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Brett Nov 2020
The universe is but one singer
Each of us a song
With lyrics all to our own
The universe is but one painter
Each of us a canvas
Made up of flesh and bone
The universe is but one moment
Each of us a second
Where we make our homes
The universe is but one river
Each of us a current
Carrying the love we deliver
The universe is but one flame
Each of us an ember
Giving light to this domain
self discovery,
is a strange path
a winded one

its hard to grasp
and will escape your fingers
at any possible chance it has

why is it that
the true version of yourself
tries so hard to get away

skewed by society
warped by our own reality

perhaps our real selves,
aren't real at all

how do i tell
who is the real me
with questions from me, to me x
dailythoughts Nov 2020
how am I supposed to love life?

when every beautiful thing reminds me of you
when nature brings me back to you

when all the lovely songs shape a picture of you and me
when every hot meal hugs me in your warmth
when every sip of wine is as intoxicating as your eyes

when every good thing in my life reminds me of how good we were together
how good of an "almost" we were
Dawn Oct 2020
𝑰 𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒀𝒐𝒖,
𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝑴𝒆.
𝑨 π’”π’•π’π’“π’š π’˜π’‰π’†π’“π’† π’†π’—π’†π’“π’šπ’•π’‰π’Šπ’π’ˆ π’ƒπ’†π’ˆπ’‚π’.
𝑨 π’”π’•π’π’“π’š 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 π’˜π’Šπ’π’ 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 π’‡π’Šπ’π’… π’Šπ’•π’” 𝒆𝒏𝒅.

𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 π’”π’π’†π’†π’‘π’š π’†π’šπ’†π’”,
𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 π’‡π’“π’‚π’Šπ’ π’ƒπ’π’…π’š,
𝑻𝒉𝒆 π’˜π’‚π’“π’Žπ’•π’‰ π’šπ’π’– 𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆 π’ˆπ’Šπ’—π’†π’ π’Žπ’†,
𝑰 π’Žπ’Šπ’”π’”π’†π’… π’Šπ’• 𝒔𝒐 π’Žπ’–π’„π’‰, 𝑰𝒕 𝒉𝒖𝒓𝒕𝒔.

π‘«π’†π’”π’‘π’Šπ’•π’† π’Œπ’π’π’˜π’Šπ’π’ˆ π’˜π’‰π’‚π’• π’˜π’‚π’” π’ˆπ’π’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒏,
𝑰 π’•π’‰π’“π’†π’˜ 𝒂 π’ƒπ’π’Šπ’π’… π’†π’šπ’† 𝒕𝒐 π’Šπ’•.
𝑡𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 π’‚π’„π’„π’†π’‘π’•π’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒕𝒉 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 π’Žπ’†,
π‘Ίπ’‚π’šπ’Šπ’π’ˆ, ''𝐼𝑑'𝑠 π‘œπ‘˜π‘Žπ‘¦, 𝐻𝑒'𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑒'' π’‚π’ˆπ’‚π’Šπ’ 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’‚π’ˆπ’‚π’Šπ’.

𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 π’”π’Žπ’Šπ’π’† 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰 𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆 π’Žπ’Šπ’”π’”π’†π’…,
π‘¬π’π’ˆπ’“π’‚π’—π’†π’… π’…π’†π’†π’‘π’π’š π’Šπ’ π’Žπ’š 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕.
𝑻𝒉𝒆 π’‘π’“π’π’Žπ’Šπ’”π’†π’” π’šπ’π’– 𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆 π’Žπ’‚π’…π’†,
π‘Ύπ’Šπ’π’ 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒃𝒆 π’‡π’–π’π’‡π’Šπ’π’π’†π’….

π‘΄π’†π’Žπ’π’“π’Šπ’†π’” π’‘π’π’‚π’šπ’Šπ’π’ˆ π’‚π’ˆπ’‚π’Šπ’ 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’‚π’ˆπ’‚π’Šπ’,
π‘³π’Šπ’Œπ’† 𝒂 π’ƒπ’“π’π’Œπ’†π’ 𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒂𝒑𝒆.
𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 π’‡π’Šπ’ˆπ’–π’“π’† π’‡π’π’‚π’”π’‰π’Šπ’π’ˆ π’•π’‰π’“π’π’–π’ˆπ’‰ π’Žπ’š π’†π’šπ’†π’”,
𝑢𝒉 π’‰π’π’˜ 𝑰 π’˜π’Šπ’”π’‰ 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 π’šπ’π’–π’“ π’†π’Žπ’ƒπ’“π’‚π’„π’† 𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆 π’Žπ’π’“π’†.

