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May 2019 · 436
Erosion
OpenWorldView May 2019
the wind whispers pain
across my life's cold wasteland
grinding me to dust
May 2019 · 378
Falling
OpenWorldView May 2019
seeing you daily
that uplifting cheerful soul
makes me fall for you
love at many sights
May 2019 · 337
simply perfect
OpenWorldView May 2019
sitting on the porch
birds chirping, the day closing
with you by my side
simple happiness
May 2019 · 1.1k
"happy"
OpenWorldView May 2019
standing in the rain
facing heaven, arms spread wide
tears invisible
you can't see into
the soul
May 2019 · 226
Loving too much
OpenWorldView May 2019
cling to what you love.
hold it tight, never let go.
that’s how you lose it.
keep a bit of distance
don't suffocate what you love
May 2019 · 768
Paint Life
OpenWorldView May 2019
born an empty sheet
traits and external forces
affect your choices

so, death is certain
all the time before the end
is yours to paint green
Try your best.
May 2019 · 453
Your Heart (whisper)
OpenWorldView May 2019
wake up. wake up now.
listen. closer. can you hear?
a heart. yours. beating.
the most beautiful and comforting
sound in the world
May 2019 · 377
Meek
OpenWorldView May 2019
Blind Polyphemus
shepherds his dull flock of sheep.
Ulysses long gone.
Keep grazing.
Give wool and meat.
Be meek.
May 2019 · 738
Folly
OpenWorldView May 2019
hubris not wisdom
is ruling the current world
it will end in tears
it always does
May 2019 · 618
Shamhat
OpenWorldView May 2019
soft power of love
civilizing the wild man
harlot of culture
Inspired by "The Epic of Gilgamesh"
May 2019 · 508
Twilight Mirrors
OpenWorldView May 2019
dark faceless features
stare from mirror to mirror
into endless void
May 2019 · 344
Search (10w)
OpenWorldView May 2019
Not for shallow fame,
but love
from those you touch.
"Give and you shall receive."
May 2019 · 1.0k
Intertwined (Sonnet #1)
OpenWorldView May 2019
Barn swallows zigzag swiftly through the air
hunting for flies beneath a clear blue sky.
Cord grass shelters a little brown marsh hare
frozen by the buzzards long hissing cry.

She sleeps on a quilt sprawled out on the ground
while a light breeze caresses her white skin
and bright sun plays in tune to natures sound
fending off nightmares about horrid sin.

I watch all this from the shadow of hell
as my flesh rots in the dark earth below
and fat maggots feed on my oozing smell
churning meat until next winters cold snow.

Heaven, earth and hell are all intertwined,
but mortals are oblivious and blind.
May 2019 · 1.7k
Nothing makes sense anymore
OpenWorldView May 2019
We talk about change,
    but expect others to do it.
We talk about fake news,
   but keep reading it.
We talk about democracy,
   but don't listen to the people.
We talk about lies,
   but keep believing them.
We talk about tolerance,
   but suppress opinions.
We talk about human rights,
   but torture and ****.
We talk about privacy,
   but eavesdrop on all communication.  
We talk about freedom,
   but fight endless wars.
We talk about hypocrisy,
   but are the biggest hypocrites.
We talk about so many things,
   but not what really matters.

Stop talking,
   start acting!

Maybe.
Next time you are upset about something, look into the mirror.
May 2019 · 269
At the beach
OpenWorldView May 2019
The shoes left behind.
Cursive last words swept away.
A poet’s last verse.
May 2019 · 586
Early Warning
OpenWorldView May 2019
The canary died last spring,
but we didn’t heed the warning.
And without enough light and air
we morphed into monstrous things.
Devouring each other’s souls.
May 2019 · 491
After the hurt
OpenWorldView May 2019
Loss of love or life
may break your devoted heart,
but it sets you free.
Don’t despair.
Treasure the good memories
and let them guide you.
Apr 2019 · 681
Forgive & Forget
OpenWorldView Apr 2019
First,
   you forgot me.
Later,
   you hurt me.
Now,
   you laugh about me.

