burn the landscape on which I stand.
I am the wind that rattles your windows, the branches that scratch at the glass.
I am the wolf howling at a full moon, the lioness on the prowl.
I am the torrent of rivers, the waterfall plunging unchecked into the unknown.
I am the calm of a perfect day, the glittering peace of a quiet forest.
I am the wind, the fire, the earth and the rain.
I am the lifeblood that grows the next generation in my fertile ground.
I am rapid and s...

What I’m working on (Sneak Peek)

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The restaurant was exactly as described,  expensive and plus. Well, except for one small detail – Karaoke. The upmarket place was hilariously pretentious, apart from the karaoke booth in the corner. Lil and I were three sheets to the wind, egging on Jack as he made his way to the stage.

“ABBA!” Lily yelled at him. “Dancing Queen!”

“Like a virgin!” I screamed, laughing uproariously as he gave us both the finger.

He selected a power-ballad by Journey. Whimp.

Th...

She is strength

Within her reside a thousand demons, each fighting for voice
You are weak, you are nothing
Daily their whispered claws dig deeper, each gouge a hole she can never refill.
She dons her armour,  guarding herself with reminders of her glory
I am powerful, I am lovely, I am kind, I am strength
The words are sword and shield, both offense and defence
They are whispered prayers, a mantra of memory and motivation.
Inside the demons dig in, trench warfare, neither side prepared to give
You are weak,...

Dear Future

Dear Future Husband,
So I’m a little drunk and a lotta crazy right now, having just been to what was the last of the weddings of my formerly-single friends.
At the wedding the bride told the story of how she kept a diary, throwing all her ideas of a husband out to the universe. Then Brian rocked up three months later.
Turns out – the Universe delivers.
They gifted us all journals, telling us to write down our deepest desires.
Me? At twenty-eight and three quarters, all I want is someone to wa...

Same Sex Marriage Survey – What the data says

This is a slightly different post – It’s a guest post by my friend Russell.

Hello. My name is Russell and I am a guest writer for Kim today. Like many Australians Kim and I were anticipating the results of the Same Sex Marriage (SSM) Survey on Wednesday 15 November. We were both (as I imagine many people were) were interested in how the demographics voted. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released results by electorate. Participation rates were also released by gender and age group....

Loving wild abandon

It will take me until forever to understand that I am worthy of your love.
It was but a moment of looking with my heart to understand that you were worthy of mine.
You have the power to break me into a million pieces with nothing more than a look.
I rest my world in your hands, because without you I have no future – not beginnings, just an end.
You want to taste the redness of my lips, the wildness of my spirit, when all you get is the desperate salt of my tears of despair as they fall down b...