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[π™Ώπš›πš˜πš•πš˜πšπšžπšŽ]

π™³πšŽπšŠπš› πš‚πšŠπšπšžπš›πš—,
π™²πšŠπš— 𝚒𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚎𝚎 πš πš‘πšŠπš'𝚜 πš‘πš’πšπšπšŽπš—?

𝙸'πš– πš˜πš— πšπš‘πšŽ πšπš’πš›πšœπš πš™πšŠπšπšŽ 𝚘𝚏
𝙰 πš‹πš˜πš˜πš” πšžπš—πš πš›πš’πšπšπšŽπš—.



[𝙸]
π™³πšŽπšŠπš› πš‚πšŠπšπšžπš›πš—,
𝚈𝚘𝚞 πš›πšŽπšŠπš•πš•πš’ πšœπš™πšžπš— πš–πšŽ πš›πš˜πšžπš—πš.
𝚈𝚘𝚞 πšπš˜πš˜πš” πš–πšŽ πš πš’πšπš‘ 𝚒𝚘𝚞 πš’πš— πš’πš˜πšžπš› πš˜πš›πš‹πš’πš
πšŠπš—πš 𝚒𝚘𝚞 πš πš›πš˜πšπšŽ πšœπšπš˜πš›πš’πšŽπšœ πšŠπš›πš˜πšžπš—πš πš–πš’ πš•πš’πšπšŽ
πšπš‘πšŠπš πš‹πš›πš˜πš”πšŽ πš–πšŽ πšπš˜πš πš—.

... π™°πš—πš πš–πšŠπšπšŽ πš–πšŽ πš πš‘πš˜ 𝙸 πšŠπš–.


[𝙸𝙸]
π™³πšŽπšŠπš› πš‚πšŠπšπšžπš›πš—,
𝚈𝚘𝚞 πš›πšŽπšŠπš•πš•πš’ πš πš›πšžπš—πš πš–πšŽ 𝚘𝚞𝚝.
𝚈𝚘𝚞 πšπš›πšŠπš‹πš‹πšŽπš πš‘πš˜πš•πš 𝚘𝚏 πšπš‘πšŽ πšπšŠπš‹πš›πš’πšŒ 𝚘𝚏 πš–πš’ πšœπš˜πšžπš•
πšŠπš—πš 𝚒𝚘𝚞 πšπš πš’πšœπšπšŽπš πš–πšŽ πšžπš—πšπš’πš• πš’πšŽπšŠπš›πšœ 𝚘𝚏 πšπš›πšŠπšžπš–πšŠ πš™πš˜πšžπš›πšŽπš 𝚘𝚞𝚝.

... π™°πš—πš πšŒπš’πš›πšŒπš•πšŽπš πšπš‘πšŽ πšπš›πšŠπš’πš—.



[𝙸𝙸𝙸]
π™³πšŽπšŠπš› πš‚πšŠπšπšžπš›πš—,
𝚈𝚘𝚞 πš›πšŽπšŠπš•πš•πš’ πš”πš—πš˜πš  πš‘πš˜πš  𝚝𝚘 πš πš›πš’πšπšŽ.
𝚈𝚘𝚞 πšŽπšπšŒπš‘πšŽπš πš–πš’ πš•πš’πšπšŽ πš’πš—πšπš˜ πš’πš˜πšžπš› πš›πš’πš—πšπšœ πš’πš— πš‹πš˜πš•πš
πšŠπš—πš 𝚒𝚘𝚞 πšπš˜πš•πš πš’πš 𝚝𝚘 πš–πš’ πšŒπšŠπš•πš•πš’πš—πš πš˜πš—
πš—πšŽπš  πš–πš˜πš˜πš— πš—πš’πšπš‘πšπšœ.

... π™°πš—πš πš’πš πšŠπš•πš πšŠπš’πšœ πšπš’πš—πš πš–πš’ πšπš›πšŽπšŠπš–πšœ.



