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RandleFunk Mar 2021
๐šƒ๐š‘๐šŽ ๐šŒ๐šž๐š›๐šœ๐šŽ
๐š˜๐š ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š‘๐šž๐š–๐šŠ๐š— ๐š–๐š’๐š—๐š
๐™ธ๐šœ ๐š’๐š๐šœ ๐šŠ๐š‹๐š’๐š•๐š’๐š๐šข
๐š๐š˜ ๐šœ๐š๐š›๐š’๐š™ ๐šŠ๐š ๐šŠ๐šข
๐š˜๐šŸ๐šŽ๐š› ๐š๐š’๐š–๐šŽ
๐š๐š‘๐š’๐š—๐š๐šœ ๐š˜๐š ๐š ๐š˜๐š›๐š๐š•๐šŽ๐šœ๐šœ ๐š‹๐šŽ๐šŠ๐šž๐š๐šข
๐š ๐š˜๐š—๐š๐šŽ๐š› ๐šŠ๐š—๐š ๐šŠ๐š ๐šŽ
๐šƒ๐š˜ ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š–๐šž๐š—๐š๐šŠ๐š—๐šŽ
RandleFunk Mar 2022
๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ
๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ต ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ
๐˜Œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด
๐˜ข ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ

๐˜Š๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ
๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ
๐˜ ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ
๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต

๐˜—๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต
๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ซ๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ข
๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎโ€™๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ
๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ, ๐˜’๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ข
RandleFunk Mar 2021
Lost friends smile from sun-drenched dreams
beneath stone vaults and gnarled oak beams
we drink gold ale and roar with laughter
not thinking about what comes after
I awake with rue for those halcyon days
drifting bucolic in a long summer haze
RandleFunk Mar 2020
Crystal waters shimmer bright
Emerald shards piercing loam
Gull calls cross spiral heights
Sun ablaze, cerulean dome

Laughter floats into the air
Shining pins above stained glass
Lonely castles crumble there
Fireflies spark but never last

Zephyr shifts glittering grains
Shiver gainst the gloaming
Tidal black in dark refrain
Losing grip on all knowing
RandleFunk Feb 2022
I used to be scared of things under the bed
not knowing real beasts hide in whatโ€™s said

True monsters wear suits and sit below flags
with gleaming white teethย and a smile thatย nags

Twisting fate darkly for meek and for poor
they lay waste to your dreams and curse you with war
RandleFunk Nov 2020
Spearing morning gloom
over mist clung forest slopes
Rose light kisses your skin

Sparrows flit chittering
among arches of umber and gold
Heavens powdered sapphire

Break your cage
with a warm wildflower breeze
Begin your day anew
RandleFunk Nov 2023
Sky torn escarpment
where cold rain stings your cheeks
In the bleak undertow
of venomous day dreaming
Fight poison soaked instincts
and breathe
RandleFunk Feb 2022
Trudging through the fog
I carry it across the years
For every slander and slight
I shed no weary tears

My bones creak and buckle
My skin flays and flakes
Iโ€™d cross the plains of hell for you
It wonโ€™t be my spirit that breaks

This weight is mine to carry
Flickering days repeated
Under all the layers of wear
You will find me undefeated
RandleFunk Mar 2022
Looming lifeless shells
Of long dead distant cities
Where the wildflowers bloom
In the shade of rusting relics
We set fire to all the butterflies
And watched them burn
They screamed in the night
For that promised world
- lost
RandleFunk Mar 2021
They sang beneath the gardens
basked in Babylonโ€™s balming glow
Laughed in the light of Carthage
before the salt was sowed
Take some small comfort
from antiquityโ€™s thread spun
For just before the sunset
they danced in Byzantium
RandleFunk Jun 2022
To hurry and scurry and gather and gloat
To sit and stare and glare and bloat
To dream and scream and writhe and rage
Trapped all within a subtle cage
RandleFunk Jan 2023
โ€œWe are watchingโ€
Earnest scorn filled protesters
hold earnest scorn filled placards
Cynical journalists jostle
Meanwhile
Hyenas bay and jeer
smeared in blood and oil
They rut with fashion models
snort dubious powders
Untouchable and unassailable
as the world catches fire.
To protect the whole species
is regrettably not in our DNA
RandleFunk Dec 2022
Against an unbroken cyan vault, ragged peach tinged storm wisps race
A faint waning moon hangs over glowing limestone outcrops, wreathed in coarse umbrage
Great **** and Robins dart and flit amongst vivid Pyracanthas berries
The tarrying light softly drains
A sudden chill sparks a brief spine shudder
All hangs still and silent in the half light for an infinite moment
RandleFunk Feb 2021
When was it that color FLED
When vibrant beauty softly BLED
When rain FELL and heaven cracked
Here barren lands twist unmapped

