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[384] Play of Shadow & Light
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Absolve me from my illusionsfrom my frequent illness of disquietude How long can I put upconversing with God’s shadow Clear me of its luminous clouds Reveal the sun on my lakewith no reflections at allGive me the chance to look beyond the unfathomable depths of my souleven if it means annihilation of my egoeven if…
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[383] The Big Bang
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To attain the first impossible I venture beyond silenceAlmost touching the great beyondI find myself going inside the soul Glitters shine around vacuumThe gravity doing its work Space rock blasts in the cosmic night and the stars dance to its twinkly tune As small as the speck of sand As large as the Milky Waymy…
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[382] Normal Lives in Strange Times
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Strange times strange lives intertwine in rhymes Breaking patterns to see through I’ll break atoms to be with you Nightly talks Stoppage of time Expansion of the universe from a livid God’s mind We’ve been hurting We’ve been looking awayBut we’ll understand it lateron a moonless SundayWe can getawayunder the probing eyes of the starsViolent…
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[381] Why We Write
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I write what I deny to think in my own head. I surprise myself as I watch these thoughts become real. It feels like someone else holds the pen and writes things I didn’t know I feel. He writes all that I thought I conquered but all I did was, lose to it.It’s a reminder…
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[379] Two Roads Diverged in a Snowy Desert
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The making of toxic memoirs asI find myself driving to you Unable to find common ground I try to recall lively talks that used to be ours but the song that plays on the radiooverwrites all our static memories awayThe further I drive The less I seek you The more that I think The closer…
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[374] Infinite Jest of Living
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It’s the end of the worldI’m screaming to no one at allA lonely death of a lonely mind finding peace in its plightCaressing regrets of our timesSleeping with kindness at nightOh it’s the end of the worldEmpires of kings and queens flashes of a dynastyKillings of a hundred languagesExtinct animals used to practice Lying under…
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[372] Know Yourself, Know Others
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How many times have you observed people in their private spaces alone and being their honest selves? There’s an ease or a disquiet consuming the way their body moves We’ve probably only watched ourselves in those private moments and we know how different we would behave if there was another person amidst our environment so…
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[369] The Death of Ego
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Chase the high Find the light I’m a weary soul tumbling down I will be born again I will make mistakes Is it too late to call it off now? 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵. Stuck in an avalanche Burying beneath the past A snowy mirror reflecting a void avoiding the forgotten lake of time Deforestation…
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[367] The Night Never Ends
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Forgetful growth I learn that it’s easier to remember an existing memory than to form a new one It’s easier to learn because forgetting is seamless and all learning is really in the end is a seamless task of forgetting little details around as I close my eyes and wake to A whole world that…
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[365] Little World of Infinities
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Find your little world and reach the end of its infinity Then travel in search of knowledge in its little mistakes and detours To be able to find our way to cure our general malaise even after finding our bliss Let us forgo it all, so we find another world The base fear that drives…
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[364] The Negative Space
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The familiarity of the unfamiliar passes in my mind like a muffled sound It puts me to sleep so I don’t let it overwhelm me with pain I try to understand, analyse, hear, see it but its foreign language evades me The confusion brews about a pressure cooker feeling I try to ignore, deflect, hide,…
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[363] Looking Beyond
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Ancient wisdom hidden in plain sight Like secrets that can’t be told It seems to transcend thought lying in the great beyond waiting for the giant leap forward and standing up to the image of fear The blink of an eye waiting to open offering us a chance to witness the true nature of a…
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[361] The Burning Courage
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My scattered self picks up pieces from everyone around in hopes to form a whole I hold a handful of childhood dreams fading from my memory Glimpses of a smile that i failed to bring in reality How do i become whole when my adamantine fear drives me to static safety How do i break…
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[360] The Last Days of Night
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I engage in a spineless pursuit of truth Greedy eyes for a glimpse or two Turning away from the light I give in to the dark Underneath matter Overflowing abyss I feel nothing I see nothing I write
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[359] Ascent of Mankind
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The mountains beckon you An arduous journey mirroring life The summit asks for sacrifice of your physical body to test the mental mind You forget beauty Self involved in the survival of self A hard day’s time is justified when the summit gives you the feeling of discovering it again for the first time Beauty…