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Nov 2020 a name

John Edward Smallshaw

I had a hole in my sock
the day I broke my arm,

later at the infirmary
mum was mortified
I just cried,
the two things didn't
seem connected.

the arm healed
the sock was darned
and I was warned
to be more careful.

rough and tough times

Nov 2020 a name

I am a chicken

Nov 2020 a name

Lev Rosario

I am a chicken

I am a chicken
Trapped in a cage
I see no way out
(What is out?)

I am surrounded
By chicken heads
We are one creature
(What is one?)

I hear unpleasant-
Ness. Something in
This body aches
(Am I the world?)

I feel cold metal
I feel heat
I feel nothing
(What is feeling?)

CHICKENS

#chickens #animals

Nov 2020 a name

Deep talk

Nov 2020 a name

My attempts of being a poet

Deep talk

Let's have a deep talk...
and talk about the things we love,
Like going to parties
and kissing cute boys.

You want to go deeper?
Ask me what I did last friday night
When I was too drunk to remember
How much I wanted to die.

Do you like my make-up?
Don't you think my eyes look great?
It's amazing how the concealer
can transform  my ugly face

I  can talk about my boyfriend
and how much I love his pretty smile
Yeah, he can be an  *******
But is nice to hold someone's hand

My friends are amazing,
especially when we don't talk
Who cares about our messed-up parents
We came to the club to dance

Maybe I'm shallow
But I don't really care.
I'm too numb to realize
How I'm drowning in this plastic cage

Nov 2020 a name

I Do Not Love You Except Because I Love You

Nov 2020 a name

Pablo Neruda

I Do Not Love You Except Because I Love You

I do not love you except because I love you;
I go from loving to not loving you,
From waiting to not waiting for you
My heart moves from cold to fire.

I love you only because it's you the one I love;
I hate you deeply, and hating you
Bend to you, and the measure of my changing love for you
Is that I do not see you but love you blindly.

Maybe January light will consume
My heart with its cruel
Ray, stealing my key to true calm.

In this part of the story I am the one who
Dies, the only one, and I will die of love because I love you,
Because I love you, Love, in fire and blood.

Nov 2020 a name

Untitled

Nov 2020 a name

Hank Love

Untitled

Never be ashamed of your past.
Your pain may be the key
To someone else’s cell.

Nov 2020 a name

The Sky’s Path

Nov 2020 a name

Jermon

The Sky’s Path

There was a path lit up in the sky

Only those in darkness could see it.

Night and day
Night and day

Why did you think they were meant to be that way?

Why were we made so forgetful?
Bliss and despair down every corner

We stand to intercede
To fight, to plead, to roar

Yet do we ever wonder why?

17.11.2020

Nov 2020 a name

Silent

Nov 2020 a name

Anugraha

Silent

You might think I am silent.
But inside I've traveled
the whole world and back.

I've conversed with you
more than you know.
Finally what comes out
would be a 'Hi'.

My mind contradicts my heart
and my heart my mind.
I fail to get a word out
with all this commotion in.

#shy and awkward