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 Aug 2021
Poetic Eagle
It's 2am, staring at the stars,
Spread so bright
A reminder that in the beautiful night l am not alone
Thoughts scattered in my head
Emotions too confused to fit in one poem
I am tired but what exhaust me still keeps me awake
One of the many dreadful days
 Jul 2021
Rainey Birthwright
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So afar and tall are you to me,
For you are from shining mountains,
Higher than the clouds, your brow,
Darker than the heavens, your hair.

So small and fey am I to you,
For I am but lone whisper in glens,
Slight as one firefly on the moors
And my reflection but a tiny glow.

    Only to spark at edge of pools dark,
    Only to fly when in harnessing arms.

I crossed a bridge to be with you,
The streams slipping times away,
Beneath my girlhood, all in a rush,
Then I entered the deepest wood.

So small and wan was I to you,
For you are from snowy mountains
And I am from rain-watery glens,
For you are portrait and I bokeh.

    One day the woods engulfed me strong,
    One night the bridge I crossed was gone.
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 Jul 2021
Craig Verlin
Where there was once
noisy trips to the beach—to sneak away
with each other in the surf and plant
kisses on the tops of each other's ears
—there is now only silence.

Where there was once
loud lines of poetry brought to life
in the screams of youth—in anger
and in sadness and in love
—there is now only silence.

Where there was once
dance floors and dresses—
the music of a million lovers
clasping hands and setting their
feet in steps against one other
—there is now…

The inventory is unpacked
and counted up from each of those
long hours I have carried since
those pale blue cottages on the beach,
since the barroom poetry readings
and the holiday dances.
The shell no longer sings the ocean.
The sounds that filled the vessel
have all but gone away
from us now.
 Jul 2021
Hayleigh
Of the 7846,000,000 people
Breathing on this boundless planet
Forcing hearts in homes and gripping life between decaying bones

You are the only things
I am convinced are made of
Every single commendable capability, crammed between honour and stability
Every good intention, of every promise that was meant to be kept
Regardless of whether they were ours to try and keep

You were crafted with the courage of lions
And I’ll never tire of preying on the poachers long before they dare come traipsing through our territories

You love with the ferocity of fire and on the days you fear there’s more smoke than flames and worry the pain may stamp you out, I’ll strike a match on the walls of my heart til we blaze our own trail out the dark

I love you with the loyalty of lightning and it’s devotion to the thunder that echoes between

I’m not one for holding grudges  but I will never forgive the thoughts in your mind for convincing you that somewhere amongst all of the magic that is you, that it is not enough
As if enough has to be earned
As though you need to apologise for the faults that simply make you human and flaws that make you, you
As though you need to be ashamed of the history that formed you and the memories that sowed scars into our skin

I am sorry for the people who tried to convince us our best wasn’t good enough
It was never anything less

I am sorry for the people that laid land mines in our skull and made us believe that heads full of dreams
Really did have nowhere to go
Little did they know.

We are worriers and we are warriors.

So when the self doubt storms you, and your insecurities swarm you
And your anxieties wear you thin
Don’t forget about the armour and ammunition we were born with
Buried deep within

If our hearts do build homes within bones. You are always welcome home to me. ♥️
06302021

Saan nga ba tutungo ang mga salita?
Mga salitang mitsa ng mga ngiting abot-langit.
Mga salitang noon pa sana'y nabitawan
Mga salitang matagal na hinintay at ipinagdasal.

May mga alaalang akala ko'y nanatiling abo na.
At sa aking pagbabakasali noo'y
Baka nga kaya pang mag-krus ang mga landas
Sa daang ilang mga ekstranghero na ang nagdaan.

Sa bawat sandalyas na hindi tiyak ang pinagmulan,
Nangusap ang pusong wag muna't maghintay.
At habang nagbibilang ng mga rosas na pula'y
Mayroong nag-iisang puting isinaboy buhat sa kalangitan.

Sambit ko nga'y sana'y sapat na ang mga panahong binilang
Ngunit ang mga pahina sa kalendaryo'y tila ba naglagasan --
Naglagasan nang walang pasabi't
Nag-iwan ng mga luhang nag-uumapaw.

Natuklasan kong sa buhay na minsang ma'y lumilisan,
Minsan di'y may ilang babalik nang kusa.
Gaya ng tagsibol, ay magsisimulang mamulaklak muli
Ang mga rosas na akala kong nahimlay na sa libingan.
 Jun 2021
Glasgow Girl G1
Oh my…
My love, I saw the moon, and she revealed the truth
Of me, and you, and dreams so true
The lust, the lie, the loss!

When first I saw your handsome face
The sparkle in your eye
I loved you then
I love you now
But truth, it never lies!

You promised me the sun and stars
The sea, the tide, the sky
You took my soul
My heart
My life
But, in the end, love died!
26th April 2021
Pink Moon in Scorpio
The clouds whispered,
“You’re the Name above all Names.”
The oceans shouted the last words
He has always bear in his mind,
With no second thoughts,
But just a glimpse of the future.
The zeal of his being
And the beginning of everything that sprouts.
He declares, “You are worthy of it all.”

The words that once shattered for the fallen,
Those words that lingered in the mighty sleepers,
The words that have been longing to be found
To be kept and to be lived more than anything else.
And it became more than itself,
More than the splashing bequeathing eternal scent,
More than the salty waters
Caught in every beholder of light,
In the brimming goblet of healing and revival.

The man walked and no one has seen his shadow yet.
The spell of the dearest with a glorious crown
Is as irrefutable as his ethereal beauty.
Oh, the waiting shall be over soon..
The soldiers have been holding their fire for a long time.
They whose chariots have fiery horses in the sky.
In the pages of time, here comes the unveiling of truth
Every day he whispers; clinging and longing to be restored
Like sunbeams on the dying nights with mellow feelings.

Oh the joyous submerge in the arms of the Splendor —
The grandeur of hope, far beyond each hitting arrow.
The outpouring of the bows from heaven
In the form of lightning and thunder,
The resemblance of mercy in the resurrection of a throne.
Calling the united, He who strolls in the beginning
Shall be heard and be laud with praises and anthems.
Let every voice form one speech, one tongue, one language.
And the scattered shall be whole once again.
 May 2021
ZL
A sweet moment
bring a blush to my face.
I remember the time,
I recall the place.
Open invitation;
you sought my conversation.
My response went deaf,
As I solemnly left...
But I will never forget,
How important you made me felt.
 May 2021
ZL
Don't take my vulnerability,
As being weak.
I am a weapon,
I can make you leak.
I will break your heart,
Or make it whole.
I can love you or break your soul.
Not arrogant of the power I hold.
Fire in my eyes,
Cold is my blood.
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