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Transmission of light guides, for  physics ... “Transparent materials allow light to pass through, so you can see clearly through them. Translucent materials allow some light to pass through, but scatter it, so you can't see clearly on the other side. Opaque materials do not allow light to pass through at all; they block it completely. “ ~~~~~~ It is 10:41pm, Translucent this word, fluidly formidable, willing and able to be modifiable, adjective, adverb, noun and verb without asking, certainly uninvited, but alone, left to my devices, this word, incites, invades, taking possession of my thunderous internals, racing and racking and moving about in great swirling motions, like the next northbound hurricane, refusing my entreaties for a reprieve of desperate needed sleep this word, speaks to me tonight, informing that you will be deposing, your mind searched and-researched. *[it will not be necessary, it states, for him to write in the modes of his betters, with their exquisitely spiritualized words combinations, to which he swears, pledges, utter total admiration]* That beyond my ken, my immaterial wealth, for you know you own capabilities, and though your light of self-knowing is the light you follow, it too, naturally translucent, behaving like a guardian of the mysterious of your body so to the matter at heart, the hand on chest, eavesdropping the light of transparency, the light rejected by opaqueness, neither even or nor a perfect clarity, absolute invisibility has no interest to me, but the light filtered, scattered, information carrying, needing re~fining, is the quiet revolution swooning all senses we experience and these filters, all modifiers, reveal, sieve & **** barrier hide, undress, and dress, re-addressing, playing on the nuances of life, this interests me for they manipulate me, but I, manipulate their tempo, refract ‘em, make them change direction, when light enters at an angle, looking for a free release, a new path, probing the guardrails, bouncing from prism to prison to prism mining the mind, looking for oxygenated veins carrying infectious contradictions, seeking solutions, understanding the noise pollutions, diverting past them **{here he surrenders to a nightly brain washing, recollecting to recommencing at 4:23am}** he believes, with perfect faith, these bands of light within, bring him to his creative knees, forming dissolving imagery, that he desperately wishes to hold onto, but light translucently is a slippery slithery thing, always running from his grasp, leaving him racing behind in a follow~on path, always one turn behind, never once has he been quite fully fleet and agile, accelerating from 0 to 75 mph, in a handful of seconds, firsts, unable to hold it firmly, not once in his life, a follower he, perpetually 39 steps behind, coming to a complete stop, upon realizing that its your words, not his that inspires his core to keep on trying, flying, falling, flailing and failing, he is never fully overcome, a schoolchild, dusting off his knees, learning by the piercing testimonies of yours and all the great predecessors ones, who too, understood the multilingual mellifluousness of the inability to be satisfied, this then the best description of this twisting, never fully retrievable mix of translucent winds of light that are forever excavating him from the inside out, and thanks to all his poetic forbearers, from the outside in this the longest light of a satisfying closure of an if a genuine thanking~~giving note unto him well received, and now regifted as a translucent twin-beams of light, from his head emanating, now on their way to you, for useful, thoughtful inspection and moving to you for acceptance, re-dressing, and your understanding, that there in no "immovable object" that can resist the "unstoppable force” of our translucency light from forever ceasing its bouncing transference passage to a new destination, and on and on and forth
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Nov 4, 2025
Nov 4, 2025 at 8:35 PM UTC
Only Translucent Interests Me...
