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Shrika Oct 2021
I am
        Nothing more than something
                    Nothing less than anything
        I stand on the line between
My brightest fears and
       my darkest strengths
                Wind wakes a wanderer
                          Current flows through a sailor
          I have neither and I am neither

Forward is bitter
             Backward is foolish
                         Left and right, Death's disguise
            Muddled clarity, invisible light
Multiple reflections,
           Maybe it's broken glass.

The cliff waits for my decision
                But for now,
                              I STAND STILL.

Here's one after a long time:)
Big Virge Sep 2021
So Folks When It Comes To...
What We All Are Meant To Do...

Who Really Has A Clue...
As To What Is The Best Route...
To Quickly Getting To The Truth... ?

That Avoids Wasting Our Time...
In Looking For What’s Right...
To Get To Have A Life...
That Brings You Love And Smiles...

It’s A Question That’s Dependant...
On Finding Things That STRENGTHEN... !!!

That Help Reduce The Pressures...
That Lead To HYPER TENSION... !!!

So What Are You Meant To Do...
When You Receive ABUSE...
In... INFLUENTIAL Rooms... !?!

Should You...

Be The FIRST Someone...
To Speak About This Stuff... !?!

Or Just Keep Your Mouth SHUT...
And Wait Til’ Someone Else Does... ?!?

And Then Join Up With The Crews...
Who Let You Say... ME TOO... ?!?

Now Don’t Get It Confused...
It’s A Question That’s Addressing...
This... SENSITIVE Issue... !!!

Because If YOU’RE ACCUSED...
of Making Such VILE Moves...

What Are YOU Meant To Do...
If You KNOW That They’re...
....... NOT True....... ?!?

Or Worse Still If They ARE...
Are You Meant To Find An Excuse...
That Helps You Hide The Truth...
And Gets You Off The Charge... ?

A Question That Is STRESSING...
What Are You Meant To Do... ???

When The Truth Is...
What You’re Blessed With...
And LIARS SURROUND You... ?!?

Do You Speak It...
Or... Reduce...

The Truth You Air In Views...

Or Do You Simply Listen...
To Those Who Keep It Hidden...
Ease Back And Sit There Thinking.....
That Truthful Talk Is Missing...
Instead of... Air Condition... !!!

The Lies That Cause Transmissions...
of... IGNORANT Positions...

That Lead To Peoples’ Sickness... !!!

Before They Get To Spreading...
Like... Corona Flu Injections... !!!

Or That’s Right These VACCINES...
That... APPARENTLY...
Will Help To DEFEAT...
This DEADLY Disease... !!!
As Well As Fallacies...
On Internet Feeds...
of... Conspiracies...
That Are Just Theories... !!!
  
Are We Just Meant To Believe...
The Words of Those Who Lead...
And BIG Pharma Companies... ?

And People Like... Fauci... ?!?

Or Are We Meant To SEEK...
Some TRUTH And HONESTY...
That Deals In PURITY...
Like NATURAL Remedies...
That Do Keep People Healthy... ?

You See It’s Questions Like THESE...
That Are BIG Ones Indeed... !!!

So What Are Men Meant To Do...
To Keep The Ladies Happy... ?!?

Take Pills To INCREASE LONGEVITY... !!!
And The Size of What Our Trousers Keep... !?!

Or Are We Just Meant To Make Money...
To Keep Them Interested...
And To Start Families... ???

Or Are We Just Meant...
To Simply Be... Funny... ?!?

And To Live A Life of Frivolity...
BIG Spending Sprees...
And To Make Drug Deals...
That Pay For Our Meals...
And Some Fancy Wheels...

Or Are We Meant To...
Just Be Who We Be... !?!

Deal In HONESTY...
And Show Humility... ???

Is That The Type of Man...
That They Really Want... ?!?

You’d Better Ask Them That...
BEFORE ******* Drop...
And You Become A Pops...
Or That’s Right A DAD... !!!

Are Men Meant To Be THAT...
Now That We Have TRANS...
And New Gender Gangs... !?!

Are We Meant To Embrace...
This New Gender Age...
And Not Question Their Ways... ???

And If Not... WHY NOT... !?!
If We Think That They’re Strange...

Are We Meant To DENY...
What’s Inside of Our Minds... ?!?

Does That Really Seem Right...
Or Does That CONFINE...
Or Indeed REFINE...
Our Human Kind... !?!

Cos That’s A DANGEROUS Vibe...
That Quite A Few DON’T Like... !!!

And Who’s Meant To Decide...
How We Live Our Lives... ?!?

Guys In Suits And Ties...
With Women By Their Sides...
Who Defend Their Lies...
And The Way That They Divide...

