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DKN Dec 2023
The ashes of the past
cover me pale from head to toe
I don't belong here
in renditions of times ago
DKN Nov 2023
How does one find the rhythm to write
How do they with the ink pen define
Emptiness so sudden and still rhyme?

They forgot tenth-grade poetry class
Their certificate will gather dust
Yet they still author a tale of heart

Stanzas, lines and rhymes: these they know well
But inside they don't want to reflect
They want to soak the pages red

So how does one find the rhythm of life
How do they make it all rhyme
And still recover their long lost smile?
DKN Nov 2023
The day has been long
And the toil has proven hard
But in the end, all for which we have labored,
in whose harvest we placed great hope,
was indeed fruitful
While there were losses and betrayers
We kept firm the lesson in our hearts and minds
and it has guarded us all this time
Even as we bid thee a goodnight
know that just as dark falls heavy on lands over yonder
and similarly harks the call of light come the morn
so must you cherish hope in barren times
that the end is far from thee
for after darkness, a new light ever is foreseen
DKN Oct 2023
What was meant to be was never set in stone
It was always dependent on our will to live
and make it so
DKN Sep 2023
You’re tired
But you can’t sleep
You’re sick of running
But you can’t  stay
You want to move
But there’s a trap ahead
You want to go back
But you’re many steps too late
DKN Apr 2023
My Lord
is not your typical boss
My Lord does not extort His children's wages
He adorns them with crowns of salvation
My Lord's love is ungoverned by the scepter of time
for it is eternal
He was
is
and will forever love you.
Look into His eyes.
Do you not see them
filling up in teary angst?
His arms outstretched
longing for your embrace.
"Come home, my Child
Here you will find rest and ever lasting love.
I will clothe you finer than the flowers
I will wipe every tear from your cheek
that sadness will be a long-forgotten memory.
The world has beaten you down
but I will lift you up."
DKN Oct 2022
Forget me don't forget me
the lone star is aglow
and I fade beneath
its light of sorrow
the same light
that shimmers you so
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