Wastelands
written by: Maggie Watson
The blackened Lillies of life.
Discarded shells of love died.
In barren wastelands, broken hearts lie.
Once upon a time, romance bloomed
as the petals of their heart chambers began to
bloom.
Alas, those petals fell too quickly,
swiftly becoming a shroud,
a blanket of ash devoid of affection.
Obsidian rain washed any seeds of colour away, wastelands
of broken hearts became.
Within those fields, nothing grows.
Only a river of salty tears flows.
While vultures fight over what remains
of the hearts with carrion crows.
AUGUST 2025 AUTHOR OF THE MONTH at Spillwords.com
Maggie was born in Cape Town, South Africa. She now lives in Scotland. She has CFS which is a very debilitating/unpredictable illness. She began writing in 2020 at the start of the Pandemic. At that point, she had no idea it would play such a huge part in her life as it does now! In 2021 she self-published her first collection of poetry and has since self-published three others. Her writing is now much more diverse than when she began. Maggie draws a lot on her life experiences when writing, so her poems can be raw. But she feels that makes her work more relatable to the reader. Maggie is also a volunteer at Barnardo's in UK. She enjoys walks in nature and solo travel.
Latest posts by Maggie Watson (see all)
- Breaking Bread - November 19, 2025
- Interview Q&A With Maggie Watson - September 18, 2025
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