[π™Έπš…]
π™³πšŽπšŠπš› πš‚πšŠπšπšžπš›πš—,
𝚈𝚘𝚞 πš›πšŽπšŠπš•πš•πš’ πš‹πš›πš˜πšžπšπš‘πš πš–πšŽ πš‘πš˜πš–πšŽ.
𝚈𝚘𝚞 πš πšŠπš•πš”πšŽπš πš–πš’ πš•πšŽπšπšœ πšπš‘πš›πš˜πšžπšπš‘ πšπšŠπš›πš”πš—πšŽπšœπšœ
πš πš‘πšŽπš›πšŽ 𝙸 πš–πšŽπš πšπš‘πšŽ πšœπš˜πšžπš—πš 𝚘𝚏 πšœπš’πš•πšŽπš—πšŒπšŽ
πšŠπš—πš πšπš˜πšžπš—πš πšŒπš˜πš–πš™πšŠπš—πš’ πšŠπš•πš˜πš—πšŽ.

... π™°πš—πš πšπš›πšžπš•πš’ πš–πšŽπš πš–πš’ πšœπšπš›πšŽπš—πšπšπš‘.



[πš…]
π™³πšŽπšŠπš› πš‚πšŠπšπšžπš›πš—,
𝚈𝚘𝚞 πš›πšŽπšŠπš•πš•πš’ πš›πšŽπšŠπš πš–πšŽ πš πšŽπš•πš•.
𝚈𝚘𝚞 πšœπš™πš˜πš”πšŽ πšπš‘πšŽ πš πš˜πš›πšπšœ πšŒπš•πšŽπšŠπš— 𝚘𝚏𝚏 πš–πš’ πšœπš”πš’πš—
πšŠπš—πš 𝚒𝚘𝚞 πšπš˜πš•πš πš’πš— πšπš˜πš—πšŽπšœ πšπš‘πšŠπš
πš›πš˜πšœπšŽ πšŠπš—πš πšπšŽπš•πš•.

... π™°πš—πš πš’πš πš›πšŽπšŠπš•πš•πš’ 𝚐𝚘𝚝 πš–πšŽ πš‘πš˜πš˜πš”πšŽπš.



[πš…π™Έ]
π™³πšŽπšŠπš› πš‚πšŠπšπšžπš›πš—,
𝚈𝚘𝚞 πš›πšŽπšŠπš•πš•πš’ πš•πšŽπšπš πš–πšŽ πš‘πšŠπš—πšπš’πš—πš.
𝚈𝚘𝚞 πš‘πšžπšπšπšŽπš πš–πšŽ πšπš˜πš˜πšπš‹πš’πšŽ πšŠπš—πš πš‘πš’πš πš–πš’πšœπšπšŽπš›πš’ πš’πš—
πš–πš’ πš™πš˜πšŒπš”πšŽπšπšœ, πšπš‘πšŠπš πšŠπšπšπšŽπš› 𝚒𝚘𝚞 πš•πšŽπšŠπšŸπš’πš—πš,
πš‘πšŠπšŸπšŽ πšœπšπšŠπš›πšπšŽπš πšŽπš‘πš™πšŠπš—πšπš’πš—πš.

... π™°πš—πš 𝙸'πš– πšœπš™πš’πš•πš•πš’πš—πš πš’πš πšŠπš•πš•.



[πš…π™Έπ™Έ]
π™³πšŽπšŠπš› πš‚πšŠπšπšžπš›πš—,
𝚈𝚘𝚞 πš›πšŽπšŠπš•πš•πš’ πšœπš™πšžπš— πš–πšŽ πš›πš˜πšžπš—πš.
𝚈𝚘𝚞 πš•πšŠπš’πš πš–πšŽ 𝚘𝚞𝚝 πšžπš™πš˜πš— πš’πš˜πšžπš› πš›πš’πš—πšπšœ
πšŠπš—πš 𝚒𝚘𝚞 πš”πšŽπš™πš πš–πšŽ πšπšžπš•πš• πšŒπš’πš›πšŒπš•πšŽ
πšžπš—πšπš’πš• 𝚠𝚎 πšŒπšŠπš–πšŽ 𝚝𝚘 πšπš‘πšŽ πšπš›πš˜πšžπš—πš -
(𝚝𝚘 πšπš‘πšŽ πš™πš•πšŠπšŒπšŽ 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚜 πšπš˜πšžπš—πš.)