YOU LET IT IN to rage and seethe
I HID and couldnโ€™t move or breathe

PROMISES of star-strewn wonder
Behind that curtain just LIES thunder
The once bright muralโ€™s faded gloss
Where were you when color was LOST
Where were you when color was
RandleFunk Jan 2023
Through marigold garlands and coiling smoke
the shimmering Ganges sway
Air aromatic heady and spiced
there smiling blue gods play
A sitar leans on the Ashoka tree
and strums a mournful tune
A peacockโ€™s haunting cry calls out
thousand eyes glittโ€™ring by the moon
RandleFunk May 2021
Sun bleached
Shadow soaked
Strobing days
Thirst choked
Thrumming sands
Screaming hush
Words lost
In the hues of dusk
RandleFunk Oct 2022
Stifling steaming
sweaty suffocation
Vines envelop
inescapable intwining
Sun pierced canopy
light jagged glass

In shifting shadows
a crawling cacophany
Slithering serpents strangle
branches of
overhead dread
of filth
and bite
and sting

In eyes and smiles
the jungle breathes
heaving
coiling
waiting
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RandleFunk Nov 2023
Fallen angel, sunken
in seas of secrets
Lost from fields of
powder spun sweetness
Tumbled from the ocean
of heavenโ€™s floor
Seduced by wanting
and needing more
Dripping with lies
cloaked in filth
cried acid rivers
while coveting wealth
Look past grey wolf eyes
and 5 day stubble
Inside still golden
and thatโ€™s the trouble
Portrait of a fallen angel
RandleFunk Apr 2021
๐Ÿชจย ย ย ย ๐Ÿชจย ย ย ย ๐Ÿชจ
Like slabs of rock
fractured and flawed
over time and pressure
broken and thawed

