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"distanced" poems
It seemed the space between us became torn and Profoundly distanced.................... Jamming bony knuckles and spread eagled fingers, Lying their mapped out journey.....direction on point patrol.... Adorned by silver decoration, delighting in their skinned habitat Shafted, deceit punching the recipient of the poison digits Prodding and pushing their intent....dare you contradict The intended carved out dose of punishment, Risk and Safety......not yours and never would be; stooped Down under the assailing bony palmed attachements That delivered penetrating power, cupped around Your arm til it became discoloured, pressure points Backed you into a corner, up against the grain of the Brick wall, cold and damp, the odour reaching And scolding your nostrils with its stale internal vows Refuse, stretching and protruding its foul remnents An earlier life, when you were not under threat fades Your very existance in jeopardy, your eyes pleaded for Normality, willing someone to hear your silence, grip you Tightly, not with malice, but with bravery and valour Right now you need that shining knight, that white Horse galloping down the blind alleyway, yet you Know that won't happen for you're already sinking To the floor, the blow comes sharp and stings, warmth Exudes and trickles a path downwards, leaving your Body, finding the cold concrete beneath you, travelling Outwards................
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Sep 3, 2012
Sep 3, 2012 at 7:58 AM UTC
Wrong place.....wrong time
I will love you no matter how many mistakes I make when trying to reduce fractions, and no matter how difficult it is to memorize the periodic table. I will love you as the manatee loves the head of lettuce and as the dark spot loves the leopard, as the leech loves the ankle of a wader and as a corpse loves the beak of a vulture. I will love you as the iceberg loves the ship, and the passengers love the lifeboat and the lifeboat loves the teeth of the ***** whale, and the ***** whale loves the flavor of naval uniforms. I never want to be away from you again, except at work, in the restroom or when one of us is at a movie the other does not want to see. I will love you as we find ourselves farther and farther from one another, where we once were so close that we could slip the curved straw, and the long, slender spoon, between our lips and fingers respectively. I will love you until the chances of us running into one another slip from slim to zero, and until your face is fogged by distant memory, and your memory faced by distant fog, and your fog memorized by a distant face, and your distance distanced by the memorized memory of a foggy fog. I will love you no matter where you go and who you see, no matter where you avoid and who you don’t see, and no matter who sees you avoiding where you go. I will love you no matter what happens to you, and no matter how I discover what happens to you, and no matter what happens to me as I discover this, and no matter how I am discovered after what happens to me as I am discovering this. I will love you as a drawer loves a secret compartment, and as a secret compartment loves a secret, and as a secret loves to make a person gasp, and as a gasping person loves a glass of brandy to calm their nerves, and as a glass of brandy loves to shatter on the floor, and as the noise of glass shattering loves to make someone else gasp, and as someone else gasping loves a nearby desk to lean against, even if leaning against it presses a lever that loves to open a drawer and reveal a secret compartment. I will love you until all such compartments are discovered and opened, and until all the secrets have gone gasping into the world. I will love you as misfortune loves orphans, as fire loves innocence, and as justice loves to sit and watch while everything goes wrong. I will love you if I never see you again, and I will love you if I see you every Tuesday. Strange as it may seem, I still hope for the best, even though the best, like an interesting piece of mail, so rarely arrives, and even when it does it can be lost so easily. Life will never end when you are in it.”
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Apr 25, 2014
Apr 25, 2014 at 1:30 PM UTC
By Lemony Snicket
I will love you no matter how many mistakes I make when trying to reduce fractions, and no matter how difficult it is to memorize the periodic table. I will love you as the manatee loves the head of lettuce and as the dark spot loves the leopard, as the leech loves the ankle of a wader and as a corpse loves the beak of a vulture. I will love you as the iceberg loves the ship, and the passengers love the lifeboat and the lifeboat loves the teeth of the ***** whale, and the ***** whale loves the flavor of naval uniforms. I never want to be away from you again, except at work, in the restroom or when one of us is at a movie the other does not want to see. I will love you as we find ourselves farther and farther from one another, where we once were so close that we could slip the curved straw, and the long, slender spoon, between our lips and fingers respectively. I will love you until the chances of us running into one another slip from slim to zero, and until your face is fogged by distant memory, and your memory faced by distant fog, and your fog memorized by a distant face, and your distance distanced by the memorized memory of a foggy fog. I will love you no matter where you go and who you see, no matter where you avoid and who you don’t see, and no matter who sees you avoiding where you go. I will love you no matter what happens to you, and no matter how I discover what happens to you, and no matter what happens to me as I discover this, and no matter how I am discovered after what happens to me as I am discovering this. I will love you as a drawer loves a secret compartment, and as a secret compartment loves a secret, and as a secret loves to make a person gasp, and as a gasping person loves a glass of brandy to calm their nerves, and as a glass of brandy loves to shatter on the floor, and as the noise of glass shattering loves to make someone else gasp, and as someone else gasping loves a nearby desk to lean against, even if leaning against it presses a lever that loves to open a drawer and reveal a secret compartment. I will love you until all such compartments are discovered and opened, and until all the secrets have gone gasping into the world. I will love you as misfortune loves orphans, as fire loves innocence, and as justice loves to sit and watch while everything goes wrong. I will love you if I never see you again, and I will love you if I see you every Tuesday. Strange as it may seem, I still hope for the best, even though the best, like an interesting piece of mail, so rarely arrives, and even when it does it can be lost so easily. Life will never end when you are in it.”
