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Lance Remir Sep 22
The wisdom I have gained
Can fill many lovers' cups
With experience and lessons
With loss and sorrow
Pour my knowledge into them
How to love and how to talk
To listen and to feel
To never lose or yield
To hold what is precious
The wisdom I have now
Flows like a faucet
Where every lover shall
Never know the thirst
For one's touch
For one's kiss
To share a glass with another
To drink each other's love
Yet for all that insight
My own cup
Can never be filled again
there was nowhere
in particular
that i had to be
or any real reason
for me to be
where i'd ended up
i had been wandering
most of the day
seeing the sights
but mostly trying
to see the city
in its truest

and so found myself
amidst the bustle
of little market stalls
lining either side
of the path leading
to the centre of
a neighbourhood park
i had wanted a coffee
and was ready to
continue my march
towards a flat-white
but urged myself
to rest my feet
to pause for awhile
and enjoy the theatre
of these unconnected lives
unwittingly intertwined;

the young couple
bartering at a stall
while the elderly pair
laughed in pantomime
as the girl passed by
struggling to control
her overexcited pup
sat there watching
i too had a role
playing a part
in their lives
that i would
never know
Thomas W Case Aug 28
You will meet
people
in life who
love to keep score.
"I've done this for you, so
you should do that for me."
They keep a mental ledger.
They're pathetic.
Nothing is ever done out of
the goodness of their heart.
Their mind clicks with
records and accounts.
They are slaves to the
almighty penny.
Nothing you do will
ever
count anyway.
You're always in
the red.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsFfqF7Cuhc
Here is a link to my YouTube channel, where I read poetry from my three recently published books: Seedy Town Blues: Collected Poems, It's Just a Hop, Skip, and a Jump to the Madhouse, and Sleep Always Calls.  They are available on Amazon.
Rose Adriel Aug 28
So long, life seemed splendid & youth, held such a succulent scent;those mémoires survived the ages still - so on to say & stay beyondthe horizon of wisdom.

Regrets & remorse, as in the epitome of a living today, suffice sucha saddened sight of disbelief upon chapters which ceased toexist...along an algorithm, alleging a passé presumably a Passover- the moulding chapters of maturity & bringing about a change...acollapsed change

The light...this light of childhood happiness, faded so fast &frequently, a belief of betterment arose from frequencies of falsefantasies & fake freedom. Entity erased entirely, doom destroyedwhoever wrote destiny & nothingness built one hell of a void; whatwent wrong?!? Only living such a specific stage of existence once,once to yearn for a relapse of singular sacrificial returns to the oldways - devising delusions of detrimental eras where, Kings & Knights knew & prophesied all together like a miraculous Mage. Isthis how it's supposed to be? Has such a childhood crossed thefinish line already or, did we reach the end of the trail? Too many questions unanswered by these ambitions, ambitions whichexceeded our worth...

So long, before that end, hope retrieved what seemed splendid &youthful, as young as tonight's nature - a sky full of stars, with amoon...well...a moon to guide us home

~ A. Rose
Stories often hide realities which people do not even dare to explore...
Welcome to my world.
Know your place in people’s lives,
Have people who also strives.
It helps oneself to behave and act,
It is not pride, its self-respect.

Do not fight for things two,
Friends and love, it is true.
They are like comic’s nature,
They come and never departure.

Remain with people who makes you happy,
Resist the ones who are too shabby.
Keep people who adds to your life,
Avoid those who help you land in grief.

We need people to inspire us,
Not the ones who make a fuss.
The ones who can put together,
All broken parts of us, not to wither.

Friends who will not be in our lives,
Yet we are inspired by their words.
Friends whose presence on earth,
Makes our life meaningful and worth.

Ones who create a good spark,
Will always leave us with a good mark.
Everyone we meet in life has a cause,
Some end up as friends, love, or a spouse.

By
Sanji-Paul Arvind
All of us have memories, both bright and dim,
That shapes our personality, both on a whim.
Our past and present experiences stored,
Guiding our lives and helping us move forward.

Looking back on our childhood days,
Memories return which are filled with joys,
What we expected the world to be,
A fairy tale in which it was free.

Each day we played different games,
Football, cricket etc. but winning wasn’t our aim.
Whosoever wins, the game went on well,
And that is the earth that I want to dwell.

Mother preparing delightful snacks,
Waiting for our return from school with backpacks.
A place that we went to learn, to laugh and play,
With a few squabbles, but all bright days.

Yearn for school bell to ring, a rush to be free,
Smiles and joy as far as we could see.
We never knew religion nor racism,
All were one with a similar notion and with uniform.

As we grew up, we come to find,
Our childhood’s magic, lovingly entwined.
Parents’ sacrifices, their love so grand,
Made our happiness a guiding hand.

A joyful childhood builds a happy soul,
While a troubled past can take its toll.
A loving family, siblings close by,
Made our after-school moments soar high.

By
Sanji-Paul Arvind
In a world where masks are often worn,
And two faces hide the truth, until torn.
Respect often goes to the shining gold,
Not to the souls whose stories are not told.

The ones we love with hearts so close,
Are often the ones who cause the deepest blows.
When happiness fills the air with delight,
Sadness reveals, reminding us about our plight.

Life’s lessons come in two ways,
Patience in times when nothing stays,
And attitude when everything falls on our laps
Defines us in both abundance and in disaster clasp.

Comparison steals the joy from our face,
Focusing on our journey, we win the race.
Failure slaps us in public, a shame,
Success hugs us in private, nature’s game.

Time may not heal every wound we hold,
But teaches us to live with pain, both young and old,
Trust is valuable, woven with delicate thread,
Once broken, “sorry” doesn't give life to the dead.

In life’s journey, both bitter and sweet,
We embrace our path and let illusions retreat.
Truth is a mirror in a mask so sly,
Revealing wisdom as we look inside


By
Sanji-Paul Arvind
Naebaegreen Aug 17
But yet—
what do I do
when at night,
in my lowest moments,
I still think of you?

And sometimes,
even on my darkest days,
I still think
of what I would say.

And the wind blows
that bittersweet scent
of a hot summer day—
it makes me think of nothing
but the memories.

I think of how
we weren’t meant to be.

And it’s weird,
’cause I feel like
when I think of love,
I only think of lessons.

But this time?
It wasn’t a bad one
I had to learn.

I learned
that we came
into each other’s lives
before we were ready—
and just maybe,
our foundation
wasn’t steady.

And just when
I start to forget again,
the wind blows
that bittersweet scent
that pulls me
right
back…

It reminds me
of the girl
who loved
before she knew how.

She felt as though
she loved too quiet
while you loved too loud.

And when it ended,
yes—it hurt.

But not because
somebody broke her,
but because
they both held on
too tight.

And sometimes I think of how
two souls held on too tight,
because two hearts wanted it,
but just couldn’t get it right.

We tried.
God knows—we tried.

But we were two people
whose love wasn’t enough.

So we left—
not out of hatred,
but because staying
would’ve ruined the memories
of those hot summer days.
a take on love that came to early to handle and the memories that linger even when its gone
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