Hope in the midst of despair. The budding leaf out of charred ruins. You do a great job of graphically appalling the reader even while appealing to their demand for hope. Well done.

Congratulations Mary Anne,

Love this piece!!

Congratulations, adorable read indeed.

Congratulations, adorable read indeed.

I want to swear so badly....but i will behave....and simply say that this has gone straight into my favourites list, you are such a damn fine writer and i just adore this piece, without a doubt the best place for this poem is on the front page :))

Epic.

All has been said about this fine write. Anything more I say will not sound right.

I like how this write has all the emotions filled in it using right choice of words to bring or rather for the reader to feel the emotions. A want without wanting...or perhaps a wanting without a want-if that made sense :)

Congrats on the win!

I've been reading through my favourite poems today ...sigh.....this is such an amazing write!

I've been reading through my favourite poems today ...sigh.....this is such an amazing write!

Judging Comment:

MaryAnne, crafted her wording in such a vivid and powerful way within this poem. I love her talented gift of writing, she paints of a picture of graphic torment, horrific mental displays, to describe feelings. Being inspired by zombies and then tie it into her feelings and then to create such a lovely write?? Yeah that blows me away. Wonderful, just wonderful!!!