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Cut Me Deeper Let me lick the blade So you can cut me deeper It's easier that way Our death so much quicker
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Freedom On paper wings spread wide I fly Soaring Free of my confinement I breathe Deeply Thoughts elevate I embrace Create Words resonate I write Freedom... Peace on paper Whilst inside we hide My mind swirls with energy Stop thinking Words must write On paper wings, they soar Peace at last... Take flight In plagues of old Creators embraced Time closeted As gifts Shakespeare sat Contained safely Pen to paper King Lear Isolation Not a punishment Free to explore Take flight
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I started knowing
the feeling of emptiness
When I am in a room
full of crowded people
My soul is awake
but my body is sleeping
My heart is numb
but it is still beating
My mind is complex
but it is still thinking
My wholeness
will always be greater
than the sum of its parts
I stand amidst the blistering waves exceptionally placid among the chaos weeping, crying Oh God, save me! Save me from this feeling that I can't fight any longer I resort to dream, but not make dreams as my master I simply want to feel the greatest depth of joy Just as when the soul lies on the green, green grass of home and just like how the fresh air pampers my sanity Be brave, sweet darling! Only if it is easier said than done then I should have not wished for this curse because as I cherish over thinking, I embrace over feeling
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Chaos rained all over the country,
Helpless was I, with my team
A virus, destructive since the day of entry
Never did we assume, not even in a dream.
We could’ve controlled it, underestimated did we
Just like a common cold, it’ll depart away
Yet, it strives inside my people’s bodies with glee
Confirmed that it arrived here, to perpetually stay.
I discerned a mother weeping, clutching her son,
Poor child, was insubstantial for battle.
Immunity, the moat of a castle in the long run,
Incinerating him, was all we could do through the hassle.
Worked like robots from dawn till dusk, into the night,
Meals and sleep became a rare luxury.
My wife, my boy cried with all their might,
When I left for work, shouting their aching plea.
An oath is an oath, a promise for good service
Mind you, it ain’t easy dragging your protesting brain,
Inside premises, spelling death in every crevice
It seemed incessant, as the death toll rose, numbers insane.
The world carries the label, “Made in China”,
On clothes, in kitchens, even on the beds they snooze on
I catch whispers, that death too was “Made in China”
Kept in the dark were we, until it spread full on.
Often I feel my body give up, fatigue wash over me
Yet, I keep going as long as I could stay up
As I’ve seen, numerous heads fall to death & be
I pray, I work, I pray, I work, like a mantra for tuneup
Often I feel, mother Earth seems to strike back
For the beings we’ve killed, animals & trees
No wonder we suffer, surviving barely through nature’s attack
It’s time to show affection, my fellow humans please.
Feeling of panic,
Rising globally.
Avaricious humans,
Basked in your glory
Ruining nature’s purity
Today,
Our sins expiated with lives sacrificed
Oh dear world, have mercy.
We scurry around,
Busy with,
Attempts to discover
Life on other planets.
Causing chaos on you,
Treating you with contempt.
Today,
You’ve brought us to our knees
Oh dear world, have mercy.
I see your immunity system
Has taken over, battling
An overgrowing virus named “Covetous Humans”
On both knees, here I am
Oh dear world, have mercy
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Two things happened
when I snapped the thread
that was holding me back
my heart fell off my sleeve
and I stumbled forward
without grace
and fell down upon my knees
sometimes what we see as holding us back
was holding us up and together
and sometimes mountains are just mountains
not meant to be climbed
and not all rivers find the ocean
and not all fathers find the time
and maybe not all of the threads you unravel
will bring you peace of mind
So swings the scythe
with just one hand
when the other hand lacks the muscle
against the grain
as the pendulum sways
with each swath
revealing more stubble
but still she hangs on
because her faith is her strength
like freshly dampened soil
hugs a shovel
till the harvest is done
and the union has won
she’ll stand in the field
feeling humbled
because that’s what it means
when you take on a vow
as you plow through the wind and the rain
she is bound to the earth
her hands covered in dirt
but she trusts he will wash it away…
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two thousand miles bathe between the heat of our hands
yet I still feel his fingers dance down my spine
and into the crevices of my aching heart
I traced his lips with the tip of my tongue
painting portraits with the way he tasted
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What kind of song are you?
