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The eye altering alters all
William Blake, The Mental Traveller

in this fall
it's the sky of the eye that's falling
in the aquarium of time
fish swim in the shape of our memory
my reflection dissolves in unfolded thoughts,
in the maze of forgotten hours
a mythical hope starves the multiplicity of dreams
light colludes with its absence but
it's mind time, the burning hours let go of self-deception
there are twists and turns in our soberness
love is the art of inside seeing
how the vulnerability of truth gets expelled
by the mouth of time
Of life,
Is to be useful
Righteous,
Caring,
Than sweet eloquent whispers of fake promises.
18/9/2025
Wake up at 4.30 am every day except Sunday
When I wake up at 5.00 am, coz it's a day off work
Same routine day in, day out, like it or not
Coz there's no alternative, for a working man
Except to churn the wheel of the Daily Grind

Grinding away, Grinding away, Grinding away
Wake up at 4.30 am, and start on the pranayam
Then some light exercises, before it's time
For the morning prayers, which are a must
Then a bath followed by breakfast

Out of the house by 7.00 am is my target
To catch the public mini bus to my workplace
Arrive by 7.30 am, ready to start the work
Grinding away till 5.00 pm when it's time to leave

But I am grateful, grateful to the Almighty
I have work and earn a reasonable income
Meet the needs of my family, even if just the basics
Always be grateful that my wife tells me, and it's true

But it's not my ideal life, not at all
Some lucky people do have it all
A seven or eight-figure income, a happy family
And they work as and when they want
No Daily Grind For Them

For the rest of us, the Daily Grind
Grinding away, grinding away on the wheel of life
Till the Almighty says, Enough grinding done
Now join me in a new world where there is no Grind
Dedicated To All The hard Working People , Men Like Myself Working To Meet The Needs Of Their Families
How am i to ever suffice,
When it's my blood and your dice,
When it's my blood I drain,
When it's your hand that makes it rain,
Existence is a sin we must weave
Existence is a sin we must grieve
๐Ÿฅ€ The Curse I Became โ€” ๐Ÿฆ‹ and the ruins I left behind

When she starts to curse me, itโ€™s not the daggers I see fall,
Each word not a wound, each whisper not a call.
For me, I am just trying to light up my dream,
Following the path that I self esteem.

But slowly her voice turns a storm in the skies,
It cuts through my soul, it bleeds through my eyes.

The silence grows heavy, the air starts to sting,
Her curses take flight on a black-feathered wing.
They linger like fire that burns in the night,
A wound with no healing, a scar out of sight.

I am no longer what I used to be,
Her curses have carved their mark into me.
The dreams I once held have withered away,
Like petals that fade in the cold of decay.

She took me apart with each venomous word,
A silence that screamed, a pain left unheard.
Slowly she stripped all the light I could see,
A thief in the dark unmaking my plea for a fee.

Yet deep in the ruin, a whisper survives,
A spark in the ashes, a soul that still strives.
For wounds may remind me of where I have bled,
But scars are the proof that I rise where sheโ€™s tread.

I am no longer what I used to be โ€” itโ€™s blurred,
But stronger I stand in the wreckage of her, still coloured.
#thought
Actually, I was the curse that walked into her lifeโ€”the shadow at the edge of her light. The way I met her, the way I knew her, the way I described her, and the way I found myself through her. Some wounds cut deeper than skin, and curses leave scars unseen, yet even in the breaking, resilience risesโ€”not to discover the curse, but to defy it. Curses wound and scars remain, but they do not define the end; they become reminders that even in ruin, strength can rebuild what the curse tried to erase. Even in the wreckage, colours surviveโ€”not because the curse left them, but because it could not take them. And in that survival, a strength carries forward, waiting to be claimed. Sometimes pain may strip us down, but it cannot erase the hues of what we have lived, nor the strength that rises from what survives.
Sometimes I glance at my past,
And I find myself standing, alone in a vast.
Sometimes I stop and glance into the present,
And I find myself lost, in the dark's pleasant.
Sometimes when I try to portray my future,
And I find myself standing, alone in the rain's burden.

As I see the rain fall onto my skin,
I feel hope cascading within.
As I walk through the street, with no hope beside,
I search for a path, where peace collides.
As I find there's no hope left to rise,
With every step, a part of me dies.

As I walk, these city lights blur my vision,
And I get lost in memoryโ€™s incision.
As I close my eyes, I want a dark embrace,
But I wake only to find myself in a loop's disgrace.
As I find my days, full of numbness,
And I drown beneath my own stillness.
Lawrence Hall
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Dispatches for the Colonial Office

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EXIT
โ€œ๐”œ๐”ฌ๐”ฒ ๐”ซ๐”ข๐”ข๐”ก ๐”ฑ๐”ฅ๐”ข ๐”ญ๐”ฏ๐”ฌ๐”ญ๐”ข๐”ฏ ๐”ก๐”ฌ๐” ๐”ฒ๐”ช๐”ข๐”ซ๐”ฑ๐”ž๐”ฑ๐”ฆ๐”ฌ๐”ซโ€,
๐”–๐”ฆ๐”ค๐”ซ๐”ž๐”ฑ๐”ฒ๐”ฏ๐”ข๐”ฐ ๐”ฏ๐”ข๐”ฎ๐”ฒ๐”ฆ๐”ฏ๐”ข๐”ช๐”ข๐”ซ๐”ฑ.
๐Ÿฅ‚
๐Ÿ™ˆ
๐Ÿฅ€

