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 Aug 2020 Acora
Ryan Dement
Why is Death always scowling?
Does he hate the life he takes,
or the death he gives?

Love turns tragic in Persia,
in Venice,
in China,
in graveyards,
in movies,
in poems.

Love gets deadly
in candles tall as men.

Only after we fail
to bring it back
from where it's gone,
do we ever think
to join it
where it's at.
"There are herbs that draw mysterious powers
from the magical light of the full moon,
David's harp and Solomon's seal,
boxthorn and centaury.
No one knew this better than the old apothecary."
 Aug 2020 Acora
Mansi
Clutter
 Aug 2020 Acora
Mansi
I create clutter
In my head and around me
When I'm stressed
Because I have no energy
To clean it up

As the clutter increases,
My frustration increases with it
Until I can no longer function
Till I clean it up

How long before I finally
learn the lesson
To take care of myself?
 Aug 2020 Acora
Sappho
Awed by her splendor
stars near the lovely
moon cover their own
bright faces
when she
is roundest and lights
earth with her silver
Bow down your head and pray my love
For  all that's gone before
Rejoice and know that you are held
in love forevermore

The lark will ring her joyful tones
the bells will flower blue
while all the while my heart will mourn
this aching lack of you

Then when the final bell does toll
and all our hope is gone
I'll walk in darkness til we meet,
My ever loving one.
 Jul 2020 Acora
Eshwara Prasad
The Sun  kisses

all faces.
 Jul 2020 Acora
Mansi
Range
 Jul 2020 Acora
Mansi
Wind has such range:
It is gentle enough
To make a hot day better
Or
Strong enough
To wreck havoc

I think people are the same
Each capable of both extremes
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