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1d · 64
Watching A Movie
I watched a movie the other day
the intro credits
were more of an intro
to you in this space
sober and aware
the air in between
well at least for me
felt different

The movie commenced
till a tune
a soundtrack
hit a scene
I nestling on the floor
beneath
felt
his feet
beat
to the beats
following the per second
theme

He's never seen this scene before
nor the movie as a whole
that's how you know
music runs through
his veins
without him
saying a word
tap tap ... wait tap
tap tap tap...wait tap tap
till the scene ended
he came back from his trance
he was watching the movie
again
If I had one thing to say
as I pen
the (.)
at the end of this book
it would be
"Thank you for
teaching my heart
a new language"
Every heart expresses differently, but when you encounter those who fake a language just to understand yours, your whole
In the midst
of a morning walk
I followed a trail
of purple
flowers
fallen
and ripe
that led me to
the mother tree
who has grown
heavy
with too much
beauty to carry
Ashrafieh, is a magical place in Beirut, Lebanon. It has those purple floral trees who decorate not only its appeal but also the streets after they have fallen.
It has a certain feel to it, when you see them, you feel the cusp of summer that will flood the city with heat, but yet in the midst of everything has hit the ground, there's so much beauty to the fallen.
May 13 · 83
Seasonal Disorder
Maria Etre May 13
It rained in May
Maybe it's a sign
that even
April showers
unnaturally, can be
May's showers too
May 12 · 95
Shaky
Maria Etre May 12
When things
started falling apart
I felt the debris
scarring me and scaring me
May 8 · 147
Wet Ink
Maria Etre May 8
Here,
Let me wet
your quill
That's what
I call
a fresh
start
May 7 · 185
Lay vs. Be
May 2 · 59
Headphones
Maria Etre May 2
I miss headphones
with wires
I really felt
connected



























to my music
May 2 · 240
Virus
Maria Etre May 2
I vomited
the last piece
of you
and relieved myself
from the toxicity
that ate me up
from the inside

That's my kind of
glow up
Sometimes it's the word ***** that is healing in disguise
Apr 28 · 215
Detox
Maria Etre Apr 28
I placed a
"We're closed" sign
over my heart

It weighed on it
b
U
t

It's about time
we do some
spring cleaning
Apr 24 · 2.0k
CANNABALISM
Apr 22 · 702
TRACE MY SPINE
Maria Etre Apr 22
The kind of lines
I like to write
are ones
your body
feels
Apr 16 · 245
MayDay
Maria Etre Apr 16
I mayde** up
my mind
without
thin
king
"Mayday" is an internationally recognized distress signal used by pilots to indicate imminent danger or a life-threatening emergency situation
Apr 15 · 344
Fear Made Me Do It
Maria Etre Apr 15
Fear
made me
F$%k
the best
thing
that my
heart
felt
Apr 14 · 355
The Dressing of Things
Maria Etre Apr 14
In the stir
of the moment
we diluted

When things
settled
we separated
Apr 11 · 205
2025
Apr 8 · 623
Oh You Don't Say
Maria Etre Apr 8
And then
I said,
"All my poetry
is not
fictional"
putting all
these short
little bursts
of inspiration
in a different
perspective
Apr 2 · 648
XS
Maria Etre Apr 2
XS
When I fear my heart
has become too small
for the love
it carries
failing
to
express
the muchness
of
it
all
Mar 28 · 185
Slumber
Maria Etre Mar 28
Sleep
only
- robs me -
of
your
presence
Mar 17 · 367
New Font
Maria Etre Mar 17
It felt weird
when my heart
left its type
and fell
for a whole
new font
that read
differently
Mar 12 · 475
ED Survivor
Maria Etre Mar 12
I never ate my emotions
I starved them
That's also an
Emotional Disorder
Mar 5 · 295
Flags
Maria Etre Mar 5
Of all the flags
that I have seen
red, green, purple, blue
and God knows what
none did I collect
for I think
the color
I desire
is being
created
Feb 27 · 120
FiND
Maria Etre Feb 27
It's funny
how “find”
has an
"eye"
in it!
Maria Etre Feb 26
Wonderful things come out of the darkness
to show us that they too try.

Wonderful things come out of darkness
to show us that they too love what we love.

Wonderful things come out of the darkness
to show us that we're not that different.

