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 May 2015 six
moss
It's been asked before
But nevermore
Why does the caged bird sing?

He's been locked away
No sight of day
Why does the caged bird sing?

His vision's blocked
Out of sight, he's locked
Why does the caged bird sing?

No soul to hear
His voice so clear
Why does the caged bird sing?

But oh how his song
Is out of tune, it's wrong
Why does the caged bird sing?

Maybe what he sings
Isn't what it seems
Maybe it's only screams.
"We think the caged birds sing, when indeed they cry."
-John Webster
 May 2015 six
Shadow Paradox
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Tell me a story

One threaded in moss dreams
Dangling from a teardrop
Let the words drip like dew
Healing and soothing the cracks
within my stone heart

The tales told from the soul
tilts on the eyelash
A blink away
Those tales fall inside the iris galaxy
Where sleep becomes a lullaby

For the restless
~
 May 2015 six
Dameon Smith
Quiet,
Don't tell.
Don't tell them your thoughts and
The death in your soul.

No one reaches out
Though I try so hard,
Making sure everyone's safe.

I constantly remind my friends to eat,
Even though these days I don't
Remind them to sleep
Though I'm awake at all hours.

I'm okay,
I promise,
Even though I'm not
 May 2015 six
Lenny M
In the still morning,
how do you wake up ?,
If you never went to sleep,
4AM and your eyes are beyond weak,
5AM the sky is cracking,
Your Heart is racing ,
There is no patience with in you,
6AM The Sun Greets You,
Hello kind Fellow,
With a bright shine and a glow,
Thinking all is well and fine,
But he doesn't know,
Dark clouds are manifesting in your mind,
You've already spoiled your own day,
Because yesterday the one you let get away,
Stayed away , She doesn't want to stay,
And its all your fault , for chiming in at the wrong cue,
She was not ready for you,
The "Man" Before hurt her something fierce,
To recover it would take beyond years,
I'm talking Eons, After that calamity,
But you rushed, So another one bites the dust,
Just your luck , She is inside and out BEAUTIFUL
....but a mess,
And you can no longer Feel Truly Happy
Because you realized you fell in love with A Gorgeous Tragedy
Something that should have been said
 May 2015 six
Ignatius Hosiana
He passed away last night
Old but put up an inspiring fight
He was a good neighbor
As well as a friend
But in the end
He's found his river bend
There are wails (his people are grieving)
Getting straight to my head
Guess it’s true they ain't for the dead
Funerals are for the living
Who build a melancholy cacophony
Thick, catching and as hard as a mahogany
While I ponder whether I'm still death fear free
Since two O three
Like Dad his people did foresee
That he would soon succumb to the leprosy
Goodbye my chap, with peace be gone
You had to die 'cause you were born
Wrote this on the day an old chap, friend of mine passed away earlier this year

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