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Leocardo Reis Oct 2021
Irony
A fish
that chokes
on water;
A poet
who struggles
with words.
#irony
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Leocardo Reis Oct 2021
Intemperate
I am as snow in warmth of dawn,
I cannot linger
for too long.
#intemperate #change
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Leocardo Reis Oct 2021
Writing love poems
By writing love poems,
I have learned
that I only know how
to express
sadness,
not love.
#writing #love #poems
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Leocardo Reis Oct 2021
Dinner
To eat alone
is to think
of another.
#dinner #alone
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Leocardo Reis Oct 2021
Another Friday night
My heart is in
a terrible state,
so I choose
to roam this city,
to ward off boredom
and the questions
I ask myself
about you
before I sleep.
#friday #night
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Leocardo Reis Sep 2021
As a flower before a storm
A love
that blossoms
like a flower
before a storm.

Will you see it
before it is stripped
of its petals?
Before it is trampled
and ripped out by its roots?
#flower #storm
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Leocardo Reis Sep 2021
Worry
A flower
that blooms
before a drought,
will wilt
without having
lived.

To think of you,
is to have such
thoughts.
#worry
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