Are We Meant To Accept...
Lies From Governments...
And Policies BEREFT...
of Basic Common Sense... !?!

And Are We Meant To Invest...
In All of This... New Tech...

Like ARTIFICIAL Intelligence... ?!?

When It’s Clear We Have Minds...
That Are... IGNORANT... !!!

And What Are We Meant...
To Do With... THEM... ?!?

Those of Us Who REJECT...
Using Knives And Bullets...
To Leave People DEAD... !?!

Well I Think That’s Where...
This Poem Is Meant...
To Reach It’s END... !!!

But BEFORE It Does...
Aren’t We Meant To Question...
The Things That Are Done...
By Our Race of Humans... ?!?

Like Racism And Sexism...
And Abuse That Runs...
Within Entertainment...

And Corruption Within...
Our Governments...
And What We Feed To...
Our Children... !!!

Aren’t We Meant To Have FUN...
And Just Deal In LOVE... ?!?

Or Are We Just Meant... To...
Behave Like... THUGS... !?!

Aren’t We Meant To Be Good...
And To Just Be... COOL...
Like RIGHTEOUS Warriors...

Well Folks...
I’m NOT Gonna Lie To You... !!!

Because Life’s NO JOKE...
And Keeps Giving Proof...

From This Corona Flu...
To New Policies Approved...

That It’s Really Getting HARDER...
To Know.... What We’re....

..... “ Meant To Do “..... ?!?
Another very interesting, and serious question to write about....
Big Virge Sep 2021
Now This Is A Question...
That’s One Worth Addressing...

When It Comes To Their Movements...
How Many Can Say That They...
Know What They’re Doing... ?!?

Cos’ These Days Its Quite Clear...
That Movements Need Improving... !!!

From Things Some Are Choosing...
That Deal In... Delusions...

And Things Quite Confusing...
When They Deal In Looseness... ?1?

Or Choices That Lead...
To DEFYING What NATURE...
Has Set As The Flavour...
Defining Their Being... ?!?

You Know What I’m Meaning...
Some Mind States Need Cleaning...
Because of Their Leanings...
And Modern Day Teachings... ?!?

It's Clear Some Are Seeking...
To... DEFINE THEMSELVES... !!!

As If Natures Dealings...
Have Not Served Them Well... ?!?

But Will They Be RUING...
The Things That They’re Doing... ?!?

When Wisdom Prevails...
And Starts To Derail...

Their Thinking And Actions...
Like Keeping Folks Captive...
For Slave Masters Lashings...
And Linking With Factions...
Whose Movements Bred Sadness...
And All Sorts of BADNESS...
Like Separatist Clashes... !!!

That Now Lead To Bleeding...
In Protests We’re Seeing... !!!

It Seems That Confusion’s...
Now Causing Contusions...
As Well As Pollution...
of Things Some Are Doing...

It’s CRAZY To See...
The Things People Feel...
That They Currently Need... !?!

That’s Right Like VACCINES...
To Fight Off Disease...
Like This... COVID-19... !?!

Twenty AND......
Twenty One....... !!!!!

Cos It’s Clearly NOT DONE... !!!

So Have New Policies...
Really Proven To Be...
What Will Now Bring Defeat...
To This Viral Infection... ???

That’s Made Us Start Testing...
And Taking Injections...

Because...
What Heads Are Stressing...
Has Created TENSIONS... !!!

And Fuelled MANY Questions...
From All Kinds of Sectors... !!!

Except For Those Still Making...
... LOTS of MONEY... !!!

Like... Vaccine Companies...
And These Big Pharma Teams... !!!

Which Seems Funny To Me... ?!?

So What Are They Doing...
Inside of Their Labs... ?!?

Are They Showing Prudence...
Or Is This A... PLAN... ???

To Now Trace And Track...
Almost EVERY Human... !?!

Or To DEPOPULATE...
The Earth To Make Space...
For A Depleted Race... ?!?

Cos’ Whatever Their Doing...
Has Fuelled Protest Movements
... ALL OVER THE WORLD... !!!
That Have Caused QUITE A STIR...

But What About THEM... ?!?
Are They Really What’s Best...
To Suppress Governments...
And Agendas They Set... ?!?

What They’re Doing On HILLS...
Seems To Feed BITTER Pills... !!!!

But Have They EFFECTED...
A Change That’s CORRECTED...
What Has Been Selected...

To Be The BEST Way...
To Escape Viral Strains...
That World Governments Claim...
Have Been Quick To Mutate...
And Infect Us Again... !!!

AGAIN And AGAIN... !!!

So What Are People Doing...
When They VACCINATE... ???

Oh Of Course They’re Protecting...
Themselves From A Heading...

