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highlyfunctional
Published
6th Aug 2019 5:50pm
6th Aug 2019 5:50pm
Prayer for a Bitter Young Man
I see you at the end of the bar
pensive and brooding
angry at the world,
your girl (or lack thereof),
inept boss who takes his job
so damn seriously
your twisted mouth
dripping cheap beer
you hate my pinstripe
and the way the bartender smiles
when she reaches high
for my whisky
You wonder why
I drink in this dive
if not to taunt you
with my success
unless--
consider: this isn't my first drink here.
I drank Pabst long before
the hipsters made it cool
My hands are no longer...
pensive and brooding
angry at the world,
your girl (or lack thereof),
inept boss who takes his job
so damn seriously
your twisted mouth
dripping cheap beer
you hate my pinstripe
and the way the bartender smiles
when she reaches high
for my whisky
You wonder why
I drink in this dive
if not to taunt you
with my success
unless--
consider: this isn't my first drink here.
I drank Pabst long before
the hipsters made it cool
My hands are no longer...
#anger
#jealousy
#dreams #LifeStruggles
#dreams #LifeStruggles
135 reads
31 Comments
Ahavati
Published
21st Jul 2019 11:03am
21st Jul 2019 11:03am
SiStars
I.
The first time
I heard the word Sister
was when my older one died—
I was too young to remember
inside a nascent emptiness
unfilled by a brother
There is something indescribable
that happens to a middle child
when they become the eldest;
a salient discombobulation
solidifying over time—
whether or not you qualify
II.
The second...
The first time
I heard the word Sister
was when my older one died—
I was too young to remember
inside a nascent emptiness
unfilled by a brother
There is something indescribable
that happens to a middle child
when they become the eldest;
a salient discombobulation
solidifying over time—
whether or not you qualify
II.
The second...
#sister
#universe
#stars
#spiritual
#evolution
189 reads
27 Comments
crimsin
Unveiling
Unveiling
Published
25th Jul 2019 10:22pm
25th Jul 2019 10:22pm
Poetic DNA
the flavor of a poet is something to be considered while reading
tread carefully you're entering a mystical area
where soul meets verse is unique to each person
more personal than a DNA strand
a misty ground..a sacred place
we come one and all
paying homage to the ones who came before us
offering our fruits of knowledge
touching one another on the deepest level
usually reserved for the gods alone
we revolve, turn and evolve
burning starlight as we go
opening vistas to the celestial
doorways for the weary ones...
tread carefully you're entering a mystical area
where soul meets verse is unique to each person
more personal than a DNA strand
a misty ground..a sacred place
we come one and all
paying homage to the ones who came before us
offering our fruits of knowledge
touching one another on the deepest level
usually reserved for the gods alone
we revolve, turn and evolve
burning starlight as we go
opening vistas to the celestial
doorways for the weary ones...
#spiritual
#WritingPoetry
#philosophical
137 reads
25 Comments
Sky_dancer
Published
26th Jul 2019 10:20am
26th Jul 2019 10:20am
Karmically Bound
No thoughts but you and I in bliss, alone,
Inside our cave make solitude our home.
Hold sands of time suspended in our breath,
The secret transformation of our death.
Though withered skin our hearts still beat a new,
We speak of words, in essence, our soul's truth.
Our tongue and groove fit well, like hand and glove,
I'll bite my tongue and speak not of our love.
Your body now becomes my own; as one,
Our breaths, one mist, I, moon, you are my sun.
This gravitation ~ karma pulls us in,
It binds our souls, entwines our...
Inside our cave make solitude our home.
Hold sands of time suspended in our breath,
The secret transformation of our death.
Though withered skin our hearts still beat a new,
We speak of words, in essence, our soul's truth.
Our tongue and groove fit well, like hand and glove,
I'll bite my tongue and speak not of our love.
Your body now becomes my own; as one,
Our breaths, one mist, I, moon, you are my sun.
This gravitation ~ karma pulls us in,
It binds our souls, entwines our...
