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Still unwritten not quite, filled in
every word has pinned itself to story  
like a sewing machine stitch
down a runway path to somewhere;
Turning points and zig zag threading
let the seams tell of the glory
Pages of my life sealed inside a book
like bookends at a fairground
holding steady until the rider mounts;
Still unwritten not yet ready to wear,  
this garmented padded book of tales
isn't finished yet, ...

Until a dried rose gets pressed
against the pages of my life,
my eulogy stands told
in this book, of life.
 Aug 2024 Nylee
Mike Hauser
Remember
 Aug 2024 Nylee
Mike Hauser
Do you remember
Our younger days
We had so much
To give away
Now here we are
With little left
Do you my dear
Remember that
When we had
No secrets kept

Open to
What came of life
Not a one of us
Picked a side
Do you remember
What that was like
When we thought we lived
In paradise
Before the darkness
Came to light

Took ahold
The stories told
Knew that we
Could change the world
Where did it go
Where have we been
Do you my dear
Remember when
We were good
At remembering
I need to be useful
I can’t stand to be helpless
I never learned how to say
Please help me - I can’t do this

I don’t know how to stand by
And let others do what I did
And can no longer manage
I must find a way around it

I’m not an observer
I need to carry the load
Don’t make me put it down
To do so is akin to dying
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Not willing to slow down and be old.
 Aug 2024 Nylee
Qualyxian Quest
Fall is coming again
I like the chill in the air
I don't have many friends
Loneliness laid bare

I think about high school
More feminine than college
Time tick tocks
True friendship is quite rare

             I still care.
 Aug 2024 Nylee
Asmita Ray
It is a surrealistic art
Painted by us with each sentiment's shard
Colours splayed on mind's canvas,
Inked by every ideological sketch.

We create beauty with words
As we continue to painstakingly etch.
Enlightening people with wisdom's shreds.

We are the Gods and Barns of this art,
This renowned art of Poetry.
 Aug 2024 Nylee
Frances Raeburn
War
 Aug 2024 Nylee
Frances Raeburn
War
all I want
is to find you
to know you
to be you
to understand you
to hear you
to have space for you
all I want
is for you
to understand me
to find me
to hear me
to know me
have space for me
all I want
is to know you
and for you
to know me too
and then
I think
we would never wage war.
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