Transmission of light guides, for  physics ... “Transparent materials allow light to pass through, so you can see clearly through them. Translucent materials allow some light to pass through, but scatter it, so you can't see clearly on the other side. Opaque materials do not allow light to pass through at all; they block it completely. “ ~~~~~~ It is 10:41pm, Translucent this word, fluidly formidable, willing and able to be modifiable, adjective, adverb, noun and verb without asking, certainly uninvited, but alone, left to my devices, this word, incites, invades, taking possession of my thunderous internals, racing and racking and moving about in great swirling motions, like the next northbound hurricane, refusing my entreaties for a reprieve of desperate needed sleep this word, speaks to me tonight, informing that you will be deposing, your mind searched and-researched. *[it will not be necessary, it states, for him to write in the modes of his betters, with their exquisitely spiritualized words combinations, to which he swears, pledges, utter total admiration]* That beyond my ken, my immaterial wealth, for you know you own capabilities, and though your light of self-knowing is the light you follow, it too, naturally translucent, behaving like a guardian of the mysterious of your body so to the matter at heart, the hand on chest, eavesdropping the light of transparency, the light rejected by opaqueness, neither even or nor a perfect clarity, absolute invisibility has no interest to me, but the light filtered, scattered, information carrying, needing re~fining, is the quiet revolution swooning all senses we experience and these filters, all modifiers, reveal, sieve & **** barrier hide, undress, and dress, re-addressing, playing on the nuances of life, this interests me for they manipulate me, but I, manipulate their tempo, refract ‘em, make them change direction, when light enters at an angle, looking for a free release, a new path, probing the guardrails, bouncing from prism to prison to prism mining the mind, looking for oxygenated veins carrying infectious contradictions, seeking solutions, understanding the noise pollutions, diverting past them **{here he surrenders to a nightly brain washing, recollecting to recommencing at 4:23am}** he believes, with perfect faith, these bands of light within, bring him to his creative knees, forming dissolving imagery, that he desperately wishes to hold onto, but light translucently is a slippery slithery thing, always running from his grasp, leaving him racing behind in a follow~on path, always one turn behind, never once has he been quite fully fleet and agile, accelerating from 0 to 75 mph, in a handful of seconds, firsts, unable to hold it firmly, not once in his life, a follower he, perpetually 39 steps behind, coming to a complete stop, upon realizing that its your words, not his that inspires his core to keep on trying, flying, falling, flailing and failing, he is never fully overcome, a schoolchild, dusting off his knees, learning by the piercing testimonies of yours and all the great predecessors ones, who too, understood the multilingual mellifluousness of the inability to be satisfied, this then the best description of this twisting, never fully retrievable mix of translucent winds of light that are forever excavating him from the inside out, and thanks to all his poetic forbearers, from the outside in this the longest light of a satisfying closure of an if a genuine thanking~~giving note unto him well received, and now regifted as a translucent twin-beams of light, from his head emanating, now on their way to you, for useful, thoughtful inspection and moving to you for acceptance, re-dressing, and your understanding, that there in no "immovable object" that can resist the "unstoppable force” of our translucency light from forever ceasing its bouncing transference passage to a new destination, and on and on and forth
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Behind your walls, I could not see, Whatever survived, Whether darkness or light, I could not tell, Until you let me past The barrier, Until you let me Step in behind your door. Light I could finally see, And with that, A moment of relief, And I took a moment Gazing around the room, Although looking cared for, I caught a glimpse That you didn’t completely trust me yet, True, you were not opaque, But translucent Is all you allowed. For behind those hazel eyes, I couldn’t see clearly What thoughts were turning In your mind. Truth and honesty I desire most, And when your place Was visually downplayed For my comfort When you hosted, I know you weren’t ready To be transparent, Just translucent, But not opaque, And although I hope someday For transparency, I thank you For not pretending that your world Is all open doors, And illuminated. Only open your doors To those rooms you have closed off When you’re ready for me to see What lives behind them. No matter darkness or light, I will still be there. So breathe while you still can And show me What you will, Just as long as you’re never opaque with me, Just as long as you give me So much as a small picture, I will give these arms Whenever they’re needed.
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Apr 2, 2021
Apr 2, 2021 at 5:56 PM UTC
Translucency
Translucent girl Translucent me Translucent world Translucent sea Such avail A translucent sought For hidden pain Pretended no more A babe brought by waves Could so be judged Misery mistaken Horribly taken Translucent blasphemy Translucent pride Translucent tragedy Translucent snide When they turned, Peaked a quick one Drumming their feet None could speak For what three beheld Translucently A sight to see Translucent pill Translucent sheep Translucent will Translucent weep Honeydew eyelids Empty gaze a siege You whisper Am I real Then go and gone you went Translucent glory Translucent faith Translucent worry Translucent escape Invisible enemy Transparent therapy Accordion of luminous Power indeed Translucent demise Translucent sworn Translucent despise Translucent reborn I deem you no one brightly Profusely
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Jan 8, 2021
Jan 8, 2021 at 1:56 PM UTC
Do we exist
She’s a sort of moon person Pale eyes and paper skin Translucent Hair swirling in wisps like clouds This lunar oddity She whispers as she writes She is not kind A bit cold A bit distant But then, so is the moon I suppose
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Dec 13, 2018
Dec 13, 2018 at 1:36 AM UTC
Moon Person
What is it that you see deep within me? What fluttering thoughts land with meeting eyes? What varies between what's been and could be? When we live so thinly on worldly ties As you gaze out your spirits window pane Intimacy takes place in history Do all these feelings know when to remain? What is left aft the death of mystery? A shadow cries beads of blackened lost flecks Translucent puddles form into nothing A storm looks within itself and reflects On how the sun rose it to its brewing And when I see you, you become my sight There's no il only courage, will, and might
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Nov 25, 2018
Nov 25, 2018 at 4:16 AM UTC
Sonnet #7 What do you see?
