Chark Tales That’s shark, with a ‘C’!

Listless, from day to day
Energy seeps from my body
Lying here in a drifting state
Eyes unseeing as my mind disappears
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Candid speaking in my mind
Mouth is open by nothing issues
I have been gagged by guilt.
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Tumbling down a bottomless hole
Bruised by time and distance
The rocks are sharp words, cutting
My husband does not know when to stop
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Mind disconnected from [...]

untoward: not favorable or fortunate; also, improper. (adj)
When the sound of a window breaking reached Mary’s ears, she sighed at her son, Jack’s, untoward behavior. This would now make it the third time this week he had done something wrong and would need to be punished. Perhaps her method of punishment needed changing. She [...]

menagerie: a collection of wild or unusual animals; also, a diverse group. (noun)
It was well known that Old Lady Smith, who lived down the street, had a menagerie living in her house. She was a sweet women who was a sucker for any stray that crossed her path. She had cats, dogs, birds, turtles, [...]

ameliorate: to make or grow better. (verb)
Camden had no clue what to do with the old garden that came with the run-down house he had inherited. The old woman next door, who was probably just as old as or even older than the house he now owned, suggested he find a women to help [...]