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yuki Apr 2014
i am cottongrass

in a field
so lightheaded

im sleeping alone

and i am alive
            aliv e
                 ali ve
                                                ali vlight
                              al lii gv hte

a i            e
there is no need to understand this
Deovrat Sharma Apr 2018
...
walking
in the scorching
heat of mid summer
with torn shoes
in cracks bearing feet
he was feeling
acute thirstiness
~~~
struggling
to cover his
deprived stained face
with dilapidated wrapper
a profound smile
spread on his
anhydrous lips...
~~~
having
the glimpse
of the bunches
of dense shadowy  trees
on the bank
of a perennial
stream
~~~
pushing  
or just crawling
under the
shadow of trees  
he dragged
himself nearer
to the river
~~~
splashing water
drenched quest
half closed eyes  
mortal, aliv, relaxed
eternally blessed
in the lap of
mother nature

...
(c)  deovrat- 21.04.2018
John R Pettigrew Sep 2017
I am in awe of your ability to adapt
Traded meat for bamboo to stay aliv
I really hope that your beautiful species is not failing fast
I pray the bamboo will grow aplenty
And you remain happy and free
Whatever happens I am always in awe of thee ❤️
hunny Jul 2015
blue chipped paint
choke on some soap
eat me aliv
e
just try it.

spilled coffee
it was bitter anyway
bitter like your kisses.

paint the walls gray
a nice change from
blue
just to remind you
how simple life could be.

NO
life can be that simple
but I will not let it
I want to change everything
I want to dive into plans for the future and better
yet
the pa
st
there is so much to be discovered
so someone has to discover it

the yellow sun has emerged.

so ******* call it what you will
sit on the same ******* couch
but DONT
dont
drag me down

the yellow sun stays with me
this was a ridE
when ur an Aquarius
this was kinda all over the place but *shrugs*
☁️☁️☁️☁️☁️☁️☁️☁️☁️
fish-sama Dec 2
Pin her upon bulletin boards
like some poster of a prize to possess             the crowd
putters past the perfect picture,
eyes across her breast
eyes averted from her breath:
for the smell reminds them she is not dead
she is something more she is their darkest moment she is aliv—
forget forget forget

They tied her with string, dulling pain
with sweet words, promises
of wealth
decay.
Maybe with time comes the slow death
of love, the dissolving
of once-revered offerings upon the shrine
of the meaning of "human"
on SALE. Gaze! Gaze upon
her line-marks of your so-called
respect slashing into her,
bands of red sash upon her pillars                      you, YOUR
hands suffocate,
deface that sweet taste of her crumbling of hash marks counting the days until the object falls to waste, discarded to die.
Years and years, again and again.
New posters, new pictures, new crowds.

forget forget forget
Matilda Jun 2020
for you it is all
cold dead, cut
off

so far
away, so far as
you want
to  be li(e)ving

But no, not so
far as not to tell me
in breath...

perhaps because
I was not present
it will (in) al(l)ways
live

Rolling roilling
boiled Red.
Aliv(f)e

A life of yours
I cannot protect,
pure but submerged
in close death.

Thus I cry
for ever-weeping wound
your name carved.

The inside is clean
But not cold or
finished;

she breathes.

— The End —