Transformed byย weight
below flowing sands
one day we realise
our flaws are diamonds
๐Ÿ’Žย ย ย ย ๐Ÿ’Žย ย ย ย ๐Ÿ’Ž
RandleFunk Feb 2021
โ‚—แตขโ‚–โ‚‘ โ‚ โ‚œแตคโ‚˜bโ‚—แตขโ‚™g fแตฃโ‚cโ‚œโ‚โ‚— แตขcโ‚‘ โ‚›cแตคโ‚—โ‚šโ‚œแตคแตฃโ‚‘
Gโ‚—โ‚‘โ‚โ‚˜แตขโ‚™g โ‚โ‚™d gโ‚—แตขโ‚™โ‚œแตขโ‚™g โ‚˜แตคโ‚—โ‚œแตขfโ‚cโ‚‘โ‚œโ‚‘d
โ‚bโ‚’แตคโ‚œ โ‚œโ‚’ โ‚›โ‚˜โ‚โ‚›โ‚• แตคโ‚šโ‚’โ‚™ โ‚ โ‚˜โ‚แตฃbโ‚—โ‚‘ fโ‚—โ‚’โ‚’แตฃ
แตขโ‚˜โ‚šโ‚‘แตฃโ‚˜โ‚โ‚™โ‚‘โ‚™โ‚œ, แตฃแตขแตฅโ‚‘โ‚™ โ‚โ‚™d fแตฃโ‚cโ‚œแตคแตฃโ‚‘d
โ‚œแตฃโ‚gแตขc bโ‚‘โ‚แตคโ‚œy
แตคโ‚›
Kin
RandleFunk Jan 2023
Kin
Itโ€™s not just that
weโ€™re not on the same page
Weโ€™re written
in entirely different books
RandleFunk Feb 2021
ฮฃVฮฃะฏY ฦงำจะฆแ„‚
Iฦง ฮ› PะฆZZแ„‚ฮฃ BำจX
Yฮฃฮ›ะฏะŸIะŸG ฦฌำจ Bฮฃ ฦงำจแ„‚VฮฃD
RandleFunk Oct 2022
Lost in labyrinths
conjured catacombs
You deftly passed me
a silken rope
Took my hand, lead the path
Dragged me up that
lethal *****
You infuriate in countless ways
Enthrall me with your
witchery
Your gentle gaze firmly held
Behind your eyes
a mystery
RandleFunk Apr 2021
She gently fades
from the lilac dawn sky
Life buzzing below
has passed her on by
Precipice of forever
losing the light
Once noticed by all
she lit up the night
Her heart breaks from
the weight of the years
A rainbow shines sparkling
from her fallen tears
RandleFunk Nov 2022
A low sun dances
on bowing willows
A gentle breeze
Our boat sail billows
Water clear
but once like tar
of burning tears
Regrets that char
What could have been
has ebbed away
No venom remains
just a beautiful day
RandleFunk Jan 2023
From shadowed eyes I stare
through steam obscured glass
Outside rain slick streets shimmer in the neon night
Stale perfume and cigarette ash cloy my throat
Scratching unshaven jaw
I take a burning smoky sip
Cheap pickups and thumping music blare
barely heard
Alone
watching
I just see the dark
RandleFunk Oct 2023
The ravenโ€™s caw and glinting eye
upon that throne of coldest stone
A rumble in the glowโ€™ring sky
โ€˜neath fallow fields of buried bone
Once gentle trees entombed with vine
Strangled stillness and dark regret
Parasitised and rot intwined
cruelly cursed to never forget
What fool would put their kin to rest
on this ****** day and at this site
At witching hour on this hill crest
moribund souls devour the night
In honour of Poe, genius of the macabre. Happy Halloween ๐ŸŽƒ
RandleFunk Jun 2021
Drowned
in seas
of possibilities past
Washed up
like ragged flotsam

Blinking awake
on the shores of the Now
beads of water
on my spectacles
shine like jewels
in the golden dawn light
The beach is haunted
with a lonely beauty

The ship was unsinkable
as the Titanic
Torn to pieces
in the early hours

The jungle line looms
ahead, coiling green
Unknowable, filled
with dangers unseen
RandleFunk Feb 2022
Once, near a shipwreck I found
a bottle in the sand
within, a curled up letter
from a far and distant land:

โ€œ๐˜ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ ๐˜ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ.
๐˜”๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ
๐˜’๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ
๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฌ๐˜บ.
๐˜ˆ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ
๐˜ข ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜บ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ
๐˜š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ -
๐˜ข ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฆ.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ฆโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ
๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ
๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ด;
๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ.
๐˜‹๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏโ€™๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ญ๐˜บ,
๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜บ
๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ, ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ
๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถโ€™๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜บ.

