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I think that maybe
the happiest moment of my life has not occurred yet
because I would not be content with dying
today
When my mother used to smoke cigarettes
we'd hide her carton of slim white smokes
and tape pictures of cancerous lungs all over the house
with dark frowning faces scribbled onto them
and my father, sister and I would laugh for hours until she found them and laughed with us
A decade after she quit
and we still laugh our ***** off at the memory
of those angry, angry lungs
and it just goes to show that sometimes
the things that seem horrible at the time
make for the best memories
not a poem, just a thought.
 Apr 2013 Mustafa Mars
Ayaba Babe
with every starry sky,
i still search for the big dipper.
stripping the constellations
searching for something bigger
than the compilation of love
or whatever it was
that we feathered through the sand that night.

that was the last time that we were together
you and i
lonesome
under the moonless sky
seen only by the eyes of God.
guided only by the light
and the might of the stars,
no matter where you are:

with every starry sky,
i still search for the big dipper.

every time our eyes collide
the constellations quiver
every time
you look into my eyes
i see you riding the tides of my skies
sliding along the slopes of my little dipper
abiding the strokes of my heart to beat quicker
searching for something bigger
than the compilation of love
or whatever it was
that we feathered through the sand that night.

that was the last time that we were together.
the weather has shifted many times since then,
it has now been awhile.
yet, still now
the compilation of your smile
is the only pile of shine
that can blind the vastness of my mind

every time

you look at me

i drown in the vastness of the seas
that flood the skies of your eyes
with every starry sky,
i still search for the big dipper.
upon it,
when both our eyes linger
i can feel the shiver
of the astronomical quiver

when i'm guided by the stars,

you never feel quite so far.
You have no voice
You have teeth
that gnaw at every part of my being
ripping my heart to shreds with the coldest of words

You have no voice
You have heat
that radiates through my body
with the most passionate of words

You have no voice
You have creatures
that swarm my insides
and fly around inside my stomach
and turn my knees to jelly
with the sweetest of words.

You have no voice
You have a microscopic turntable
that plays my favorite songs
and echoes them throughout my skull
with the most romantic of words

You have no voice
You have a power that allows you
to tear me apart
or put me together
or even make me love myself
with the simplest of words.
 Apr 2013 Mustafa Mars
Siobhan A
Sunshine, Sunshine come back out and play?
I swear we weren’t laughing at you the other day,
The clouds in the sky were making funny shapes, the lady with her hat got blown away, the children in the sandbox, the squirrels in the trees
Mr. Sun you have to believe me, please!
We won’t laugh at you, you give us colors, without you we wouldn’t have flowers, or spring, or kites on long strings
Don’t make me beg, it’s chilling me right down to my bones.
We’re freezing in this rain dear sun, how else can I let you know?  You give us heat and light, your rays give us reasons to grow, you nurture our every waking hour oh sun, didn’t you already know? We love you with all our hearts beautiful sun! And there is something else you should know:
You make us laugh and smile sun, you warm our very hearts dear sun, now please come out, come out dear sun and give us light and summer, please come out, come out Sunshine and fill this world with color.
Thank you sir, for everything you have taught me in your honors algebra two class.
I do understand that it is important to learn these things
and memorize where each variable goes
and what to square
and what the equation of an ellipse is
and I am not being sarcastic
But I was hoping maybe you could also teach me the equation to mending things that have been broken?
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