Love you little anglerfish!
Feb 25 · 428
Be for this...
Maria Etre Feb 25
Why do we say
"before my eyes"
when everything happens
in front of our eyes?
Maria Etre Feb 24
And then I heard
her heart
through
the screams
that trickled
down her cheeks

She speaks...
Feb 19 · 598
Dear Trauma
Maria Etre Feb 19
The further
I moved away
from my traumata
the closer I see
them running towards me

It’s like a parasitic
relationship
I let them happen
I let them stay
thinking that
if I bought them
a jersey
with
“norm” stitched on it
I would fall for
their play
Full blog here: https://indiedoodles.wordpress.com/2025/02/19/the-in-counter/
Feb 18 · 316
Po_Etre-y
Maria Etre Feb 18
I am a mess
aligned
in stanzas
My last name is ETRE
and it means "to be" in French
Feb 12 · 536
Love for "Unlove"
Maria Etre Feb 12
Maybe this time
I look at
"unlove"
with a heart
because I have
shared time with
it
and I believe
the strength
"unlove"
gave me
is the one
that propelled
into a passion
to appreciate
the "love"
that is a huge
part of that
un-feeling
Maria Etre Feb 11
I lost touch
with
my to-do list
only to find
myself
found
in my
to-live
list
Feb 7 · 352
In Between Parenthesis
Maria Etre Feb 7
(U)ltimatel(y)
is a word
whose control
lies in the
the first letter
and reasoning is
questioned by the last
Feb 5 · 387
Gravity-less
Maria Etre Feb 5
"I am over the moon", love said
"But how can you breathe?" logic asked

"I can't", love smiled
"How are you alive?", logic asked

"I am catching my breath", love replied
"Up there?", logic replied

"Weightlessly",
love closed its eyes
and fell
Feb 4 · 282
Dim-witted
Maria Etre Feb 4
I feel dumb
because
the blood isn't
making it to my brain
it's rerouting itself
to where
it's pumped
and I
feel
light-headed

*falls
Feb 3 · 494
Intro/Extro Verses
Maria Etre Feb 3
".............",
his eyes said
without
saying

"and I, you",
I sighed
with
saying
introverts_extroverts_poerty verses
Jan 31 · 354
Arousing Poetry
Maria Etre Jan 31
Go to where
poetry is aroused
that's where misery
drinks with company
and over-thinking
smokes with assumptions

That's where the heart
over-fills drinks
to the brim
with
"is this right?"

and wets papers
with poetry
that questions
its creator
Jan 29 · 753
Safe Landing
Maria Etre Jan 29
This time,
I wore
a parachute
before
I jumped
off the
edge
of
fa
ll
in
g
Jan 27 · 413
Time To "Self"
Maria Etre Jan 27
Does maturity
dress itself
just to fit in
while your
raw
spirit
undresses it
every
single
time?
Jan 23 · 217
Pruning Season
Maria Etre Jan 23
If vines
get pruned
should we
do the same
to regrow
healthier
thoughts?
Jan 21 · 546
Down Under
Maria Etre Jan 21
He kissed
my flower


























































­















































tattoo.









­










*you naughty minds - smirks
Jan 20 · 364
Reverse to Innocence
Maria Etre Jan 20
"I feel old", I said

"Time travel" they imposed

"How?", I exclaimed

"Fall in love", they replied
Jan 20 · 287
Dizzy Doodles
Maria Etre Jan 20
You
confused
my pencil tips,
they used to write poetry
Now, they doodle in lines in bewilderment
aimlessly drawing the words in sketches of an amateur love
Jan 17 · 316
What's wrong?
Maria Etre Jan 17
It's not the time
it's the toll
Jan 15 · 533
The Giving Time
Maria Etre Jan 15
I gave my
gut
a voice
it
gave me
cœur-
age
cœur: means heart in French
Maria Etre Jan 13
Maybe my heart
was born too small
for the love
it carries...

That's why it
shares it
just to
give itself
breathing
space
Maria Etre Jan 9
"I oddly miss you",
words
slipped off her
tongue
like a waterslide  


That's when the heart
goes
"*** did I just feel?"
Jan 7 · 681
"Play with my hair"
Maria Etre Jan 7
He played
with her hair
and poetry
untangled
every
"not"
Jan 2 · 479
Concluding the Year
Maria Etre Jan 2
I came
to the conclusion
one line at a time
tripping off
commas that
I thought
left me breathless
but turned out
they were
*******
the life
out of
me
Maria Etre Dec 2024
The cat attacked the tree
everything came
falling down

The cat left
me picking up
the ornaments
and starting
all over again

Realizing that
I get a second chance
to decorate it
to put it together
again
in a different
way

*pauses and reflects
at healing in life
Dec 2024 · 670
Full Stops.
Maria Etre Dec 2024
Today, I
put a full stop
at the end
of an on-going
poem,

the sad part was
that I thought it will
bleed beyond it,

but all it asked for
as a light mentioning
in pages,

I had to refuse
so I added another
full-stop..
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