But I forgive you.

I laugh with you
   now.
I will hurt you
   later.
I am going to forget you
   at last.
Apr 2019 · 346
Holy Grail
OpenWorldView Apr 2019
Love, essence of life.
Kind, patient and innocent.
Quest for a pure heart.
Apr 2019 · 187
Tidal Wave
OpenWorldView Apr 2019
Life’s unchanging surf
lulled me into idle sleep.
Then she hit my shores.
Apr 2019 · 269
Cry
OpenWorldView Apr 2019
Cry
the pain of being
distilled into salty tears
saved me from myself
Apr 2019 · 231
Phoenix
OpenWorldView Apr 2019
I can hardly wait
to rise anew from ashes.
Set alight by love.
Apr 2019 · 1.4k
Blush
OpenWorldView Apr 2019
Bereft of words
we sit like fools
across the wooden table.

Eyes swaying shyly
to catch glimpses
of each other.

She turns her head
to hide her flushing cheeks
and rosy curled smile.

Her blooming beauty
stirs hidden butterflies
toward spring blue skies.
First spring love.
Apr 2019 · 225
Proxy Angst
OpenWorldView Apr 2019
The devil, conquered.
Dark enlightened by knowledge.
The void filled by man.
Apr 2019 · 358
Vantage Point
OpenWorldView Apr 2019
A life
means nothing
from afar,
but everything
up close.
Think of all the wars we wage
and the faceless victims.
Apr 2019 · 1.3k
Aberration
OpenWorldView Apr 2019
Death should be certain
for time to ensure renewal
by pulling life's curtain.

Be fearful of what lives forever
as hubris clouds its mind
and terror will be its only lever.

We are delirious to fathom creation
of a god without its creators flaws.
Beware of this eternal aberration.
Apr 2019 · 279
Inner Discourse
OpenWorldView Apr 2019
Opinions silenced.
Words stigmatized and outlawed.
Know your thoughts are 'free’!
Apr 2019 · 509
Uncharted
OpenWorldView Apr 2019
It’s time to explore.
And leave footprints in the mud.
Don’t squander this life.
OpenWorldView Apr 2019
Your sinful mouth is my tomb,
intoxicating its sweet bloom,
for all my virtues are put to sleep.
I drink uncontrollably from its well
and sink freely into its depths,
gazing blissfully into hell.

My hot flesh glows in his breath,
I tremble, like a spring rosebush
kissed by warm May rain.
- I follow you into the wild land of sin
and pick fire lilies by the roads,
- even if I can’t find home again…
From my favorite German poet:
Else Lasker-Schüler (1869 - 1945)

Sinnenrausch

Dein sünd'ger Mund ist meine Totengruft,
betäubend ist sein süßer Atemduft,
Denn meine Tugenden entschliefen.
Ich trinke sinnberauscht aus seiner Quelle
und sinke willenlos in ihre Tiefen,
verklärten Blickes in die Hölle.

Mein heißer Leib erglüht in seinem Hauch,
er zittert, wie ein junger Rosenstrauch,
geküsst vom warmen Maienregen.
- Ich folge dir ins wilde Land der Sünde
und pflücke Feuerlilien auf den Wegen,
- wenn ich die Heimat auch nicht wiederfinde...

I found one translation https://muse.jhu.edu/chapter/1679708, but wanted to try it myself. Work in progress.
Apr 2019 · 968
Hero
OpenWorldView Apr 2019
You can't save the world,
but those closest to your heart
and yourself with it.
Take care of those close to you.
Apr 2019 · 1.3k
Life's a Spoiler
OpenWorldView Apr 2019
Believing this love
is pool of eternal bliss.
Cold heartless teacher.
Apr 2019 · 285
Black Romance
OpenWorldView Apr 2019
passion, pain and lust
elevate the works of art.
beautiful darkness.
Apr 2019 · 617
Cruel Pale Beauty
OpenWorldView Apr 2019
I searched in vain
for your eyes
in this world of
flickering shadows.

I listened without success
for your wing beats
that carry you
through the night sky.

