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As the night approaches and the sun sets down.
My head falls heavy in my pillow.
Swallowing me whole with it’s never ending cycle of pain, tears and sorrow.

Slowly sinking into the darkness of this torment, slowly closing my eyes.
“Why don’t I feel rested?”
My head starts to pound against the pillow for what’s supposed to feel soft now feels hard as a stone.

Moving around, twisting, adjusting myself searching for a place to settle,
abruptly the comfort slips further away.

For a fleeting moment it felt like a sweet embrace quickly turning into a frozen winter, cold, dark, a solitude without end.
Will I ever get the rest that I deserve?
Norbert Tasev Sep 24
The spiraling snakes would now like to devour the entire World; nuclear fission may increase the actual value of mortalities in the eyes of "some" - of course as unnecessary collateral losses -, a white condensation trail inevitably passes over a person's head, left by some luxury private plane while reaching Earth orbit. The rule of the constantly suspicious sentries that remain open still returns now and then.

At the last moment, perhaps after five hundred years, the Cyclops-brained titans enriched with testosterone, who have deliberately forgotten the proper manners, the conditions of behavioral codes, the eloquent ins and outs of compliments, will also become extinct; anniversary rings are driven through broken or white diamond wedding rings, because fewer and fewer of them can only truly experience the feelings of the Universe, which alone reside unnoticed in the depths of beating hearts.

They grow respectable beer bellies not only It's pounding, but it's quite a lot, gentlemen Pál Pató, and while the great gentleman's party-dario, bolsoly-babysitter is going on, it's as if everyone is no longer able to bear the enriched, concentrated half-hearted appearance-happiness.

- The city of Nineveh, which has long surrendered to partying, is thus becoming an increasingly sinkable Atlantis, a tiny island of nowhere, which at any moment - if they're not careful - can be swept away by the moving Danube. It would be better to head straight in the opposite, more vulnerable directions, because now everyone is considered a bit of a good actor in fair-boy comedies; what is failure and success at the same time was actually a lesson and a make-up exam! One day - in any case - he will be forced to take off his mask and become a shameless clown!
Usha Sep 24
"Waiting to live tomorrow is the greatest folly — live wisely with what you have today; needless worry about the future is pointless."
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                  To postpone life for some imagined tomorrow
is the truest kind of foolishness.
Hold today with mindful hands —
worrying for a future yet unseen steals your present.
"Live today — tomorrow is not promised."
Usha Sep 24
Speak to the universe each passing hour,
offer thanks for every gift it sends.
Believe this truth with all your heart—
the universe will never let you fall.

— Usha Maniar
“Thank the universe — and it will never let you fail.”
Usha Sep 24
The more deeply you learn to understand others,
the sooner you awaken to the truth within yourself.

— ✍️ Usha Maniar
Summary:
Empathy is not just a gift we offer to the world. It reflects back, teaching us who we truly are.
Shane Sep 23
Three words, three words
She whispers low,
A melody the stars
Shall know.
Three words that bloom
Like rose in spring,
Forever bound
By what they bring.

Three words, three words
She hoped to hear,
Beneath the moon’s
Soft silver sphere.
Three words to strike
A sudden flame.
Three words—
That never came.
irinia Sep 23
I contemplate these crossings illuminated by clouds
between a shape of thought and its veils
we didn't invent a screen-reality
it was already there, in the scriptorium of mind
I contemplate this geography known only by fingertips
unworded broken lines in tense bodies
I wonder about the lineage of tears, of hopes
how we grow old in this ardour, in the burning of bridges
I nod, I frown at the glaze of time
I move to the center of seeing like a novice
I gaze at the poliphony of being
at our Janus faced trade with flames
I say to myself it's good to decenter the "I" in this poem
however,  there is no purity of words
height after height and depth after depth
we betray a simple evidence: we belong to the same air
will we regret our rush towards the malaise of thought,
will we be rowing over the theft of light?
an invisible will is building up, an antifragile declamation,
the soul's defamation
Usha Sep 23
When the soul begins to leave the body,
It might whisper with a gentle lament—
Why did I not live the life I longed for,
Why did I let ‘no time’ be my constant excuse?We often postpone our dreams with hollow reasons,
Blind to the truth that time slips quietly away.
The final moment teaches the ultimate lesson—
Life isn’t measured in years, but in moments truly lived.So cherish today, embrace your true desires,
Don’t wait for ‘one day’ to chase your dreams.
For when the last breath draws near and soul takes flight,
It’s the life you lived with passion that shines bright.
Dora Sep 23
You awaken something ungodly within me 
As Dracula would’ve in Van Helsing
I believe.
If Van Helsing had had 

A young woman’s heart.
Usha Sep 23
✍️ Usha Maniar

In the office, we all worked side by side,
yet five of my teammates were closest to me.
The difference?
I had a degree, they did not.

Still, they worked harder,
often better than me—
but blinded by pride,
I looked down on them.
I forgot—
the salary was never mine to give,
it came from the company,
and I had no right to hurt them.

Time moved on…
Three of them studied at night
while working by day.
One day, they rose higher than me,
becoming my seniors.
It hurt my ego.

Then came an evening—
they invited me to dinner.
Everything was arranged with care:
my favorite food, my favorite colors.
I thought it was to mock me.

But they spoke with respect,
with gratitude in their eyes.
They said,
“Sir, your strictness pushed us forward.
You made us realize the value of education.
You were our inspiration.”

Tears filled my eyes.
That night, I understood—
greatness lies not in degrees,
nor in positions—
but in treating everyone with dignity.

A kind word,
a little encouragement,
can change a life.

Never belittle anyone—
fate gives each of us
what is written for us.

We are, after all,
just colleagues,
walking the same road,
learning from one another.
✨ Message:
Respect is the true degree we all must earn.
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