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 Feb 2021 Sabika
Christina Marie
Blue sand beer bottled vertigo
white gauze in humid air
relentlessly, burning your throat
and your feet
all to be washed away
by the warm juice of young coconuts
and the hungry lapping of the waves
taking, taking, taking,
until there is nothing left
but a heavy heart,
and a distinct longing,
an ache that it is better to bury.
No, I wasn't constantly drunk on this trip.
 Dec 2020 Sabika
Traveler
Whether a comma, or colon:
Punctuation slows my rolling
I need no period. When I end
no Capitalization when I begin
Rulelessly I flow my art
  Not a single!
Exclamation mark
Are you not the one
Who'll know?
Where a question mark
No longer goes

Warp the structure
Bend the lines
Put in repeat
Let emotion unwind
Make yourself
Your poetry's the best
Be your own ruler
Pass your own test

Take your own road
Where ever it leads
Lover or hater
It's all poetry!
Traveler Tim
.


Hay
No matter who you are
You have my deepest respect!

Vanity
All is vanity
The meanings of passion
The aesthetic expression
The lines we draw and stay within
Even love is beyond intent
Vanity transcends
Flowing from our pens
And so we breathe again
 Nov 2020 Sabika
himangshu
Of shadows refrained, and
hypocrisy big brained;
labels the crops,
f'r these art c'rpses.
promises in caskets,
f'r these art showpieces.
oh palmy, thy palmy
strengtheneth thy soil
f'r t is in vengeance
too much of Shakespearean sonnets influences a lot
 Jun 2020 Sabika
Riley
One
 Jun 2020 Sabika
Riley
One
One knee
One life
One soul
One son
One brother
One friend
One husband
One father
One grave
One
Last
Breath
 Jun 2020 Sabika
Hannah
Vulnerable
 Jun 2020 Sabika
Hannah
I may
be soft
but at least
I’m not
afraid
of my own
skin.
 Jun 2020 Sabika
Eman
Home
 Jun 2020 Sabika
Eman
Home is not the doorstep, not the porch, not the swing, it is not the ceiling and it is not a thing

Home is seeing your sisters empowered,
your parents at ease, your brothers relieved, your demons decieved

Home is a genuine smile, it is the authentic tears

Home is the magical word that can **** your fears

Home is a feeling embedded with layers of love, acceptance and peace
Home is a feeling.
 Jun 2020 Sabika
Eman
Phoenix
 Jun 2020 Sabika
Eman
In this life, feet catch fire
and
people burn

Remember your dream
when
it is your turn

You will see your ashes
but
you will manage to breathe

If
you sustain the flames
inside
your dreams

Your ashes will float
and
shimmer like gold

You will rise as a
Phoenix
with wings to behold
When a cycle ends, a new one begins. Stay true to your dreams, persist.
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