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He heard a loud thump as the boat
shook sideways and pushed down—
she was caught between  the tides,
drowning  in foam and tangled net
seaweed  curled  in  her  long  hair,
her mouth full of salt.  

His net  had  never  held  before  a
creature so destined for drowning—
lips like a petal of  a watered  rose,
skin the color  of  mist  just  before
the sun’s first light.

He touched  her  shoulder  and  the
ocean sighed—unsure what  to  do
he brought her home  in  his  arms,
wrapped her in linen too rough for
her flesh—set her down on his bed,
where  he  turned  down   the  dim
light of the oil lamps that flickered
against the  walls like  fish  darting
in a shallow cove.

For days,  she didn’t  speak—only
watched  him  with  her wide eyes
that had  only  known  dark  water,
and had forgotten how to close.

He sang to her  softly,  like  waves
curling  against the  shore—he fed
her the pinkest meat of the salmon,
washed her hair with  milk,  while
his palm rested  firm  on  her  ribs,
listening  for  something  that  had
gone quiet.

And when she stirred at last, it was
with a slow, liquid sound—her soft
fingers  trailing  over  his  wrist—a
tide returning.

She whispered something soft, like
cotton, her syllables thick and crisp
with ocean, something  he  did  not
understand—nor did  he  need  to—

He would follow her anywhere.

That night, she lay beside him, cool
against his  warm  side—though  he
closed his eyes, he felt her watching—
a  tide  of  something  wild  between
them, as enticing as the scent of  wet
stone.

Morning came—she was already gone.
The bed smelled of coarse salt, he put
his hands  to  his  lips  and  could  still
taste her.

Down by the shore, the waves rolled in,
welcoming her back—as the fisherman
stood at his window, staring beyond the
cove, saddened she could not stay.
Novo Amor—Anchor

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmKAn8rNbKg&list=RDOmKAn8rNbKg&start_radio=1
This body—
A landscape of fractures and hope,
speaks in aches I cannot always hear—
a crackle in the knee,
a sharp protest in the back,
a static roar too heavy
for my mind to focus.

It has softened
where I never asked,
hardened where I never dreamed—
wrinkle marks, like rivers,
trace gentle borders—
made, unmade,
carrying the ache of knowing,
the bitter before, sharper than the after.
It is not a temple—
not some pristine altar.

I have resented it—
this body—its frailties,
its hunger,
its stubborn need
to remind me
I am only human.

And all this time,
I hold it close,
this imperfect,
miraculous thing,
this witness to my living.
It breathes when I forget to,
stands when I want to fall.
It is not perfect,
but it is mine—
enough, or perhaps,
learning to be.
She stands, embraced, in a vast field
where she can both lose and find herself,
where sunflowers lean, shoulder to shoulder,
faces tilted, ready to listen for things
she can’t bring herself to say—
a slender figure in white, barefoot
among the whispering stems.

The sky spills wide, endless and tender,
and she—just one small part of this silence—
listens to the earth keep quiet.
It is enough, she thinks to herself,
here, where questions scatter like seeds,
where the wind remembers to help carry
what can be let go—a cool hand
brushing her cheek, carrying the scent
of wild grass and the songs of unseen birds.

Beneath her feet, the soil breathes,
as if to say, stay—just stay.
She knows she’s small here—
but so is the sun’s last warmth,
so are the petals, one by one,
catching the day as it drifts away.

She could speak, let her thoughts
come out into the open,
but for now, this silence is enough.
A pause in her voice as the evening
hugs her like an old, trusted friend—
and she finds herself, somehow,
held gently in this quiet moment—
this, she admits, is plenty.

This is where silence blooms.
Where Silence Blooms—Marc Morais
https://prnt.sc/qO5Pqxwz974e
We're young; we're the champions
We are the spirit to our nation.
We'll bring the fresh morning
Let's go, let's go ahead, young!

We'll hit on the closed door
and grab the enemies,
We won't lose to fear
We'd celebrate the victories!

Our confidence is beyond the skies
to win everything!

