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Joy pulsating through me into you
Bringing you into the whole
My first glimpse of you
More precious than told

Young and yearning
I prepared my heart for you
You chose me, your my angel
I assented this miracle true

This moment, this coming
Of life's first undefiled supervene
My joy taken in seconds
By shocking cries of death

Your breath was gone
I looked to see you, I reached to hold you
You were with the doctors
You were okay, I knew

Now I grieve, I ponder
This is the beginning of our lives
I hold you in my arms
And love the hurt that's in your eyes

My angel, Suzanna
Give your struggles to me
I would rather hear the words you speak
Than forever listen to the sea

I would fly into the sky
And capture the sun
I would give myself to the fire
If only your legs could run
 Jan 26
Elizabeth Kelly
I used to be a *******.
Now I’m just dumbfounded.
 Jan 26
Elizabeth Kelly
What I’d like to impart to future generations
is that it’s completely okay
if your teeth
are a little
wonky.
 Jan 26
Bekah Halle
The page turns...
A new chapter;
A season over,
Just like many before.
Promises of new stories:
Adventure, suspense, romance, comedy
So much to be thankful for:
The lessons learnt, mistakes made, hearts healed, and spirits soared.
A grateful journey.
The plot: people, place, possessions continue
Turning towards terror
And taking it with truth;
Love is my safe landing,
There I stand confidently.
 Jan 25
Syafie R
Seven minutes left,
a lifetime in a flash—
dreams, love, and peace,
woven as one.
Seven: a perfect cycle,
complete, then rest.
 Jan 25
Syafie R
Interfering waves distort the mind,
shattered dreams freeze in their wake—
a chasm deep, sleep’s quiet grave,
where reality bends and breaks.

The ego quivers at the brink,
between the void and waking’s weight,
a struggle fierce, a war with fate—
archetypes stir, reborn to think.
Don’t overthink it folks. Just read and let your mind wander like it’s on vacation. No deep thinking required unless you’re feeling fancy.
 Jan 25
Syafie R
What

scaffold

eternal bounds?

Is it sinew, shadow, vacuum?

You reach, spirals unraveling becoming. Who forged laws?

Can the architect recall genesis, or memory ash? Walls hum with fractal hymns.

Each question births a child, becomes a labyrinth, sings of endless corridors. Beneath infinity's weight, does collapse spiral upward forever unfold?

It is a serpent in disguise— its tongue promises clarity, but clarity is a chimera. Thought consumes itself, meaning devours its maker, and nothingness births the heaviest burden: the need to ask again, endlessly.
Tried something a bit different here, mixed it with a little math. Let me know if I got it right or if I just made everyone’s brain hurt!
 Jan 25
JAMIL HUSSAIN
Behold my soul, both meek and bold,  
A story of love, yet untold.  
I am but dust, and you the sky,  
In your embrace, I live and die.  
  
I am a whisper in the wind's soft sigh,  
A fleeting shadow beneath your eye.  
My heart, a flame, both fierce and small,  
A spark that rises, then dares to fall.  
  
In the silence of your gaze, I am found,  
A river of thought where echoes drown.  
You, the vast horizon where dreams take flight,  
I, the spark that flickers in the quiet night.  
  
Through storms of time and winds of grace,  
I seek your light, your boundless space.  
I am the soil, you the star,  
Together whole, though worlds apart.  
  
In your arms, the world does bend,  
A circle that begins and ends.  
I am but dust, yet in your sigh,  
I live, I love, I breathe, I die.
The Untold Story 25/01/2025 © All Rights Reserved by Jamil Hussain
 Jan 25
JAMIL HUSSAIN
Behold my soul,
both meek and bold

A story of love,
yet untold

I am but dust,
and you the sky

In your embrace,
I live and die.
The Untold Story 25/01/2025 © All Rights Reserved by Jamil Hussain
 Jan 25
DKDK
All Songs, no matter who sings,
All colors. no matter black or white,
All creatures, no matter human or
animal,
All creations, no matter poison or nectar,
God is Actor in all character.
 Jan 25
Elizabeth Kelly
Bleed your heart for paint.
Dip your pen into your veins,
Wring the refrain into the fine mesh colander,
boil your water
And feed it to your daughter.
 Jan 25
Bekah Halle
My backyard is like the Garden of Eden;
Where birds flourish freely, so too do lizards and worms.
I find myself opening my doors seemingly, 
to welcome the sounds of nature.
But it's also to entice me out to the heartwarmingly,
tree-lined places where I can hide my faces,
And be one, meekly, at first, then more boldly;
Naked and brazen, absent of hazing,
to sit, listen and write poetry.
It is Australia Day long weekend, so I have this delightful space to be present and enJOY. Writing poetry deepens the moment, enlivens my gratitude and enhances my wellbeing. Amen.
 Jan 25
Bekah Halle
Do not fear heartbreak!
What else is a heart for?
Love; risk; triumphs and mistakes
Are to be embraced, because
We become what we love.
We are not singular objects,
But connected beings, created from above.
Our journey is to witness,
People and things throughout the ages.
A poem from my archives.
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