... π™°πš—πš 𝙸 πš‘πšŠπš 𝚝𝚘 πšœπšπšŽπš™ πšπš˜πš πš—.



[π™΄πš™πš’πš•πš˜πšπšžπšŽ]

π™³πšŽπšŠπš› πš‚πšŠπšπšžπš›πš—,
πš†πš‘πšŽπš›πšŽ πšŠπš›πšŽ 𝚒𝚘𝚞 πš—πš˜πš ?

𝙸'πš– πš˜πš— πšπš‘πšŽ πš•πšŠπšœπš πš™πšŠπšπšŽ πšŠπš—πš
πšπš‘πšŽπš›πšŽ'𝚜 πš—πš˜ πš πš˜πš›πšπšœ 𝚝𝚘 πš‹πšŽ πšπš˜πšžπš—πš.


[π™΅πš’πš—]


- π™Όπš’πšŒπšŠ π™»πš’πšπš‘πšΒ Β 

       𝟢𝟾/𝟢𝟾/𝟸𝟹
Luna Casablanca Dec 2021
On her walk,
she treaded the path,
brainstorming the incident
and facing the aftermath.
Along came a man,
walking on his own,
little did she have in mind,
this is someone she had known.

β€œWhy the long face?
why the tears,
why the chin so low?
May you open your ears?”

She replied,
β€œI wish I cold tell you,
but I really don’t know.
Who I am or where I belong.
I thought I loved myself
but perhaps I am wrong.”

The man looked at her
astonished by her
honesty,
he could see that she needed to be
told she was fine and deserved to be
happy.

β€œOh the places you’ll go,
That is a book I wrote I’m sure
You must know?”

β€œYes,
I read it as a child,
When it was okay to be
Fun, crazy, and wild.
Wait a second,
Dr. Seuss,
is it you?!
I read your books growing up,
and the meanings were oh so
true!”


β€œI love your feedback,
very genuine, you raise the bar.
Now what’s wrong with who, or how you are?
Do they say you take it too far?”

β€œI lose friends every year.
I come off as too strong,
I lose control when I go out
and they say I no longer belong.
I then get excluded and I spend weekend nights alone,
I don’t want it to be this way,
I want to show everyone I have grown.
I’m the reason drama happens but I only want to
Have fun.
I told them I love myself,
And they told me to
go away,
Run.”

β€œWho is they?
Might I ask,
You’re like the
β€œCat in the hat.”
But the mess gets cleaned up
in the end,
You just have to say,
β€œYes I did that.””
Knowing when to draw the line
Is just as important
As knowing how to have
A real good
Time.”


β€œThat’s the thing,
I don’t know when.
I think I’m being too loud
But when I’m quiet
I feel drowned.
I feel like I have only myself,
I’m like the Grinch,
I’m alone on a mountain so angry
I have no help.
No friends,
nobody loves me,
wants me,
invites me,
they tell me they’ve had enough,
my frustration is as high as the sky.
I hate having no one
I don’t know how much more
I can try..”

β€œMy goodness,
you’re so upset,
I’m sorry this is how you feel.
Now this may sound ironic what I am to tell you,
but you are the one who makes it
real.
You are loved
You just have to accept,
You have some work to do
But you must let go of
Regret.”

β€œMr. Seuss,
I live alone and I never sweep my floor.
I give my friends space,
But they always ask for more.”