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The wind used to carry your whispers to me gently, lifting them from your distanced lips, carrying them to my distanced ears. The wind loved our delicate romance and would do any favor simply to hear your next beautiful dance of words, or to watch me smile, heart melting, at your whispered adoration. But now it is restless, itchy summer and though the wind rarely blows past my ears, I know your words drift slowly to me, floating, lingering, whispering: I miss you, I miss you, I miss you.
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Apr 21, 2010
Apr 21, 2010 at 5:55 PM UTC
Tin Cans & String
Is something you called me once. Is it so bad that I thought it was- Adorable as **** I hope it's not, Because that sure would **** We use to be closer, I wish that we still were. But you and I are in- different, time-zones that is. My self confidence has lowered, Since we've become distanced. It's true Thunder Lord, Do you fear my existence? I wonder if you do. While you're up top, Being Scooby-Dooby-Doo! You know I have no clue. I'm gig- gig- giggling so hard, Right now. Who knew that this, Scrub Lord could be such a clown? I guess I knew, somewhere deep down. I feel pretty silly writing all of this now. After all you've labeld me. Which I've done to you as well. But it sure as hell wasn't easy. I wrote this kind of fast. Using memories from, The past. A past that Includes you in the cast. I hope you don't mind me, Spilling all of this out now. I just didn't know how to say- This stuff, it's kind of sacred. Like a cow is to someone who- Believes in Hinduism. Oh man, I feel like I'm crossing some lines, So I'll finish up, just give me time. But it is true, I do miss you. And I wonder, If you miss me to. I don't care about what's happened. Really, it's in the past now. And I don't go there that often. Just when I need to remember something. So tell me ol' Voli? Am I still your Annie? I am being so cheesey. Just say you'll support me. And I promise I'll carry- You.
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Dec 14, 2014
Dec 14, 2014 at 12:53 AM UTC
You Ginormous Dork
I would rather be hysterical than vulnerable to what most people call love. I would rather couple with strange women on an Amsterdam getaway than let one more man try to own me. I prefer to ignore my own psychodynamics in favor of endless talking cure analysis and occasional astrology cult ****** that promise to speed my eventual evolution from wounded *** object to invulnverable starchild. I don’t need a Beverly Hills shrink to tell me my narcissism and depression and squeaky voice are symbolic of never having the power to set a boundary between me and my father who doted over my puberty with slobbering praise and veiled lust. Everyone who knows me for more than a week sees my father throwing me financial bones instead of apologizing for what he did and the more I take his money the freer I feel distanced by automobiles with dark-tinted windows, a house with a skull and crossbones doormat, a silver .45 under my pillow and not one single ex-boyfriend about whom I will ever say a kind word. I have created emotional and psychological invulnerability; all men are now my father and all men pay the price of never being loved by me and I pay the price of never being able to let them love me. Now I just play with partners and when they inevitably start to use the “L” word I start to run inside and I bounce off the walls and mirrors of my own emptiness and I go on a photo safari to Africa where I pretend to understand the meaning of life and I put out restraining orders against the men who insist that I explain and I have come to rely on legal and monetary fences to protect me from the truth about my deep loneliness. I’ve never had an ****** never said I love you twice to the same person and I think as long as the money’s there I won’t have to.
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Aug 18, 2012
Aug 18, 2012 at 11:33 AM UTC
The Lovesong of Bertha Pappenheim
I would rather be hysterical than vulnerable to what most people call love. I would rather couple with strange women on an Amsterdam getaway than let one more man try to own me. I prefer to ignore my own psychodynamics in favor of endless talking cure analysis and occasional astrology cult ****** that promise to speed my eventual evolution from wounded *** object to invulnverable starchild. I don’t need a Beverly Hills shrink to tell me my narcissism and depression and squeaky voice are symbolic of never having the power to set a boundary between me and my father who doted over my puberty with slobbering praise and veiled lust. Everyone who knows me for more than a week sees my father throwing me financial bones instead of apologizing for what he did and the more I take his money the freer I feel distanced by automobiles with dark-tinted windows, a house with a skull and crossbones doormat, a silver .45 under my pillow and not one single ex-boyfriend about whom I will ever say a kind word. I have created emotional and psychological invulnerability; all men are now my father and all men pay the price of never being loved by me and I pay the price of never being able to let them love me. Now I just play with partners and when they inevitably start to use the “L” word I start to run inside and I bounce off the walls and mirrors of my own emptiness and I go on a photo safari to Africa where I pretend to understand the meaning of life and I put out restraining orders against the men who insist that I explain and I have come to rely on legal and monetary fences to protect me from the truth about my deep loneliness. I’ve never had an ****** never said I love you twice to the same person and I think as long as the money’s there I won’t have to.
