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 Jan 15 Khoisan
Liana
Zoloft
 Jan 15 Khoisan
Liana
A little oval
The size of a been
It's green
And I'm not sure if it's taunting me
Or comforting me
But it's there
Staring

It's hard to believe
That something so small
Could change my big world

I know it will dissolve
Into many little workers
Trying to take the wheel of my brain
For my captain is evil
And they want to help me

Please do help me

I've tried everything else
Starting to take Zoloft, I think I'm exited--but I'm mostly just done with feeling bad.

(This note was written by a mop that was supposed to clean but was ***** so made things worse. Like a lot of people a guess.)
 Jan 14 Khoisan
BipolarBear
I never used to mind falling,
I liked landing inside your arms.
But now that they're both withdrawing,
the sinking feeling sounds alarms.

Helpless, spiralling further down,
the sirens will never cease their cries.
The air escapes my lungs, I drown.
Something new inside me dies.
 Jan 14 Khoisan
BipolarBear
It is not all about you...
only half.
Half my thoughts, words, poems -
and half of my heart.
Mad folly breaks the chains
Of servitude and dread.
It spills like ink-stained rains,
A bridle turned to thread.

A mind soaked in this brew
Sees shackles turn to play.
False knowledge, folly's hue—
And worlds are born each day.


In Russian:

Лёгкая псевдожизнь "чудака"

Юродивость от рабства
Спасает, как всегда.
Она — большая клякса:
И оселком узда

Покажется в сознаньи,
Залитом сей бурдой.
Юродивость, лжезнанья —
И мир в уме иной.
Ever since I met you I knew you were the one
Things never felt perfect until it all begun  
My heart beats for you each and every day
You make me feel beautiful in every way
I love you forever my soulmate
 Jan 13 Khoisan
David R
Secular hustle of city streets,
neons cozen the weary,
flicker with promise, eternal nights,
fleeting moments to wake the dreary.

but 'neath the surface, there's no converse,
only echoes, leitmotif of isolation,
lost in labyrinth of sweet sensation,
loss of life in soul stagnation.
BLT Word of the Day Challenge #cozen, #leitmotif, #secular
 Jan 13 Khoisan
Jill
Light replaced by smoke
Further obscures the statue
that white candle-glowed

Hazy, pearl-grey proof
that mystic transcendence is
not light-limited

Not just the statue
or the end of soft verses
or the white candle

It was the timing
The clear-felt coincidence
of pause and darkness

Caught in airy confluence
Secular becomes divine
©2025

BLT Webster’s Word of the Day challenge (secular) date 13th January 2025. Secular describes things that are not spiritual; that is, they relate more to the physical world than the spiritual world.
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