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14.9k · Aug 2014
From the Brave You
Suzana P Joel Aug 2014
The secret, I guess, was to always be brave;
No matter what you see, think or hear.
There are landmines carefully fitted along the road,
Rattling to its joints and ready to explode.
And before the truth of the situation blows you away,
Before you get knocked off your feet and get thrown in the air,
Before searing pain engulfs your numbness,
Just before you cut the trip wire;
You shout it out, no louder than the softest whisper, “Be Brave.”
946 · Nov 2014
Mind Over Matter
Suzana P Joel Nov 2014
My mind is too full of things
Unrest calls it home now
Joy pain explosions and tranquility
These resident in my unkempt corners
None can exist mutually
Volatile
Viscous
Unreal
Ready to blow
Circling mind over matter
I slouch over a few good words only to find no sense
(sighs)
457 · Nov 2014
Close Enough
Suzana P Joel Nov 2014
The wave could swell into the largest cover
To hide me from you.
It’s the words I don’t get,
The shaking of my hands as I type,
Things that make me, remind me, and convince me that you’re not by my side.
Where do I go?

The wave could engulf my receded figure and shroud the thoughts of you.
It’s this lost smile that will never reveal,
This tiresome feeling longing for your sharp looks to steal,
And the wonder of my personal star that lies at the bottom of your eyes, Pools of Brown, them eyes!

The wave could crash down on me and leave me cold and gasping!
And yet, drenched to the ends of my being,
It’s words that I find,
It’s songs that I sing,
A poem to wield on these shores of chaos.
So call it what you want – insanity, shameless ranting or even the truth if you see it.
But this is me,
Desperately sewing pearls onto a string of words to accept your being faraway.

— The End —