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Ryan Hoysan Oct 2017
This poem is originally written by my favorite poet, Charles Bukowski. .

they're not going to let you
sit at a front table
at some cafe in Europe
in the mid-afternoon sun.
if you do, somebody's going to
drive by and
spray your guts with a
submachine gun.

they're not going to let you
feel good
for very long
anywhere.
the forces aren't going to
let you sit around
*******-off and
relaxing.
you've got to go
their way.

the unhappy, the bitter and
the vengeful
need their
fix - which is
you or somebody
anybody
in agony, or
better yet
dead, dropped into some
hole.

as long as there are
humans about
there is never going to be
any peace
for any individual
upon this earth or
anywhere else
they might
escape to.

all you can do
is maybe grab
ten lucky minutes
here
or maybe an hour
there.

something
is working toward you
right now, and
I mean you
and nobody but
you.
I came across this poem in a book of his poems and I discovered it wasn't on this site. As it is very relevant to my life right now I thought to share it with the rest of the community. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did. Messages and comments are welcome as always.
hazem al jaber Oct 2017
let's do as we did ...

good morning my sweet girl ...
my all feelings which i feel now ...
as i felt last night ...
when you were with me ...
there into my secret world ...
there were i always get you ..
into my all dreams ...
which only created for you ...
there where i could show you ...
all the love which i hold for you ...
there  where we could make our love ...
our sweet love ...
with no shame ...
with brave feelings ...
yes sweetheart ...
come to me now ...
as you came last night ...
to my dream ...
here i am into my warm bed ...
waiting you ...
to make again ...
as we did last night ...
into my hidden world ...
there where no one ...
only you with me ...

come my sweet angel ...
to make what we did ...
again ...
take off all what you wear ...
and  jump into my bed ...
good morning girl ...
my all desires ...

hazem al ...
MinaChan Sep 2017
Sane
What a word
Normal
What a feeling
Insane
What a thought
Sane,
As can be
Normal,
Thats what I am
Insane,
Thats what I think I am
Sane as can be
Normal is me
Insane is what I believe
Colm Sep 2017
I wonder if she
Thinks about this
As much as I do?
Herself being
Of course
Who she is
It's possible
That she does
Just as I do
Never spoken though
Arlene Corwin Sep 2017
I woke up thinking about this.

         A Thought About Loyalty

I’ve been thinking about loyalty:
A many-sided world of nuances,
The subtle differences.
We all know it means faithfulness,
A sticking-to devotedly.
Unfurled it shows its nasty sides,
The negatives that worry me:
Allegiance and adherence -
-Ism’s steel prepared to go to war
Against all criticizers,
-Isms’ others
Carving up the brotherhood
Of man.
Not for nothing
That a missile system drawn
To sense and intercept an enemy:
Is named the Patriot:
A system to annihilate.

I worry ‘bout obedience,
Compliance and submissiveness.
I like reliability, dependability,
Dedication if it’s not perverted
Duty, if it leads to thought,
A moral sense,
An ethic that agrees with life;
Loyalty without the strife.
Loyalty to think about.

A Thought About Loyalty 9.10.2017
Nature In & Of Reality; Out Times, Out Culture II;
Arlene Corwin
Loyalty . what is it?  Good and bad, as always
Mister J Sep 2017
I wake up each day
With only you in my head
Why doesn't it stop?

I've never felt this
Strange in a very long time
What's wrong with me now?

I think this is love
It just took me by surprise
How could I face you?

I want to be yours
I just want to deserve you
Is it just too much?

I hope to be yours
Wishing you will be mine too
God let me be hers

Let her see my worth
Let her realize this truth
I am hers to keep

I love you so much
I can't stay away from you
I am yours only
Compiled Haiku-style. Yours to enjoy. 5am thoughts. :)
Paul Jones Aug 2017
It takes a lot of      time and energy,
to spin a web strong      enough to hold dreams.
22:00 - 30-08-17

State of mind: calm; tired.
Perspectives: philosophical; spiritual; structural; natural.

Thoughts: from thinking - that the capacity for knowledge is only as great as the structure that has been build to contain it. A web is a good metaphor because it is a framework on which things are caught. If a bird flies into a small web, it passes straight through it. A great mind will catch great ideas because that is what it has been developed to do.

Questions: What happens to a person when they challenge themselves to become familiar with what they have an aversion for?
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