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When I stare at mirrors
My eyes disrobe the lies
And shadows of my mind
Til I'm left with emotions
Creaking on worn floorboards
Stepping into a noose
Kicking the insecurity out
And waiting to find out
If I died
Or was set free
//On anxiety and insecurity//

I'm learning that I am extremely insecure about myself and am terrified of loneliness even though I tend to keep people at arm's length.
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A hundred strong flock of birds
glide slow circles in the sky,
no care for the world below,
no mind for a reason why.

Meditation on the wing,
freedom flying on warm air,
no hurried destination,
just enjoying being there.



© Pagan Paul (15/07/19)
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My love and I went out a'walking,
that is when we both ceased talking.
Loving, being free and alone together
despite the rain and inclement weather.
Yes the rain fair soaked us through
but it felt just like a shower for two.
All of this along with chirping birds
the moment we stopped using words.



© Pagan Paul (17/07/19)
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 Jun 2019 Carel Prinsloo
Poetic T
Every tear I shall collect,
     But not one shall taint
                    The earth.

For I will mould every shard
         In vengeance

of emotion.

And when enough pain
           is forged cold.


The blade frozen in segments
            Of woeful  agony,

Then I shall pearce you deeply,
     So you feel the coldness

Of every tear descending down
      Tarnished cheeks.

   And know that pain saved,



Has a price worse that what
              Was dealt before.

Because tears have a price,
       Are you doing to pay...
Show me the colour
of your heart, eyes and your soul
so I may love you.

(16w haiku)
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A rose from a window
looks like any other rose,
but as the old lady stares
out through the thin glass
a fondness develops,
begins to form a memory,


reaching back,
grasping the past,

that very slowly forms
the image of a rose,
proud in an old garden,
upstanding to catch the eye
of a young girl
staring out of a window.



© Pagan Paul (19/06/19)
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 Jun 2019 Carel Prinsloo
Poetic T
Life is death,
            breath is a tome.

And every step,
          we walk to
  

our carcass in earths grasp.
 Jun 2019 Carel Prinsloo
Poetic T
Remember that hate has many
                faces and some smile,
                           but underneath they are corrupt
                    representations of humanities worth.


Let us learn that we are all one kind.
                                                                  Human kind.
             Treat others as you wish to be treated.


Never let the past repeat,  
               as this is a taste of what must never be regurgitated.



As what comes back up
                              is sick and ill tasting.
                Learn that no matter our differences
                  were all the same no matter our diffeences.
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