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Mark Wanless Sep 2024
a divided soul
in ten billion pieces
one
Mark Wanless Sep 2024
i overburden
myself with guilt
consequence unknown
Mark Wanless Sep 2024
in this mind
forever wandering
lots of repetition
Mark Wanless Aug 2024
i see peace in the world
i cannot emulate
Mark Wanless Aug 2024
do i have an
unconscious docent
called god by some
that i hear poorly
or is it just me
Mark Wanless Aug 2024
note to self never
argue with screaming budhha
KofiKrafts Aug 2024
Drained
energy levels are sinking
Previously yarning to come
With ideas of the night racing round and round


Stranded
While people converse and dance
I remain glued to the wall in the corner
saying I'm good for the sake of others
Or for my preservation


How does one strike balance
No longer enjoying yourself
Because as you replays the night…
Only short words and broken smiles
Small talk and handshakes.


Visualising
the numerous outcomes was I to break free the chains of inward isolation
Picture what true desire burst to the surface
But if there is no need to act upon such emotion
Then is it more a fleeting thought
like walking past someone,
their face turned blurry as they can’t be separated from the pool of forgotten masses


Interactions are currency
Every conversation a coin snatched from the hand
Till I’m left spent leading me to pull away
And so I remain glued to the wall in the corner
Saying I’m good for the sake of other
My mask bolted shut.
Wilting in the darkness.
Mark Wanless Aug 2024
i saw the master
in my mind
it was me
Odd Odyssey Poet Aug 2024
A thousand acres of land, beautifully crying-
their grasses shimmering in the rains after dampness
Tails of shapely evergreens; plants undressed and robust
seed heads, beguiling death- buried in the means of finding self

Folios upon the wings of fowls;
as towels hang on the rails of the skies, as perfect white clouds
The dust of the sun, covers asbestos rooftops in a light brown;
darkness wears a frown, on the faces of people who patrol around
the nights, of doing their personal business without an innocent sound
Soulmates of stars crash into each other, each time they're falling in love-
in and out, is the hunger for any more time; both for the belly buttons
that go in and out

Kisses of dreams for bare bones: bending over to a bent red sky;
a sheepish lover to the shepherd’s delight- still a bit shy, from a child
My door opens to one’s suggestion; hangs a welcome sign on a string
…welcome to the house of my mind; please don’t stay awhile.
Mark Wanless Aug 2024
sparrows of the mind
fall unnoticed
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