Submissions by buddhakitty
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
falling from the sky
the eyes of condors
dart about feverishly
as men and vermin
pray. the sun lays
red across the face
of morning
and there is coffee,
smokes and mute
conversation for
the newly dead,
but no laughter
is allowed
ice on words
skate past
knowledge
and into blind
dog rage
and cruelty
my heart has
never held a
rose so close
that i have
understood it's
meaning, but
i understand
the cigar in my
mouth and tears
and the words of
great...
dart about feverishly
as men and vermin
pray. the sun lays
red across the face
of morning
and there is coffee,
smokes and mute
conversation for
the newly dead,
but no laughter
is allowed
ice on words
skate past
knowledge
and into blind
dog rage
and cruelty
my heart has
never held a
rose so close
that i have
understood it's
meaning, but
i understand
the cigar in my
mouth and tears
and the words of
great...
#loneliness
#shame
#humankind
#frustration
#disappointment
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by the dawn's fading light
two sides
each believing they
the sole processor
of right
dig deep their heels in
the dirt of politics
and grind
away
until they are buried up to
their necks in the pig
shit of stupified
ignorance and
tradition
the dogma of generations
barking
the cannon of ideologues
blast away
democrats have become
socialists
republicans have become
Trumptites
the left wing
broken
the right wing
broken
how can the...
each believing they
the sole processor
of right
dig deep their heels in
the dirt of politics
and grind
away
until they are buried up to
their necks in the pig
shit of stupified
ignorance and
tradition
the dogma of generations
barking
the cannon of ideologues
blast away
democrats have become
socialists
republicans have become
Trumptites
the left wing
broken
the right wing
broken
how can the...
#fate
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8 Comments
December
snow,
ice,
freezing
wind
shit...
ice,
freezing
wind
shit...
#frustration
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14 Comments
six ways to become more human
1.
clean the rainbow
from your eyes.
2.
make your mind a
formless place.
3.
to be more loving,
imitate a dog.
4.
wake up, get dressed, go to
work, drive home, eat, go to
bed. wakeupgetdresed, go to
work, drive home, eat, go to
bed. wakeupgetdressedgoto
work, drive home, eat, go to
bed. wakeupgetdressedgoto
workdrivehomeeatgotobed.
repeat till dead.
5.
be on the lookout for
honest mistakes to make.
6.
when all else...
clean the rainbow
from your eyes.
2.
make your mind a
formless place.
3.
to be more loving,
imitate a dog.
4.
wake up, get dressed, go to
work, drive home, eat, go to
bed. wakeupgetdresed, go to
work, drive home, eat, go to
bed. wakeupgetdressedgoto
work, drive home, eat, go to
bed. wakeupgetdressedgoto
workdrivehomeeatgotobed.
repeat till dead.
5.
be on the lookout for
honest mistakes to make.
6.
when all else...
#humankind
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9 Comments
courage
though the
skies are
dark with
arrows
keep kicking
sand in the
face of God
laughing
laughing
laughing
until the
wind no
longer
remembers
your name
skies are
dark with
arrows
keep kicking
sand in the
face of God
laughing
laughing
laughing
until the
wind no
longer
remembers
your name
#dreams
#humankind
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7 Comments
a new take
Jack be nimble,
Jack be quick.
Jack jumped over
the candle stick,
but he missed and
burned his fat ass.
(he was trying to
impress Jill...that
little slut)
Jack be quick.
Jack jumped over
the candle stick,
but he missed and
burned his fat ass.
(he was trying to
impress Jill...that
little slut)
#boyfriend
#girlfriend
#vanity
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4 Comments
try not to die tonight
no matter
where you
are tonight
no matter
what you
are doing:
at the end
of a bottle
at the end
of your wits
at the end
of the road
at the end
of a gun
try not to
die tonight
don't let the hypocrisy of
this world steal your courage,
make you feel small, or force
you to compromise the golden
child you are
tomorrow will
come
it may not be a
great tomorrow,
but it's a start
sometimes all
that is...
where you
are tonight
no matter
what you
are doing:
at the end
of a bottle
at the end
of your wits
at the end
of the road
at the end
of a gun
try not to
die tonight
don't let the hypocrisy of
this world steal your courage,
make you feel small, or force
you to compromise the golden
child you are
tomorrow will
come
it may not be a
great tomorrow,
but it's a start
sometimes all
that is...
