Tag: sad
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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…
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[535] Until We Meet Again
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To meet her once is to meet her for all eternityHer auburn hair a flame, ablaze in ferocityComfortable in silence, comfortable in selfThere is a lust for an experience that is beyond selfA hereditary habit of reading newsTo meet her again is a chance to be rebornShe has never had a crush (at least that’s…
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[532] The Divine Tide
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What escapes us every day tires usBut, is it keeping me alive?Eyes linger, mesmerised by stardustWhat escapes us every day tires usWarring feelings, which one to trust?A headless dove clutters my designWhat escapes us every day tires us But, is it keeping you alive? “NaPoWriMo Day 4: Today, let’s try writing triolets. A triolet is…
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[531] As She Fades
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When I am standing on the edge Revelling at the vista, which the mist blurs I forget the lovely image, hers, asShe fades… fades… fades awayOver me, joy has taken me in its veilMore a creature of this world And one less angel on the earthI want nothing more, nothing lessWhen I am standing on…
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[530] Broken Pieces of Our Past Lives
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An aftertaste of when the mind’s apocalypse ends, blissRed lipstick on my soulA feeling that lingers in the infinite pastThe warmth of a past loverThe apathy to accept that it will not returnThis is the sound of the universea portal to another world where I bloom in the discarded NaPoWriMo Day 2: Today’s prompt asks…
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[529] The Hollow Earth
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where vulnerability goes to diewhen the listener is self consumedwhere love goes to hide when you’re not presentthe hollow earth and its ravenous voidthe space of no returnwhere lightning cannot be capturedthe constant beating of the heartconsumes all friendshipschasing a lost memoryrunning on lost groundi see the glimpses of remembrancebut forgetting makes a distracting soundwhere…
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[523] Count Me Out
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When the lights go outI’m left with a lack in melike damage dwells in my kneeIs it pain or upward spinal ecstasy?Playing catch up to my thoughtsAn utter abandon of prideShudder and stutter in speechAll the ravens waiting for meIn the painting of my lifelies a dark centre amidst delightMelancholic bitter sweet flightA confident self…
Smoke words every day. 