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The times you made me laugh The many times we spent so happy together And the countless times I thought how important you were to me But it was too late when I realized that I love you On every moment I spent with you The world seemed happier No pretensions, no worries when I’m with you ‘coz in front of you, just a simple ‘me’ is enough You accept everything about me No stain of judgement in your eyes That is why you mean so much to me But it was too late when I realized that I love you One day I woke up And realized that you were more than a friend More than just important to me But I shook that thought away thinking it was just temporary Afraid how our friendship will change if I let those feeling take over I chose to keep those feelings hidden, to avoid my secrets to spill, I distanced myself from you Hoping for the feelings to cease But I did not see that the distance was already too far Too far that you could not see me any longer You forgot about me My existence Now you are with someone else Another person have replaced my position My position, my place beside you All is lost, Now everything is over The times I spent laughing, happy with you is all gone It was only then that I realized That I love you I LOVE YOU. And it’s too late to say it.
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Jul 23, 2015
Jul 23, 2015 at 8:34 AM UTC
It was too late when I realized I love you
I'm slowly losing you Day by day I try to be strong But I can't stay this way I'm slowly losing you And all that we had I hope you miss those at times Cause it tells what we had was true I'm slowly losing you I can feel the drift How you've distanced from me And there's nothing I can do I'm slowly losing you Or have I already lost you?
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Sep 25, 2014
Sep 25, 2014 at 6:27 AM UTC
slowly losing you
Trying to reach out to life Feel distanced from me I have travelled a distance Went beyond the road I planned Life will not let me walk back The erased road remains a memory Now I have to move ahead Without looking back Life has strange ways Where you travel without itineraries
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Jul 10, 2015
Jul 10, 2015 at 2:47 PM UTC
Journey of Life
"I'm just tired..." Excuse one for the silence that ensues. She listens as he tells her he refuses to hurt her ...even though she aches as the words leave his lips. Triple chocolate chocolate chip frosting is all she wants. "I didn't sleep well..." Excuse two for the agitated responses. Her best friend has distanced herself ...but expects her to just sit by and wait to be wanted again. Triple chocolate chocolate chip frosting gags her. "It was a rough night..." Excuse three for the silent tears that stream down her face. Her father tells her she's a spoiled, stupid ***** ...but acts like he's a genius that's greater than God. Food loses its appeal entirely. "I don't need a mirror to see myself..." Excuse four for her avoidance of reflective surfaces. Her mirror has become her worst enemy ...reflecting her flaws and screaming her issues. She no longer has an appetite. "I'm fine" Excuse five... and six for all the things she does in a day. She's breaking, crying, and dying ...but its been repeated so many times her friends have begun to believe it. Food now makes her want to throw up. "Excuses, Excuses" seven, eight, nine, ten for all the things she needs to deny her mask of a smile makes everyone believe them all ...no one realizing how unhappy she is she eats...but only because she doesn't want them to worry.
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May 6, 2015
May 6, 2015 at 3:08 PM UTC
Excuses, Excuses
‘it’s possible to love her even after all of this’ pills needles into arms spoons with burnt bottoms passed out on the floor drooling skinny starving convulsing i knew when you lied about being over it you were still skinny i saw the needle marks in the crook of your elbow i saw the spoons in the back of the drawer i knew when you made me go home so soon your dealer was also your affair your husband, your ex lover your ex life, the opposite of living you’re dying you are dying and it is your fault and i have run out of empathy yes it is a disease yes it starts as a choice yes you were depressed but you still you. you said. “who cares i want to die anyway who cares i’ll ruin my body my brain my relationships my life” the hope has left your eyes what’s it like to look up to a destroyer what’s it like to love a broken woman what’s it like to watch the progression the regression the walking backwards one step forward but if you say “just one more time” it’s 5 steps back 10 steps back 20 30 the cut is deeper the scars are darker and you are gone. what’s it like to admire an addict to be denied what you had to be ignored questions go unheard “where have you been? is everything okay? i miss you.” you see the inevitable you hope it turns out different you hope she is the one in a million to miss a ruiner to cry over the loss to realize that you distanced yourself for this exact reason it is sickening and you ask “what if” but “what if” isn’t “what is” so you vow to never go down that path so you pray you will break the cycle so you progress one step at a time.
