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 Jun 2016
DaSH the Hopeful
Tonight, I spoke into the darkness,
No stars to light my way,
       The black void all encompassing

   My words drifting up in ribbons,
          I waited for something, anything to happen

              I felt a rumble that was akin to ripples emanating from a drop of water hitting a puddle

        I was small next to the impossible,
And when it spoke back, it changed me
      
        The blank canvas of stark black was pierced by blades of light,
    The sky becoming a shutter in a rain storm
           Blowing open and closed
       The words came and wrapped themselves across my body in its entirety
        Constricting my air flow

             I felt myself shatter
  An implosion of feeble glass
       Ricocheting through a skeleton of paper, reflecting the brightness above inside ripped skin

                I was nothing.
                I didn't exist.
                I floated in an incomprehensible place that had no end, no walls

     No ceiling or floor

            Just illumination in every direction

                    I opened my eyes
  
    And was blinded by an incredible radiance

      I shut my eyes tight and swatted in front of me
        My hand struck something metal and I yelped in pain
          
          I shot up and stared downward
    Towards the desklamp unplugged on the floor
        
          Breathing heavily, I sat upright in my bed,
                 *Struggling to pull away words that had already sunken in
Writer's block
 Jun 2016
nivek
you can crumple moments in your hand
set a thousand doves free from open palms
hold yourself take a risk vulnerable to love
your heart on the line taking a chance
to leave behind all closed doors and gates.
 Jun 2016
eunsung aka Silas
speak out
against hatred
love who you love*
without fear
Self hatred can be very destructive.
 Jun 2016
nivek
its your pulse, the beat of your heart
humbly in the background

the words of your poems
keeping time with your song

the pulsar of your daily orbit
as you journey around the Sun

its your willingness to live
and sing, despite all the pain.
 Jun 2016
David Hall
the wind that once
ripped root and rock from bare earth
has settled to a gentle whisper
the waves that once
crashed down upon my tiny island
threatening my world with inundation
are now a placid pale blue mirror
finally a spare moment to think
finally enough room to breathe
i can't help but wonder
is the storm finally over
or am I only in the center?
 Jun 2016
James Walker
I have a bug under my skin
crawling within the depths of my
soul
it fritters on and about
like a teapot
short and stout
ready to release the contents of its
spout
screaming and shouting
LET ME OUT!

it loves to write
frightening details
on starry nights
Copyright James W 2016
 Jun 2016
nivek
A universe nestles on your tongue
while your heart beats for love.

Each breath is a solar breeze.
Your teeth the gates of heaven.

A voice whispering freedom
shared down many generations

-as joyful laughter unites the World
and its ripples reach the stars.
 May 2016
nivek
Yonder was a dream
a dream you believed in
one you made real
with each departing footstep.
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