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Kim Seul Nov 5
When I speak of the desires of my heart, they designate it insanity,
yet what they'll never savvy is that just like the nature's care for naturity,
I, too, have cared for you, since the first time I came to see your quiddity.
Even so, you too will continue to see it as nothing but a boy's mendacity.

Watching the stars above yearning for happiness,
my extant soul slumps with despondence,
the melancholic glisten of the meandering clouds, an inefficacious prospect,
reminding me of my world, a life sans zest.

I still reminisce of the time we met, a starry night with a mesial crescent moon;
The Hour before the Holy, the ephemeral moment blessed by love, purity, and strength.
The enigmatic attraction I felt, the way my heart ached, begging to be united with yours, soon;
the daze I lost myself into, coupled with the way you took away my breath.

And I dare proclaim, that I cannot live without your voice;
your sweet whispers, accompanied by your smile.
The way you look at me, makes me rejoice,
in your eyes, I see a future worthwhile.
Your hairs flutter sound, alluringly,
engrosses me so naturally.

Yet, we stand here as friends, pretending to be nothing more,
the fear of rejection shaking us to our core.
I do think โ€” think about you all the time,
but it cannot work, for I am a dime a dozen.

Would you still look at me, despite lifeโ€™s horror?
For I vow to stand by you, never to depart,
In sickness and in health, for richer or poorer,
for better or for worse, till death do us part.
George Krokos Mar 2022
Oh dear Lord, please donโ€™t allow anything to obstruct our devotion or love to You
but if something interferes help us to overcome it so as to Your love we can be true.
In this world we are all beset at times by so many unwanted tribulations and woes
that it seems as if they serve to lead us away from instead of towards You dispose.
________
The first 2 lines originally written in first person grammar, From 'The Quatrains' ongoing writings since the early '90's.
Hamna Sep 2021
๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ.
๐˜‰๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ?
๐˜‰๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด?
๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜บ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ?
๐˜–๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฃ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ด, ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ด?
๐˜š๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต?

๐™‰๐™–๐™ฎ!
๐™„ ๐™จ๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™๐™–๐™ง๐™™๐™จ๐™๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ข๐™š ๐™ข๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™คย ย ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ช๐™™๐™œ๐™š ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™ก๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ย ย ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™จ๐™ค๐™ฃ.
๐™๐™๐™š๐™ฎ ๐™ข๐™–๐™ ๐™š ๐™ข๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™š๐™  ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™˜๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™™๐™š๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™š๐™จ๐™จ.
๐™Ž๐™ค๐™ข๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ข๐™š๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ฎ ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™จ๐™จ.
๐˜ผ๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ž๐™˜๐™ ๐™ก๐™š ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ข๐™ฎ ๐™š๐™ฎ๐™š๐™จ.
๐™๐™–๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ, ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ž๐™˜๐™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ข๐™ฎ ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š.
๐˜ฝ๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™„ ๐™ง๐™š๐™ข๐™š๐™ข๐™—๐™š๐™ง,
๐’ข๐‘œ๐’น ๐’น๐‘œ๐‘’๐“ˆ๐“ƒ'๐“‰ ๐’ท๐“Š๐“‡๐’น๐‘’๐“ƒ ๐’ถ ๐“ˆ๐‘œ๐“Š๐“ ๐’ท๐‘’๐“Ž๐‘œ๐“ƒ๐’น ๐’พ๐“‰๐“ˆ ๐’ธ๐’ถ๐“…๐’ถ๐’ธ๐’พ๐“‰๐“Ž.
๐’œ๐“ƒ๐’น ๐ผ ๐“‡๐‘’๐’ถ๐“๐’พ๐“๐‘’,
๐ป๐’ถ๐“‡๐’น๐“ˆ๐’ฝ๐’พ๐“…๐“ˆ ๐“‰๐‘’๐’ถ๐’ธ๐’ฝ ๐“‚๐‘’ ๐’ฝ๐‘œ๐“Œ ๐“‰๐‘œ ๐“๐’พ๐“‹๐‘’ย ย ๐’พ๐“ƒ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐’พ๐“ˆ ๐’น๐‘’๐’ธ๐‘’๐’พ๐“‹๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘” ๐“Œ๐‘œ๐“‡๐“๐’น.
This is the complete poem in response to my question: Do hardships make you stronger or weaker?
But as I said, they simply  "๐“‰๐‘’๐’ถ๐’ธ๐’ฝ ๐“‚๐‘’ ๐’ฝ๐‘œ๐“Œ ๐“‰๐‘œ ๐“๐’พ๐“‹๐‘’  ๐’พ๐“ƒ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐’พ๐“ˆ ๐’น๐‘’๐’ธ๐‘’๐’พ๐“‹๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘” ๐“Œ๐‘œ๐“‡๐“๐’น."
Roberta Day Nov 2020
I want to stay up late and write about everything I hate
Everything stemming from a lack of humanity
Why am I living through this time of insanity
Is it to make me stronger, capable of anything great?
It is more pain and struggle to endure
More thoughts to flood my waking mind
and stifle my gasping breath
What a time to be alive
when close contact is killer
and true vulnerability is exposure
When connection is weak and the circuits are short
Isolation is preferred to stave that depression wave
that everyone rides at some breaking point or another
The swell is huge and I have had my fill
Swimming to the bank to cash my earnings in clothes
Drinking alkaline for balance over all of the swill
Doomsday prepping for anything goes
Leaning on whatโ€™s left of my will
Quarantine life kinda blows.
Amanda Kay Burke Nov 2020
I feel you grab forearms
Same skin you lovingly kiss
Keep burning for that side of you
More and more it comes to this