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Sep 5, 2018
Sep 5, 2018 at 9:07 PM UTC
to admire an addict
‘it’s possible to love her even after all of this’ pills needles into arms spoons with burnt bottoms passed out on the floor drooling skinny starving convulsing i knew when you lied about being over it you were still skinny i saw the needle marks in the crook of your elbow i saw the spoons in the back of the drawer i knew when you made me go home so soon your dealer was also your affair your husband, your ex lover your ex life, the opposite of living you’re dying you are dying and it is your fault and i have run out of empathy yes it is a disease yes it starts as a choice yes you were depressed but you still you. you said. “who cares i want to die anyway who cares i’ll ruin my body my brain my relationships my life” the hope has left your eyes what’s it like to look up to a destroyer what’s it like to love a broken woman what’s it like to watch the progression the regression the walking backwards one step forward but if you say “just one more time” it’s 5 steps back 10 steps back 20 30 the cut is deeper the scars are darker and you are gone. what’s it like to admire an addict to be denied what you had to be ignored questions go unheard “where have you been? is everything okay? i miss you.” you see the inevitable you hope it turns out different you hope she is the one in a million to miss a ruiner to cry over the loss to realize that you distanced yourself for this exact reason it is sickening and you ask “what if” but “what if” isn’t “what is” so you vow to never go down that path so you pray you will break the cycle so you progress one step at a time.
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You have long nails I chew mine Stunt their growth With nervous teeth Hungry teeth I stunt mine And lament their loss We contrast Black to colour Stride to bounce Distanced to cuddly You avert questions, Throwing random jest I open up and bare my soul Honest as I can figure Under these beautiful cloaks We sing in unison Sorrow and deep caring Somehow, we understand. Our awkwardness is equal to none That just heightens the intensity I explore, feet, hands, You let me, then clasp tight The goth and the pixie. Who would have thought?
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Oct 21, 2014
Oct 21, 2014 at 11:01 PM UTC
Contrast
A dancing Bear grotesque and funny Earned for his master heaps of money, Gruff yet good-natured, fond of honey, And cheerful if the day was sunny. Past hedge and ditch, past pond and wood He tramped, and on some common stood; There, cottage children circling gaily, He in their midmost footed daily. Pandean pipes and drum and muzzle Were quite enough his brain to puzzle: But like a philosophic bear He let alone extraneous care And danced contented anywhere. Still, year on year, and wear and tear, Age even the gruffest, bluffest bear. A day came when he scarce could prance, And when his master looked askance On dancing Bear who would not dance. To looks succeeded blows; hard blows Battered his ears and poor old nose. From bluff and gruff he waxed curmudgeon; He danced indeed, but danced in dudgeon, Capered in fury fast and faster. Ah, could he once but hug his master And perish in one joint disaster! But deafness, blindness, weakness growing, Not fury's self could keep him going. One dark day when the snow was snowing His cup was brimmed to overflowing: He tottered, toppled on one side, Growled once, and shook his head, and died. The master kicked and struck in vain, The weary drudge had distanced pain And never now would wince again. The master growled; he might have howled Or coaxed,--that slave's last growl was growled. So gnawed by rancor and chagrin One thing remained: he sold the skin. What next the man did is not worth Your notice or my setting forth, But hearken what befell at last. His idle working days gone past, And not one friend and not one penny Stored up (if ever he had any Friends; but his coppers had been many), All doors stood shut against him but The workhouse door, which cannot shut. There he droned on,--a grim old sinner, Toothless, and grumbling for his dinner, Unpitied quite, uncared for much (The rate-payers not favoring such), Hungry and gaunt, with time to spare; Perhaps the hungry, gaunt old Bear Danced back, a haunting memory. Indeed, I hope so, for you see If once the hard old heart relented, The hard old man may have repented.
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Brother Bruin
A dancing Bear grotesque and funny Earned for his master heaps of money, Gruff yet good-natured, fond of honey, And cheerful if the day was sunny. Past hedge and ditch, past pond and wood He tramped, and on some common stood; There, cottage children circling gaily, He in their midmost footed daily. Pandean pipes and drum and muzzle Were quite enough his brain to puzzle: But like a philosophic bear He let alone extraneous care And danced contented anywhere. Still, year on year, and wear and tear, Age even the gruffest, bluffest bear. A day came when he scarce could prance, And when his master looked askance On dancing Bear who would not dance. To looks succeeded blows; hard blows Battered his ears and poor old nose. From bluff and gruff he waxed curmudgeon; He danced indeed, but danced in dudgeon, Capered in fury fast and faster. Ah, could he once but hug his master And perish in one joint disaster! But deafness, blindness, weakness growing, Not fury's self could keep him going. One dark day when the snow was snowing His cup was brimmed to overflowing: He tottered, toppled on one side, Growled once, and shook his head, and died. The master kicked and struck in vain, The weary drudge had distanced pain And never now would wince again. The master growled; he might have howled Or coaxed,--that slave's last growl was growled. So gnawed by rancor and chagrin One thing remained: he sold the skin. What next the man did is not worth Your notice or my setting forth, But hearken what befell at last. His idle working days gone past, And not one friend and not one penny Stored up (if ever he had any Friends; but his coppers had been many), All doors stood shut against him but The workhouse door, which cannot shut. There he droned on,--a grim old sinner, Toothless, and grumbling for his dinner, Unpitied quite, uncared for much (The rate-payers not favoring such), Hungry and gaunt, with time to spare; Perhaps the hungry, gaunt old Bear Danced back, a haunting memory. Indeed, I hope so, for you see If once the hard old heart relented, The hard old man may have repented.