๐˜ž๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฌ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ญ; ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต
๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด
๐˜‰๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ
๐˜ช๐˜ตโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ป๐˜ฆ.
๐˜‰๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ
๐˜‹๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ
๐˜โ€™๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด
๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฌ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ
๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ
๐˜š๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ
๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ.
๐˜‹๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏโ€™๐˜ต ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ
๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ
๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ด ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต
๐˜ซ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ.โ€

I mused upon the writing
found by that dark wreckage
Then threw the bottle to the seas
To send on that forlorn message
For Z and E. May this bottle find you
RandleFunk Oct 2022
Crystal
Vivid as crisp morning sky
pass to the intangible
I cling like Iโ€™m drowning
My grip flails through
days and years
and the memories
Fall
RandleFunk Mar 2022
Like rain
You have no control over
the words of others. You can sit there
in misery soaked and shivering. Or you can
openย ย ย   ย ย ย  colouredย ย   ย ย ย ย ย ย  umbrellas,ย ย ย ย   ย ย  hold
hands
with
those
you
love,
Dance
and
sing
under
the
canopies,
Laugh,
Eat
sweet
treats,
and
ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย Listenย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย  to
ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย  theย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย beautiful
ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย  sounds the raindrops
ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย make
โ˜”๏ธ
RandleFunk Oct 2023
Fleeting golden hour
light dappled shadow dance
Dust caught tumbling
Starlit specks
in the warm expanse
Breathing dreams to our void
Little happy stick people drawings
capture us on the mantelpiece
Frozen in photos mid-laugh
Infinite and impermanent
Memories in every nook
Years flow like minutes
RandleFunk Dec 2022
Under a wan silver sky
I drank your cup of dreams
On that lonely snowy plain
I unpicked your certain seams
In the bleak pall of mountains
I tested your fickle faith
By the broken bones of buildings
I left you an empty wraith
RandleFunk Sep 2020
The texture in the grain of a polished wooden table
The iridescent vision-defying blue of a flower petal
The pungent base and delicate zing of freshly ground cardamom
The sonorous melancholic resonance of a cello
The golden warmth of a late September sun in a crisp cloudless sky
The silken reflections of wet cobblestones in dancing blue light
The earthiness of dust in a timeworn attic
The rough warmth of a leather photo album cover
Your lop-sided half smile
RandleFunk Mar 2022
Encrusted in jewels of wonder
Shards of light entomb its slumber
A gilded box fortified
Horrors whisper from inside

Hoisted up, smugly regarded
Coveted instead of guarded
Contained furies writhe and rage
Never unlock this subtle cage

Arenโ€™t you curious just to see?
These rules donโ€™t apply to me
Foolish men with hearts of stone
Hell unleashed is what you own
RandleFunk Apr 2022
Intwined in sweat soaked
fevโ€™rish delusion
A ravโ€™nous serpent
coiling illusion
An ouroboros
slurps its slithโ€™ring self
The prism lies fissured
โ€™neath a cracked ice shelf
where flaws like veins branch
blood of dark gods flow
a heaven lost in smoke
nothing good here grows
Atlas underground
sinews straining stiff
auguries of beasts ablaze -
Spare a pity for what if
RandleFunk Nov 2023
The kind of person
no-one wants to know
She wears her sincerest smile
ignores their whispers,
and head raised,
looks them in the eye
every
single
*******
day.
Itโ€™s the only thing
to do
(apart from finally
ending it)
But mountains
were easier to climb,
and amidst the
coloured powder crush
underfoot
of her former soul
Thereโ€™s really not
much left
in the tank
RandleFunk Oct 2023
Where dragon flies dance
Flitting philosophies
below brooding
storm soaked skies
The rain drops bounce
and patter and collide
In chaos
Each one believing
itโ€™s not a storm
RandleFunk Feb 2019
Thunders roll through riven skies
spring's sweet caress on sodden ground
Gentle tears on wind swept eyries
quagmire depths grip them bound

Silken hush o'er fallen spires
Tear stung eyes feel their breath
How the sands have ebbed away
Concealing hate and bitter death

Empty heart's serrated trance
Rapt in winter's frozen grace
Distant spectres call redemption
Trapped forever in this place
RandleFunk Dec 2021
Light pours like honey
golden and warm
Coy winds ruffle
Ear whisper balm
Spectral music
Not there when heard
sonorous, mellifluous
Everythingโ€™s blurred