#humankind
#heroic
#SelfWorth #CallToAction
#SelfWorth #CallToAction
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anti parable
give a man a
fish and he'll
eat for a day...
teach a man
to fish and he
may fall into
the water and
drown
fish and he'll
eat for a day...
teach a man
to fish and he
may fall into
the water and
drown
#learning
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winter's bloom
what would you
do if you knew
that you were
the last person
someone had
the feelings of
love towards?
would you
laugh?
would you think
it was stupid,
foolish even?
or,
would you quietly
look down, slightly
smile to yourself
and see it as a gift?
someone's last
small miracle
to give?
what would you
do if you knew
that you were
the last flower
to grow in
someone's
garden?
do if you knew
that you were
the last person
someone had
the feelings of
love towards?
would you
laugh?
would you think
it was stupid,
foolish even?
or,
would you quietly
look down, slightly
smile to yourself
and see it as a gift?
someone's last
small miracle
to give?
what would you
do if you knew
that you were
the last flower
to grow in
someone's
garden?
#love
#kindness
#honesty #gratitude
#honesty #gratitude
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walking through a big box store
people move by me
like dead fish floating on
top of diseased water
the vapid expressions
the empty well of
eyes
thoughts as hollow as
rotting logs
anonymous days
passing through
unremarkable lives
the air stank of
conversations
dying of boredom
fear catching in
my chest
where are the
poets?
where are the
artist?
where are the
dreamers?
where did they
go?
what happened
to them?
what...
like dead fish floating on
top of diseased water
the vapid expressions
the empty well of
eyes
thoughts as hollow as
rotting logs
anonymous days
passing through
unremarkable lives
the air stank of
conversations
dying of boredom
fear catching in
my chest
where are the
poets?
where are the
artist?
where are the
dreamers?
where did they
go?
what happened
to them?
what...
#humankind
419 reads
buddhakitty, book 3. so,this is hell
so, this is
hell
a single drop of rain
falling in the desert
the last grape left
behind on the vine
becoming lost in the
asylum hallways of
thought
a faceless night after
a faceless day
the cold, sharp metal
tongue of a knife's edge
raked across anxious skin
an old man sitting alone
in a small room covered
with the flies of memory
what little time is left
are crumbs scattered
across the floor
...
hell
a single drop of rain
falling in the desert
the last grape left
behind on the vine
becoming lost in the
asylum hallways of
thought
a faceless night after
a faceless day
the cold, sharp metal
tongue of a knife's edge
raked across anxious skin
an old man sitting alone
in a small room covered
with the flies of memory
what little time is left
are crumbs scattered
across the floor
...
#humankind
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A Parting Verse
Bow down, bow down,
the sun now descends.
Wynter comes and the
year hastens to end.
Perhaps one day, our
paths will again entwine
and together we will sup
the earth's good wine
But until that day awakes
and sounds clarion calls,
heartless will be the ice
and snow that eternally falls
Through the unkind frost
we struggle and lumber,
and next to fireplace bed,
in warmth, we will slumber
And dream of days verdant
with apple and wheat
with honey for our tongues
and mead so...
the sun now descends.
Wynter comes and the
year hastens to end.
Perhaps one day, our
paths will again entwine
and together we will sup
the earth's good wine
But until that day awakes
and sounds clarion calls,
heartless will be the ice
and snow that eternally falls
Through the unkind frost
we struggle and lumber,
and next to fireplace bed,
in warmth, we will slumber
And dream of days verdant
with apple and wheat
with honey for our tongues
and mead so...
#humankind
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