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 Jan 2016
Wanderer
30 years now I've been here
A drop in the bucket
A lifetime full
Realizing that the majority of my 20's
Have been spent loving and caring
For those who's hands have been helpless
Plans laid out that I drew blueprints for
Coming together in squeeze tights ends
I need to learn to let go
Blowing out candles one by one
Each their own silent wish
A milestone reached
*Happy Birthday to me
 Jan 2016
phil roberts
I do not speak in sombre tones
Not for me the gentle echo
Hushing through hallowed halls
I shall growl my way to the grave
Be ****** to the insignificant
And to hell with the indifferent
There are no rules or rulers
There are only fools and foolers

I need no-one else's straight lines
I have imagination enough to swerve
And spite enough to spin
Snapping snarling and seditious
Spitting venomous and vicious
Flamed by the world's injustice
And humanity's indifference
Not until I am dead burned and scattered
Shall I rest assured

                                By Phil Roberts
 Jan 2016
jasmine fernandez
She stood there quivering,
Then about to speak the unspeakable,
Unbinding her tongue she opened her mouth
With a few words and a quaint sob escaping her mouth
Stood there blinking
Not knowing what to speak pain unfurling her heart
She looked at his eyes directly but could not even sound her pain
In anger he broke the silence and without any thought
He pulled out his knife and there she stood with her eyes filled with tears
Trying to speak what she couldn’t express
With her tongue out she uttered o’er there… and stopped
Lost in anger he cut off her tongue
Without being able to utter she stood unspeakable
For ever hidden
Behind the wound she hid her pain
The culprit walked free
He did not know that behind her pain
Was a greater wound than just this wounded tongue
Her eyes pleading to the cruelty of human heart
She held her heart and head high
Lost in thoughts to tell him of her story
She started writing her diary
Often up from her bed late at night
She dotted many a line
Words filled day by day
Lost in pain and writing
She finally grew out of it
Learned that her body is just a sheath
Beneath its layers lies a deeper soul
Untouched and full of promise
Weeks passed by and months followed
And she was fully ready
To tell her story of pain
Nobody was interested
But she parceled her diary to him
He had missed her a lot
And he knew it was his loss
Then this new turning
Surprised he stood in silence
He had her gift
Unbinding he was so eager
To reach for its content
To his surprise it was her diary.
Leafing through the pages
A thousand words buzzed his head
Not knowing what to do
His hands started shivering
And the last page turned open
I was ***** and the man is o’er there
It echoed: oe’r there, oe’r there
Realizing his mistake he cried out his heart aloud
He had wounded her double
Knowing now why it was unspeakable
How hard it was to speak
He begged her forgiveness

With a smile on her lips and warmth in her heart
‘Unspeakable’ she stood watching him.
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"The above poem was triggered by a newspaper article that pained her so much, that she felt at once the need to write."
 Jan 2016
Anitha Panicker
I love me, because I can depend on myself
I love my company, more than I love anyone else's
I love my space, more than anyone in it
I love to ride, more than riding besides someone
I love being with myself so there is no time-sharing
I often talk to myself because I am a good listener
You call me selfish? YES, I am happy being selfish!!
 Jan 2016
Nick Feetchi
I was having a beautiful dream falling in love with you,
until I was awakened by the sudden impact of your lie.
 Jan 2016
Rafael S Lasala
I am what you see and what you feel inside.
I am my soul, my heart, and my mind.
My poetry, the music that this orchestra plays,
will set us on fire, our hearts ablaze.

Listeng to my songs,
though sometimes dischordnant,
They're me, they're us, they're I,
its notes, their whisper, not fraudulent

Listen to my songs,
and let's sing ours together.
Let's burn the world,
And let's sing forever.
I believe that we have a mission to use our art to inspire and to change the world we write about.
 Jan 2016
John B
Let us sing of your sorrow over our glasses

Until all your past has been cleaned of the dust

Taken out for a walk and sat down in good trust

Even the darkest maledictions can be assets
 Jan 2016
Timothy Ward
songs of endearment
enticed us here
deep blue sanctuary
not man's "frontier"
the seas grow silent
of sacred sounds
"humanity" bereft
of life we have drowned
 Jan 2016
Shahini Sengupta
You are the one about whom I cared but You made my tears slid..
You are the one I loved but you made my heart bleed..

You are the one I adored but You made my soul lonely,
You are the one I fought for but You touched me and lied so calmly..

You are the one to whom I surrendered all but You made me feel ditched,
You are the one who made me feel so lonely even after we were hitched..

I will never detach from You its true
But I cant love you like before which was as pure as a drop of dew..”
 Jan 2016
Mikey Pooler
It’s a shame to me,

to witness what’s become of the culture that raised me.

We’re sold on what was preached as good advice.

“Shoot for the moon because even If you miss, you’ll be amongst the stars.”

But see I feel that statement could use some clarification.

Our eyes glisten from the brightness of the so ever infinite beauty,

but what if I told you that beauty was the cause of my pain?

What if I told you that the real moon's right here on planet earth?

There’s 7 billion galaxies right in front of us, going unseen.

What If I told you the term “Shoot for the moon”,

really meant shoot for someone’s heart,

not the one that reigns above us from afar?

There’s the most beautiful galaxy,

nestled beneath the skin of someone

who’s so lost they don’t sleep.

The stars within are cloaked

by the clouds of their depression, Also insecurities.

Waiting to be the butterflies that dance to the rhythm of your heartbeat,

waiting to be your favorite twinkle in her eyes.

Waiting to show you a new color you notice when she smiles and,

that will be your new favorite color.

So If we’ve lost sight of the galaxies within our life,

all because they weren’t visable as hope in the dark night sky.

How long until we lose sight to those too?
 Jan 2016
G
Renew
Your vow
Inside.
In queue
A propos,
Then stride.

Long
Is the wait
To glory.
Stay strong
Your mate
Will fancy

You.
Unique
Eternal
Almost blue
Like a tweak
Nocturnal

Look up
To see
The Moon
Wat-sup’
Baby
Let’s spoon!

Words 1-14-2016
As I look at the moon croissant fade away...
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