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 Mar 2020
Traveler
These fires
burning
out of control
these fragile empathetic
artistic souls
the table set
pen sharp as a sword
the heart steady
ready for war
it's fairly clear
yet cleverly stoic
conspicuous in nature  
no way to own it
Traveler Tim
Other people’s truths
 Mar 2020
Alia Izzati
“You’re an enigma” you’d whisper,
into the night as we cruise the pavement.
My cheeks to your back, I’d sigh.
I’m sure you meant it as a compliment.
One would swoon, any girl would whimper,
You’re a heartthrob, any girl would shiver.
but honey, how I wish I’d do what any girl would,
and yet your alluring words hurt.

I wish you’d know, my subtle signs,
every part of me wishes you’d understand.

I’m no mystery, I leave my heart in the open,
too open perhaps, seeing how the flies hover.
But it was never my heart you’re intrigued by,
it’s the mind I keep under cover.
My mind whom I cherish,
her brilliance often go unnoticed,
and with this mind I am very much aware,
the ***** intentions you bear.

I’m no enigma, but I keep my cards close,
you can’t fool me, but I know not to boast.
even with knowledge I’m right here by your side,
ready to hurt, ready to abide,
anything to escape my reality,
and run into your cruel hide.
 Mar 2020
Dr Peter Lim
She moves mountains
not by the tenacity of will
but by the strength of her heart
even as she is silent and still

blessed by such beauty of soul
every wish of hers nature has fulfilled
time will never blemish her singular charm
she's the sweetest flower in spring-time's lushest field.
* dedicated to a well-known poetess in Sydney whose anthology is entitled
SHE MOVES MOUNTAINS--she has published others.
 Mar 2020
Micrography-Mike D

I may always be me

-

Yet, without you I am not
Written: November 10, 2018

All rights reserved.
 Mar 2020
Riz Mack
Look at the way she moves
I see her in my dreams
dancing with colours
painting shades of serene

The canvas she adorns
is layered with her screams
her name is dark here
but I see what it means

Her eyes have been tempered
through fire and deceit
to burn is the cost
of a lovers heartbeat

Her voice is a story
of violence unleashed
her words, allegory
cascade through me

When angels are fallen
only they grieve
baring their souls
they forfeit reprieve

Her blood is the reason
my veins are replete
she drowns in the flood
so I can still breathe
Clear as it seems
 Mar 2020
Traveler
none here
Words run straight through me
all my thoughts
they just appear
systematically unruly
Traveler Tim
 Mar 2020
Sarita Aditya Verma
Deciduous trees stand side by side
Branches entwined
A crow couple, cozied up on a high branch
And the sun shone upon the two
The morning light, a beautiful sight
Below I stood, watching the two
As the brown leaves fell like confetti
Smiling in hues
A great start to my day :)
Have always loved those trees, close to a grocery which i frequent :)
And today the crows and the morning sun added to the beauty:)



LOVE saved us
But destiny played us false

We are not crushed by work
Under rubble of despair

Nor we are beaten by life
On the islands of solitude

We've never hurt anyone
Nor we've never harmed anyone

In despair and grief
Our LOVE for each other
Is still alive -

Our LOVE is not dead yet
We will LOVE forever -

Speaking of our "LOVE"
We are alive today

If we were not subjected
By the game of fate
Together we should have been
- Below the dark moon sky
- Below the light sun blues

In the world of today
That is so anti-LOVE
We wander around
Wearing dervishes robes
Roaming the streets and lanes
We search for each other

May be somewhere, somehow
We might have crossed each other

Like two going and coming trains
With both of us looking the other way
In melancholic LOVE
Thinking of each other

So quickly the closed buds bloomed
So mysteriously breaking into blossoms

Now we are so precious to LOVE
That we will find each other again

As our true LOVE exists, exists..
So as to never be lost again...





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