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He was a galaxy, she was part of every song
He was in my bed, she was in my head
He could give me the future I want, she can give me the excitement I need
He was happiness and she was pleasure
He was hope and she was nostalgia
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 Mar 2017 Alasiri T
Kelly Weaver
**** love, and all that comes with it
**** the ones you fall for though you CLEARLY shouldn't
**** the guys that let you cry yourself to sleep at night without a shred of guilt on the conscience
**** loving someone only to have your happiness shattered into sharp little pieces
And **** trying to pick them all up.

You'll cut your hands on their words, their promises, their smile
They aren't worth the time
The tears
The blood
The emotion the raw emotion that's eating away at your heart while you try to find the courage to stumble out of bed in the morning
**** love and it's empty promises.
All love does is tear people down and rip them apart
You don't deserve this pain
Nobody does but we keep falling in love and keep getting hurt and it's such a vicious cycle so
**** LOVE.
Is your poetry now dusty,
  as it lays back on the shelf

Have your dreams become dismissive,
  do you live for someone else

Is there mold inside your memory box,
   questions now long gone

Do you walk that lonely road alone,
—your heart to drag along

(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2017)
Poetry
is where
religion is a
heresy used by
the iambic heretic

a crusade where wits
and words play games
and
untamed by the wilds
of time
each soul it takes
takes
on the mantle,
rhyme
becomes the canticle
the poet thus
the crucible.

We are feted,

we'll still burn in the fire
or be buried
in
Westminster Abbey
an
ornate tomb
next to the choir.

Chaucer
Donne
Thomas
live on and
yet they're
gone
a million million poets more
arrive to flout the writings
Luther
nailed upon the door
only we remain
the spoken tincture
which you use to ease
the pain.

Unrecognised?
I see the signs
In the dull eyes
of another busy
day
 Jan 2017 Alasiri T
chris
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 Jan 2017 Alasiri T
chris
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if i love someone,



         they all leave me
 Jan 2017 Alasiri T
Laura Duran
fingertips tentative on blushing cheeks•gentle warmth for blossoming kisses•a sigh escapes as our lips tenderly touch•shivers dance on my naked skin•eyes closed, the moon trembles•stars explode as tongues entwine•lost in the touch of your caresses•sensations of nervous anticipation•fingertips paint glistening skin•heated blood rushing, bodies blushing•deep moaning breaths as hands explore•modesty replaced by uninhibited desires•lips brushing the soft ivory neck•teeth detecting a hot rushing pulse•taken by surprise at my eagerness•an unashamed longing to please•her back arching with aching yearning•giving herself up, surrender so beautiful•sweet blinding tension quickly intensifies•with ****** cries, i unconsciously call your name•my mind explodes into bright oblivion•in echoes of her shuddering fulfillment•thunder recedes into candle lit night•in quivering gasps, i breathe you in•your now familiar skin so close and warm•collapsing in deep honeyed afterglow•untangling each other to gentle caress•with knowing glances, we'll sleep-in tomorrow
Roaming all over the sky
The small and big white clouds
Dancing upon one another
Wearing bluish feathers of life
Behind the windows of clouds
An enormous fireball hiding
Empowering all living creations
Reflecting the glimpses of life
With its golden rays of smile

©Dhiman Saha
 Jan 2017 Alasiri T
jenny
A morning herb developing its hue,
Slight and delicate yet it possesses a vigorous core.
Granted with freedom and eternity,
or so it seems.
As the midrib locks itself with the branch of humanity,
other leaves nearby would fluctuate.
But one day, the green revealed an unexplainable blockade
that disturbed the arm tremendously.
It was as if the Autumn door was closing and the frost
was making it's entry.
The edges have decided to hibernate and
The veins have begun to fold.
The stem grasped tightly onto its existence and focused
greatly towards the key.
Connection.
A sudden burst of bushes surrounded this plant
to assist the complication.
Drenched in dew and a never ending cycle of misery
may have dispersed,
But the ambition could never disappear.
For the tree will continue to sprout and soon
the leaf will overcome.
If it preserves the power that is sustained,
the leaf is a fragment of what will bloom.
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