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alidzain Mar 14, 2014

Some Harsh Truths

So many times we have seen deaths occurred
and yet, we still took this short life for granted

We wish to have a long life
but our actions turn it into a lie

We often regret our own actions too late,
after our loved ones are already dead

We judged others because of their flaws
as we remain ignorant of our own scores

When we point at another person in condemnation
three of our own fingers are pointing back at us

We say we wanted to save the world for our future.
but we are its worst enemy like no other

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emeka ozurumba Mar 14, 2014

the visitation

a jocund Amoeba in wonder-world
uses feelers
whisk terraces of vermin escort
anvil of fez
cowering echo considering.
unite my path finder........ foundering
sweat gland glad
showering torrents,
fixative nomads

audience becomes evasive ethos
adherence casual, yet tap strut
in the swarmp. Tick dwells
well his waters spume
spurious burglar overtaken

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docmaverick Mar 14, 2014

A Sailor's Heart

A short while back
my heart set sail,
and as harmless as it was;

the journey wept
to no avail,
'til oceans formed, because.

Thus, so the day
did linger on,
'til every well ran dry;

I knew it not
my heart 'twas gone,
causing my ship to die.

I'm not a man
who sails the sea;
so, forgive me if I'm wrong;

but when hearts leave
all must agree,
the ship and crew tag 'long.

W
wonderful-palace Mar 14, 2014

Medication Nation

She woke up in the morning
Took a pill she took everyday
"Meds knew what to do,
They knew what to say. "

Everyone took them
Mostly her foes
side affects we're strong
As they all now know

The pill took her life
And weight loss took cold
Her legs were skinny
Her skin grey, and cold

It's not too bad
She always said with a grin
A pill help her be better
The pill helped her win

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loved Mar 13, 2014

Who was She

She came for a moment
a fleeting one
just to give me energy
Divine

she was drunk by my eyes
and like wine dissolved
into the universe
in a momentous moment

gave me the fruits of joy
men need most
of an intent
to creativity
a beautiful content
and in the eyes of god
she merged after that monumentous moment...

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alidzain Mar 13, 2014

Little Mouse

Little Mouse is hungry,
time to look for food.
He leaves for the kitchen
to find cheese to loot.

Thus he moves quickly,
passing by the fat cat,
who watches him silently,
ready to attack.

Once the deed is done,
he wants to go home
but his courage undone
crumbling like stone..

The cat is standing!
trouble approaching
Little Mouse squeaking
Scared, he starts running

His grip slipping,
his cheese falling
His heart breaking,
but he's not pausing

S
scribbler Mar 12, 2014

DEAD PINE (brought back for "serving poet" shop)..edit

There is a tall loblolly pine
beside a gravel road I sometimes drive
beyond a weathered dead end sign.
It's years since it was last alive.

I first saw it with needles brown
at the start of leaf fall's season.
The tree stood straight from root to crown.
It died from no apparent reason.

And time passed on and time passed on
until the tree stood needle bare,
a thing wood peckers drummed upon.
I once saw a horned owl perch there.

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emeka ozurumba Mar 12, 2014

death of the stars quill

Ascension the pitch dawn warriors
slivers and effervescence
remand to spoil and share
lee red beret rebels clarion

back into their night of days
centrifugal to partisan shadow
participle in the order of trends

winds and tame hunters oak
white wash as oyster shell
fate forced to far western-
eastern morn was mourn rebirth

four beer fur bier
for bear Appolyon shade
the crayon magazine ,
sung carrion Hades

primeval epitaph of hide and seek
no more sought for thin
gazers gloom glazier

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Seren Mar 12, 2014

transcendence

drape me
in folds of night
sequined with
shimmering stars
in my hand place
a cosmos flower
on my head place
a nebula veil

let my coffin be
made of moon-dust
and my pillows
be rippling clouds
tear new holes
in the firmament
so that I can
see on down

tell the future
I could not wait
I have morphed
and moved ahead
when darkness
starts its breaking
celebrate life
for I am not dead

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Geremia Mar 12, 2014

VEILS edit

VEILS

No man can know the depths
of another man's pain.
The loss of another, The loss of oneself.
Life brings to each of us our own special moments
unique , unshared, unseen to the rest
covered in ritual veils, a broken heart
and a soul tottering on despair,