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 Feb 10 Khoisan
Vianne Lior
Childhood slipped out
like sand between careless fists—
I never held it right.
 Feb 10 Khoisan
Vianne Lior
She was a girl with oceans inside her,
waves made of dreams too fragile to hold.
But the world is indifferent —
it pulls, it drowns, it takes,
leaving salt in the wounds it never cared to see.
Her tides fought back,
rising, crashing,
begging to be enough,
until exhaustion felt like peace.
Now she floats,
not sinking,
not swimming,
just there.
 Feb 10 Khoisan
Vianne Lior
Rivers run like grief,
never pausing to remember—
the stones sink and wait.
 Feb 9 Khoisan
Ami Mathur
I write what feels right,
Still hiding—words are my disguise.
Poetry is just a form,
Like other arts, I con.

I con hearts,
I con songs,
I con beauty—
I con everything that comes along.

I am a writer—a stealer, a thief,
I write what the world chooses to snub.

I write to see that smile—
That embrace of warmth, soft yet wild.
A mere observer, I call it a game,
Bringing the cough up, even if others find it lame.
 Feb 9 Khoisan
Mica Wood
Interwoven words
Perpetual poetry
Singing to my senses
We flew for a while
and shared the same sky
with modest results
but we gave it a try
 Feb 9 Khoisan
Sophia
Taken by reverence
Standing in the presence
Of great and ancient beings.

Dressed in vines
Have lived many lives
Firmly rooted in Earth's will.

Upwards they grow
May it be slow
Follow the blueprint beneath.

Bound by the flow
Of nature's ego
Traversing the chasm of time.
 Feb 9 Khoisan
Sophia
I found God in the clouds
I found God in the trees
I found God in the birds
I found God in the bees

I found God in your soul
I found God in my art
I found God in your eyes
I found God in my heart.
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