Gamut of being
expanded so vast
Ice fractals tickle
gentle spell cast
Textured spices
intwine heavenโ€™s scent
Below hidden valleys
that futile ascent
RandleFunk Apr 2020
Where once
There was laughter
Silence is deafening
RandleFunk Dec 2022
Under a wan silver sky
lit with pearlescent grace
I noticed you in the shadows
your pale and sunken face
Oโ€™er lands of haunted beauty
sparkling โ€˜gainst the moon
your dark and empty whispers
to which I seem immune
lilt into the emptiness
above breath catching peaks
In golds and reds of dawn
drowned when heaven speaks
I reach the hollowed homestead
you hoarsely rasp with glee
I grieve by glistโ€™ning graves
but you havenโ€™t broken me
RandleFunk Dec 2022
Beneath antique gardens
with manicured lawns
Genteel tea parties
and gambling fawns
They snarl in the dark
Wolves under lock
Loose them a little
and theyโ€™ll run amok
RandleFunk Apr 2022
Eerie eyes shine like daggers
In the gloom of the jungle night
Unknown things crawl and slither
but above the moon glows bright
I feel my way along the path
my breath caught in my throat
Needle leaves scratch my skin
rotting stench makes me choke
And then I hear a menacing
earth vibrating growl
Too close, too close, heart pounding
a musk that stinks so foul
I break into a frenzied run
terrified of the beast
Undergrowth behind me rustles
upon me it will feast
I pelt towards a clearing
a still lake up ahead
Suddenly aware of the shadow
beside me as I sped
I scream and fall to the water
No sound comes from my jaw
In the pool a fearsome tiger
Forgotten its inner awe
RandleFunk Mar 2021
Ruthless little saviours
in palaces of tin
All the shiny things
but smiles paper thin

Instaperfect families
Seduced by style and fame
I wonder if the happiest
refuse to play the game
RandleFunk Oct 2022
Blinding stardust pours through your hair
Butterflies dance through warm lavโ€™nder air
Spinning, cool grass tickles my feet
Furtive green pools of thine eyes meet
Soft cinnamon lips taste so sweet
Gamut soars, my heart skips a beat
RandleFunk Jun 2023
The night then will always come;
starry wreaths a beautiful blanket
But I love the lingering sunset
basked in golden glowing now.
Worry not for the future
It will take care of itself
as it always has.
RandleFunk Jan 2021
Shining white stars tumble down
softly unseated with a whispered hiss
Below fractured lines smeared in red
Pied piper dancing toward the abyss

All this has come to pass before
In other not so distant lands
The mirror darkly distorting truth
and hate with glory rebrands
RandleFunk Mar 2021
แ—ชแ—ฉแ–‡K แ•ผแ‘Œแ‘ŽTEแ–‡, I แ–ดEEแ’ช YOแ‘Œแ–‡ แ—ทแ–‡Eแ—ฉTแ•ผ
Oแ‘Ž Tแ•ผE แ•ผแ—ฉIแ–‡แ”• Oแ‘Ž Tแ•ผE แ—ทแ—ฉแ‘•K Oแ–ด แ—ฐY แ•ผEแ—ฉแ—ช
YOแ‘Œ แ‘•แ—ฉแ‘ŒGแ•ผT แ—ฐY แ”•แ‘•Eแ‘ŽT Iแ‘Ž Tแ•ผE แ—ฏIแ‘Žแ—ช
โ€˜แ‘•แ–‡Oแ”•แ”• Tแ•ผE แ—ฐOOแ–‡แ”• I แ–ดแ–‡แ—ฉแ‘ŽTIแ‘•แ—ฉแ’ชแ’ชY แ–ดแ’ชEแ—ช

