Unfulfilled desires – hopeless
Vacillating action plans – rudderless
Wishes and prayer, floating in air – baseless
Xerographic copies of a lost past – meaningless
Years gone by – accretion of memories – futureless
Zillions of dreams haunt – but I am now lifeless
Reena Saxena 
You took the most challenging six letters and made the ending so powerful! And “zillions” should have warned me of your final destination, but I was…clueless! (Until the second reading.) Great work.
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Thank you so much!
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I like the format of your poem, ending each line with a powerful statement in one word. Very effective for the intensity that I think you were going for. 🙂
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Thanks! The chosen topic is intense.
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Life is full of choices and we have to make our own. Too bad, death takes it all away.
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And death is rarely a choice. Thanks!
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Ominous ending with haunting dreams and lifelessness.
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What else could happen on Z? Thanks for dropping by, Frank!
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This left me …. breathless.
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Running to the end of the alphabet 🙂
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Excellent take on the prompt, Reena!
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Thanks so much!
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You chose a challenging end of the alphabet and as I write I realize that choice fits with the tone of the poem (end of the road ) though I would say the poem is successful.
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You got it right 😊 It was intended that way.
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Wow! You took this in an interesting direction. A dust to dust take on life.
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Thank you so much! Life is all about that.
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beautifully curated words Reena, we can become so jaded with all the tired promises
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I like ‘tired promises’. Thanks!
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“accretions of memories” — those are amazing words to put together. Well done!
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Thanks, Lillian!
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