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ISOLATION from others is
When you are all ALONE,
In your OWN PRIVATE PLACE,
Your INNER PEACE IS SHOWN!!

A CALMNESS of HAPPINESS
when you are at your OWN PEACE,
COMFORT and CONTENTMENT,
and when FRUSTRATIONS CEASE!!

A Feeling of SERENITY,
The STATE of
TRANQUILITY, FELICITY,
of BALANCE and
also STABILITY!!!

A sense of PEACEFULNESS,
WELL-BEING and BLISS,
You are at your own PEACE,
A Feeling of RESTFULNESS!!!


B.R.
Date: 12/2/2023
City lights flicker, casting shadows tall,  
Whispers of evening, in twilight’s fall.  
Streets hum softly, a nocturnal song,  
In the heart of darkness, where we all belong.

Moon ascends in silence, a guardian in the sky,  
Stars spill secrets, as constellations sigh.  
Echoes of footsteps, a dance on cobbled stone,  
Night embraces the wanderer, the dreamer, the alone.

Neon signs pulse, a heartbeat of the street,  
Mysteries unravel where darkness and light meet.  
Windows glimmer faintly, lives hidden behind,  
In the cloak of midnight, stories unwind.

Cool breeze carries whispers of distant seas,  
Rustling leaves murmur, swaying with the trees.  
A symphony of stillness, the night’s gentle hymn,  
In its silent chorus, we find solitude within.

Night is a canvas, painted in shades of deep,  
Where dreams take flight, and secrets keep.  
Beneath its vast expanse, a quiet allure,  
In the embrace of night, our spirits endure.
In the hush of morning light,
when shadows cling to whispered dreams,
a quiet breath, a stilling sigh,
the world unfolds in silent seams.

Leaves converse in muted tones,
a secret held in every breeze,
as dawn's soft fingers trace the sky,
and silence sets the heart at ease.

Echoes of a distant past
linger in the voiceless air,
a moment wrapped in tender peace,
where quiet lives beyond compare.

In the silent space between,
where thoughts can wander, free to roam,
I find a solace, calm and clear,
a sanctuary, a quiet home.
Her whispers:
Puts my mind at ease,
Cusping my shoulders,
With Her gentle breeze,
Removing a boulder.

O, Wind,
Come again,
In need of reprieve, sweep me.
Come again,
O, Wind,
I need relief.
While I mowed the lawn, the gusts of wind spared me from misery.

Oh how you always end up
in my bed, when you are most hurt--
My hands on your gorgeous hips
as I pull you  fully, down on to me..

A true descending..  into
the further-reaches  of you
In to places  previously untouched
As I hold you there

As if  for an eternity

Till you are no longer  
unable  to feel me..

Until you are  fully
able to feel me


anything less would be insincere
Gustuhin ko mang makipagsapalaran
Sa mga letrang nakalutang sa himpapawid
Ay binabalot ako ng pagtatantya
Kung ito na ba ang tamang oras
Para kunin ang aking panulat
At iguhit ang silakbo ng aking damdamin.

Humihinto ang mga oras sa bawat pag-uusig
At tinitimbang ko pa rin
Ang mga barkong pumapagitna sa akin.
Nais kong kumawala at lumisan na lamang
Ngunit ang aking pagpapaalam
Ay mas magdudulot lamang ng dilim.

Gusto kong maniwala na ang solusyon
Ay sa pagitan ng mga iginuhit na linya
Ngunit ang aking puso'y nagtataglay ng apoy
Na maaaring makasunog sa mga barkong ito.

Hindi ko mapigilan ang nagniningas sa aking kaloob-looban
At ang boses na mas lalo pang lumalakas
Kasabay ng pagtambol ng aking hininga.
Gusto Nitong tupukin ang lahat
At sakupin ang bawat naglalayag
Sa kani-kanilang mga direksyon.

Pumikit ako at tumalon sa karagatan ng aking imahinasyon –
Imahinasyong masasabi kong tunay na engkwentro.
Patuloy kong nilalaban ang mga ugat sa aking mga braso
Na sa bawat pulso ng aking pagkatao'y
Pilit na kumikitil sa aking pagpapasya
Na mas sumisid pa sa mas malalim.

Napahinto ako sa aking pagpupumiglas
Pagkat narinig ko ang tinig na nagsasabing,
"Manatili ka lamang,"
At ako'y kusang sumabay sa ritmo ng Tinig na iyon
At unti-unti kong nasilayan na naglaho na
Ang mga agiw sa aking mga mata
At kusa ko nang nararamdamang
Mas kaya ko nang huminga sa mas malalim pa.

Ito ang aking hantungan,
Ito ang sinasabi kong liwanag.
Ito ang aking kapanatagan,
At sa Kanya ang aking lilim ng kaliwanagan.
"Calm yourself.
Anger can make
it worse."
Susana Jan 2021
A cup of coffee so hot it
burns my tongue.
I like it, gives a kick

An opened book on Freud
laid out on the table so I’d seem
More cultured, educated

A joint in my hand as
I inhale the smoke with
the petrichor sneaking in from outside

A sense of calmness in this
chaotic world
somehow soothes me
Rachael Dec 2020
the world is on fire,
but i am at peace.
the situation's dire,
and this year was so bleak.
who knows what twenty one
will have in store?
will this virus be done?
will we go to war?
whatever awaits,
i'll be so okay,
passively accept fate
'cause i am unphased
by trudging though days
that are just as grey
as those filled with rage,
as those filled with pain,
that always lit my way.
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