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 Nov 2017 phil roberts
tragedies
the most frustrating thing
when it comes to a writer
is when everything
every word, every letter,
isn't enough to give justice to
the captivating picture of you
in the afternoon:

soaked in sweat,
grinning foolishly,
striking up a conversation
about coffee,
and how unhealthy it is
for me to drink
three cups straight,
to stay awake,

yet the bittersweet taste
stains my lips.

it spills down my throat,
covers my lungs,
and drowns them
with the addicting aroma
of coffee beans
and lazy dreams,
until i cannot seem
to breathe,

and the only thing
i can ever do
is to spill ink
for you.
10.12.16
Thoughts
Aren't
Malleable and Ductile  
Forced  
Drawn into Sheets
Conductivity Futile
Empirically Deduced

Words
Are
Malleable and Ductile  
Artistically Moulded
Strung up Embellished Pearls
Drawn into Sheets
A Pearlescent Sheen
Empirically Deduced
" Thoughts are framed in beautiful words "
 Nov 2017 phil roberts
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Words
 Nov 2017 phil roberts
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Words are like a breeze in a poets mind.
They drift about within
until pen to paper is taken.

Until an invisible force like wind
pushes pen to orchestrate a symphony of prose.
A symphony like wind that plays inside a breeze.
Inspired by Shashi-- Thanks
 Nov 2017 phil roberts
Shashi
Do not let this ink dry
Alone tonight, I cry

Holding this pen, I mix some tears
And then, scribble some words here

OH, and these broken dreams
Are like a forever companion
Drowned in my loneliness
Suffocating, my ambitions

What else, if not poetry
would understand my pain
Trying mending my dreams
Washing away the stains.
Don't we all go through such a point in our lives?  And what else, if not your pen  and poetry,  would be a better companion!!
Come into my life,
If you are cosier than
my solitude..

For
The nights are darker enough
to let me unfold my untold,
Stars are shiny enough
to uplift my mood,

Moon is blue enough
to dissolve my blues,
Ink is flowy enough
to open my truth,

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Come into my life,
If you harmonize with me
more than the nature.**

For
The water is fluid enough
to let me flow,
The sky is bright enough
to let me glow,

The winds are strong enough
to help me fly,
The mountains are mighty enough
to give me high,
Solitude and nature.....best healer n companions
 Nov 2017 phil roberts
Traveler
I hate to read
I love to write
Still I stopped to read
Your poem last night
It gave me quivers
It gave me fright
Flesh and blood
A window of sight
Into your visions
Subliminal crimes
Oh how wicked
Your moment in time

I hate to read
I love to write
But who will survive
On this poetry sight
....
Traveler Tim
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