π‘¬π’—π’†π’“π’šπ’…π’‚π’š 𝑰 π’Œπ’†π’‘π’• π’•π’‰π’Šπ’π’Œπ’Šπ’π’ˆ,
π‘Ύπ’Šπ’”π’‰π’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝖨𝗇 π– π—‡π—ˆπ—π—π–Ύπ—‹ 𝖫𝗂𝖿𝖾,
𝑾𝒆'𝒍𝒍 π’‡π’Šπ’π’… 𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 π’‚π’ˆπ’‚π’Šπ’,
𝑨𝒏𝒅 π’π’Šπ’—π’† 𝒂 π’‰π’‚π’‘π’‘π’Šπ’π’š 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 π’•π’π’ˆπ’†π’•π’‰π’†π’“.
This poem is inspired by LittleLuxray's In Another Life story. The story is really beautiful and it moved me to tears especially the part "I found You" "You found Me". The story is only a fanfiction and you can search it up on google if you are interested in reading it.
khaila humaira Oct 2020
"Will we be together soon?"
"I guess. We'll never know what's forever if we just let it pass, right?"
solEmn oaSis Oct 2020
ang kaakit-akit
**** bating-
pangwakas
ang siyang wagas
na nagdala ng madamdaming
mga katanungan
mula sa iyong puso patungo
sa iyong kasintahan,
gamit ang ibabaw ng
mga matikas na alon...
walang pasubali na ipinahayag mo
ang iyong pangmatagalang
paglalarawan sa marami,
bagaman ang mundo
ng magkabilang dako
ay pansamatalang natutulog na
... ang kagandahan niyon
ay mananatiling gising pa rin.
Dahil siya ang natatangi **** daigdig
at ikaw nga ang makulay niyang pag-ibig!
At mula sa iyong napakalambing na pagsisimula
Mayroong "kayo" na magsasalo sa magdamag
habang heto si Ako...mananatili ring tapat
at gaya niya na di nakakalimot sa akin!
Kaya naman sa iyo aking mahal,
Malayo ka man sa akin ngayon,
lagi pa rin namang merong "tayo"
Maulap man ang papawirin
Ating babagtasin
ang araw at sinag nito
hanggang sa isang kabilogan
na lang ng buwan
ang aking pananabikan at bibilangin ko!
Sa pagsapit niyon
matamis na katahimikan
ang siya nating mabubuo!
tanging sa ating pagniniig
nang may buong kasabikan
ang mga himig na maririnig!
mula sa simula hanggang
sa ang wakas ay magsilbing hudyat
na sa langit nating inaasam
ay magigisnan ang malakidlat
na tilamsik ng ating pagsusuyuan
Di-kapara ng naunang magsing-irog
mula sa bukana ng talon ay nahulog
at kapwa bumitaw sa ere sa gitna ng kulog
pero tayo...Hindi tayo sa patibong matutulog!
patutunayan nating Hindi tayo
ang tipong mauuwi sa TaLiwaS
dahil sa katunayan nga mahal ko
sa pamagat pa lang binungad ko na ang SiLaw aT
labo na nananahan sa pagitan ng tukso
at ng bahay na inaakala nilang
panghabang-buhay na tahanan!
Transferring my feelings
of longingness
from formal norm
into a tagalog love-poetry
A puzzle I am
You wont figure me out
A puzzle I am
You will not find all my pieces
A puzzle I am
You wont put me back together
A puzzle I am
You see the broken, tattered pieces
A puzzle I am
You did never solve
Douglas Greene Oct 2020
If this is the last time
I’ll ever see you
If life stopped its chime
And the distance grew
Just know you’re still mine
And that I’ll always be true

I asked you not to leave
Why are you doing this
Is this a bad dream
Oh please don’t be serious
This is so hard to believe
But this won’t be the end of us

I’ll find a way
To keep us together
Even if it cost a life’s pay
And patience begins to weather
I won’t rest or lay
Until this begins to get better
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