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[574] Astrologers of Our Doom
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I wonder if my last words would include your name,the two syllables worn in the years of sayingOr if you would find mine in the footnotesof some history you are still composingAre we the astrologers of our doom,reading in each other’s voicethe slow approach of the end we have named,anticipating future hurt, dreaming future scenarios?I…
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[562] Cry Me Rivers from Another Galaxy
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Cry me riversstill waiting to be mapped in another galaxy.My emotions rehearse themselveson a worldly stage of false fallaciesWords drift in the ether, circling, circlingall of them unfinished,all of them searching.Suppressed stories of the childfind its way on the pages of timeThe myths of humankindrepeat in the salt of our tearsThe lost, the unnamed,their pain…
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[561] Long Day’s Journey Into Night
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I can’t wait to feel the sorrow.It came late, but I still follow.The light returns to whatever heavenit came from,And I turn my backto not feel the shine of love,to feel all the lack.How can it be truewhen lies are all I gather?How can it be truewhen I don’t seem to bother?I observe my gradual…
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[559] The Cost of Loving
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The fire of love dims in every roomwhere the cost of living drowns the heart.Thought does not countwhen the gift of action goes astray.Tranquillity is never enoughwhen the next step demands a chase.What is ever enough?I ask that question every day.I walk away from the trees,their branches reaching out like memory.I run from the missteps…
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[558] the caterpillar will (won’t) become a butterfly
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My mistakes, puddlesreflect with restless worriesI bend to touch themfeeling unborn tomorrowsof all that I wasn’t today Wrote a tanka today to get into the rhythm of saying more with less. It’s a japanese short form poetry system with 5-7-5-7-7 syllable scheme. Give it a try! Art by Friedrich Hechelmann
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[548] Tides of Time
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I wash up on the shore of Tomorrow Island,Sun yet to riseCan I skip the worst parts?Could I? Should I?Don’t want to live in should haves,Just want to feel, I am.Where do you think we gowhen waves return to the ocean?All the sand upon my handdoesn’t slip when it has already rained hereWhen life feels…
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[547] The Deadliest Sword
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Everything he saw merged before his eyes But before it merged Everything was distantLost in his inner world,he stood by the riversideHolding the deadliest sword known to mankindA boat arrives and he sitsThe boatman is smiling The warrior is smiling So he asks ‘Why?’The warrior recollects horrors He reflects on his inner demons He thinks…
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[546] How To Remember and Forget
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In one sweeping gazeYou can tear it all apartSlippages of my past cut through my stoic civil warIt beats another life to unearth my anxietiesYet it remains invisible, omnipresentMy blindspots become the battlefield ofthe paradoxical dance of my intrusive fearsIt doesn’t make sense to live a lie of purity I suffer rhythmically and make a…
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[545] Waking from The Winter Sleep
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I was knocked out by the secret in the airDismantled by the yearning to touch her hairI wish to come home to the silence of my wordsI wish to come home to the thought of youLet’s meet behind the grief of yesterdayMeet me in suspended animation where we find a moment to exploreThe life before…
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[544] My Eyes
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The sacred feeling the universe in your eyesThe feeling of self a hazeBut a boundless connection to infinityIt comes, it lifts, then fades away,A fall that stretches, in disarrayTheories of life ripped awayAll instincts devoid of creativityThe sacred feelingthe moon in my eyes From my room’s windowI feel the celestial grace, a momentI carry out…
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[543] The Battle Inside or The War Outside
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Hypnotise meMake the source of my anxiety revealed in your livelinessTeleport me to a point where I don’t have any choice but the right oneHum me sweet melodiesLull me and merge me into an endless consciousnessFeatherless, formless, I fall…Eyes open I am shaken into my surroundingsDreams had taken me to a place where every decision…
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[542] Come Home
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The answer is the simple thing deniedThe obstacle is you in your own wayThe present is tethered to the lifeless pastThe future wails in denial of the presentYou say things to others you want them to say to youYou hear echoes from them, memories fading like dreamsYou see things in the margins known only to…
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[541] Rebirth of The Spectacular Inner Child
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The infinite world of the privateentertains my waking momentsIt all begins with the images of a dreambut I let it fade with the burden of realityI travel to a destination where I have never arrivedThe desire always wanting something newOnce I arrived in a worldwhere I’ve only been in imageryI look around to be amidst…
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[540] Distant Intimacy
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A question that tearsthe very earth you walk onEach slight step you tookTowards the deceit of progressUnwinds as you fallto the familiar dreaded beginningwhere forever dies at its endWhen it’s all but a reverieI cradle you in your peaceful sleepThe lullabies I sing take shape of nightmares for insomniacs of realityQuestions seep into dreamsThey assume…
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[537] Darkness Behind Closed Eyes
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Mind fails to stay stillHeart knows its way aroundBut in this jungle of the material worldI feel lost, a rose wilting on my pillow of tearsIn dreams, I meet my saviourBut how can I be saved from what I can’t name?I try to stay present, but distractions aboundThey say to wander is to wonder, but…