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Marwan Baytie Sep 10
The fading light, a whispered plea,
When shadows lengthen, wild and free.
Only the embers glow so low,
Do we truly see the warmth we know.

The sun's bright blaze, a blinding sight,
We miss its grace in winter's blight.
Only when the snow descends so deep,
Do we feel the sun, a silent weep.

Her laughter light, a gentle breeze,
A whispered promise, soft and ease.
Only when she's gone, do we truly see,
The depth of love, for all to be.

The heights we climbed, a dizzying climb,
Now echoes fade, a whispered chime.
Only when we're lost in the depths below,
Do we comprehend the heights we've known.

Her spirit bright, a starlit night,
A love that shines, a pure delight.
Only when she departs, with grace untold,
Do we grasp the love, brave and bold.

So let her go, with whispered sighs,
For in her absence, love will rise.
Only in letting, do we find,
The truest truth, the peace of mind.
“Wind, the continuous movement of Air is the link between all realms & dimensions carrying every form of communication from musical quarks to the sounds of silence”. Poet

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Wind, Angelic Air ! Beloved of my Sun sign
       I listen to bellows pounding sea rock boulders
circling my spine in sharp dagger kisses divine
I listen to you penetrating my marrow
     swirl icy chiming voice through mottled skin
pulling hair, ******* throat uncensored ….
my parched lips open as you rip dry logs
to hear red ants scattering into darkened holes
                   trolls vacantly watch wind arms across my shoulders
I hold dripping amber, as you raucous relay
      score, hungry vultures and swallows chorus adore
      I walk songs, you unbutton word flames refraining  
dead locusts fall in wind tone lyrics whirling

Beloved ! be still that I may touch your *****
feel cold notes ripple between your crescendos
     stroke your quavers, obedient to your baton
      soul bowing to your transmuting crotchets
all I hear as you settle into playful breezes
    a teasing drama complete, is “I Love You” !
This poem was placed 2nd in a Standard Contest assessed in Sept 2025 by Constance la France, Canadian Poet
A blind procession, slow and deep,
Where shadows danced and secrets sleep.
I walked before them, light my guide,
To pave the path, where hope resided.

But whispered doubt, a chilling breeze,
Whispered of pride, and foolish ease.
"You must lead on," the voices cried,
Though sightless souls, with hearts inside,
Stumbled and fell, in darkened night,
Their steps unsure, their hopes alight.

Blind faith they held, a hollow trust,
Their boasted wisdom, a broken crust.
"We see the way," their voices rang,
A hollow echo, where truth was sang.
Yet in their blindness, lost and weak,
Their whispered prayers, a silent shriek.

The path ahead, a tangled maze,
Where light and darkness meet in haze.
I walked on, though weary and worn,
Their stumbling steps, a burden borne.
For in their blindness, I saw a plea,
A silent longing, wild and free.

And as the dawn began to break,
Their eyes unfurled, their spirits awake.
They saw the light, the path they trod,
Guided by one, who understood.
The blind procession, now alight,
With gratitude, they took their flight.
As the Moon takes over the sky
The Sun disappears for awhile
The night canvas sheds some light
With stars so bright they delight
Till the dawn ushers in a new day
And the Sun has its way again !

DLR - 08/09/2025
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I am listening to a smokin' slow bluesy backing track transporting me to the 7th's Heaven of G7 C7 D7.  Also yeah just after Sunset!
Akari Sep 7
if I've scattered like star dust
just to glow in your sky
Maybe- that too
is a kind of becoming.
neth jones Sep 10
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night streets and scars of light
                      scarves of light
moving subtle bustles  of shadowed light
carvings of royal light    robes of velvet light
                        make out expressionist doorways
strobes of light   fink and fit in protest        
coding behind enemy lines
captured light  fires colourful snakes about
in flaring curved science tubes                      

flagging the bartering night   flogging the
                                                  urban night
we've made apparition in honour of daylight
and out of the theatre fear        
               of our own bogged nature
  synthetic ghosts of light                   
              charge away ghosts
electronic noises   scare away
the horrifying lull of the dead                      
                (a dead we don't believe in)
         
twenty four seven behaviour
   to busy away the very spirits we have hungered
and to plot against
    all that unnecessary sleep business
sept2025
battering to make our signs/symbols importance purpose mark
EARLIER VERSION : night streets and scars of light/scarves of light/moving/bustles of shadow light/carvings of light/captured light firing snakes in tubes/battering our colours and signs/flagging the night/lights alive again in the city night/we've made ghosts in honour of daylight/and out/of the theatre fear of our own nature/ghosts to chase away ghosts/noises to scare away the dead/even though we longer believe in the dead/twenty four seven activity/to busy away the spirits we’ve angered/and plot against/all that unnecessary sleep business
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