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say troubled child, how come ye're givin' up
why would ye want to spill a life filled cup
keep hope in thyself 'n' those to achieve
there is so much more why would ye ever stop

oh perhaps ye'd think of it to relieve
tho would ye trust me if i'd say 'believe'
remind the ocean's depths 'n' heights of skies
never forget what is up thy own sleeve

but please don't be livin' thy own denies
for an end makes it only once one flies
just see to see those things that'll never drop
be kind to thyself, thy I, without lies

be patient my child 'n' never give up
for after sowin' ye shall have the crop


*..love always...


عرفان بن يوسف © AH 16/04/1437

'a (pentameter) Sonnet'
Love was once red,
But now it is dead.
The deeper I go
the darker the day,
blue turns to grey turns to black and
it's hard getting back.

I grab onto daylight which for now is the skylight
and the colour returns to my cheeks,
time speaks quietly to me, inaudibly,
I only see the light.

At the zenith, the nadir is clear to me,
each holds itself to a certainty
an effect which though true gets
lost on me,
I only see the light.

The deeper I sink and
the darker I think, I think
I think myself into a
quandary, in
silence the colours come back to me,
like troops on the long march to victory
and time chatters on quite
incessantly.
blooming after dark
the jasmine's sweet warm scent
fills me with yearning
Senryu
 Jan 2016 Chelsea Patton
Lottie
People keep forgetting
About those who
Are left behind.
Stop glorifying something
That makes those
Who cared feel
Like they did
Something wrong by
Going to sleep
While their friend,
Or lover or
Parent or sibling
Took pills in
The bathroom or
Jumped and fled
From the only
Life they were
Going to get.
There's nothing and everything wrong.
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