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741 · Jun 2017
Sadness is a sunset
Lani Colli Jun 2017
Sadness is a sunset. Budding from the ending of a bright, fun day, it slowly transforms in to a glorious mess of colour and life, beautiful, unknowing, unaware of what darkness is soon to come. The gloom of night storms over the wonderful life of day, shadowing out any pleasure left with the colours in the sky. Like sadness, this new darkness creates a new pleasure of its own. Your first look at night will show it as eerie and unforgiving, well, everything that must be avoided does lurk in the shadows, but over time the night will grow on you. You will notice the many tiny speckles of light, hope, dotted on the sky like paint on a canvas. And oh, how lonely they may look if you focus on one, but grouped together can form amazing works of art, constellations worthy of the gods. Though sadness may come over your horizon, there will always be a string of lights, or just a lit candle, awaiting your notice.
This was originally part of a story I wrote for a school exam, but as the story continued, it no longer fit with it. I ended up removing this and making the story shorter. Though this piece didn't fit in the story, I still really like this piece and thus why i wanted to share it.
280 · Jun 2017
People Will...
Lani Colli Jun 2017
People will pull at your hair and grab at your skin,
Using any trouble from their past as an excuse.
A forest of nettles and thorns screaming their injustice at you,
Claiming that they’ve been pricked and punctured, too.
People will entice you closer with their spectacular displays of colour,
Bouquets of warmth and support luring your trust.
They will promise of helping you find that last puzzle piece,
Whilst silently changing the picture.
People will subtly critique every aspect of your being,
Hiding their true intentions behind a fake grin.
They will wait for you fall to your knees,
Watching as your foundations start to crumble.

You will grab at your skin and pull at your hair,
Using every word they have ever said as an excuse.
You will try to hide who you really are,
Your race, your history, your beliefs.
You will focus on every thorn and nettle they have buried in you,
Never turning to see the roses growing in your hands.

You will take a step back,
Out of all the chaos and noise of their hate.
You will begin to plant seeds of your own
In the cracks in your veins that they left.
It will hurt to tear out the thorns and to burn off those nettles,
But oh god will it hurt more to walk with them through that forest of pain.
This is a poem I wrote about racism in Australia. I had to write a poem in regards to Australian Perspectives for a Half-Yearly Exam.
218 · Feb 2018
Lost Stars
Lani Colli Feb 2018
What about the lost stars that just want to light up the dark?
Just a quick thought I had once when beginning to draft some pieces.
182 · Feb 2018
Darkness
Lani Colli Feb 2018
Do you want to lie alone in the darkness? It is more beautiful than anything possible in the light.
Another one of the short thoughts that I jotted down during a sleepless night.
163 · Feb 2018
Wander
Lani Colli Feb 2018
Lost explorers wander among the stars.
91 · Feb 2018
Noise
Lani Colli Feb 2018
When the war of sound is over, your thoughts will cause explosions in the silence.
Just a little quote that I’ve had saved in my phone for awhile  From memory it’s part of many short thoughts that came about during a sleepless night.

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