There is a wall between us One i cannot break One i can’t get through And find a way to say hey No matter how hard i try Our relationship, i cannot save I wish i could reach out Break through this clear cage. But i can only smush my face against the glass In hopes you will see But you are not looking at me Can you even see the glass? Do you realize i am trapped? Do you see that i cant reach through I can’t touch or talk to you. I’m not so sure what to do You look content On your side of this wall Laughing and dancing Talking and walking And i - I stay here On my side of this wall It looms all around I feel like I’m bound ‘Tis a solemn event As i attempt to find a way through, I can only conclude It’s too strong to dent. This is more of a vent But i want it to rhyme I just want to get over the wall! I’m hell-bent! I want to get past this pane It’s glass that just won’t ******* break Without you how can i possibly stay sane?! How do i fix this? How do i reach you? I’ll find a way out I need to. Do you even seen this glass? How long can this loneliness last? Do you see how I’m stuck? How can you reach me? If you can’t even see me? I can not reach you. Though try i might But you look happy Perhaps I’ll just give up this fight. So i stay behind this glass Maybe if you are happy my sadness will be over in a flash. But alas i am forced to wait So I stare through this pain No matter what I want you to be happy, Even though i wish i could feel the same.
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Dec 12, 2017
Dec 12, 2017 at 11:29 PM UTC
Translucent cage
There is a wall between us One i cannot break One i can’t get through And find a way to say hey No matter how hard i try Our relationship, i cannot save I wish i could reach out Break through this clear cage. But i can only smush my face against the glass In hopes you will see But you are not looking at me Can you even see the glass? Do you realize i am trapped? Do you see that i cant reach through I can’t touch or talk to you. I’m not so sure what to do You look content On your side of this wall Laughing and dancing Talking and walking And i - I stay here On my side of this wall It looms all around I feel like I’m bound ‘Tis a solemn event As i attempt to find a way through, I can only conclude It’s too strong to dent. This is more of a vent But i want it to rhyme I just want to get over the wall! I’m hell-bent! I want to get past this pane It’s glass that just won’t ******* break Without you how can i possibly stay sane?! How do i fix this? How do i reach you? I’ll find a way out I need to. Do you even seen this glass? How long can this loneliness last? Do you see how I’m stuck? How can you reach me? If you can’t even see me? I can not reach you. Though try i might But you look happy Perhaps I’ll just give up this fight. So i stay behind this glass Maybe if you are happy my sadness will be over in a flash. But alas i am forced to wait So I stare through this pain No matter what I want you to be happy, Even though i wish i could feel the same.
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*translucence is rare withdraw your opaque armor swim in fearless love ©2016janetaylor
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May 3, 2016
May 3, 2016 at 4:59 PM UTC
free ~ senryu
**In my dreams the spirits float far and fast ahead, Delivering all the souls of the deceased in trips, Carried to the one abyss their bones still hide the red, Keep the truth when they are dead, so they are torn as sticks. These bones carry the truth till they meet one with life, Reach the fields and the dead part all their fear With a silence that is deft they use a hatchet or a knife, So that none can tell that death's dark spirit is quite near. In the meadow none can see that foot prints have been made, They walk until dawn is come, so they all must roam. Misty and translucent, above the earth of wet brown clay, They shall keep walking until they've found deaths home.**
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Oct 31, 2015
Oct 31, 2015 at 10:24 PM UTC
Signs of Halloween
~ Translucent bubbles ***Bounce on river's green surface. . .   Rainbow drowns in curls.*** ~
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Aug 8, 2015
Aug 8, 2015 at 5:18 AM UTC
Plops Upon The Surface ~ Haiku
I am the in between The middle The line The bridge The limbo The paleness The fence The open The link The connection The break I am the in between The first to be forgotten The last to be seen
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May 11, 2015
May 11, 2015 at 11:55 AM UTC
In Between
a trembling reaction to every way you fought to keep my hands in yours a fickle name to how your eyelids only leaked promises and how i only ever met your lips with broken glass you tried to pry the answers from my cigarette but you forgot that I buried your baby teeth in the backyard last summer one, two, count my fingers out the window like your swans almost in flight every creature passed under your embrace learned how to curve their wings up like forged protection from your spitfire our teeth leak venom and motor oil, it tastes like how your fists feel against your children's skin when you wrap the women in chains made of expensive gifts and shattered promises, sometimes they clean their teeth and fight back. maybe i won't remember to draw the curtains after you leave but i'll always leave a key under your pillow.
