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AntoninoPugliese
AntoninoPugliese
"Every child is an artist, the problem is staying an artist when you grow up." -Pablo Picasso
A thousand moments drip by One millisecond of time seeps through the cracks If only happiness could flow through this river indefinitely Instead it seems that it's feliz is dampened with melancholy How one instant you can taste the sweet lips of harvest love After the heart has ripened and fully blooms for you But then suddenly meet the crow that rips your stability away As the river is plagued, the crow steals your heart to the sky Dangling it miles above your head Taunting you with the feeling of being truly dead. If my river is sorrowed and my sky devoured The land seems the only place to go. I search for refuge in the barren wasteland Yet find myself solely longing for a swim And being tempted by the clouds to take to the sky. It is in this moment that epiphany finds its true meaning. I can not simply search in these respective realms through solitary actions Only the transparent soul can navigate these barriers Finding its purity to make travel worth while. Therefore I shall roam the sky Therefore I shall bask in the sea Therefore I shall embrace the land For I know that when one is injured, aid is found in another.
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May 24, 2016
May 24, 2016 at 1:19 AM UTC
The Balance of 3
The dew that forms on spring grass. The sun rays that shine through summer windows. The crisp leaves that blow through autumn winds. The snow flurries that illuminate the wintery chills. These are the most common poetic topics... But why? The face of poetry is abstract and unseen. Its mask shifts and changes into ideas of understanding, Depending on the listener... The beauty of nature has effortless expression It practically writes for itself. But the fire of Love is another matter. "Bye, love you!" "I love that!" "C'mon love." The name appears more often than necessary, But is it truly understood, like nature? It seems my generation has forgotten Love's definition. "Love: an intense feeling of deep affection." I don't love my cereal, I love my mom's caring personality. I don't love my car, I love my dad's willingness to trust. I don't love my tickets to Disney, I love my younger brother's sense of fun. I don't love my toothbrush, I love my eldest brother's teaching disposition. Love is a part of nature, it's true, But it is not meant to be taken as lightly. Nature is easily seen through our widening pupils, Every move it makes is impossible to go unnoticed. Love's invisibility is easy to let slip by, You have to look closely to find it. True Love is never found in objects. True Love is found in families of all different seasons.
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Jun 16, 2015
Jun 16, 2015 at 2:02 AM UTC
Family of Seasons
Collaboration is key. A thought that penetrates one imagination Can become an idea formed with another. Two heads are better than one. It's fulfilling to grace one's mind with friendships. Don't our thoughts get lonely? Trapped inside our heads all day... Never being born into a blue world of possibilities. The imagination is the world's philosophical *** Imagination is a collaborative process to make purple from blue and red. Two heads, creating one coherent idea that leaps into the world, Ready to exercise its originality. Oh yeah, the world needs some more imagination, Because *** is just too good to pass up.
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Jun 14, 2015
Jun 14, 2015 at 2:10 AM UTC
*** of the Imagination
Dawn hits. The smoky mists of the night fade away. All that was once existent is blurred into nothingness. A new beginning starts. The old nightlife is somehow forgotten. Nothing from the past can penetrate the force of the future. It must all remain where it belongs... Forgotten. But how can something so important be lost? It is believed that dawn shall fade the night away. Day will take over and the darkness shall subside. But the night is never truly forgotten. Without night, there shall be no day. Without night, there shall be no dawn. The memories of night can never fade. For the light of day is met with dusk, And dusk shall once again bring the images of night in all its beauty. Dawn may begin, but it is not a means to an end. Dusk shall return night to the world, Old memories once again becoming a reality.
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Jun 13, 2015
Jun 13, 2015 at 4:01 AM UTC
Dawn
The sonata streams, soars through the starlight                       I play you my songs, but still you can’t hear My music used to woo you toward the right Yet now my notes don’t carry far, I fear The love between us is a one-way street I pray that you’ll see me in a new light The lack luster of my eyes breaths defeat                               What I wish for should not be such a fight And then, for an instant, I see you smirk.                                   And then, the crows feet of your eyes wrinkle. And then, I feel confidence start to work. And then, I try to make your eyes twinkle.      My feelings pour into sweet honey’d tongue.                     Your giggles in my ear, forever rung.