Where They End Up Bedded...
And Hospitalised...
Like People Who’ve Died...
Because They Rejected...
World Leaders Guidelines... !!!

That Just Don’t Seem Right... ?!?

I Guess Modern Life...
Has Caused Some To Find...
A NEW Way of Thinking...

That’s Changed How They’re Living...

But Will They Be RUING...
The Things They’re Now Choosing... ?!?

From What We INJECT...
To RELIANCE On Tech...
And The Changing of ***...
To Attempt To Ease Stress...

What On Earth’s Coming Next... ?!?

Will We Keep On POLLUTING...
Our Minds With Confusion... ?!?

That Leads To Delusions...

And Questions Like This...

Do Folks Know...

... “ What They’re Doing ? “...
A very interesting subject, and question, for these days and times.....
Isaac Sep 2021
I'm grateful for my avatar
Functioning well, the odd scar
Often bored of my own skin
I visit worlds waiting within
Physical demands eventually disrupt
Noisy distractions persist, interrupt
When night falls they tend to refrain
Hours may pass, I still remain
Inside transcendental places
Meeting new n' familiar faces
My senses heightened
Existence enlivened
An economical holiday
Safe and far away
From all life's worries
And its incessant flurries
Experiencing new chapters
That my brain captures
Just like "actual" memories
Stored in my treasuries
I'm starting to realise
That each sunrise
Lights a world that I can
Explore as a man
Just as I do with glee
In Dreamland so free
The difference being
I'm no longer dreaming
Choices endure
So I like to ensure
My future gains
By this choice which remains
What choice do I mean?
The ever moving scene
The Present as they call it
You get to draw it
Your body the pencil
With so much potential
Constantly writing
Is the story exciting?
It's hard to know
But I'm keen to touch snow
Which I've done in Dreamland.
Just not in Queensland.
Nor any physical place.
I want to go to space.
Written 25 September 2021
Nicole Aug 2021
I can feel myself melting
My skin sinking in
My heartbeat is nauseating
And my thoughts fall like lead
Everyone's questions echoing
Their thoughts highlight the obvious
If this air burns my lungs
Why do I keep breathing it?
If this fire scorches my feet
Why keep taking steps?
Maybe I love the sweetness of pain
Maybe it hydrates my soul
Maybe chaos is so familiar
I built it's home in my heart
Like a dark wine, intoxicating
This joy is but an illusion
One taste never enough
To reach satisfaction
If I know I can be good
Why are the choices so difficult?
Why does kindness feel like pain
And pain feel like home?
Nicole Aug 2021
Darkness surrounds this broken heart
Pumping directly from my brain
Thick smoke caresses every inch
Seeping into the microfractures of this foundation
I'm suffocating but continue to breathe
How odd this self-annihilation
Irrational thoughts inhale deeply
Turning precious oxygen into poison
I wonder why I'm so sick
As I sit docile and watch the violence
Sally A Bayan Aug 2021
(Be Relevant)


By a beading table, is where i sit,
a few steps across a desktop corner,
a sky-lighted, cozy space, a vantage
point where i see and hear clearly, as
i'm easily heard and seen...close to
the kitchen, where home scenes and
sounds...and scents of home-made
food, inspire and influence creativity.

here is where i mend torn garments,
repair anything that must be mended.
here, i'm found when my presence,
my sentiments and advice are sought,
when they ask what's for dinner, or,
just wanna hug...reasons for one's
existence, speak loud, just as my
thoughts...speak loud, too.

"is this why i'm here in this world?
why i was created here, and not in
other livable spaces in the universe?"

purposes and roles come to mind,
when hope is nowhere, and thoughts  
of an ungrateful world, an ungrateful
surrounding, drag on...

while the rest are still hushed by
the twilight of dawn, my eyes are
half-closed, but the mind is already
up and about...deaf and blind to
disappointments and frustrations,
oblivious to estrangements,
because,
family...is always a priority.

no arguments, just a choice...to
live through this purpose-driven life,

to be relevant,

to be involved, to be a part of the
whole...as long as time allows.  

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sally b

© Rosalia Rosario A. Bayan
    August 15, 2021
Happy Sunday everyone!
I miss you all.
May happy thoughts prevail on this rainy August morning <3
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.
Anna-Marie Rose Aug 2021
So alone  in a world  
When the only thing that matters is
What other people want,
Drugs are  always considered  the top priority
And  having feelings
Will make you wind up
As crazy as they come.
When looking for
A friend is  too much of a  risk
And falling in  love
Is the biggest mistake of your lifetime.
Never trust anyone whom tells you  
To trust them and always  have a look out
Because you might get  caught
If you need a point of Black  
You call them back
And if you need a fix of white
Slip into the abyss
Your never  be free
If you decide
You need more than ****.
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