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Jun 25, 2014
Jun 25, 2014 at 1:46 PM UTC
this is a fight,
it has been one year, eleven months, and four days since i last saw your face since i watched your hand raise to your lips like a nun in silent prayer in a farewell just for me through the ***** window as i held the folded up note in my hand like my heart that was drawn with the words i needed to explain to you that I was scared I would forget how to breathe with you gone that i still needed you and then you were gone, your body disappeared out sight it has been one year, eleven months, and four days since you left and now i have something to say i was sixteen years old, and my eyes were bright i was sixteen and the way you dragged your fingertips across my back as you walked by like mice scurrying across the floor made me feel more than i ever thought it was possible to feel how naive of me i was sixteen and when your rough lips grazed my ear like an animal stalking its prey my heart exploded for every single possibility that your words held i was sixteen and every time my father struck me i could feel it reverberating through my bones because my tender mind hadn’t caught up with my aching body yet and i knew  i knew that you were wrong but when you stroked my hair and kissed my fingertips and your hands grasped my waist like you were holding on for dear life the only truth i could hear above the frantic beating of my heart was that you wanted me that you validated me you weaved your hands between my ribs and slipped your fingers around my heart and when you left YOU RIPPED OUT MY HEART AND TOOK IT WITH YOU YOU SHATTERED EVERY WAY IN WHICH I THOUGHT I WAS WORTHWHILE i’m not sixteen anymore and i spent one year, eleven months, and four days trying to make the pieces of my broken self fit together in the same way that they did before your eyes become the reason that i smiled every day i’ve spent all this time trying to tell myself that it wasn’t my fault, wasn’t my fault, wasn’t my fault WASN’T MY FAULT I DON’T CARE WHAT THEY SAY BECAUSE YOU CAN’T TELL ME IM WISE FOR MY AGE WHEN I LET A MONSTER REDEFINE THE TRUTHS I THOUGHT I KNEW ABOUT MYSELF it has been one year, eleven months, and four days I want my heart back
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Jun 7, 2014
Jun 7, 2014 at 2:39 PM UTC
my last poem to you.
