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 Aug 2020 Alaris Blade
raphæl
if pain's a teacher
it is the most patient one
for we never learn
"if" haiku series
 Aug 2020 Alaris Blade
raphæl
lines
 Aug 2020 Alaris Blade
raphæl
if our souls were lines
mine is parallel to hers
close but never meet
 Aug 2020 Alaris Blade
raphæl
as a child it took me
a while to know
I was not living
in a tale where you tend a
toothless dragon
and fly;
where you accompany
a hobbit with a ring
through a war;
you just come to that age
where your powers
are stripped
you then start your life
sometimes the weight
of the world is just gravity
you can't "Hasta La Vista" away
sometimes the antagonist is
your anxiety
the prison break
is in your room
the holy war is your
struggle to get up
from bed
and sometimes the
glimmering meadows
on the way home
from the journey
are not followed
by credits rolling
but like a stone you do
never falling into place
like a lost jigsaw
if the puzzle was planned
it would be against you
all brutal and ******
but all up to entropy
there's no boy who lived
nor a chosen one
we are stardust put together
in such a way
whether or not it means anything
is up to you because
there is not plot
but your dreams
the force may not always
be with you
you have to be the force
i only need 1 yes
from a 1000 noes
as a writer, i get so many rejection letters, but when you get that ONE, it is ecstasy
complex
emotional
moody
capricious
volatile
hard to please
no, not you
me
on fine paper,
quality paper,
deserving of thoughtful
care and consideration,
summon courage,
write for one,
even if too many will indifferent read

write for the one,
who will wait for you,
long after closing time
for the need to say
Something
of thanks,
something that cannot go
unsaid

write for the one,
who cannot say
what they needs to say,
and in their stumbling style,
fumbling unsuccessful reach,
says it better than anyone

write for the blind and
sing for the deaf,
be their guide,
be their intimate,
aid them to escape boundaries,
by granting them the saws
to cut loose binding emotions,
share with them your most
intimate courage

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"Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality, but an escape from personality. But, of course, only those who have personality and emotions know what it means to want to escape from these things."

T.S. Eliot (1888 - 1965)
You loved the way I make you smile through subtle jokes
You loved the way I make you laugh with humor
You loved the way I go through great lengths to make you feel special
You loved how I spend my time with you when you're down
You loved how I keep you company when you're alone
You loved how I treasure you like a precious jewel


But you never loved me
And I still hope I made you happy
To those who love so much but will never be loved back. Stay strong.
I thought I would finally find my peace in you
But you ended up being another battle I have to win
To the warriors who are weary in battle, this is for you.
If I could know why you're hurting
I'll whip up the words you need
To give you all the comfort
So you wouldn't hurt on your own

If I could feel what you're feeling
I'd be crushed by colossal emotions
But I'd be glad I'll be able
To make you feel you're not alone

If I could catch a glimpse of everything
I'll find the crumpled pages
You desperately try to tear
And write it all in chapters unknown

If I could know what I'm missing
I'll love you even harder
To make up for my flaws
So we won't be strangled by the mistakes we can't atone



If only I could do all these things



But you wouldn't let me
I have kissed boys

Girls

People in between

But lately I have been kissing bottles

Their lips are colder than yours

But slowly I have realized that the pounding headache when I wake is less hurtful than the shattering in my chest

Yet as these toxins rush through my veins

I can't help but miss the tracing of your fingers along my skin

Miss the numbness of the world when you lie with me

But when I wake I remember that a headache is treated with an aspirin

While heartache

Well if you have a cure for Heartache let me know
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