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Gerry Aldridge Jul 2017
I want To Turn Feelings Into Words.

I enjoy the struggle
To make a sentence beautiful.
Use the right adjective,
Or the precise adverb
Which is suitable.

I strive to turn emotion
Into something
We can read.
Something other people
Will believe,
Open up and
Let themselves bleed .
For,

There is nothing more sad
Than an unhappy person
Deprived of honesty and worse.
Believe in nothing,
Except the lies
They nurture
In the safety
Of their own
Universe.

(Gerry Aldridge © 2017)
Apollo Hayden Jul 2017
You've been up,
you've been down,
you've been left and you've been right.
So familiar are you with the outside world,
but how much time have you spent inside?
To be aware of the world around you, from within let the waters flow.
For what is it to breathe if you don't feel alive from your head down to your toes?
Staying aware of even the subtle things, of which the eyes tend to miss but the mind always reads; the signs and symbols that speak louder than any word off the tongues of men.
You think you can't train it but you can, and if you don't someone else will always be in control,
separating you further from mother earth, dimming the light of your soul.
So wherever you are right now, close your eyes and breathe,
and imagine you're the wind blowing through the trees, flowing in and out as you remain mindful of how you're connected to everything.
Eyes fixed on the sun.
Shoulders back.
Back straight.
Chest out.
Solid breath.
Eyes fixed on the sun.
Eyes fixed on the sun.

Control is an illusion created by fear
Consumed by the restless, caught begging for sleep
Reflection is ruthless, a bottomless pit
A strange kind of way of breaking a kid

Paychecks, and billboards, and coffee mugs say:
"We're building and building and building away"

A body that wanders sets foot on new ground
So a mind that wanders is a mind that expands
A mind that expands is a mind that creates
Textures and shapes and colors and sounds

Paychecks, and billboards, and coffee mugs say:
"We're building and building and building away"

A mind that reflects is trapped in itself
Constantly spinning in a conical shape
A circular fashion, more narrow each day
Until it's caught, and sealed, and safely stored away

Meal plans, and caffeine, and bucket lists say
Treadmills, and timesheets, and calendars say
Paychecks, and billboards, and coffee mugs say:
"We're building, we're building. Keep building away"
Jayantee Khare Jun 2017

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Healing with creativity
Done by poetry,

The candle Light
Midnight
poetry
Is relaxing,
Relieving.
Donna Jun 2017
Whilst I sit and read
I fly on a unicorn
Lighting up the sky
:) x
Donna Jun 2017
Once upon a time
In castle far far away
Lived a king called kong

Wandering alone
Preferring his own quiet
He become lonesome

Until one spring day
Down by warm sparkling pond
A girl was fishing

He watched her for days
But never had the courage
To vocal hello

Instead he left notes
full of his undying love
Hoping she'd find them

But the days passed fast
And winter quickly arrived
Blowing notes away

One cold day at pond
Kong found a wrapped up parcel
Dressed in pink paper

With his big soft hands
He slowly unwrapped parcel
And inside was note

Scented like flowers
He saw the words 'I love you'
And fell to his knees

On the back of note
Her sweet writing said 'why hide'
Tell me you love me

Kong knew his mistake
If only he'd been more brave
Things would've be different
Short story i made up about lost love sometimes like to write stories,  love imagination :-)
Sarah Jun 2017
I am trying
To see the bright side
But that's hard
Because although I am happy now
I am terrified
That I never will be again
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