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  May 2020 GENIE
Jose Carlito
People hate despair
But I want it all
Happiness is a trap
Prosperity is a loll

Once get belittled
Do not shrink, get big
Once broken-hearted
Pick the pieces and leave

You remember the wound
An ember will soon be fire
Collect the sticks and the stones
Slowly build the empire

Don't avoid the sudden knock
It's the sling and you're the rock
If you were beaten to the ground
You're the Champion, don't lay down!
  May 2020 GENIE
Jose Carlito
If you want to see happy people
Go to the bookstore

As they flip the first few pages
Observe the cover and the edges

Notice the torn and the teardrops
Rub the coffee spills and the bookmarks

Smell the old cinnamon bread
As this 2nd hand book tells, the living and the dead

And if you see them smile,
And their eyes sparkle like the sea

By that you can tell
And tell, yet begin another story

So if you want to see happy people
Go to the bookstore

They are silently sitting in the corner
But you don't judge a book by its cover
  May 2020 GENIE
Jose Carlito
No one shall have nothing at all
But not one can have it all

Every man must always have a necessity
If necessity vanished, so as he

For a man who reached the highest peak
No land to climb but rot and weep

To be youthful, robust, and good-looking
To be famous, happy, and outstanding

Is not supposed to be held by a single creature
Flooded with envy, it's against our nature
  May 2020 GENIE
anna
Roses are red
Violets are blue
Everyone is much
Happier than you
Because you don't
Know how to move on
Despite the fact
That she's long gone.
I can't decide on a title.
GENIE May 2020
The storms arose and rains poured
And I ran to shelter someplace
I wouldn't have ran if it didn't rain so sore
And I found me in a better place.
Sometimes, troubles are really blessings in disguise
  May 2020 GENIE
Prerna Singh
Attachment is the key
To pain and to immense love
But few relations are too toxic
To hold on to
The mirror would not reflect
The pain you are going through
So, all those empty times
When your 'IMPORTANT' people
Are hard to find
They remind you to check you priority list
Because you deserve better
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