We'll blow the smell of flowers
to move everyone's confutation away.
We are the strong sail in the stormy voyage
We are manic to win; we are young!

We'll control the whole world
to overcome everything!

We won't support any crime
We'll stay with our clime
If we are martyred for the nation
then we'll get good news from Heaven.

We'll bring the shiny sun on earth
because we are active young!

We'll stand against oppressive rulers
and we'll voice for the oppressed
We'll live like the warriors
and we'll welcome death in smiles!

We'll make everyone's dreams true
with our youthfulness!

We're trying to build a wall on Mars
and waiting for the moment
The world is looking for us
and we live in everyone's heart!

We will be patient in hurt
to face the opponents!

We are so charming to lovers
and surrounded by soft love,
We are the Lodestars
in the dark night sky.

We're young; we'll do everything
with love and passion.
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Hunting knife strapped to her ankle

Across her shoulders

Mystic bow and arrow

#

If you betray her

Believe me !

She don't write no pathetic

Teary poem about it

And post it to strangers !


//


( she would just realize she made a mistake in trusting you

And move on )

HER LIFE IS REAL

//

We meet at midnight in the hills

//

We exchange any wisdom gathered

In our attempt to produce

Strong children to face tomorrow

//

Clad in furs and antler horns

( or so it seems on the poetic level )


Quite ordinary really

Except for the REAL FIRE

In her eyes of love


//


She has not become stupid like most if us


She doesn't play games with love

Or emotions

Or

The fear of being needy

//

love ?




Well sure

//


Why not ?
 Oct 2015 Jeremy Ducane
KM Jones
I stand still in this room, to look across at you, and grin.
You don't have to understand what this means...
You make me re-evaluate my values.
I'm not sure what this feeling is without the butterflies...
And the heart-stops... and the blushing cheeks.
I don't know this girl who lets you scrunch her face.
And laughs... and plays... and doesn't plan every single second...
I don't think you understand the significance,
Of my words, of my relaxed disposition...
I don't look at clocks when I am around you.

I don't need your affections every minute...
Co-dependency has become enjoyment of company.
Sleeping alone isn't empty, next to you is simply a perk.
Sleeping with you, not a demand, but a pleasure.
Who is this girl, grinning at you across the room...
Letting you tickle her sides... telling you truths
TRUTHS... I don't think you understand the significance of that word...
Of MY words. There are no walls in my words. (only in my chest)
And "I Love You's" aren't spilling from my lips.
And I don't think we understand the significance of that.

I fall hard, blindly, way too quickly.
But I'm not falling right now. I'm standing here, eyes WIDE open.
I see all of you, and I wait... and patience is not a characteristic of mine.
And I don't think you understand the significance of this...
I feel something is happening here...
A realization; one I had read somewhere in a Jonathan Safran Foer novel.
About falling in love so ordinarily, that you begin to think it isn't love at all...
But something much more ordinary.
And.. this is different... but what it is evades me.
I can't diagnose this as "the real thing," because I only know what the "real" thing is not...

Being away from you isn't painful, it just isn't preferred.
I like that I don't have to hold my breath when we're apart.
But, I feel my facade fall away when I walk through your door.
As if there is no need for pretenses in a room with you...
I'm not that girl, and I don't want you to think I am...
I want to use big words, and giggle at their superfluity.
Let you laugh at my pretentiousness- a misnomer- as I'm not faking anything at all.

I like that I look at you... and I don't know exactly what you're thinking.
And I don't think you understand the significance of that...
Control, let go... and I'm not terrified...
And I don't feel like a half, not quite a whole...
But, I'm learning how to be, and who to be...
And I simply have the pleasure of having you along for the journey.

I'm afraid I don't understand the significance of...
    these words, of the realization that you will read them...
        that you will try to qualify each adjective... and understand each verb...
And dissect me...
    and I will try to explain, a kindness I so rarely attempt...
        and I might not make any sense, and I might not know how you feel...
And... I might just be fine with not knowing.

I might just stand, and grin, and not tell you why.
But, not for not knowing,
But... for not needing to understand.

Yet.
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