β€œBut you’re in control,
You just need to note,
Your confidence is there,
Now anchor your boat.
Take the anchor out of the ground
When you’re ready to go somewhere new.
Be a captain,
I see a leader in you.
Do you remember Horton?
The elephant that heard a β€˜Who.’
If you spend time solo,
Someone like a β€˜who,’
Will call for you.
They’ll need you.
They’ll want you,
They’ll be there for you
Too.
As Horton Said himself,
β€œA person’s a person no matter how small.”
The little β€˜who’s’ told Horton he did nothing
but save them all!
Sometimes we people hear what we don’t want,
But think of it as honesty and then you let it go and you show them what you got,
Like,
β€œYou must not hop on pop.”
Or,
Your heart may grow and you’ll be surrounded for a Christmas Dinner.
You are not a loser,
You are a winner.”

β€œThank you, Dr. Seuss,
I’m no longer on the loose.
I may have had illogical moments,
But I have so many things to choose.
I may have had a loss,
but I am for now on proud to be alive,
there will sometimes be a cost,
but this is my life,
I am the boss!
I’m continuing my walk now,
I really needed this encounter with you,
Thank you for your words of wisdom,
And I will wait to hear from my β€œwho.””

β€œNow I wish you the best of luck,
My sweet dear.
I love that you live a life of lessons,
And have nothing to fear.
Your rules are your own,
You know what you are after,
β€œThose who mind,
Don’t matter,
Those who don’t mind,
Matter.”
Congratulations!
Today is your day.
You’re off to great places,
you’re off and away.”

β€œAnd I am the person
who will decide where I
go.
Goodbye Dr. Seuss,
you’re a true friend,
I just have to move on and go forward
this story will never end!
You are a good man
and a blessing of a
β€˜Who.’
Right now,
this moment,
I will start happening
too.
Thank You.”
Works Cited
Seuss, Dr. Horton Hears a Who! New York, Random House, 1954.
---. How the Grinch Stole Christmas. New York, Random House, 1991.
---. Oh, the Places You'll Go! New York, Random House, 1990.
Kirsty Taylor Apr 2021
Turning twenty two,
A girl can forget everything she once knew,
A birthday comes just once a year
Some people revel in it,
Whilst others hide it.


The day you celebrate
You also mourn for the girl you once were
As you realise you are not her anymore
You may shed a tear
As you say goodbye to yet another year


A year filled with heartbreak, love, friendship
Life changing lessons
Perhaps it was a year
Where something truly amazing happened
After twenty one years
You realised your worth on this earth and put it into action


So take a second to shed a tear                                    
To raise a glass
Because twenty one was really quite class
Then look ahead because you never know twenty two could be your year.
Remember
Back in the day
When those parties
In Venice
That say would have 25 people or so
Walking through?

Now they were
Too big
Over-packed with
50-200?
With frat boy vibes?

Dana Rick and I
Arrived at one
And I thought a
At the sliding glass door
Oh God
And quickly escaped to the kitchen
Cutting through the living room
Where there was the make shift bar
Nothing much in the
Fridge

Anyway
I made my drinks
And turned around
To cross back
And somehow Dana was there
In front of me

She raised her hands
And wiggled through the bodies

While I
Said
NO
I will dance
When I feel like it
I choose

So I began to follow
And every elbow knees hip and arm
Reached out to touch me
Knocking all the contents out of
my little plastic cups

And though
I got to the other side
Contemplatively
Looking back
Empty

The three of us
Went to stand on the side of the house
Safe
By the water meter
And I laid down my cups
Laughing

So the moral of this story
Although I think it’s obvious
Is to
Go
With
The
Flow
Venice parties
You know those
200 in a space made for 50?
A monster that
You had to
Protect yourself from?

Three of us
In the living room and I got
To the Kitchen. For safety.

Serving adequate, and me
on my way back
Drinks in each hand
Bodies through Dana leading
Her arms above her head
bouncing she won’t spill a drop
The other hands follow
again, me with
stubborn arms
refusing
thus liquid contents emptied and
Sticky
the floor underfoot
Splashed

Outside
The water meter stood laughing
told us about the flow and to go with it
Tiana Sep 2020
Beauty is mystery
mystery lies in darkness;
That may or may not be visible to the eyes;
And it flows like a dark river
that may carry danger
but also provides for life;
random thoughts
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