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 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
.
 May 2024 Michael John
Everforest
Before I am their daughter,
their sister,
their aunt,
niece or cousin,
I am my own person
and
I will not set fire to myself to keep them warm.
 May 2024 Michael John
DAF
If I could sleep until tomorrow
Then I’d be fine
But I couldn't be bothered
The way today is designed
Too pish
Too posh
Too easy to slip
Right back to dreamland is my only wish
A poem a day is not cure,
It's lollipops and green manure,
So hold your nose
And close your eyes,
The smell of cheese,
Is my surprise.
silly moments are just fun
 Apr 2024 Michael John
ross
~

that’s the curious thing
about love;
it cannot be defined.
it cannot be measured
or reasoned with.
it knows no limit
it transcends time
and bridges space;
to love or be loved
or even have been loved
is to exist somewhere, forever.


~
.Loving you
Is a sinking ship
And as I bail water out
You pour bucket after bucket
Right back in
.

.It won't be long now till we're treading water.
Time to embark on another journey
through the islands of words, avoiding
dangerous pitfalls and **** the desire
to look back, knowing well what it means.
And no one wants to go back to the square
one, to auto-da-fe everything what has
made us. We strive for engagement with
the light—the mother of all lights. The source
of inspiration, the fuel, and the weapon
against the darkest nights spent waiting
for something, knowing that it will never
come. Knowing is evil.

Another day, a mission impossible to complete.
Whether the apple has been eaten, or no,
we would still be dripping this light
on our journey to the unknown.
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