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 May 2017 jess
SøułSurvivør
Bitterness pours into
The mind, akin to
sulfuric acid in dark ink

****** chemicals
Blossoming to clouds
in the vessel
Of consciousness

Becoming phantoms, ghosts
All manner of nightmare
Haunts, parasitic, they proliferate

Be aware, they live
in your nighttime anger

The kind you sleep on

To sleep, perchance to

*DREAM
Don't let the sun go down on your anger. I had a bad experience at a family
Get-together which I allowed
To eat at me. That turned to
Depression and bad dreams

I'm better now thank God
He always helps me through!

Please have patience  with me
I'm reading again, but slowly!
 May 2017 jess
thymos
still
 May 2017 jess
thymos
and so what have i to offer you beyond
a collection of cheap and naive sentiments
matted in the dust of ineloquence?
i miss you, is all, but not even you:
an image of you, but not even an image:

the ghost of a fantasy. yes, i am
haunted, haunted by your absence
your senseless existence your
orbit without mass or distance
and all the rest, in its restless fabrication.

all that remains are your artefacts
with i among them, not quite intact.
 May 2017 jess
Elexer
Pain is presence
Presence is pain
Pain presents itself
Presenting, itself, is pain
When you ache and groan,
I notice it
It chills me to the bone
Nowhere to sit
When you call out for help
I'm fully aware
You're the puddle when you melt
You wonder if you can relate to grass
As you feel people stepping on you
You feel them on your ***
To say something is taboo
You don't deserve that, you know
You've done nothing wrong
Inherently, although
The feeling is lifelong
I can never truly understand
What it's like to be you, and
You stick to solid ground,
But you're sinking in the sand
Being a woman is hard, man.
 May 2017 jess
Biankha Sarahi
Like the first drop of rain upon the dryness of the earth
Plants in the desert eagerly soak it up, the sigh of relief almost audible
And the farmer that thanks the heavens for the blessing on his crops
That is how I need you

Like a dose of the most soothing cough syrup after a night spent fighting a relentless illness
The pain with each cough that reaches every aching part of the body
Each swallow of the throat begins to soothe upon receiving the magical medicinal concoction
That is how I need you

As a sip of water satisfies the runner that has justcompleted an agonizing 26 miles
Every step, every mile marker that exhausts their body more
Every deep inhale a gust of wind that produces dry exhales
The same way that first sip of water brings them comfort
That is how I need you

As your arms around me brings calm to the storms
As the taste of your lips provides a treat sweeter than a mouthwatering slice of red velvet cake
As only you know how carve a smile on the face that only knows one expression
A deepening glare that changes to smiles
That is how I need you
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Life is short on earth
like raindrops in the desert
like dew on cactus

~~~Jawahar Gupta~~~
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