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Juliana Oct 2019
I celebrate myself, and sing myself,
As I would for you.
As we are one. As we are unity.

As we enjoy the same fruit.
As we enjoy spinning,
As we enjoy twirling,
Our eyes blind to the direction of the world.
Our eyes blind to the walls,
The ceiling.
The floors.
Every step.
Every turn.
Not afraid of where we'll end up, or what the world thinks of us.
Alas, we are blind, our eyelids dropped.
As we cannot see the world, the world cannot see us.

We enjoy closing the page, we enjoy the story.
And as the words may be over, the way we perceive them still exists.
Swelling,
Inside us like a growing storm.
Trembling.
Waiting.
For the time to pop out, to flood our thoughts and perceptions, Trickling down our ideas,
like dew on a pure and calm morning.

We enjoy the pigment staining the canvas for the last time,
Until the next.
Until the next time our creativity burts out of us,
Until the next time we have something to say.
Until the next time our brush subtly scraps across the cloth,
Not making a sound.
Until the next time the colored gel glides across,
Transforming into whatever we perceive it as.
Until the next time a smile is plastered across,
Until the next time a masterpiece is completed.

We enjoy stepping onto the grass, the day having been done,
Our toils having been endured.
Our house just ahead,
Our home.
The place we feel safest.
The place we belong.
The place we read.
The place we write.
The place we cook.
The place we sing.
The place we dance.

The place the rooms combine to make our home, just as
We combine to make one. Just as we combine to make unity.
Inspired and In the Style of "Song of Myself" by Walt Whitman
Juliana Oct 2019
I run my fingers through his hair.
He will never leave my side.
I love to give him treats.
Who, girl, your man?
No, my dog.
Inspired and In the Style of "he visits my town once a year" by amir khusrow.
Juliana Oct 2019
He rises in the sun.
He is French and Italian.
He fills me with delight.
Who, girl, your man?
No, bread.
Inspired and In the Style of "he visits my town once a year" by amir khusrow.
Juliana Oct 2019
A bunch of thoughts
jumbled in my brain
Put on paper
I'm finally sane.
Juliana Oct 2019
A beam of light,
Falls through the sky.
A bird singing,
though I don't know why.

The light is warm;
Heating my skin.
It's beautiful out.
I'm ready to begin.

Should I run?
Maybe play?
Take a walk
By the bay?

I'll go outside,
Lie on the grass.
I need to go soon,
Maybe I'll pass.

A beam of light
Falls from the sky
A bird is singing,
And I finally know why.
Juliana Oct 2019
What's in a name?
A bunch of symbols
clustered to make a sound?
A way to say 'hey you',
But to specify around?

Is it a label,
Meant to carve your path?
A given stereotype,
Just to feed the wrath?

What does it mean?
What's in a name?
Does it mean anything?
Or is it all the same?

Who am I?
Am I me?
Or am I this word,
That characterizes everything about me?

What's in a name?
These strung up letters?
This label?
A sound?
And who is to blame?

This word,
These letters
Is this the person I am?

Who am I?
Am I this name?
This word, this label?
Is this a game?
Please,
Someone tell me,
What's in a name?
Juliana Oct 2019
It must be tough.
I can't even try,
To know what you're feeling,
To know the reason why.
Is there a reason?
Is there a why?

I know it hurts.
I know it's tough.
But do one thing,
For me or for you.
Try to smile,
even for just a few.

Here, I'll help.
How can I?
Should I speak of rainbows?
Or maybe platypi?
Did you smile?
Did I make you laugh?
I hope so,
or else this poem's trash.

I didn't?
Not yet?
Okay, let's have a bet.
Whatever you're feeling,
Whatever is wrong,
It's just temporary,
No matter how strong.

So promise me this.
In a year or two,
When all this passes,
You'll no longer be blue.
I'll see you smile.
Maybe you'll laugh,
All in all,
Do you owe me some cash?

— The End —