it has been one year, eleven months, and four days since i last saw your face since i watched your hand raise to your lips like a nun in silent prayer in a farewell just for me through the ***** window as i held the folded up note in my hand like my heart that was drawn with the words i needed to explain to you that I was scared I would forget how to breathe with you gone that i still needed you and then you were gone, your body disappeared out sight it has been one year, eleven months, and four days since you left and now i have something to say i was sixteen years old, and my eyes were bright i was sixteen and the way you dragged your fingertips across my back as you walked by like mice scurrying across the floor made me feel more than i ever thought it was possible to feel how naive of me i was sixteen and when your rough lips grazed my ear like an animal stalking its prey my heart exploded for every single possibility that your words held i was sixteen and every time my father struck me i could feel it reverberating through my bones because my tender mind hadn’t caught up with my aching body yet and i knew  i knew that you were wrong but when you stroked my hair and kissed my fingertips and your hands grasped my waist like you were holding on for dear life the only truth i could hear above the frantic beating of my heart was that you wanted me that you validated me you weaved your hands between my ribs and slipped your fingers around my heart and when you left YOU RIPPED OUT MY HEART AND TOOK IT WITH YOU YOU SHATTERED EVERY WAY IN WHICH I THOUGHT I WAS WORTHWHILE i’m not sixteen anymore and i spent one year, eleven months, and four days trying to make the pieces of my broken self fit together in the same way that they did before your eyes become the reason that i smiled every day i’ve spent all this time trying to tell myself that it wasn’t my fault, wasn’t my fault, wasn’t my fault WASN’T MY FAULT I DON’T CARE WHAT THEY SAY BECAUSE YOU CAN’T TELL ME IM WISE FOR MY AGE WHEN I LET A MONSTER REDEFINE THE TRUTHS I THOUGHT I KNEW ABOUT MYSELF it has been one year, eleven months, and four days I want my heart back
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once again, curved fists and clenched eyebrows and your words are venom in my mouth MY LIPS ARE BLEEDING, BROKEN THAT I'M ONLY TRYING TO HELP little baby, little boy curled up in your accusations he reaches a single finger, gnarled and unsure your violence and insults and broken hands are turning him from boy to m o n s t e r. "you're the only one who understands me" watch as my heart crumbles and falls into the ocean  in every single way i've ever wanted to save you i'm sorry the telescope lens is still cloudy i have to cut my knees and crawl back through the ******* dungeon find my way through the bramble and glass and barbed wire I'M TIRED OF GOING BACK GOING BACK GOING BACK i want the safety of the muted nest and momma's lemon tree i promise i won't eat all the broccoli if you'll let me come home.
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Jun 1, 2014
Jun 1, 2014 at 9:33 PM UTC
oppositional defiant disorder
*Tonight, when I walked in the rain, Raindrops gently fell upon my face, Bringing fond memories of you again. When  we watched the stars,  sparkle with reign, And the crescent moon, emitted a translucent light, Bringing a sensational feeling, that I couldn't refrain. Without you life goes by very slowly, and it's difficult to explain, Since you are the one, who blinds me when you're near, And cuddles me when I am lonely, taking away all of my pain.*
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May 31, 2014
May 31, 2014 at 12:06 AM UTC
When I Walked In The Rain
fingertips breed restlessness like lovers breathe music faeries are alight within the dust caught in a sunbeam the wind sing-whispers to the quivering blades of grass, melodies one, two, easy words leak from wind-kissed lips nail beds caught in hesitation what a revelation, nettles turn their stinging ****** up towards the expression towards the sun. i revel in this daydream like a kitten in warm milk easing, reaching, yearning hold me closer than you hold each breath.
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May 23, 2014
May 23, 2014 at 4:25 PM UTC
coruscation
when i wrote you letters, they never left the sweaty lines of my palms. because i wrote you sonnets, beautiful metaphors and explanations about how my heart living inside your hands was like telescopes reaching for moons. but that's the thing. you left mine unwound, dangling towards the ground and all that my lips held never reached your sky. all i wanted was to make my stars and moons live inside your eyelids. but my wishes were like prayers left next to gravestones, and you never brought me daisies. i gathered up my shells and band-aids and broken bottles after you left. i had no choice. trying in vain to find a corner of that expansive empty that could hold all the ripped letters and lost phone calls and scarred knees i had kept hidden underneath my fingernails and toes. the person i should have been was shattered, g u n f i r e. you wrecked me, and i have spent three years re-charting all the lost moments and inspirations and understanding that i left on the map of your cynicism. sometimes i still ache inside my rib cage. sometimes i can't let my lover touch me, because with my eyes closed his touch feels almost like your poison did. sometimes my words get caught in my throat when i try to breathe. sometimes the safety of the dirt that never sees the the sun is more comforting than the moon. but you will never touch me again. maybe i still want to cry when i feel the pain storming within my bones, but it's not for you anymore.
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May 2, 2014
May 2, 2014 at 7:09 PM UTC
aftermath.
easy visions of hopeful future days boys with dark scarves and fingertips and tongues carved like needles unwound with blue lace smoke like curling paper scraps the sky is violet yellow and gray and aching the trees are paintbrush silhouettes home stock draining roots i caress your ball-bearing palms like drawing lilies from water's edge inside the sunbeam we cannot see dreams of once upon a time late nights held between bitten fingernails and chapped lips of fourteen years old a smoke hazy and ***** loss of consciousness of movement of loss
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Apr 1, 2014
Apr 1, 2014 at 11:16 PM UTC
dream