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Wordly Cycles

Earth & metal, melting under the obsession of being,

Dissolving death & consequence, mirroring my green,

Like rage & despair, they settle for the walls of my veins,

Tainting my blood & caging me inside my bones,

Eyes & children lost their humor,

Pain amplified, bruised tears,

Compact surrender,

Love for this poison, the potential of relief & revenge,

The shaken & the colored,

Calmed spirits, not in areas of the unclear,

Content minds, never leaving their place,

Scattered brains, shot down,

You & your others, the nation of blood & killings,

The white roses, you’ve slapped ebony red.

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Written by
noon-m-imad
Sudanese
Published
Nov 28, 2012
Lines·Words
14·99
Notes

I titled this poem worldy cycles because it stars with the heaviness of earth, reflecting the heaviness of being a part of it but, like all things of this world, ends with growth, even if it comes from death.

PS: The part in the middle about content and tortured minds is from Arabic folklore and proverbs. It doesn't quite fit, but to me it adds something I need to have there.

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