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The world revolves and I can't hold it’s pace neither roll around the unending cycles may be it is the grey hues polluting my growth or this age that is fiercely catching up with me The sun rises and there I lay watching it rays numbed, unwanted, determined and yet focused such days I just wish for a lover's touch I long for that unending lullaby uncorrupt Sometimes the silence in the pain cascades It trickles in droplets settling on the morning dew and I wish to follow its pace, lay in the calm want be carefree and unrestrained from emotions I wish I could feel the rhythm of another heart declare the green sheen of the unfolding leaves as we lay counting the stars and making starts laughing aimlessly as the joy surfaces unearthed But all I see is the hurt of what love bears the ones who held my soul close are strangers unable to feel my innate palpable rhythms fading on and on to a distanced and unmerged shore
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Aug 4, 2018
Aug 4, 2018 at 12:32 PM UTC
Lonely days
**On 2nd Dec 1984 Occurred World’s worst industrial disaster, “The Bhopal gas tragedy” Leaving thousands dead, Children orphaned and many people with disabilities for life. Following day, Cries of help were heard Amongst the dead, Lay few children alive Shone bright, a ray of hope, Miraculously the deadly effects Of the gas they could cope. Taken under the caring wings of an NGO, With Medical aid administered And the vital  support to grow. Amongst the children There was a girl named Ganga And a boy named Ravi, together with other such children, they grew up, Finding solace in each other’s Company. When reached teenage, the girls had to be moved in a women’s hostel. Distanced made them closer to each other, And, the love grew stronger. Ganga always dreamt of riding pillion on a bike with Ravi . Ravi, the crazy boy, sold his house (compensation by govt.) And fulfilled her desire, Often they went for long rides. In the following years, The love bloomed, And With blessings and love, their marriage was solemnised By the NGO. All the women from the hostel Joined the wedding ceremony, Bollywood songs were played loudly, The Haldi, Sangeet and Mehendi ceremony made it more lively On the wedding day, Ganga attired in traditional weaves And bridal make up, A beautiful bride she looked The hostel warden and her spouse did her “Kanyadan”. Fortunate was I to bear the testimony of the union, As I stayed in the working women’s hostel then. Ganga moved in to her house with Ravi to welcome a life anew.**
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Dec 11, 2017
Dec 11, 2017 at 12:28 AM UTC
Bhopal Gas Tragedy: A Love Story
**On 2nd Dec 1984 Occurred World’s worst industrial disaster, “The Bhopal gas tragedy” Leaving thousands dead, Children orphaned and many people with disabilities for life. Following day, Cries of help were heard Amongst the dead, Lay few children alive Shone bright, a ray of hope, Miraculously the deadly effects Of the gas they could cope. Taken under the caring wings of an NGO, With Medical aid administered And the vital  support to grow. Amongst the children There was a girl named Ganga And a boy named Ravi, together with other such children, they grew up, Finding solace in each other’s Company. When reached teenage, the girls had to be moved in a women’s hostel. Distanced made them closer to each other, And, the love grew stronger. Ganga always dreamt of riding pillion on a bike with Ravi . Ravi, the crazy boy, sold his house (compensation by govt.) And fulfilled her desire, Often they went for long rides. In the following years, The love bloomed, And With blessings and love, their marriage was solemnised By the NGO. All the women from the hostel Joined the wedding ceremony, Bollywood songs were played loudly, The Haldi, Sangeet and Mehendi ceremony made it more lively On the wedding day, Ganga attired in traditional weaves And bridal make up, A beautiful bride she looked The hostel warden and her spouse did her “Kanyadan”. Fortunate was I to bear the testimony of the union, As I stayed in the working women’s hostel then. Ganga moved in to her house with Ravi to welcome a life anew.**
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In Rome on the Campo di Fiori Baskets of olives and lemons, Cobbles spattered with wine And the wreckage of flowers. Vendors cover the trestles With rose-pink fish; Armfuls of dark grapes Heaped on peach-down. On this same square They burned Giordano Bruno. Henchmen kindled the pyre Close-pressed by the mob. Before the flames had died The taverns were full again, Baskets of olives and lemons Again on the vendors' shoulders. I thought of the Campo dei Fiori In Warsaw by the sky-carousel One clear spring evening To the strains of a carnival tune. The bright melody drowned The salvos from the ghetto wall, And couples were flying High in the cloudless sky. At times wind from the burning Would driff dark kites along And riders on the carousel Caught petals in midair. That same hot wind Blew open the skirts of the girls And the crowds were laughing On that beautiful Warsaw Sunday. Someone will read as moral That the people of Rome or Warsaw Haggle, laugh, make love As they pass by martyrs' pyres. Someone else will read Of the passing of things human, Of the oblivion Born before the flames have died. But that day I thought only Of the loneliness of the dying, Of how, when Giordano Climbed to his burning There were no words In any human tongue To be left for mankind, Mankind who live on. Already they were back at their wine Or peddled their white starfish, Baskets of olives and lemons They had shouldered to the fair, And he already distanced As if centuries had passed While they paused just a moment For his flying in the fire. Those dying here, the lonely Forgotten by the world, Our tongue becomes for them The language of an ancient planet. Until, when all is legend And many years have passed, On a great Campo dci Fiori Rage will kindle at a poet's word.
