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Esme 6d
I sit perched on the wet concrete
My cigarette in one hand nearly burning my hand
The warmth is wanted
For the cigarette smoke curls into the shape of the ghosts before me
The ghosts of my past
The ghosts of love that haunt me

I glance at a puddle,
The puddle that reflects everything
The street sign
The walls
The alleyway behind me
But my face is blurred into a droplet of lies

Why do i feel haunted
Not always by ghosts
But by the person i used to be
And the premonition of the person i will become
The one that's still unclear
The one that might not exist in a couple days
The one who is disappearing
The ghost
That haunts
atp i think im losing my mind so not really a long caption for todays poem
reya Oct 4
loving her is cardio
it would be hard for you,
we know,
wherever you hide your heart it could be chew
leave it.
at least once just to taste it?

keep your heart inside,
if it meets her than good luck to take it back
make sure it never goes outside.
you know her, she’s only known for attacks
Did I give you the list to play me?
Do you really want me?
Am I the problem?
Am I forcing something?
Am I too forward?
Do you need me?
I want you
I need you
Did I give you the form to play me?
Do you care?
Is it lust?
Is it trust?
Is it me?
What could this be?
Destiny wrapped up in chaos?
Chaos as destiny?
duck Sep 29
my head in the clouds
the clouds in the sky
what the clouds enshrouds
is the way the sun shines
on your face
your eyes
your smile
the faint shadow
of your dimples
clearing the clouds that shrouds
so I can see
you and only you
In thee it flies, down thee it sighs
There got thee back to the leap
of graceful nihilism we dwell upon
of forgottened veil unfolds in.
Confessed, the sin invites.

In me it strikes, down me it ties
Cuz’ ain’t you a stranger too?
Absurdity afloating back and forth,
Alienation flattering be and not
Nauseated, the chestnut tree sprouts.

In hell it inane, down hearth it ablaze
Until the sprakle’s all but gone
Not in the way off the grounded What
But on the sheer of That it is
Unhindered, the cradling halo fades.

In blue it prattles, down black it blusters
Can’t the passenger paint a red eye?
Sailboat shivering on the sea
Salvation shotting at the sky
Stumbled, the fallen angel flees.

From a whisper sinking so close away:
Here’s a flight doomed to fall
a leap led to lost
But I’ll show you how
16:44 May 11, 2024. In the meeting hall.
I owe it all——
to the words unspoken
to the flow unseen
to the poet-insanity uncomposed
to the tunes unhummed.
On the way.

Azure thee afloat
Drizzles, alluded not
Absurd me adrift
Dreams, awaked not
Ahold see alight
Drowners, ached not.
In the way.
13:16 August 10, 2024. At Cangyuan Airport.
duck Sep 26
do you like me
or do you like me loving you
because when you're sick i'll bring you hot tea
and when you're down i'll stay with you 24/7
but would you do the same when i'm sickly?
would you stay with me and cuddle me?
there's no way you love me,
but if you like me, please,
don't like me because i love you,
and like me because i'm... me.
dk Sep 25
You
Me
This life.
Something we do.
Something we want to do.
Something we fight for and take for granted.

Stopping to smell the roses but only when there are roses near by.

Reminding ourselves that we can take the time to find the flowers we want to smell and prioritize appreciating their beauty.

We have the time, and yet our time is spent doing so many other things we don't want to do just so we can do so many other things that we want to do.

We waste so much of our time and yet I can't help but wonder if I even want to spend my time searching for flowers and smelling them when the spontaneity of smelling flowers and appreciating their beauty when they come into my life is a simple joy that I chose to keep and remember.

There's so many things to do, not do, want to do, not want to do, say, not say, appreciate, take for granted, love, loathe, but most importantly love and the things and the people and the places and the moments, the time that we have is so long and twisting yet short and fleeting, meaningful, yet boring, exhilarating, yet pointless and profound, so profound to hold you in my hands and look into your eyes and hold your tiny body against mine knowing you've been fearfully and wonderfully made.
An ever increasing rambling following the Fibonacci sequence.
one of a few, mutterances;

you're "killing me!"

every poem of yours delights, enchants,
you are blossoming
and i ear and eat your poem petals,
your white rose petals,
so tritely perfect,
to the hard word floor,
freshly enlivening,
freshly dying,
and hope
my, my mind stays quiet.
though my
breathing pounds,
an overboard sailor,
washed ashore
by the surf in a
Baltic Sea storm



i read you,
and I am there,
i read you,
and then i'm gone,

taken,
i'm taken,
i'm taken away
but my body yet lies,
a fallen victim to the power,
your word~ly empowering,

to imagine
Nat Lipstadt Sep 23
~for no one in particular, just you~

this red thing, surely very surly,
deserves a poem all its owny,
what you see when you saw it,
& the cat's curiosity got thy better,
gotta check it out for it is
obviously excessively
wordy,
but what could it mean?

and the ear bud always intervenes,
(you-know-who-is-always-eavesdropping)
provides a 'reddy' answer:

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If I Ever Fall in Love
Song by Pentatonix ‧ 2015


The very first time
That I saw your brown eyes
Your lips said hello
And I said hi
I knew right then you were the one
But I was caught up
In physical attraction
But to my satisfaction
Baby you were more than just a phase
And if I ever (ever fall) in love again (again)
I will be sure that the lady is a friend
And if I ever (ever fall) in love so true (true)
I will be sure that the lady's just like you
I swear next time she'll be a friend
If I say that I can be your one and only
Promise that you'll never leave me lonely
I just wanna be the one you need
I just wanna be the one who serves you
Sometime I feel as if I don't deserve you
I cherish every moment that we share
And if I ever (ever fall) in love again (again)
I will be sure that the lady is a friend
And if I ever (ever fall) in love so true (true)
I will be sure that the lady's just like you
Very next time she'll be my friend
Someone who I can believe in
(My friend)
Very next time she'll be my friend
Someone who I can believe in
(My friend)
Very next time she'll be my friend
Someone who I can believe in
Very next time she'll be my friend
And if I ever (ever fall) in love again (again)
I will be sure that the lady is a friend
And if I ever (ever fall) in love so true (true)
I will be sure that the lady's just like you

**and folks,
that's!
what ❤️'s
are all about
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