๐’ฎ๐’พโ„Š๐“ƒโ„ฏ๐’น~ ๐’ซ๐“Ž๐“‰ ๐’ฆ๐’พฬจ๐“€๐’พฬจ

๐”‰๐”ฉ๐”ฌ๐”ด๐”ข๐”ฏ๐”ฐ ๐”Ÿ๐”ฉ๐”ฌ๐”ฌ๐”ช,
๐”—๐”ฅ๐”ข ๐”ค๐”ฏ๐”ž๐”ฐ๐”ฐ ๐”ฆ๐”ฐ ๐”ฑ๐”ž๐”ฉ๐”ฉ,
๐”๐”ข๐”ž๐”ก๐”ฌ๐”ด๐”ฐ, ๐”ž๐”ซ๐”ก ๐”ญ๐”ฉ๐”ž๐”ฑ๐”ฒ๐”ข๐”ฐ, ๐”ฑ๐”ฅ๐”ข๐”ฏ๐”ข ๐”ฆ๐”ฐ ๐”ž ๐”ก๐”ฆ๐”ฃ๐”ฃ๐”ข๐”ฏ๐”ข๐”ซ๐” ๐”ข.
๐”๐”ข๐”ž๐”ก๐”ฌ๐”ด๐”ฐ ๐”ž๐”ฏ๐”ข ๐”ด๐”ฆ๐”ฉ๐”ก๐”ฉ๐”ถ ๐”ฃ๐”ฒ๐”ซ ๐”ฑ๐”ฌ ๐”ฏ๐”ฒ๐”ซ ๐”ฆ๐”ซ๐”ฑ๐”ฌ, ๐”ฉ๐”ž๐”ถ ๐”ฌ๐”ซ ๐”ฑ๐”ฅ๐”ข ๐”ค๐”ฏ๐”ž๐”ฐ๐”ฐ, ๐”ซ๐”ฌ๐”ฑ ๐”ฑ๐”ฌ ๐”ด๐”ฌ๐”ฏ๐”ฏ๐”ถ ๐”ฌ๐”ฃ ๐”Ÿ๐”ฒ๐”ค๐”ฐ ๐”ข๐”ฑ๐” .
๐”‰๐”ฆ๐”ข๐”ฉ๐”ก๐”ฐ ๐”ฌ๐”ฃ ๐”Ÿ๐”ฉ๐”ฌ๐”ด๐”Ÿ๐”ž๐”ฉ๐”ฉ๐”ฐ, ๐”ฆ๐”ฑ๐”ฐ ๐”ฐ๐”ข๐”ฏ๐”ข๐”ซ๐”ข, ๐”ž ๐”Ÿ๐”ฉ๐”ฌ๐”ด ๐”ฆ๐”ซ๐”ฑ๐”ฌ ๐”ฆ๐”ฑ ๐”ž๐”ซ๐”ก ๐”ฆ๐”ฑ ๐”ž๐”ฉ๐”ฉ ๐”ค๐”ฌ๐”ข๐”ฐ ๐”ž๐”ด๐”ž๐”ถ.
๐”„ ๐”ฑ๐”ฆ๐”ช๐”ข๐”ฏ ๐”ฆ๐”ฐ ๐”ฉ๐”ฆ๐”จ๐”ข ๐”ž ๐”Ÿ๐”ฌ๐”ช๐”Ÿ ๐”ฆ๐”ฑ ๐”ข๐”ต๐”ญ๐”ฉ๐”ฌ๐”ก๐”ข๐”ฐ ๐”ด๐”ฅ๐”ข๐”ซ ๐”ฆ๐”ฑ๐”ฐ ๐”ซ๐”ฌ๐”ฑ ๐”ฐ๐”ข๐”ฑ, ๐”ถ๐”ข๐”ฑ ๐”ฆ๐”ซ ๐”ž ๐”ช๐”ข๐”ž๐”ก๐”ฌ๐”ด๐”ฐ ๐”ฃ๐”ฆ๐”ข๐”ฉ๐”ก ๐”ฑ๐”ฅ๐”ข ๐”ฑ๐”ฆ๐”ช๐”ข ๐”ฆ๐”ฐ ๐”ค๐”ฌ๐”ซ๐”ข. โ„‘๐”ฑ๐”ฐ ๐”ซ๐”ฌ ๐”ฉ๐”ฌ๐”ซ๐”ค๐”ข๐”ฏ ๐”ฆ๐”ซ ๐”ซ๐”ข๐”ข๐”ก, ๐”ฏ๐”ฒ๐”ซ ๐”ฆ๐”ซ๐”ฑ๐”ฌ ๐”ฆ๐”ซ๐”ฃ๐”ฆ๐”ซ๐”ฆ๐”ฑ๐”ถ.
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๐’ฎ๐’พโ„Š๐“ƒโ„ฏ๐’น~ ๐’ซ๐“Ž๐“‰ ๐’ฆ๐’พฬจ๐“€๐’พฬจ
๐Ÿฅ€
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