Strung through the saddle like satin
Or like barbed wire,
Colliding across cilia
Or screeching off the wall,
Smooth like jazz,
Like a Manhattan,
Like warm maple syrup,
Freshly lotioned hands gliding across a lover’s back
Or bass like thunder
Roaring down pain so they all know,
So they all will feel
Loudness like lightning
Striking violently
Setting the ground ablaze
A fire that grows and consumes
A trail of lovers burned alive?
What kind of song are you?
A lullaby
Or a drive by
Shouts and shrills singing praises
And professing lowliness
Are you like gospel?
Hands high
And hips low
Shake the devil off
Round through the pews
Grabbing of hands
Latching together of loved ones
A community at the altar
Bowed before the throne of togetherness
Are you a dying genre
Of fatherless kids
Rocked to bed by styrofoam cups
Filled with lava
Passed from mouth to mouth
Destructive words geniusly parsed together
For the catchphrases to the detriment of a nation?
The ornaments fall from the alter with each syllable
A community member detaches with each lash of derogatory lyric
Like a whip across her womb.
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Black coffee smells like-
Early mornings and memories
of when I was young and not allowed
to indulge in such things.
Tobacco smells like-
Early mornings and conversations
I never counted on ending.
I never knew I’d miss you for such a length of time.
Never stepped outside myself to realize our separate journeys-
Until my last hug to you that night on that gurney.
I really don’t know that you even knew it was me.
Grieving your departure was a robbed opportunity.
Now I’m trapped with flash floods of sadness and painful memories. Forever longing for just one more morning of black coffee, tobacco, and conversations with you.
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The sky I see when I look out my window is the most beautiful sky my human eyes has seen.
I’ve seen yellow, dark blue, purple, pink, orange, and gray skies.
Even a gray sky is beautiful to me.
I’ve seen a sky that will make you cry.
I’ve seen a sky that will make you say He is real, there’s no doubt.
I’ve seen a sky that will make you marvel in delight.
I love looking out my window, and looking up at the beautiful sky.
It makes me feel alive!
Every time I’m around you, or talk to you I’m walking on glass shells.
I have to constantly think twice, or sometimes three times before any words come out of my mouth.
The last thing I want to do is step on those glass shells, and hurt myself.
I thought glass shells were only found on the beach, but instead I find them close to me every time you’re with me.
I notice that you aren’t emotionally available to me.
Those glass shells are beautiful, but the damage they cause when stepped on will leave me with scars both physically, and mentally.
Maybe if I tell you what those glass shells are doing to me, the hurt that they are causing me you’ll get rid of them, for me.
Maybe you won’t because you like those glass shells, and think that they’re beautiful…
Please don’t be deceived by there beauty!
Those glass shells are ruining us.
I’m going to try my best to remove them myself piece by piece, but if I see that you aren’t trying to help me I’ll let you keep the glass shells, but you will loose me.
I believe there are angels among us.
I’ve been blessed with three.
My three angels are different, and unique.
They mean the world to me!
They bring qualities to the table that makes them very special to me.
My oldest angel is strong, but also sweet. He was given to me when my life was upside down to bring me peace.
My middle angel is just like me she looks, walks, and talks like me. Her strength amazes me!
My youngest angel is as smart as can be, and that one is attached to me. He will protect me like he’s a beast.
My three angels are strong, and give me life.
They make me want to stay, and fight.
My three angels love me unconditionally, and make me a better version of me!
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Everything around was so black
And it was like I was a wreck
You came from the blues
And pulled me through
You introduced me to all the yellows
And I had never looked so mellow
Opened my eyes to all the goldens and greens
I had never felt so young, even at sixteen
I kept running around in circles
You put me on my throne of purples
This fire inside had never calmed
But now I see the reds in your warmth
I had never felt so blue and light
You made me feel as if I was in the sky
You still come to me like I am the moon
After a gloomy grey afternoon
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