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 Nov 2023 hyun
Rob Rutledge
Rest
 Nov 2023 hyun
Rob Rutledge
You can rest now,
Sooner than you think.
For your legs are tired
Mind is mired
By past events.

It has not all gone your way
Nor has it gone too far astray

You may walk that corridor
Past haunted portraits
Hung skewed upon the wall.
Each one faded,
Canvas scratched
By the history of memories attached.

It took years to build these walls
From the remnant of a childhoods fall
The first and last line of defence
To halt invasions and consequence.

You can rest now,
Sooner than you thought
You fought the battle,
You lost the war.
 Nov 2023 hyun
Rob Rutledge
Under a sullen, unloving sky,
Caught off guard by the searching rain,
She flees to shieldlike canopies.
A pilgrim on the path of shadow
Ever tethered to the flame.
Enslaved to the way of fire
Sycophant of the eternal blaze.
Condemned to spend the end of days
Wandering wastelands of the Sun,
Forever exiled from the shade.

In the darkness she would remain,
If only she would have her way.
Cocooned in shells of memory
Fogs of war,
Ill explained.
Though the forest chatter
Never quite sounds the same,
The pitter patter
Pauses,
Secrets encoded in the rain.
Her frail wings lay broken
Breath comes barely when spoken,
Offspring away upon the wind.
Though they took no time to notice
The darkness roars forth and shows us

We have our own fires to attend.
 Nov 2023 hyun
George Krokos
The phoenix is a bird said to rise from its own ashes
being a symbol of immortality and spiritual rebirth.
So life in this world undergoes many similar flashes
which determine the degree and quality of our mirth.
_______
From 'The Quatrains' ongoing writings since the early 90's.
 Oct 2023 hyun
Christa Ziegler
Camel
 Oct 2023 hyun
Christa Ziegler
and with the last straw
my back
collapses, rips open
my chest
devours
my throat
my words
my lungs
my breath
leaving

my heart

exposed to the cold of

my alone
 Apr 2017 hyun
rootsbudsflowers
She's the gift
That every birthday
Has been leading up to.
 Mar 2016 hyun
Aeerdna
for you
 Mar 2016 hyun
Aeerdna
I know it's hard to touch the clouds
when memories
hold you down
I know you cry a lot inside
when no one is
around
I know it is hard to wake up
sometimes
when breathing cuts so deep.

and the birds, they sing
but
you cannot hear
and the sun, it shines
but
you cannot see
and there's a lot of warmth around
but
you cannot feel.

I know it feels so hard
to live
with so many scars

but

light will shine and you will
see
and birds will sing and
you will hear

It's just a dark path
you have to walk
and I will be there
to walk along
don't hold your breath
don't give up yet
just
keep your hope
and you'll find one day
that you can fly again
for you deserve
the highest clouds
the purest air
the deepest love.

and I'll be here for you,
you, dear soul,
the sweetest lyric
of them all.
for lyric, <3

https://soundcloud.com/aeerdnaloony/for-you
 Mar 2016 hyun
Miabee
Compensating
 Mar 2016 hyun
Miabee
Love is a game between two
A game for the sick who are through
Blind from the maddening truth
That were all just little dancing fools

But we keep replaying our parts
Every verse spun from the start
Trapped in the fear of falling apart
were all just immature hearts
 Mar 2016 hyun
Sarah
Difference
 Mar 2016 hyun
Sarah
Missing someone isn't the same, as missing someone.

You can miss someone, because he's away.

And you can miss someone, although he's with you.
I am glad that I have left it behind me.
Now I have the good fortune to have someone, who is there. Mentally and physically. ♥
 Mar 2016 hyun
Scarlet Preysler
But how can you blame her?
She fell in love once.
With a boy who need saving himself.
She did everything
but there was no end to it.
She realized he need not
to be saved but to be loved.
 Mar 2016 hyun
Thomas Newlove
For over two years, every day, I've dreamt of dying. Historically, I've always hated change but I'd certainly consider killing for some now.
Tweet verse is a poem comprised of exactly 140 characters.
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