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InDreamz
Published
Today 4:04pm
Today 4:04pm
sunrise
my sleeping eyes
blossomed like lotus petals,
at the touch of soft rays
radiating from your endearing gaze.
your smile painted a million strokes
on my illuminated face,
and my lips stretched into
an inverted dreamy rainbow.
your breath like minty mist
swept across my face,
when you whispered,
"my love, be awake"
your burlap like index
meandered from forehead
to my parched lips;
feeling my scars, ...
blossomed like lotus petals,
at the touch of soft rays
radiating from your endearing gaze.
your smile painted a million strokes
on my illuminated face,
and my lips stretched into
an inverted dreamy rainbow.
your breath like minty mist
swept across my face,
when you whispered,
"my love, be awake"
your burlap like index
meandered from forehead
to my parched lips;
feeling my scars, ...
#happiness
#love
#lover #morning
#lover #morning
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WillowsWhimsies
Published
Today 3:20pm
Today 3:20pm
truth or err
26 of 30
to find my own feet
is a constant battle for balance
checking my gut...
against what's actually heard
here's the thing that's hardest
{for me}
when they speak...
what do they really mean
& what's no more...
than muffled echoes
grating against my sensitive scars
{sandpaper grit over sunburnt skin}
how do I listen
...with clarity
letting my damage feel protected
while I strive to hear reality
because with unintentional filters...
...everything is affected
...
to find my own feet
is a constant battle for balance
checking my gut...
against what's actually heard
here's the thing that's hardest
{for me}
when they speak...
what do they really mean
& what's no more...
than muffled echoes
grating against my sensitive scars
{sandpaper grit over sunburnt skin}
how do I listen
...with clarity
letting my damage feel protected
while I strive to hear reality
because with unintentional filters...
...everything is affected
...
#confessional
#confusion
#learning #vulnerability
#learning #vulnerability
15 reads
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randyjohnson
Published
Today 3:10pm
Today 3:10pm
The Late Michael Alldredge
He guest-starred on "The Jeffersons" and "Serpico".
He also guest-starred on "The Bob Newhart Show".
He starred in "The Sting II", "Iron Eagle" and other flicks.
This very talented man died at the young age of fifty-six.
He guest-starred on "The Dukes Of Hazzard" and "Archie Bunker's Place".
Lung cancer ended his life too soon and he was a credit to the Human Race.
He also guest-starred on "The Bob Newhart Show".
He starred in "The Sting II", "Iron Eagle" and other flicks.
This very talented man died at the young age of fifty-six.
He guest-starred on "The Dukes Of Hazzard" and "Archie Bunker's Place".
Lung cancer ended his life too soon and he was a credit to the Human Race.
#cancer
#death
#nonfiction
2 reads
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Ambjr
Published
Today 2:49pm
Today 2:49pm
slow exhale
my fingers tremble violently in the silence
etched with failures I can't erase
that first chord strikes like a breath
splittin open every wound I’ve tried to hide
Ravel understood how music shoulders
life’s unbearable weight crushin human hearts
his echoes expose all my secret scars
and the silent damage that never truly fades
each haunted sound cuts deeper than hope
diggin up memories I’ve buried alive
my father’s rage lingerin in every note
in all I’ve destroyed tryin to silence his voice
these keys never...
etched with failures I can't erase
that first chord strikes like a breath
splittin open every wound I’ve tried to hide
Ravel understood how music shoulders
life’s unbearable weight crushin human hearts
his echoes expose all my secret scars
and the silent damage that never truly fades
each haunted sound cuts deeper than hope
diggin up memories I’ve buried alive
my father’s rage lingerin in every note
in all I’ve destroyed tryin to silence his voice
these keys never...
#healing
#music
23 reads
1 Comment
PAR
Published
Today 2:37pm
Today 2:37pm
Drawing Clouds
A magic soul ascends, its flame untamed,
among the clouds that shift in heaven's gaze.
A phantom orchestra of whispers framed
where time dissolves in mystic swirling haze.
Each gaze unearths a tale, a tender thread,
from dragon scales to castles steeped in lore.
A fleeting kiss—a wish that’s softly said—
goodbye to dreams that anchor hearts no more.
A storm begins and streaks of silver bleed.
Revealing skies of tempest, cruel and vast.
Yet, still I trace the skies’ eternal creed.
The soul, now etched...
among the clouds that shift in heaven's gaze.
A phantom orchestra of whispers framed
where time dissolves in mystic swirling haze.
Each gaze unearths a tale, a tender thread,
from dragon scales to castles steeped in lore.
A fleeting kiss—a wish that’s softly said—
goodbye to dreams that anchor hearts no more.
A storm begins and streaks of silver bleed.
Revealing skies of tempest, cruel and vast.
Yet, still I trace the skies’ eternal creed.
The soul, now etched...
