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robert43041
Viking
Viking
Published
Today 8:00pm
Today 8:00pm
Grilled
She loved him
To pieces.
And grilled.
To pieces.
And grilled.
#anger
#dark
8 reads
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Viddax
Lord Viddax
Lord Viddax
Published
Today 7:56pm
Today 7:56pm
Glimpse of Grey
I am known by many names,
I am the Grey Pilgrim;
roaming from here to there
in time of need
never early or late,
arriving precisely when I mean to,
in time to turn the tide
against darkness.
I am a friend to Elf and Dwarf
and Man
and Hobbits who I like the most.
I am a Servant
of the Secret Fire,
though my arms of choice
are wisdom and pity.
I am the Grey Pilgrim;
roaming from here to there
in time of need
never early or late,
arriving precisely when I mean to,
in time to turn the tide
against darkness.
I am a friend to Elf and Dwarf
and Man
and Hobbits who I like the most.
I am a Servant
of the Secret Fire,
though my arms of choice
are wisdom and pity.
#travel
#magic
#NaPoWriMo2021
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slipalong
Published
Today 7:55pm
Today 7:55pm
Bygones
In sentiment as we look back
to the yesterdays of childish views
tangled overgrowth, that long relapse
the memories we pick and choose
The flashes for our own synapse
coloured with perceptions brief
cherry pick when life falls flat
to fool ourselves with vain conceit.
Those sunny days and endless fun
in the barren of today
a lethargy of life so gummed
look toward from past and say.
Now's wistful thoughts, that I replay
to take the best and dust it off
the new charade be your mainstay
bring new...
to the yesterdays of childish views
tangled overgrowth, that long relapse
the memories we pick and choose
The flashes for our own synapse
coloured with perceptions brief
cherry pick when life falls flat
to fool ourselves with vain conceit.
Those sunny days and endless fun
in the barren of today
a lethargy of life so gummed
look toward from past and say.
Now's wistful thoughts, that I replay
to take the best and dust it off
the new charade be your mainstay
bring new...
#strength
#motivational
#inspirational #memories
#inspirational #memories
1 read
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goldenmyst
Published
Today 7:41pm
Today 7:41pm
Rainy Streets
Rainy Streets
Friends washed out to sea
So like a dream upon waking
Yet so real as an apartment
Where quiet gathers like spirits
Whose memory sings to a Celtic beat
Soft as a lullaby on rainy streets
Where babies wail and widowers cry
Friends washed out to sea
So like a dream upon waking
Yet so real as an apartment
Where quiet gathers like spirits
Whose memory sings to a Celtic beat
Soft as a lullaby on rainy streets
Where babies wail and widowers cry
#depression
#grief
#loneliness
#death
#memories
4 reads
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SilverBeaver_42
Published
Today 7:16pm
Today 7:16pm
Infatuated
I try so hard
not to think of you
But
you are in my heart
tugging at my mind
not to think of you
But
you are in my heart
tugging at my mind
#happiness
#love
#romantic
#MovingOn
#obsession
6 reads
0 Comments
Thetravelingfairy
Published
Today 6:25pm
Today 6:25pm
No More Tears to Shed
What can one do, with so much hatred
Built up fury, caged inside?
All my tears I’ve used
Abused
I own no more to shed
If I stole some back, there would be sin
A stain or two, some smears
I’m afraid I’d waste those tears again
So tell me, what can one do
To set these vices free?
I’ve carried them so long
They are my property
I’ve tried selling them, through various methods
I call them “tricks of the street”
You learn them from other prisoners
Who squandered tears so carelessly
Now that...
Built up fury, caged inside?
All my tears I’ve used
Abused
I own no more to shed
If I stole some back, there would be sin
A stain or two, some smears
I’m afraid I’d waste those tears again
So tell me, what can one do
To set these vices free?
I’ve carried them so long
They are my property
I’ve tried selling them, through various methods
I call them “tricks of the street”
You learn them from other prisoners
Who squandered tears so carelessly
Now that...
#sadness
#depression
#dark
#MentalHealth
#NaPoWriMo2021
11 reads
2 Comments
adagio
Published
Today 6:23pm
Today 6:23pm
Soylent Night
..with soylent night of paraffin
candles and snack bars
of soybeans...
insulting my intelligence
with spiders on strings
and curfews after six...
on a red-eye taking flight
to drink my Bud Lite
echoing silent beaches...
benath the snail moon
of the midnight sloth
with soylent night of paraffin...
candles and snack bars
of soybeans...
insulting my intelligence
with spiders on strings
and curfews after six...
on a red-eye taking flight
to drink my Bud Lite
echoing silent beaches...
benath the snail moon
of the midnight sloth
with soylent night of paraffin...
