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 Jun 2016 Matt
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Connections
 Jun 2016 Matt
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I dwell in my past so often,
I forget I'm in the now
I wish and long for people
Who, for a while, haven't been around
I put aside those who want me
To remember those who don't,
It's time I said I'm sorry
And let go of the rope
I have people who want to be there for me
I just have to let them
 Jun 2016 Matt
Stephan
Out of ink
 Jun 2016 Matt
Stephan
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I was going to write a poem
but I just ran out of ink
I had the stanzas lined up nice,
I know I did, I think

It said how much I loved her,
and that she had gone away
Rhymes about my broken heart,
how it was here to stay

One verse filled with crying,
those endless falling tears
While hiding neath the covers
afraid to face my fears

Another said I miss her,
my days had all turned gray
There was no sun, there was no moon,
just sadness on display

I mentioned how I need her,
life will never be the same
Saying I was sorry,
that I knew I was to blame

My entire world is empty
and I couldn’t take much more
She’d always be my every thing,
the one I would adore

I really hoped to write it,
though I know she’d never see
These feelings that I’d write about
so deep inside of me

So now I’ll just forget it,
nothing else to do, I think
Except to sit here with my pen
that’s just run out of ink
 Jun 2016 Matt
Syed Ashar Javed
I love you,
I do not know how,
or even when,
or why.

But I love you,
even if it may hurt me,
I still do.

It may hurt you,
but I do not know how to stop,
but neither can I see you in pain.

My love has taken me afar,
I no longer know where I am,
for I am lost and not a beacon in sight.
 Jun 2016 Matt
Happynessa
Within the centre of your being
May you find peace
Every act of unconditional love
Echoes in eternity
Spread your wings and dance
Dreams into reality
If your situation  won't change
Then change yourself
The optimist is often as wrong
As the pessimist
But he is far far happier
Choose happiness
 Jun 2016 Matt
Ana K
Overthinking
 Jun 2016 Matt
Ana K
Thoughts that are loud and make everything seems like a fraud shouldnt be called thoughts at all. Disguised as an angel just to manipulate our minds but they are the true devils that left us blind. Questions used as a form of distraction, revolving around our minds and we wonder why we can't find the right answers. It's all in your head, they say. Stop overthinking, it doesnt do you good, they say, but how do you stop a deadly virus from killing? Sure, we can find the cure but how long does it take before it wipes out all that is left of mankind?
 Jun 2016 Matt
rattletaptap
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 Jun 2016 Matt
rattletaptap
If they've built a wall,
don't tear it down and
bring them into reality;
take a few bricks out
and sneak inside.

Have yourselves
a fantasy with a
bit of reality
seeping in
through the
hole you made.
 Jun 2016 Matt
Ntwari Poetry
Look into my eyes
What do you see?
Do you see hate?
You should

Dive into my mind
And find the twisted nature of my dreams
Where my demons have become my friends
Where my nightmares are my favourite fantasies
Yes, pain has become my drug

Come with me
And swim with my dreams of my past
Stained by the wear of time
Listen to the harmony
Of the strum of my woes
Clawing on the fabric of my soul

Do you love the tune you wrote for me?
You will
Another dark one
 Jun 2016 Matt
Akemi
refrain
 Jun 2016 Matt
Akemi
This city has become so familiar.
An endless refrain.
Sometimes the sky pulls away.
Sometimes I feel I could slip through the earth and disappear.
Nobody would even notice.

The other day a crowd gathered.
Bunched together as their paths narrowed.
Then fanned back out into space.
It was an endless flow.
Faces moving so fast they blurred into one.
I sat by the river afterwards.
Unable to stand.

There are seven billion people on this earth.
Drifting through themselves.
And everyone around them.

Train.
Cars pass one another.
Smoke.
They cross the road when the lights change.
Living is effortless.
Invisible.

Two of my friends' relatives died this year.
One from suicide.

There are small moments of grace.
That do nothing to stave off death.
Or the unfairness of existence.

I’ve been moving my hands a lot lately.
I’ve been learning to sew.

Sometimes we fall into dreams.
And lose sight of the present.
Because it’s too painful to consider.

The crow recognises itself in the mirror.
Along with everyone else.
And breaks it.
11:40am, June 9th 2016

I am nothing more than those around me.
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