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832 · May 2023
Geneva
WoeBegone May 2023
Geneva
Is a ray of light
Where ferruginous ducks
A million lullaby,
They sing.

And in the dark of night,
I have discovered
A Fragment
Of peace.

And by the lake I've seen
Memories of future,
Joy.
And I have seen
Life
As it should've been.
427 · Feb 29
For Mary
WoeBegone Feb 29
Long is the time which went by,
Mary.
Long like a river dark.
And there remains no single story
For us to cross
The pure seas, or spark
A light into our ancient glory
Of days we were alive,
Holy.
Of days before the spot
Turned lone, sullen and dreary.

I will sail on a shattered glass,
Blame me not -
I will hum an air so sad, so lonely,
That I’ll wake the child up again,
And then,
Run away.
299 · Oct 2022
Haiku #2
WoeBegone Oct 2022
A poem is what
you use it for, to explore
the unreachable.
WoeBegone Jul 13
Sometimes, before the morrow comes,
I see blackness move on the mountain tops.
I see shadow ropes hanging
On the windows of my house,
And their dark blue lines move slowly,
Like the hands of a clock.
I hear owls singing blues and rock,
Leaves falling on the ground,
And other things I hear in the moonstruck.

Sometimes, before the morrow comes,
My feet, they tempt me out.
My soul begs me to shout,
Howl like a wolf,
Wait for others to howl back,
Howl all together at the same time.
Run, frenetically, till out of breath,
Rest on a tree,
And feel the silence
Breaking into us,
Beating in our veins,
As adrenaline fades away.

Sometimes,
I want to go out
And see for myself
The world beyond my house.
286 · Aug 2023
TO PABLO
WoeBegone Aug 2023
Your death is a terrible thing,
And so are the lines that lie
in the silent corners,
And the shady borders
Of light.
You lived many a life before.
Too many
to be afraid of death.
And you died
Too many deaths before,
To fear the rays of life.


~ RIP Pablo.
Rest in peace Pablo.
221 · Aug 1
Vide
WoeBegone Aug 1
Un vide viscéral.
La promesse d’une nuit,
Prendre la forme de l’arbre pour grandir,
Dessiner un cercle sur le bitume,
Se mordre,
Mordre l’autre.
Rendre à l’oiseau sa liberté
Puis la reprendre,
Le regarder dans les yeux
Alors qu’il dit quelque chose.
Souvent,
Je me noie dans mon désordre.
Parfois, je pardonne
À Zoula d’être morte.
209 · Feb 20
Haiku #3
WoeBegone Feb 20
Today I flew to 'Menas',
Saw Vultures in the sky,
And wrote a haiku.
152 · Mar 2023
Unspoken vows
WoeBegone Mar 2023
Lost in the widening shore,
The words were mere,
But unspoken.
We should've made a vow, my dear,
For now I'm feeling so
Heartbroken.
Hand me one more dream,
Whisper another lie.
You know..
A dream is just
A nicer place to die.
140 · Aug 2020
Ends
WoeBegone Aug 2020
Poor scarlet waves
born to die already.
Wearing their mother’s robe
On their fragile body.
Why do we rush to our ends,
hitting the things unsteady?
There is some grief in ends,
I know..
But maybe there is rhapsody.

— The End —