#anxiety
#grief
#loneliness #dark
#loneliness #dark
20 reads
0 Comments
VirgiliusMaro
Published
Today 6:04pm
Today 6:04pm
No Name
Across oceans and plains
terrains
in countless hues
currents of time
roots
extending through
centuries of lives
fleeting
in time and space
giving rise
to countless names
tracing
false identities
every title every term
confirm and bind
illusion
in
the deceptive mind
The true self hidden
In its essence
every thing every one
of centers the same
exist without name
your name
mine
o’er the rolling of time
as mist and haze
shall...
terrains
in countless hues
currents of time
roots
extending through
centuries of lives
fleeting
in time and space
giving rise
to countless names
tracing
false identities
every title every term
confirm and bind
illusion
in
the deceptive mind
The true self hidden
In its essence
every thing every one
of centers the same
exist without name
your name
mine
o’er the rolling of time
as mist and haze
shall...
#TruthOfLife
11 reads
0 Comments
adagio
Published
Today 5:38pm
Today 5:38pm
Buckling My Shoe
Sweet succulents of twilight
nipping at my pillow
with dreams
of death's soliloquy
with the tongue of dark
moist as the kisses
beneath a night's chime
in sentiments of rhyme
touched by a breath of love
listening to whispers
of slanderous means
in death's soliloquy
going softly by a flight
through the window of time
with inuendoes of blue skies
as I buckle my shoe.
nipping at my pillow
with dreams
of death's soliloquy
with the tongue of dark
moist as the kisses
beneath a night's chime
in sentiments of rhyme
touched by a breath of love
listening to whispers
of slanderous means
in death's soliloquy
going softly by a flight
through the window of time
with inuendoes of blue skies
as I buckle my shoe.
#love
#inspirational
#utopia #emotions
#utopia #emotions
14 reads
2 Comments
Honoria
Published
Today 5:31pm
Today 5:31pm
Knockout!
14/30
Mental Vs. Physical
It went round and round
All and sundry wondering
Which would fall first
The call was close from the start
Mental came out swinging-
A little too early with dancing feet
Physical took a couple of swift
South paws to the chest
Yet stayed upright and in the fight
Psyche messed about with Mental
Pain tore up Physical and
Round four nearly ended both
Eyes locked on each other
Each desperately trying to win
Went down simultaneously
The Referee...
Mental Vs. Physical
It went round and round
All and sundry wondering
Which would fall first
The call was close from the start
Mental came out swinging-
A little too early with dancing feet
Physical took a couple of swift
South paws to the chest
Yet stayed upright and in the fight
Psyche messed about with Mental
Pain tore up Physical and
Round four nearly ended both
Eyes locked on each other
Each desperately trying to win
Went down simultaneously
The Referee...
#illness
#frustration
#NaPoWriMo2021
20 reads
1 Comment
aussieinmumbai
Published
Today 5:27pm
Today 5:27pm
Lust and longing
Do you still dream of memories we created in the chat room
Two strangers exploring the virtual world dispelling our lonely gloom
We followed our hearts, urgings of the soul to create a magic of our own
We shared our tears, the lustful longings and uttered the despairing moan
We felt the rush of blood, the fast beat of the heart and the hormones soar
We bared our soul and the bodies as our hunger grew more
Then time passed us by and our lives moved in the other way
We met new people forged new bonds..but the memories of us did stay
So one night we lit...
Two strangers exploring the virtual world dispelling our lonely gloom
We followed our hearts, urgings of the soul to create a magic of our own
We shared our tears, the lustful longings and uttered the despairing moan
We felt the rush of blood, the fast beat of the heart and the hormones soar
We bared our soul and the bodies as our hunger grew more
Then time passed us by and our lives moved in the other way
We met new people forged new bonds..but the memories of us did stay
So one night we lit...
#sex
29 reads
3 Comments
Academic
Published
Today 5:27pm
Today 5:27pm
Kimberly Potter knew precisely what she was doing when she wilfully murdered Daunte Wright!
By Stanley Collymore
The fact is plain and simple
Kimberly Potter shot and
killed an unarmed and
handcuffed Black man Daunte Wright on the sole basis of a
so very questionable traffic
stop based supposedly on
him allegedly having an
out-of-date automobile
licence plate tag stuck
on his car. This when
it was clearly known to the
local police that the civic ...
The fact is plain and simple
Kimberly Potter shot and
killed an unarmed and
handcuffed Black man Daunte Wright on the sole basis of a
so very questionable traffic
stop based supposedly on
him allegedly having an
out-of-date automobile
licence plate tag stuck
on his car. This when
it was clearly known to the
local police that the civic ...
#hate
#rejection
#dark
#shame
#denial
5 reads
0 Comments
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