YOแ‘Œ แ”•Tแ—ฉแ’ชK แ—ฐY Eแ—ฐแ‘ญTY แ—ฏแ—ฉKIแ‘ŽG แ—ชแ–‡Eแ—ฉแ—ฐแ”•
แ—ชแ–‡IแฏE แ—ฐE TOแ—ฏแ—ฉแ–‡แ—ชแ”• YOแ‘Œแ–‡ แ’ชแ—ฉIแ–‡
Tแ•ผEแ–‡E YOแ‘Œ แ’ชแ‘Œแ–‡K, แ—ฉ แ”•แ•ผแ—ฉแ‘ญEแ’ชEแ”•แ”• แ–ดOแ–‡แ—ฐ
I แ—ฐOแ‘ŒTแ•ผ แ—ฉ แ”•Iแ’ชEแ‘ŽT แ‘ญแ–‡แ—ฉYEแ–‡

TOO แ’ชแ—ฉTE I แ”•Eแ‘Žแ”•E YOแ‘Œ TEแ‘Žแ”•Iแ‘ŽG
แ‘ญOIแ”•Eแ—ช TO Tแ—ฏIแ”•T แ—ฉแ‘Žแ—ช แ”•Tแ–‡IKE
Tแ•ผE แ”•แ‘Œแ‘Ž แ—ทแ’ชOTTEแ—ช แ—ทY YOแ‘Œแ–‡ แ‘•แ’ชOแ—ฉK
แ—ฉแ”• YOแ‘Œแ–‡ แ”•Iแ’ชแ•ผOแ‘ŒETTE แ•ผแ‘Œแ–‡แ’ชแ”• ITแ”• แ”•แ‘ญIKE

แ—ฉ แ’ชOOK Iแ‘Ž Tแ•ผE EYEแ”• Oแ–ด OTแ•ผEแ–‡แ”•
แ’ชIKE แ—ฉแ‘Ž Iแ‘Žแ—ชEแ’ชIแ—ทแ’ชE แ‘ญแ—ฉแ”•แ”•แ‘ญOแ–‡T แ”•Tแ—ฉแ—ฐแ‘ญ
TEแ’ชแ’ชแ”• แ—ฐE Tแ•ผEYโ€™แฏE แ—ทEEแ‘Ž แ•ผEแ–‡E แ—ฉแ’ชแ”•O
Iแ‘Ž Tแ•ผE แ‘•Oแ’ชแ—ช แ—ฉแ‘Žแ—ช Tแ•ผE แ”•TEแ‘Žแ‘•แ•ผ แ—ฉแ‘Žแ—ช Tแ•ผE แ—ชแ—ฉแ—ฐแ‘ญ

I แ—ฉแ—ฏแ—ฉKE แ—ฉแ’ชOแ‘ŽE Iแ‘Ž Tแ•ผE แ–ดOแ–‡Eแ”•T
แ‘•Oแ‘ŽแฏIแ‘Žแ‘•Eแ—ช Tแ•ผแ—ฉT I แ”•แ‘Œแ–‡Eแ’ชY แ–ดEแ’ชแ’ช
Eแ”•แ‘•แ—ฉแ‘ญE แ—ฉ Gแ‘ŒT-แ—ฏแ–‡Eแ‘Žแ‘•แ•ผIแ‘ŽG Iแ’ชแ’ชแ‘Œแ”•IOแ‘Ž
Iแ‘Ž Tแ•ผIแ”• แ‘ญแ’ชแ—ฉแ‘•E Tแ•ผแ—ฉT Tแ•ผEY แ‘•แ—ฉแ’ชแ’ช แ•ผEแ’ชแ’ช
RandleFunk Feb 2019
Outside the darkness
coiling and cold;
Inside - the garden,
balming and gold.

Sheer walls of obsidian
no structure was higher
Gleamโ€™d black and unyielding
To petrify endless chattโ€™ring liars

Through dew dappled verdancy
sweet laughter sings soft in the air
bucolic days drifting, hazy and lazy
(ignoring the shadows that aren't really there)

From thunderous flashing torrent
Plucked from the devilโ€™s maw
Under the Aegis of Truth
you canโ€™t hurt me anymore

With warmth, sun, soothing rain
We sow ageless golden seed
From when you stopped mattering -
is when I was freed.
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