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May 2016 Brother Jimmy

You're not dying, you're coming back to life

May 2016 Brother Jimmy

Aeerdna

You're not dying, you're coming back to life

You feel that you're falling, but
that's just your body rising to the skies.
See the sun shining upon the green fields
let the rain tickle you and
smile with your soul.

I know it hurts,
it does, of course,
after all
there's a war in your soul,
but, I tell you,
it's only your demons falling
the good in yourself is the one with the glory.

It's confusing, your legs are still weak
but slowly you'll forget about crawling
and start walking instead.

It takes time, you know
after living in the dark
it's hard to get used to the light
but you'll see
your eyes will stop hurting
and with the moon they'll shine
in the highest skies.

I know it's scary
and you only want to hide
you feel you're fading
but trust me when I tell you:
*You are not dying,
you're coming back to life.

wrote this to myself in one of my good moments

#dying #depression #hope #alive #darkness #light

Apr 2016 Brother Jimmy

Killing time

Apr 2016 Brother Jimmy

John Edward Smallshaw

Killing time

(20 minute poetry)

Them old Romans had good ideas, burn down the cities, cut off your ears, but we didn't take heed,
preferring to bleed I suppose,
you can't smell 'jack **** when they lop off your nose and you can't poke it in to what doesn't concern,
let it burn.

And who gives a ****?

the common man
the man on the street who treds warily?

Dragged into this world and dropped into the next,
who can expect any more?

I'm watching cities arise on the horizon and thinking they all look the same,
London
Paris
Scunthorpe and Rome, but what's in a name?

Babylon coming one day
when Jericho falls.

It's not trumpets I hear only
curses caulking
the back of my throat.

On a small boat in a big sea and later
the creator will be coming for me.

Always on the horizon,
eyes on the present and past.

Apr 2016 Brother Jimmy

Falling

Apr 2016 Brother Jimmy

Ryan Galloway

Falling

As if the stars were falling
And I, a speck of the skies
Feared for my minuscule life
I can't think for those who once held me up
Have let go
The ties I thought were so strong
Have decomposed
And I am falling like a meteor
Being tossed from its celestial home
And I am bracing for impact

Apr 2016 Brother Jimmy

Wednesday's Child

Apr 2016 Brother Jimmy

Sia Jane

Wednesday's Child

We’re looking into each other’s eyes;
it’s 4am.
We’re sat in a hospital room, I’m reciting your favourite verse.
You’re ragged and stitched together;
I just wish it was from being loved.
I just wish my love could make you Real.

I knew from day one, no one and no thing,
not even love, could take you away and finally
set your soul free.

So
I gave you all of me.

It wasn’t hard to give away.
Within moments of witnessing your smile; the one
held in your eyes widening your stare,
you crushed through my ribs with warmth and love,
held my heart in your hand, promising no matter
the distance and land between us, my heart would remain
safe – beneath your bruised chest.

Tonight, I’m alone.
It’s been 17 days since I last saw you.
I’m in the park where we always walked,
where our love was made tangible by etchings in wood.
The bark now crumbles
and the decay mirrors the gradual corrosion
of what was once, and will
never be, again.

© Sia Jane

Incredibly honoured to be daily poem.
I've had such encouragement from all of you here, and I am forever grateful.
Without too much self deprecation, I deserve this spot no more than many of you other great writers out there.
You inspire me daily too <3
Much love and light always, Sia <3

Re-working old writes with some new ideas <3

Mar 2016 Brother Jimmy

As The Night Lures The Stars

Mar 2016 Brother Jimmy

Rapunzoll

As The Night Lures The Stars

She was nature, beautiful
But deadly, her cheeks as
Scornful as a rose, the smile hid
The thorns underneath.

Her presence though unseen,
Could be felt, like the sun's warm
Breath on bare winter skin.

She led him somewhere secret
As the night lures the stars,
As clouds gorge on the
Fragile light of the moon.

Over the crumbled bodies
Of leaves, into the alien
Land of tranquility.

When he woke, hands burning,
There was nothing left to see.
Only a faint feeling glistening
In the air, a failing heart and
A tongue full of dreams.

#love #heartbreak #poetry #sad #depression #life #heart #pain #hurt #thoughts

Mar 2016 Brother Jimmy

Smile!

Mar 2016 Brother Jimmy

Pixievic

Smile!

My aim today
Is simply to
Make you smile
It's what I do
As you sit
Behind your desk
Take a moment
To digest
This little rhyme
It's sent with love
To wrap you up
Just like a glove
Your day's mundane
Your job's a bore
But soon you'll walk
Out of the door
Into the sun
Where lovers kiss
Under the trees
And you'll feel bliss
But if all else fails
I hope with grace
I've put a smile
Upon your face!

(C) Pixievic

I'm actually having a really bad few days!! So this is for me as well as you lot!! Smile & the world smiles back is my motto!!

#smile