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Campo di Fiori
In Rome on the Campo di Fiori Baskets of olives and lemons, Cobbles spattered with wine And the wreckage of flowers. Vendors cover the trestles With rose-pink fish; Armfuls of dark grapes Heaped on peach-down. On this same square They burned Giordano Bruno. Henchmen kindled the pyre Close-pressed by the mob. Before the flames had died The taverns were full again, Baskets of olives and lemons Again on the vendors' shoulders. I thought of the Campo dei Fiori In Warsaw by the sky-carousel One clear spring evening To the strains of a carnival tune. The bright melody drowned The salvos from the ghetto wall, And couples were flying High in the cloudless sky. At times wind from the burning Would driff dark kites along And riders on the carousel Caught petals in midair. That same hot wind Blew open the skirts of the girls And the crowds were laughing On that beautiful Warsaw Sunday. Someone will read as moral That the people of Rome or Warsaw Haggle, laugh, make love As they pass by martyrs' pyres. Someone else will read Of the passing of things human, Of the oblivion Born before the flames have died. But that day I thought only Of the loneliness of the dying, Of how, when Giordano Climbed to his burning There were no words In any human tongue To be left for mankind, Mankind who live on. Already they were back at their wine Or peddled their white starfish, Baskets of olives and lemons They had shouldered to the fair, And he already distanced As if centuries had passed While they paused just a moment For his flying in the fire. Those dying here, the lonely Forgotten by the world, Our tongue becomes for them The language of an ancient planet. Until, when all is legend And many years have passed, On a great Campo dci Fiori Rage will kindle at a poet's word.
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it feels like the blood inside my veins is moving like quick dry cement does ten hours after it's poured simultaneously a storm brews in them similar to how mom once brewed soup that tasted of distanced family and bile bile which still resides in a clump at the back of my throat from the last time i said your name you are he-who-shall-not-be-named since saying your name is as dangerous as saying Voldemort’s monochromatic colour schemes make up my world, each day either tinted or shaded usually shaded because I was told that dark colours are slimming and that thought never left my mind rain smudges all of the pigments together and even my glasses can't correct my vision i love rain but my rainbows are always brown-black like those karate belts you had when you lived or how she used to mix all of her playdoh together i used to believe that she created the world that way god i wish i was right.
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Apr 29, 2014
Apr 29, 2014 at 3:08 PM UTC
my throat is sore
Because of you, I know too much You ****** out my innocence with your maniacal way Twisted my mind to get me to stay I believed you which distanced me from reality The truth you spewed was dripping in brutality I listened and adjusted, everyday, more and more I didn’t realize doing so was opening the door To new demons, ones that taught me not to trust Now I can’t have fun anymore, I can’t even feel lust We haven’t talked in two years, but I still jump through hoops My brain is sick and dark, it’s stuck in destructive loops It’s really sad what I lost, the part of me that could surrender I can’t open up my heart, it scares me to be tender I push people away because i don’t want them to be like you I wish we never crossed paths, I don’t know what to do
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Jan 3, 2021
Jan 3, 2021 at 12:10 AM UTC
I Know Too Much Darkness
I can't risk it I won't let myself Put myself through all that **** again I won't. What? You don't believe me? ... It's how I look at you, isn't it. The hope. I didn't think it would show so plainly on my face. Never wanted it to. I suppose now that is has you expect me to explain myself I refuse. well, maybe just a little. I parallel myself to the man who drowns on a boat in a freshwater lake Surrounded by love And somehow distanced from it. I have grown to slap the hand that reaches for the water And that hand has learned to remain hidden. I am a lost soul who speaks in metaphors because the truth would hurt you and God knows I don't want that Playing with words, toying with a melody It keeps me sane. So if a glance slipped out from within I apologize It won't happen again.
