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Time

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The Wilted Witch

Time

Parcelled and promised.
But not yours, nor mine.
Drags on. Flies past.
Never really unwinds.

A cure-all or illusion.
Could make fools of us all.
A force to which everything
Eventually falls.

An irreplaceable treasure,
That can’t be held in the hand.
Just one way that we measure
Our lives on this land.

🕰️

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Behind The Clouds

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nova

Behind The Clouds

Even in love, my heart feels low,
A quiet ache I can’t let go.
Sadness drifts like passing rain,
It clouds the sky but leaves no stain.
The sun still waits beyond the pain.

1d Joanne Wilkins

Reasons and Action

1d Joanne Wilkins

Yonah Jeong

Reasons and Action

even evil actions
have good reasons

good people value action
evil people value reasons.

- from timeless proverbs

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NATION

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Amisha priya

NATION

Flowing with culture
Glowing with heritage
Blooming with Nation
- Amisha priya

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Words that Burn in Your Throat

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Flower

Words that Burn in Your Throat

And do you know that feeling
When you’re about to cry?

It creeps up your throat
Making that sizzling sound as it goes

And you fight so hard
To push it down
To keep it down
To hide it away?

It’s the same feeling with the words
“I love you”
They burn in your throat
Hurt your eyes
Torture your mind

But you push them down
Because if you spit it out
You’d be pushing him away

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Seasonal

1d Joanne Wilkins

Beautifully Broken

Seasonal

Autumn’s Sleep
She wakes in the morning
as the sunshine’s through
pours herself a coffee
a spoon of pain and sorrow to

her friends are shades of reds, yellow
tertiary colors to

her insides so broken
for so long
they won’t fuse

She goes to sleep at ebony's feet
not caring enough
to see another tomorrow

Beautifully Broken
2024

1d Joanne Wilkins

Gravity

1d Joanne Wilkins

Emmy

Gravity

gravity is a
beautiful maiden.

i fantasize
that she will pull me
down to heaven

that she will help me
stop my lungs
as i fill the cracks
of my heart
with concrete.

#gravity

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