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Because we languish
  in time--we've hardly lived
bearing the weight of living
often in moaning and grief

for the right words we struggle
in vain our very angst to relieve
in vagueness we know other people
life is the perennial lacuna-- not a gift
Joe the red ate lots of bread.
His massive gut was quite well fed.
So slow his feet, to cross the street,
that angry drivers wished him dead.
A limerick I came up with a long time ago. I’m not an expert on limericks. I just assume this is how they go.
The young have left home
lured by the city's clamour
village of elders
I sigh
you get mad
I get confuse
But apparently
My sigh
Told you
More words
Than I ever could
Is it true
most of us
don't know
our true selves?

if we were birds
we wouldn't know
we had wings-

if we were fish
we wouldn't know
we could swim-

if we were clouds
we wouldn't know
we could float-

if we were flowers
or plants, we wouldn't know
we could grow-

is it true
most of us
are partially blind
to ourselves?
 Dec 2024 Michael John
K
Red
 Dec 2024 Michael John
K
Red
Someone forgot the pearl necklace today
I remember seeing a red and white skirt
the sound of the wind was strong
a floral set of earrings
As the camera rolled
a pause stood in the air
there wasn't a single cloud in the sky
the black blouse was transparent
the red on the mustang
reflected your sunshine face.
this poem
is like watching you
over and over again
 Nov 2024 Michael John
Arawyn
He looked at me,
The way the sky looks at the rain,
Waiting for patiently for the relief.
Hands intertwining around my waist like vines,
Every touch felt.
Warm lips pressed against mine that has been worn.
Heal them I say as if they have been broken so many times before.
I love you,
I love you.
Our love is inevitable.
 Jun 2024 Michael John
PERTINAX
Between the swaying boughs
Of two lonesome firs
Chirps a mother bird mocking the rising sun

“Why do you mock the coming day mother?”
Her baby chicks chirp
“Do we not need the light for warmth?
To fly?
To eat?”

“No my dearest, it is not the light I mock
But more so the rise that acts as a clock
Counting down the moments until you seek
Warmth
Flight
And food
For yourself, leaving me an empty nest
Alone, between these two lonesome firs”
𝙼𝚢 𝚝𝚎𝚎𝚝𝚑 𝚑𝚞𝚛𝚝 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝙸 𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚢
𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝙸 𝚍𝚒𝚍 𝚒𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜
𝙱𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚊𝚒𝚗
-- 𝙸𝚜 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚝𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜

𝙼𝚢 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚔𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝙸 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚘𝚗𝚎
𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝙸 𝚍𝚒𝚍 𝚒𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜
𝙱𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚔𝚎𝚗 𝚋𝚒𝚝𝚜
𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚊 𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚙𝚒𝚎𝚌𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚎 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗
 Jun 2024 Michael John
Lo
Eye
Contact
Is
A
Dangerous
Thing
.

Dangerous
,
But
Lovely
.
Oh
So
Lovely
.
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