#clouds
#dragons
#mirror
#scary
#sky
19 reads
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Stoney223
WOLF BAY33
WOLF BAY33
Published
Today 2:26pm
Today 2:26pm
Within my thoughts I've seen
Here I am as I am with my own spiritual connection within thyself, feeling the closeness of my thoughts and the mere feelings, of the tranquility and peace and harmony. For sure as I continue to analyze, my own mind thoughts, of the world. 🌎 THAT to me that it is really necessary, to understand that it's even harder to focus, on what we witness of how much the world, has deeply fallen into the pit of pure energy of darkness. Guarded by the evil forces who are hell bent, on committing to poison the mind of so many women's and men's. For it's like they have to go against the world,...
#fear
#grief
#LifeStruggles
#sadness
#suffering
21 reads
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BatPowers
Bat Powers
Bat Powers
Bumped Today 2:23pm
3rd Feb 2023 6:17pm
3rd Feb 2023 6:17pm
Bad decisions at 55
It wasn't up to you
it was up to me
turns out there was A LOT of falling
drank too much
smoked too much
really over did it on the folly
still here I am
full of ego and piss
the cracks are deeper
my bruises lie in wait
not as quick to calamity
at least that's what I tell myself
though I can still throw my lot in with the wineos
so go ahead twist that top or pull the cork
let's get on with it
i’ll pay for it tomorrow
it was up to me
turns out there was A LOT of falling
drank too much
smoked too much
really over did it on the folly
still here I am
full of ego and piss
the cracks are deeper
my bruises lie in wait
not as quick to calamity
at least that's what I tell myself
though I can still throw my lot in with the wineos
so go ahead twist that top or pull the cork
let's get on with it
i’ll pay for it tomorrow
#aging
#choices
516 reads
14 Comments
Tallen
earth_empath
earth_empath
Published
Today 12:33pm
Today 12:33pm
Cloaked Penumbra
26/30
Cloaked Penumbra
It was often true that I had trouble sleeping
in my youth, closing my eyes meant
monsters already present
or entering my room, my dreams
I unwillingly have to entertain
The dark, I’ve never truly been afraid of
there’s a kind of beauty within
absence of nearly all light
today it’s almost as if I can see in the dark
so have I overcome the darkness
of the night? Maybe.
Maybe not as I still have trouble sleeping
but not because I’m afraid
to lower my eyelids.
...
Cloaked Penumbra
It was often true that I had trouble sleeping
in my youth, closing my eyes meant
monsters already present
or entering my room, my dreams
I unwillingly have to entertain
The dark, I’ve never truly been afraid of
there’s a kind of beauty within
absence of nearly all light
today it’s almost as if I can see in the dark
so have I overcome the darkness
of the night? Maybe.
Maybe not as I still have trouble sleeping
but not because I’m afraid
to lower my eyelids.
...
#dark
#monsters
#night #SelfReflection
#night #SelfReflection
6 reads
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Stoney223
WOLF BAY33
WOLF BAY33
Published
Today 12:08pm
Today 12:08pm
When you don't to talk me
It's seems that there is a difference between you and I for what happen, to when we use to communicate with each other, on so many levels of interest with SUBCONSCIOUSNESS of our thoughts. Why we can't get back to the point of doing the things, that bought us closer then close, for sure what really happen to all that, between each other as one. 🤔 FOR don't we still have that kind of love, still between us in ways that, we still have respect and honor and trust. For sure I've notice the deepness of the way, we use to look at one another with a raw and uncut slice of emotions, but now I...
#anger
#confusion
#disappointment
#grief
#regret
28 reads
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Hatful-of-Hollow
Published
Today 10:41am
Today 10:41am
If Saturday Ever Comes
There is something you need to know
beyond ambulance hustle and intensive care
the girl of your dreams is sad and all alone
Place your diaries in gutters collecting rain
pray tell the empty side of your
bed it is no longer a tomb,
because there is something you really need to know
beyond ambulance hustle and intensive care
the girl of your dreams is sad and all alone
Place your diaries in gutters collecting rain
pray tell the empty side of your
bed it is no longer a tomb,
because there is something you really need to know
#unicorns
34 reads
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oskar
Published
Today 10:06am
Today 10:06am
spring morning
Spring Morning
today, waking up, it was warmer, the winter
had been cold at times, freezing electric heating
is not for those with a slim wallet
Today, we will write pleasant poetry
not like the boy at the edge of his bed, his feet
not long enough to reach the floor, crying
for yet again losing his home because his mother
has tuberculosis, has to go to a sanatorium
his has to go living among strangers, he has to
be nice to and not be boisterous
Yes, pleasant thoughts, not letting bitterness seep
into this day...
today, waking up, it was warmer, the winter
had been cold at times, freezing electric heating
is not for those with a slim wallet
Today, we will write pleasant poetry
not like the boy at the edge of his bed, his feet
not long enough to reach the floor, crying
for yet again losing his home because his mother
has tuberculosis, has to go to a sanatorium
his has to go living among strangers, he has to
be nice to and not be boisterous
Yes, pleasant thoughts, not letting bitterness seep
into this day...
#hope
#love
#respect
25 reads
0 Comments
Solomon_Song
Published
Today 7:07am
Today 7:07am
THE CALL OF THE TURTLE DOVE
#countryside
#love
#rhyming #sex
#rhyming #sex
33 reads
1 Comment
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