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The words and lines
aren't coming today.
I lie down for a nap.
I dreamt of metaphors
and similes.
I woke up.
The years swim away
like bass at spawning
time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tpMDoNXg_U
Here is a link to my you tube channel where I read my poetry from my recently published books, Sleep Always Calls, It's Just a Hop, Skip, and a Jump to the Madhouse, and Seedy Town Blues Collected Poems, all are available on Amazon.
When I wake up and see another day?
I know it's a blessed day to enjoy.
Because my happiness starts with you.
Yes, it does.
Yes, does my love.

The sun shines brighter
The clouds do too.
And my smile grows wider cause I am sharing life with you.

Some treasures we have is simply priceless.
Somethings, we can't measure them like others do.
I just know.
Just know.
Just know, my happiness starts with you.
Yes, it does.
Yes, it does.
It's just sweet to be in love with you.

You, my life.
You, my soul.
You, my inspiration.
You on of God greatest creation.
I wish I could lose my hearing
So I didn't have to hear your laugh
So I didn't have to hear you talking
So I didn't have to hear you

I wish I could lose my smell
So I didn't have to smell your hair
So I didn't have to smell your perfume
So I didn't have to smell you

I wish I could lose my sight
So I didn't have to see your face and smile
So I didn't have to see the places we went
So I didn't have to see you

I wish I could forget you
Not because I hate you
Not because it wasn't fun
But because
Every time I hear you
Every time I smell you
Every time I see you
I die a little more
Because I love them all to death
I bleed a little more
Because I love you to until the end
And it all reminds me of you
The one I can't have
 Jun 20 Kalliope
Lyteweaver
Lay down your defenses
You will not be able to resist this
Put away your weapons and take down
your protective fences
It's wasted energy to fight what's
pulling you
Discard your layers of armor
This arrow already penetrated your heart
Drop the shield trying to deflect
kindness coming your way
Lift off your helmet
to make room for your crown
Your spear is useless now
Here you stand naked and bare
willing to accept this love you've found
We can be warriors
Stronger together
An unbeatable pair
Fighting demons
Slaying dragons
And leading a path to victory with
the energy
we share
The question is
"Do you Dare?"
 Jun 20 Kalliope
Karen
Alone
 Jun 20 Kalliope
Karen
At dusk a half moon
In solitude she is whole
Sweet the path ahead
Modern heiku
 Jun 20 Kalliope
Feyre
writing and scribbling and scrawling down my all thoughts,
each and every
dark and sinister alley twisting in the curves and
    crevices
of my mind.
dusty, hidden corners filled with filth -
hidden by the shadows of my
    weighted self.
sometimes my mind feels like it's rotting
 Jun 20 Kalliope
Maria Etre
My eyes need new stories
for my heart
to write
i am the only one here
and i stand in your place

occupy your shadow
the sun on my face

is your sun
the breath i breathe

is your breath
overhead kites of birds spin

tethered to earth by invisible strings
tonight the sky will blaze with stars

they will be your stars
the moon almost complete

will be your moon
i will be the only one there

standing in your place
 Jun 20 Kalliope
Jayami
Turmoil chokes me,
Hideous flames burn me within
As I stand coward-like and helpless
Gazing at the walls caving in

Bright colours in my periphery, I see
Hurrying past me whispering curses
For I have murdered and ripped them apart
Yet again, for the millionth time
When it seems as though
The human coil is unravelling
And we have peaked
Our REM of creativity
And we seem awash
In half-baked positive negativity
And the whole world seems
To be drowning in self-induced sleep
While even the watchers
Seem to have both eyes closed...

Turn this thing around
And open bloodshot eyes.
Stop your own unravelling
And delve deeper into creativity.
Strengthen the bonds of your own
Exclusive and non-exclusive spheres.
Allow your peaceful world to dawn
Even though the outside world drowns
In its own exclusive and non-exclusive pool of fears.
© 2025 Daniel Tucker
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