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manymanals
18 a simple bystander
I want it to be so that I am a dark mass of life A dark, cataclysmic shroud of flesh A size bigger than the problems I harbor; but not as big as my regrets. Oh yes, to be a spiral of catastrophe, absorbing all that is in my path. swallowing them, engulfing them quickly, but, quietly, spitting them out anew, And whole again. I sought to be the storm before the calm, the pouring rain after the thunderclap of liquid-silver-lightning. To be a wave of confidence and setting myself atop the horizon of other people’s views. To gradually become a giant, to be a whirlwind of ...nothing. Meanwhile here, I am a cloud; A cloud of doubtfulness, Perspiring at the mere second A weak faulty existence I am the aftermath The reconciliation The ending of what was thought to be the beginning A mere cloud, amongst other things I want it to be so that I float, otherwise, I am drowning My humidified scrawny legs are sweeping steel floors, littered with reflections of redrafted selves. Reflections that mirror the broken shards of one's psyche expected to form a whole mirror. I put my ten toes to the cold steel surface, while dragging my past selves as we crawl to where the Dim light is. yet I do not cast any shadows. I want it to be so that I am the lord of the flies, to decompose in a cleanroom. To assert my existence within these four walls, with my breathe alone shaking the inner workings of my rib cage. I want to hear the echo of my heartbeat in the throats of others. To engrave my face into the delicate insides of their skulls, indefinitely. To be memorable— no, To be remembered. Because even then, Even with the strength of ten worlds Even with the confidence of an idle king, Even with the assertion of the Ten Commandments. I am merely but a figment of my own innovation. Walking in the city seems to only expose lively souls, where Dim city lights accentuate dull features, but even then— Even with the Dim and powerful street lamps of the night cowering before my shadow, It only seems to cast a dark reflection, Articulated appearances and dialogues vibrate through the reflections cast by those Dim lamps, And it was in that moment, I was acquainted with, Someone I have not remembered but someone I have chosen to forget
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Jan 22, 2021
Jan 22, 2021 at 11:16 AM UTC
Manal at 8:30
I want it to be so that I am a dark mass of life A dark, cataclysmic shroud of flesh A size bigger than the problems I harbor; but not as big as my regrets. Oh yes, to be a spiral of catastrophe, absorbing all that is in my path. swallowing them, engulfing them quickly, but, quietly, spitting them out anew, And whole again. I sought to be the storm before the calm, the pouring rain after the thunderclap of liquid-silver-lightning. To be a wave of confidence and setting myself atop the horizon of other people’s views. To gradually become a giant, to be a whirlwind of ...nothing. Meanwhile here, I am a cloud; A cloud of doubtfulness, Perspiring at the mere second A weak faulty existence I am the aftermath The reconciliation The ending of what was thought to be the beginning A mere cloud, amongst other things I want it to be so that I float, otherwise, I am drowning My humidified scrawny legs are sweeping steel floors, littered with reflections of redrafted selves. Reflections that mirror the broken shards of one's psyche expected to form a whole mirror. I put my ten toes to the cold steel surface, while dragging my past selves as we crawl to where the Dim light is. yet I do not cast any shadows. I want it to be so that I am the lord of the flies, to decompose in a cleanroom. To assert my existence within these four walls, with my breathe alone shaking the inner workings of my rib cage. I want to hear the echo of my heartbeat in the throats of others. To engrave my face into the delicate insides of their skulls, indefinitely. To be memorable— no, To be remembered. Because even then, Even with the strength of ten worlds Even with the confidence of an idle king, Even with the assertion of the Ten Commandments. I am merely but a figment of my own innovation. Walking in the city seems to only expose lively souls, where Dim city lights accentuate dull features, but even then— Even with the Dim and powerful street lamps of the night cowering before my shadow, It only seems to cast a dark reflection, Articulated appearances and dialogues vibrate through the reflections cast by those Dim lamps, And it was in that moment, I was acquainted with, Someone I have not remembered but someone I have chosen to forget
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sometimes, when I look inside myself, i can feel the earths pulse resonate in my deepest veins, it only happens when the tides push against me though, knocking some sort of odd ***** out of my chest. i saw the life walk out of me at that moment. and with that, my vision was left tainted with the sharpest shade of blue. the only distinguishable color in my sight was the coldest corner of sky. with Eyes transfixed on that tattered edge; I began to crawl to that frayed edge of the World, perhaps-- to feel a thread of difference? but I was met with several fragile dead ends
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Dec 5, 2020
Dec 5, 2020 at 4:19 AM UTC
i see the world as colors
cupid’s arrow aimed at my frontal— cortex, cupid’s arrow aimed for my brain, not my— chest, i did not see it coming (too fast for the eye can see) trembling— with cupid’s bow in my hands: "Am I the really real me?" feeling my cerebral fluids leaking— i’m seeking— the truth, "But what is the cost?" your life you will lose.
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Dec 1, 2020
Dec 1, 2020 at 11:39 AM UTC
cupid's arrow
Whether a comma, or colon: Punctuation slows my rolling I need no period. When I end no Capitalization when I begin Rulelessly I flow my art   Not a single! Exclamation mark Are you not the one Who'll know? Where a question mark No longer goes Warp the structure Bend the lines Put in repeat Let emotion unwind Make yourself Your poetry's the best Be your own ruler Pass your own test Take your own road Where ever it leads Lover or hater It's all poetry!
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Dec 1, 2020
Dec 1, 2020 at 6:28 AM UTC
MAKE YOURSELF
the petals of a wilted flower, carry with it the spores of many lives. found in-between the cracks of concrete and steel, the boundless love of a wilted flower carries within its womb; the hope for a new life. with every kind flower, a tear falls and with every tear, the excuses start to grow weaker. the butterflies cluster around the oozing miasma of a broken but kind flower. but even through the concrete, a flower learns to rage,   to expand, like a silent rebellion beneath the rough and against all odds. surely, it will bloom. again, you will bloom.
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Dec 1, 2020
Dec 1, 2020 at 6:15 AM UTC
the petals of a kind flower leak tears.