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Jan 9, 2011
Jan 9, 2011 at 6:01 PM UTC
Operant Conditioning
Here standing again at the edge of the cliff, struggling against the force of the wind. Drenched and cold, thinking and wondering what to do. This is what I was seeking. I wanted to feel the storm in my bones. Fearing what I want and wanting what I fear. Desiring and yearning for it, yet distanced myself from it. Never been more sure about changing than now. Angels are busy working and trying to show visions of heaven. But here am I clawing the ground trying to get hell for you. Now I have to stop struggling, for this striving and toiling are not yielding desired fruits. I'm so breathless from all this going up and down trying to make it work. Rest is not so bad after all this rigours of running around. Dullness has taken over the heart of one who suppose to rule. Stagnation cannot be tolerated and condoned or we all go down. Change is needful urgently. It is time for you to learn the balance. I bring from the east, I bring from the west, I bring from the south, I bring from the north the power of balance. It begins in the spirit. We can balance anything. Our voice, our work, our body. You can even balance your sadness. First you find patience. Perhaps you will meet patience in this sunlight and become good friends. I will tell you again. I will tell you again and again until your inside knows. It takes a long time to learn the art of balance. ©2018,Emeka Mokeme. All Rights Reserved.
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Aug 13, 2018
Aug 13, 2018 at 4:24 PM UTC
THE STORM IN MY BONES
I remember when we were young, and the shark fin made by falling water droplets from the back-and-forth sway of windshield wipers on our car window would scare you Because you thought that the spaces we couldn’t reach would form monsters in their crevices, and I would laugh and roll my eyes, like big brothers did. And I remember how, on nights when we would sleep over at grandma’s, the pitter-patter of our puerile feet on hardware floors was the only sound to be heard. Shadows formed where the beam of my flashlight hit, adorned with fading Spiderman stickers and the like- and you would squeal under my whispered protests because of the unfurling octopus limbs that were the leaves of a potted plant. We grew older, and so did my suspicions, as you crept out of the realm of childish make-believe and into a world that even when showcased in daylight was a nightmare. Demons, from the deep fire that enflamed the world’s core tried to penetrate  the surface, according to you. But as their hands reached forth out of the earth’s skin, they curled in agony, the evil of the earth halting their conquest. They fossilized and shriveled in autumn’s wake,   gray and deadened fingertips just unassuming tree branches, the perennial reaches just fibrous spindles blurring in the sunlight. The world held prospects despite your macabre claims, And as we grew I distanced myself from your melancholic tune. Trees were trees, and bore fruit at summer’s twilight and the friends I made were all of the parts most sweet. I was content with the woman I met, she blonde-haired and lovely her free-falling locks sparkling gold in every light,   and her personality as rich and as glossy.   I was content with my life of looking away from spaces where our human hands couldn’t reach, demons out of eyesight in the beam of glass city buildings. But as the dusk of one day segued into the dawn of another, I grew weary, each routine just a part of this monotonous human noise to which I, too had voiced. And I found myself driving one day when thunder roared in the sky, rain once again pouring into its shark fin mold. Your voice came into my head, the demon hands that had had died trying to take us over with their evil but overwhelmed by our own brand of hellish wretchedness lined the freshly paved sidewalk, and with a twist of the wheel one unreachable space met another.
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May 3, 2013
May 3, 2013 at 10:49 PM UTC
Out of Reach
I remember when we were young, and the shark fin made by falling water droplets from the back-and-forth sway of windshield wipers on our car window would scare you Because you thought that the spaces we couldn’t reach would form monsters in their crevices, and I would laugh and roll my eyes, like big brothers did. And I remember how, on nights when we would sleep over at grandma’s, the pitter-patter of our puerile feet on hardware floors was the only sound to be heard. Shadows formed where the beam of my flashlight hit, adorned with fading Spiderman stickers and the like- and you would squeal under my whispered protests because of the unfurling octopus limbs that were the leaves of a potted plant. We grew older, and so did my suspicions, as you crept out of the realm of childish make-believe and into a world that even when showcased in daylight was a nightmare. Demons, from the deep fire that enflamed the world’s core tried to penetrate  the surface, according to you. But as their hands reached forth out of the earth’s skin, they curled in agony, the evil of the earth halting their conquest. They fossilized and shriveled in autumn’s wake,   gray and deadened fingertips just unassuming tree branches, the perennial reaches just fibrous spindles blurring in the sunlight. The world held prospects despite your macabre claims, And as we grew I distanced myself from your melancholic tune. Trees were trees, and bore fruit at summer’s twilight and the friends I made were all of the parts most sweet. I was content with the woman I met, she blonde-haired and lovely her free-falling locks sparkling gold in every light,   and her personality as rich and as glossy.   I was content with my life of looking away from spaces where our human hands couldn’t reach, demons out of eyesight in the beam of glass city buildings. But as the dusk of one day segued into the dawn of another, I grew weary, each routine just a part of this monotonous human noise to which I, too had voiced. And I found myself driving one day when thunder roared in the sky, rain once again pouring into its shark fin mold. Your voice came into my head, the demon hands that had had died trying to take us over with their evil but overwhelmed by our own brand of hellish wretchedness lined the freshly paved sidewalk, and with a twist of the wheel one unreachable space met another.
