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857 · Apr 2023
A Lemon Tree
Leng Apr 2023
I feel winter's grasp around the very being of my soul.
It twists and turns with a desperation and tenacity that uncouths my being.
Trying to squeeze out any pulp or sustenance whenever it's convienent.
Although already spoiled and soured and bitter, it must'nt stop for there has to be more.
There's always more to take, even if all the lemons are gone.
Go farther into the roots, tap into the sap that runs along its trunk and branches.
Life has given me lemons so why not take every single one of them for a glass of lemonade?
My leaves turn yellow with fear but I must continue to keep giving.
To keep producing lemons, to keep the leaves green.
For if I can't anymore then what is my use? Where shall I quench my thirst?
The gardener who provides water and shelter shall surely cut down my tree if it no longer provides and only takes space.
But what is a lemon tree to demand such intricacies?
Haven't written poems in a few years. Wrote this and tweaked it a little within 40-45 minutes. Hope you like it.
278 · Sep 2017
Living Harvest
Leng Sep 2017
As tears flow away,
My heart begins to pay,
One moment, having no say,
Getting caught in that everlasting gray as I lay beneath my mental fray,
No way shall things make my day causing this heart decay,
Precision incision and displayed on a tray,
Leading it astray,
Inevitably separate way.
This is my first poem that I've published. Wait for more to come!
170 · Feb 2018
Yep.
Leng Feb 2018
And so it begins,
Like a wispful waste in the wind.

It begins to tear and grind me down to nothing but a pulp of a mind,
Nothing connected or healed, only beated and untwined.

I begin to sense the depths of my perception become foolish,
With a darkish grin to rule with.

Shaking, trembling with every step I walk,
Yet I know not.

My mind tells me that it's THE END,
The INEVITABLE END.
I can feel it's seductive claws pull me into the abyss. Believing its words.

Darker and darker I begin to reside, I begin to fall like a raindrop on a stormy night.

Only, the sun isn't going to come out nor will the night end, my wills bend.

I can feel a fade become bigger, and seepin in is shadows that surrounds.

Oh my, what a sickening insightful time.
143 · Dec 2017
Thirst
Leng Dec 2017
And my words were like water which spilled through each crevice,

The starving thirst of need for an understanding as your own,

Felt through the gullet of self-hatred and intense guilt,

For the waters of love came but only in drops like rain on a cloudy afternoon,

Mis-used and misinterpreted as a hurricane which swept its path and stripped everything naked,

As the passionate, ***** creation replaced that of a scarred and battered young hopeful,

Continuously dreaming of a calm moon and soothing stars in wake.
142 · Dec 2017
Internal Desire
Leng Dec 2017
Sun-setting,
Seagulls calling,
The sound of waves push upon its sandy banks.

Freely-flowing with its enticing clear-sky glowing.

The sun's glistening amber glow, mocking and staring.

Two souls intertwined whilst confiding in trust and passion.

The roaring silence of burning love under the starry night-sky as the cold ocean breeze whispers.
135 · Dec 2017
Salted Earth
Leng Dec 2017
So I walk this salted Earth,

Making sure these craters are heard and observed.

As they've bursted into flames at the seams of the end,

Hoping not to quake its fragile surface once again.

Broken crystalline structure with its municipal feat,

Finding trouble making end to end meet.

Making the tied obsolete,

As souls and spirits are reaped.
127 · Dec 2017
The Girl From Afar
Leng Dec 2017
When I saw her, time stood still for a second.

Everything tuned out, slow progression of time moved in my every surrounding as I could focus on none other than her.

Her hazel brown eyes,
Her rosy, light cheeks.

Her curvaceous lips that seemed to have slight perk.

And. Her Smile.

Oh Jesus. How.

Her smile could've turned the strongest of men, the most maniacal of foes, kneel before her everlasting grace.
87 · Jul 2023
Sunflower Decisions
Leng Jul 2023
Sitting on a wooden stool with a sunflower, pulling the petals wondering if I should love again or should I not.
Asking this simple object a question that has caused the rumblings in my mind to bang against my skull.
I should love again.
Love fills me with hopes and dreams that the white picket fence is no longer just an old romantics imaginary scenario.
That it doesn't just slip through my fingers when I try to drink from its divine essence,
Quenching the thirst of butterflies in my stomach with every passing thought.
I should not love again.
Eventually the love flies away when the cocoon is ready to break after taking everything that I have offered.
Flying eastward, westward, or upward. Wherever you're not.
Dragging your heart through the mud, ****, and kicking dust hoping that it'll soon be over but its shadow follows my every step, constantly reminding me of what once was or will never be.
Give me respite or give me death.
If Death is ready to receive me with a loving embrace, perhaps I can find the warmth I've been constantly seeking atop its White Horse which will carry me beyond the borders of long forgotten stars.
Hope you all like it.

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