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Hammad Dec 2020
So near and yet so far
The Past was here,
a minute ago
but the present has built the wall
and now no matter what you do
It can't be reached here at all
Unless we travel
to a Distant Star...
Gone I am
Into the past
Where memories haunt

Gone I am
Into the future
Where possibilities fly

Here I am
In the present
Where I must survive
David Dec 2020
They say the ‘good-ol days’
But why cant I relate?

What if I don’t miss the old days?

Is it wrong to like the present,
More than the past?

Why doesn’t anyone say-
‘What a time to be alive’ anymore?

Please don’t think I’m crazy,
But I don’t miss the past.

Because right now I’m fine where I’m at.
I understand that some people might think that I don’t care for the thousands of lives dying because of covid, but I truly do pray for those lives. Like many of us I also have family and friends out there who I care for deeply, but this poem is not about corona, its about the past. So please understand.
lex Dec 2020
nothing feels exactly right
for i rush between the days

it's hard to see your future's bright
when it's muddled in so many ways
nothing feels exactly real anymore?
farhan Dec 2020
The shortest most frequent time is the present.
Frannie Dec 2020
Present
Mindful
Awake
Active
Engaged
Thoughtful
Engrossed
Unencum­bered
HeWhoExplores Nov 2020
Oh queen! One of unjust passion
who leaves a gaping hole in my chest
With your two hands
One holding my beating heart
And the other a knife-
That rains down-
Down! From the heavens and impales with such sadness
With such ferocity, the damage is done
And with a single blow, the passion is over
Gone! As if never before seen again...
And in an instant, you destroy the living being that once loved you
Like Marc Anthony, a Roman conquerer
Whom to you was a lover, an overseas companion
Who captured your heart and womanly desires
Was just a mere mortal, in the end...
Undoubtedly imperfect for your ambitions
It pains one, oh dear Cleopatra
That our ways will more than likely
never cross again.
Amanda Kay Burke Nov 2020
Crowded mall
Christmastime
Shopping feet all around
Carts fighting for prizes
At last
Perfect present found
Xmas shopping is such a draag
MJ Nov 2020
Now
we're fading like the bite marks
i left on your skin

and we're as false as the fibs
you quickly caught me in
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