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I haven't really faced these feelings yet They've been hidden deep in my soul Because it'd be easier to be heartless Than to acknowledge the reality I know I broke up with you And I know the way things happened was not ok I keep replaying where things changed Trying to pinpoint that moment where Everything stopped feeling right And I think I finally found it We were doing great together So much love We thrived together And then I told you I'm polyamorous And then I didn't listen to you I didn't recognize my problematic behavior And you were scared I assume you felt like you were losing me And I was finally feeling free But I wasn't gone yet We were still trying to be ok But you shut down, understandably And I got scared and distanced myself You needed me more And I felt trapped by that So we both slowly changed And neither could keep up with the others needs I am not trying to justify this I am just trying to understand Because I still miss you When I'm laying here alone Cuddling my Nemo And all I can picture is how you guys cuddled on the couch together Or when I'm out doing something And I think about how much you'd like it Trying not to wish you were with me But sometimes I do I can't even play video games Or watch love it or list it Without these haunting memories So I just avoid it and do nothing instead Maybe if we lived closer it would have been different Maybe if I would have paid more attention to your needs We wouldn't have ended up this way I know I said we weren't compatible But we were once upon a time I'm sorry if I made you feel like you weren't enough You deserve so much more than I gave you I'm sorry for not being enough for you Because you really deserve everything good You're a good person And I care about you I hope you find happiness one day I know you will You're good I'm sorry for taking that away from you
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Dec 20, 2017
Dec 20, 2017 at 2:38 AM UTC
I Miss You But I'm Sorry
I haven't really faced these feelings yet They've been hidden deep in my soul Because it'd be easier to be heartless Than to acknowledge the reality I know I broke up with you And I know the way things happened was not ok I keep replaying where things changed Trying to pinpoint that moment where Everything stopped feeling right And I think I finally found it We were doing great together So much love We thrived together And then I told you I'm polyamorous And then I didn't listen to you I didn't recognize my problematic behavior And you were scared I assume you felt like you were losing me And I was finally feeling free But I wasn't gone yet We were still trying to be ok But you shut down, understandably And I got scared and distanced myself You needed me more And I felt trapped by that So we both slowly changed And neither could keep up with the others needs I am not trying to justify this I am just trying to understand Because I still miss you When I'm laying here alone Cuddling my Nemo And all I can picture is how you guys cuddled on the couch together Or when I'm out doing something And I think about how much you'd like it Trying not to wish you were with me But sometimes I do I can't even play video games Or watch love it or list it Without these haunting memories So I just avoid it and do nothing instead Maybe if we lived closer it would have been different Maybe if I would have paid more attention to your needs We wouldn't have ended up this way I know I said we weren't compatible But we were once upon a time I'm sorry if I made you feel like you weren't enough You deserve so much more than I gave you I'm sorry for not being enough for you Because you really deserve everything good You're a good person And I care about you I hope you find happiness one day I know you will You're good I'm sorry for taking that away from you
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I'm not an electrician but I do know this. A voltage produces an electrostatic field. As voltage increases between two distanced points, the field intensifies. You and I were similar in this way. We were two points with voltage charging between us. We somehow created a region stronger than us. Our love flowed like currents. Our love brought us closer. The love between us intensified, much like the way the electrostatic field intensifies. Each kiss and touch made the blood running through my veins turn into electricity. You ignited a fire in me.
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Feb 15, 2015
Feb 15, 2015 at 2:56 AM UTC
voltage
Two years have passed since the ship set sail Different paths connected to each other, bonds never fail Memories well treasured, killing any doubts Distance is just a measure, patience is what counts. HAPPY SECOND ANNIVERSARY
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Jun 15, 2015
Jun 15, 2015 at 8:21 AM UTC
Distanced Friendship
it isn't until you let go that you notice the blood dropping from your palms it isn't until you look down that you notice how close you are to the bottom it isn't until I distanced myself that I realized you were slowly killing me
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Nov 13, 2017
Nov 13, 2017 at 6:35 AM UTC
notice
Blonde Dark brown Blue eyes Brown eyes Long hair     Short hair Pale skin Sun-kissed skin Confusing Understandable Distanced Always near by Two choices One mind
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Jul 22, 2013
Jul 22, 2013 at 3:12 AM UTC
decisions