#happiness
#love
#spiritual #lover
#spiritual #lover
194 reads
25 Comments
highlyfunctional
Published
16th Aug 2019 4:10pm
16th Aug 2019 4:10pm
No Sunshine, No Peace
blasting the funky part
of the age of Aquarius
into my ears
to drown the noise
in my head
all I can do is imagine
martinis I never drank
and miniskirts
I never saw
latchkey still around my neck
choking me
not letting any sunshine in
to busy to protest
half a mind to just keep driving
half a mind to pull off this
fucking road forever
been here before
circumstances are the same
way I feel about them changed
side of the highway
writing poetry ...
of the age of Aquarius
into my ears
to drown the noise
in my head
all I can do is imagine
martinis I never drank
and miniskirts
I never saw
latchkey still around my neck
choking me
not letting any sunshine in
to busy to protest
half a mind to just keep driving
half a mind to pull off this
fucking road forever
been here before
circumstances are the same
way I feel about them changed
side of the highway
writing poetry ...
#myself
109 reads
26 Comments
Ahavati
Published
10th Aug 2019 6:27pm
10th Aug 2019 6:27pm
DUPoetry.com
Visual entry 2
#LifeAsAWriter
#WritingPoetry
#DeepUndergroundPoetry
154 reads
22 Comments
LilDragonFly
Published
16th Aug 2019 10:31am
16th Aug 2019 10:31am
Inkantations
I return each night
striving to write
all that is wrong
within and without
Mixing up my ink
oh so precious
sangre and teardrops
in equal measure
Oh the thrill
to fill my quill
from tip to plume
before the eternal pause
Above the page
pregnant moment
awaiting the drip
subliminal slip of verse
Each splash of ink
making me think
fully feel
all I must reveal
striving to write
all that is wrong
within and without
Mixing up my ink
oh so precious
sangre and teardrops
in equal measure
Oh the thrill
to fill my quill
from tip to plume
before the eternal pause
Above the page
pregnant moment
awaiting the drip
subliminal slip of verse
Each splash of ink
making me think
fully feel
all I must reveal
#confessional
#myself
94 reads
27 Comments
Ahavati
Published
19th Aug 2019 7:25pm
19th Aug 2019 7:25pm
Seventeen Seconds
is all it takes to capture
a negative entity
invading your thought process
Your future is built by such—
you get what you think about
whether you want it or not
Within 17 seconds of focus
a matching vibration
will activate
Within 68 seconds
gravitation initiates—
movement begins
Despite circumstance: ...
a negative entity
invading your thought process
Your future is built by such—
you get what you think about
whether you want it or not
Within 17 seconds of focus
a matching vibration
will activate
Within 68 seconds
gravitation initiates—
movement begins
Despite circumstance: ...
#faith
#spiritual
#learning #wisdom
#learning #wisdom
78 reads
28 Comments
crimsin
Unveiling
Unveiling
Published
27th Jul 2019 7:25pm
27th Jul 2019 7:25pm
Warned
anger boils to the surface
what is usually turned inwards
is about to explode in the faces of my tormentors
passive lady medicates to stay happy
told to sleep elsewhere if t.v. programing disturbs her slumber
wait a minute I paid for that t.v. motherfucker
I won't sit and yell back at people
to me yelling my discontent is pointless
I've been a target too long
I'm about to walk off this job for losers
I love you but you don't love me
you love what I provide not the person inside of me
the other wolves...
what is usually turned inwards
is about to explode in the faces of my tormentors
passive lady medicates to stay happy
told to sleep elsewhere if t.v. programing disturbs her slumber
wait a minute I paid for that t.v. motherfucker
I won't sit and yell back at people
to me yelling my discontent is pointless
I've been a target too long
I'm about to walk off this job for losers
I love you but you don't love me
you love what I provide not the person inside of me
the other wolves...
#anger
141 reads
15 Comments
Sky_dancer
Published
12th Aug 2019 7:52pm
12th Aug 2019 7:52pm
Consort
His smell on my clothes and skin; petrichor...
Clears the ground and fills the sky.
His thunder rolls in my stomach,
Lightening hands.
Tongue and groove, and well timed beat,
In perfect harmony, you came with me.
Celestial beings cry when you awaken my sacrel chakra.
Never releasing.
Holding and remaining in pure...
...bliss
Clears the ground and fills the sky.
His thunder rolls in my stomach,
Lightening hands.
Tongue and groove, and well timed beat,
In perfect harmony, you came with me.
Celestial beings cry when you awaken my sacrel chakra.
Never releasing.
Holding and remaining in pure...
...bliss
#love
#FallingInLove
120 reads
24 Comments
Ahavati
Published
15th Aug 2019 12:30pm
15th Aug 2019 12:30pm
Sturgeon Moon
Visual
* saged and ready *
* saged and ready *
#moon
117 reads
27 Comments
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