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 Jul 2021
Ken Pepiton
The stones in the stream now,
we are not water,
we are not clouds,
we are like

minded men, wombed and un
running rock to rock
laughing and laughing and laughing

until nothing hurts.
Nothing hurts
the stones in the stream now.
Good morning, bit by bit, this is the next day... following the stream
 Jul 2021
Unpolished Ink
True immortality would be
to outshine the stars and see them fall in flame
and watch the glory of the heavens burn and blaze a final time in melted majesty
to live forever is to witness death and see him take all other living things
save you, brave firebird with gilded wings
where do you stand when all but hope and dust is gone
and you are forced to carry on
 Jul 2021
My Dear Poet
I slept on the bed
of a poet, Gibran
and there fell a poem
into my head
like a song…

“One day you will ask me
which is more important?
My life or yours?
I will say mine
and you will walk away
not knowing
that you are my life.”

I slept on the bed
of a poet, Gibran
and my dreams were filled
in my heart was a song
a longing so sweet
a desire too strong
till the museum guard came
and moved me along
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IE574Lqn6FM

Note: Kahlil Gibran pronounced Jibron in Arabic
 Jul 2021
Ceyhun Mahi
My heart and eyes are so connected closely,
When we're apart, the two of us are lonely.
If others touched her beauty in the night,
It all would have been an illusion only.
 Jul 2021
Eric W
I breathe a sigh of relief
As I hear you let out a deep
And raspy breath -
The day has conquered your mind
And finally
You are asleep

I have sealed my life
Into yours
A promise to serve and cherish
To nurture and care

As you are content
As am I
As you suffer
So must I

Content in your presence
And inspired by your life
Your treasured soul

Sleep
A note to my sleeping wife - how my love for you grows daily.
 May 2021
Valsa George
I am a firefly
left out in the day
with no one to see
but how bright in the dark
when I am all luminosity
 May 2021
Brett
May you be laid down to sleep
Wrapped in linen
Dreaming of the sweetest peace
As your soul rises up from the empty body
Lying cold on concrete

Death

Life’s last sweet release
May you be swept up by the breeze
As you frolic through the jungles and the trees
An eternity of songbirds and technicolor autumn leaves
The light of your heart
Engraved in each and every star we see
 May 2021
beth fwoah dream
beth and ian of china were
hteb and nai of egypt.
hteb and nai ruled egypt twice.
now lola rules with her son ray
of the sun, lola says boohoohoo!
lola is egypt’s true queen as she
was first to walk the land.
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