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Jun 12, 2015
Jun 12, 2015 at 2:20 AM UTC
Sonnet: Your Smirk
The ladder is so simple. It is used to climb to see the heavens. The ladder is so simple. With a grasp of its outer shell Man can slip away without a sound. The ladder is so simple. But it requires such effort to move upwards Each rung requires a jump from the previous. A leap of faith- Ending in the starting place with no new vertical accomplishments OR Continuing with a crash on the next, elevated rung, Repeating the process once again. Then there’s the other option. To grasp the sides of the ladder when man has finished climbing, Slinking, slithering down the smooth sides of the legs Where you smack the bottom. The ladder is so simple. It’s easy for man to climb. Each rung is a new goal to reach. There’s a constant need to land on top like a nobleman chasing the crown. The hard part is saying goodbye to the heights achieved. “Are the rungs pointless if man should pass them all coming back down?” “Are the leaps of faith worth the energy in the end?” But the hardest question of all- “When does man know to sink?”
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Jun 12, 2015
Jun 12, 2015 at 2:17 AM UTC
Life's Ladder
May the kaleidoscope clusters of constellations Be your Guide through the galaxy. Their Light outlining the path to take like an airplane’s aisle way as it soars through the sky. May the Moon decorate your nights So there is never darkness ahead. The Light that penetrates your eyes Forever stays as the HaloRingsBendandBlurTogether May you swallow the sun With one LARGE gulp. Tasting the flavor of Intensity as you absorb its Wisdom of many centuries. May you grow up to be Righteous Righting the smallest of wrongs. May you grow up to be Courageous Fighting for every star, no matter the universe it belongs. May you grow up to be Loved. May you grow up to be Loved.
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Jun 12, 2015
Jun 12, 2015 at 2:07 AM UTC
Maneuvering the Night Sky
Behind closed doors I see the world Others look, but cannot see... To look into the pain of a beating heart To see the cape of black surrounding love Why must I hide? Why must I live in fear? I want to feel brave, But it’s not possible. I’ve been locked away, behind closed doors. Alone in the dark, Thoughts rush through my head. I want to express my feelings, I want to be myself But life has cursed me. Am I a slave of love? I’m forced to watch its powers But never feel for myself. My heart is locked away with the rest of me. It still has the urges To reach out... to love. But if I reach out, I will be attacked. If I reach out, I will be hurt. If I reach out, the world will see me bare. If the world sees me, I’m doomed. I’m forced to watch love, and never experience it. Is this what the world is supposed to be? Am I supposed to be locked behind closed doors? Am I meant to just be a prop in this silly game of God? Why aren’t there answers? Why can’t I be cured? Why can’t the world see ME? Alas, this is what I wonder As the darkness draws me back in, As my heart is draped with a black curtain, I must stay here. Locked behind closed doors. Locked from the world. Locked from me. Maybe one day I can eventually leave this darkness... But sadly once I leave this barren space, I believe there is only more darkness to come The darkness to come won’t be caused by me however, Others will cause it. So I guess the question to answer is, “which darkness is lighter?” My darkness? Or the world’s?
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Jun 12, 2015
Jun 12, 2015 at 1:44 AM UTC
Behind Closed Doors
Behind closed doors I see the world Others look, but cannot see... To look into the pain of a beating heart To see the cape of black surrounding love Why must I hide? Why must I live in fear? I want to feel brave, But it’s not possible. I’ve been locked away, behind closed doors. Alone in the dark, Thoughts rush through my head. I want to express my feelings, I want to be myself But life has cursed me. Am I a slave of love? I’m forced to watch its powers But never feel for myself. My heart is locked away with the rest of me. It still has the urges To reach out... to love. But if I reach out, I will be attacked. If I reach out, I will be hurt. If I reach out, the world will see me bare. If the world sees me, I’m doomed. I’m forced to watch love, and never experience it. Is this what the world is supposed to be? Am I supposed to be locked behind closed doors? Am I meant to just be a prop in this silly game of God? Why aren’t there answers? Why can’t I be cured? Why can’t the world see ME? Alas, this is what I wonder As the darkness draws me back in, As my heart is draped with a black curtain, I must stay here. Locked behind closed doors. Locked from the world. Locked from me. Maybe one day I can eventually leave this darkness... But sadly once I leave this barren space, I believe there is only more darkness to come The darkness to come won’t be caused by me however, Others will cause it. So I guess the question to answer is, “which darkness is lighter?” My darkness? Or the world’s?
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