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Testament, Volume 2:

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Introduction

Contents Testament Eleonora Papotto Testimony Eleonora Papotto Special thanks Testament Eleonora Papotto

Poetry

Chasing the Sun Eleonora Papotto Growth Eleonora Papotto S1C3R1A1B3B3L1E1 Eleonora Papotto The Transient Star Eleonora Papotto Roses from Evron Eleonora Papotto Bricolage for Rejects Eleonora Papotto Kpetekple Eleonora Papotto What’s hidden in the dark Eleonora Papotto Stolen Creativity Eleonora Papotto The March of the Little Straw Dolls Eleonora Papotto Unbreakable Eleonora Papotto My World is Flat Eleonora Papotto Embraced Eleonora Papotto Medusa Eleonora Papotto The Power to Destroy Me Eleonora Papotto Maize in the Harmattan Eleonora Papotto

Short-story

An Insight into the Dressmaker Eleonora Papotto The Lighthouse Eleonora Papotto An Open Letter to Booklovers Eleonora Papotto

Script

The Deadly Ham Eleonora Papotto

Stolen Creativity

Eleonora Papotto

I let the monotony of the world,

stain the most precious thing

I have ever had:

my imagination.

 

I let loneliness,

sadness and pain

steal the best thing that

has ever belonged to me:

My creativity.

 

Once, this feeling of loss

helped me reach the darkest,

most poetic, corner

of my soul.

And every poem I wrote,

every word I spoke,

was like summer

to my winter thoughts.

 

Now, as the coldest of storms

suffocates my last glimpse of warmth,

the helplessness of this desolation

suffocates my last glimpse of hope.

 

Now, only these feelings 

mark my soul,

steal my summer blink

And make me nostalgic about a time

when they fueled the dearest thing

To ever occur to me:

My creativity.

 

But that no longer belongs to me.

Editors for Stolen Creativity not yet setup.

Testament, Volume 2:

Testament is the second stand-alone anthology produced entirely by the Ta Voix team of aspiring professionals, which now stands at around 300 contributors from around the world.

This work is a testament to the skill and passion of the team, and of their voluntary commitment during one of the most difficult times through which many of us have ever lived.

First published by Ta Voix 2020

Copyright retained by the individual authors. Ta Voix has been granted the non-exclusive right to exhibit these works. No part of this anthology may be reproduced without prior written permission of the individual copyright owners, except for the use of cited quotation.

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