Room with uneasy air lingering
I'll try to forget whichever fight
Had that led to all that noise
It's still going to be alright

I will convince myself to take the blame
Swallow down but it's stuck in my throat
Swear it's what I must deserve
The back of my mind knowing I don't

Telling stories to **** with conscience
Tempted to believe but know better
We can do this back and forth for a bit
This cannot go on forever

Arranging pieces to fix what we broke
Tangled with promises long overdue
Never have your attention for long these days
When I was young I mattered so much to you

To feel that again I'd give
My fears and sacrifice
Listened to your point-of-view
Then I realize we won't get that twice

Laughing and living in love each day
Was alive not just existing
I should have known it wouldn't last
I'm hurt and my body is constricting

Now I am broken by the one I love
I'm feeling betrayed
Know you are in pain yourself
Wondering if I should have stayed

To follow instinct was stupid
Should have been chasing my heart
I didn't have the stamina
Because I was falling apart

A good person what I was trying to be
Once thought I did the right thing
Didn't just hurt you with my decision
More like mutual suffering

I inhale unbridled woes
But part of you is dead
Swear to die so you can't **** me yourself
Bullet through both our heads
Written 2-9-19
ghost Oct 2020
my dire apprehensions
they gracefully disappear
as the waves emerge
my eyes waterless
the wind tangled in my lashes sparked a cry
the lonely ocean
washes away my woes
as the waves emerge
the lies are purified
so the ocean heard my cry
I did this poem thanks to the help of Ariana solo. she's an amazing poet. thanks to her help I learned a lot.
go check out Ariana solo.
VKBoy Sep 2020
Every life exists
To live and multiply.
Every note exists
To compose marvelous melodies.
Imagination exists
To see the worlds that cannot be seen.
Emotions exist
To express in languages that cannot be spoken.
Death, too, exists
To let the living taste the pain of losing.
All things exist for a reason
To make every motherโ€™s son as theyโ€™re now.
So fret not, folks
For no one is an exception
To the wonders and woes of this world
Set in motion by the biggest yet gentlest hand of all.
By: Yohann Rosenthal, Shambala Sect
EL Borromeo Jun 2020
carve your words on winds
and let the fleeting air
caress the wounds
you courageously cut open;
let them bleed again
and let the fresh scent
send the birds to singing;
forget about the inked papers โ€”
no one reads anymore
and the world forgets anyway
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