You, who seduces
with magic white
and steals the starlight
to make it her own.

Good and evil
built you temples,
which death climbs,
to collect our souls.

Oh, bright moon,
daughter of lost myths.
Shine on the ocean of tears
which drowns the world.
Apr 2019 · 499
Mute
OpenWorldView Apr 2019
I’m searching
for words.

Words
explaining me.

Me
and those feelings.

Feelings
of love and fear.

Fear
of losing you.

You,
whom I adore.

Adore
with all I have.
Apr 2019 · 525
Confession
OpenWorldView Apr 2019
I don’t want to talk.
Just cry on your warm shoulder.
To pour out my heart.
Apr 2019 · 294
Kissed by the Sun
OpenWorldView Apr 2019
Dawn bares her glowing daughter.
Who kneels before you.

Moving
    slowly
up your ankles.

Traversing along two rivers
to search between your thighs
with her warm tender lips.

You tremble in your dreams
when she cups two little *******.

Then night falls
into a sea of flames
as she kisses
you awake.
Apr 2019 · 305
Afternoon Hike
OpenWorldView Apr 2019
Wind blows through treetops
Trunks creaking in mournful bass
No human racket.
Apr 2019 · 280
Outside the Window
OpenWorldView Apr 2019
Two sparrows squabble.
Scraping along rain gutter.
Brightening blue heart.
Mar 2019 · 495
Love far away
OpenWorldView Mar 2019
The love we won
is so remote.  
The time has gone
since we wrote.

Pain concealed
behind pale hands.
A heart be healed
in distant lands.

Hear my plea
in simple rhyme.  
Words cross the sea
and mind no climb.

Ditch the knife
my love is true.
I give my life
for one with you.
Mar 2019 · 211
Aspiration
OpenWorldView Mar 2019
When the days are copies
and pass by like hazy dreams.

Then it's time to reflect
and ask yourself some questions.

Why live without reason
and work from darkness to dark?

What's the point?
Simplicity. Is it the antidote?

To find new aspirations
by looking into yourself.

No if, no when.
Just you, just now.
Holidays. Too much time to think.
Mar 2019 · 482
In the Shadow
OpenWorldView Mar 2019
She enters the room
like illuminating sun.
I freeze in the dark.
Mar 2019 · 168
Homecoming
OpenWorldView Mar 2019
Once a year I time travel
10,000 miles back
to my childhood place.

Here I am still a little boy
enjoying his mother’s food.

It’s a museum of frozen memories.
Nothing changes except the
reflections in the mirrors.

I ignore the worries about
age and illness and relish
the time with those I love.
There's no place like home.
Mar 2019 · 1.4k
Hard Liquor
OpenWorldView Mar 2019
My love is hard liquor.
Why are you still sober?
Loving someone more than they love you.
Mar 2019 · 288
Firestarter
OpenWorldView Mar 2019
Searching space and time.
Sparks igniting dry tinder.
To forge new future.
Mar 2019 · 328
Lifeboat
OpenWorldView Mar 2019
Buried below pillows
I sail from darkness
towards bright stars
rising behind weeping eyes.
My room. My bed. My sound. My sorrow.
Mar 2019 · 524
Resonating Words
OpenWorldView Mar 2019
Some poems create
a resonating chamber
deep inside my heart.
Mar 2019 · 1.3k
Precious Scars
OpenWorldView Mar 2019
We tend to hide
our broken self’s
and look ashamed
from obvious flaws.

But what if you change
your point of view?

And wear those cracks
like precious scars.
Not with pride, but
simple confidence.
Mar 2019 · 573
Platonic Love
OpenWorldView Mar 2019
divine attraction
between two enchanted souls
safeguarding their bond
Mar 2019 · 279
Finding Purpose
OpenWorldView Mar 2019
Beyond your own gloom.
Soulmates suffer silently.
There you find purpose.
Take your time and listen.
Mar 2019 · 331
Spring
OpenWorldView Mar 2019
Shy rays of light
paint warm hues
on dreaming eyes.

And a robin chirps
his morning song
in silver key.

Life awakens
all around.
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