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In That Moonlit Night Standing In The Abaft, Watching The Towed Flaccid Wooden Raft, I Thought That I Saw An Angel Resting, Lying Exhausted There In That Craft. I Call The Girl Out Unbeknownst Of Her Kind Name, "Hey Young Lady!!" To Which She Didn't Much Respond, She Looked Up Towards Me Once In Anguish & Collapsed, I See Desperation In Her Amber Eyes & Resolve To Help Her. The Crewmen Had Now Been Doing The Paddles After Resting, I Summon My Captain & Ask, "Do You See That Girl In The Raft?" The Senile Captain Smiles To Say, "Commodore, Better Get Married," I Look Just Clueless To Which He Simply Replies, "There Is No Girl." True He Was As She Had Simply Disappeared, I Started Thinking Of My Sleep Needs That Day, I Looked Around Again In A Hope To Find The Girl, I Had Compromised My Routine As The Commodore. Then I Immediately Realized It Was My Wild Phantasm, Now This Was Just A Plain Illusion Of A Tired Sailor's Mind, No Mermaids Could Have Ever Existed In Reality & Were Fake, I Turned Towards The Deck To Go Back To My Bunk For Sleeping. As I Climbed Down The Stairs To Enter My Room Amazed & Dazed, I Saw Her Standing And Waiting For Me By The Side Of My Bunk, I Accepted That Delusion Of My Mind & Started To Lie Down, She Said, "I'm As Real As Your Thoughts, Don't Fear Me." She & I-Me & Her, Had The Best Time That Night, In The Morning She Was Gone & Was Just Gone, Disappeared Into Thin Air While I Was Asleep, Each Day I So Dearly Long For Her To Return.
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Nov 28, 2012
Nov 28, 2012 at 2:06 AM UTC
Angel?
In That Moonlit Night Standing In The Abaft, Watching The Towed Flaccid Wooden Raft, I Thought That I Saw An Angel Resting, Lying Exhausted There In That Craft. I Call The Girl Out Unbeknownst Of Her Kind Name, "Hey Young Lady!!" To Which She Didn't Much Respond, She Looked Up Towards Me Once In Anguish & Collapsed, I See Desperation In Her Amber Eyes & Resolve To Help Her. The Crewmen Had Now Been Doing The Paddles After Resting, I Summon My Captain & Ask, "Do You See That Girl In The Raft?" The Senile Captain Smiles To Say, "Commodore, Better Get Married," I Look Just Clueless To Which He Simply Replies, "There Is No Girl." True He Was As She Had Simply Disappeared, I Started Thinking Of My Sleep Needs That Day, I Looked Around Again In A Hope To Find The Girl, I Had Compromised My Routine As The Commodore. Then I Immediately Realized It Was My Wild Phantasm, Now This Was Just A Plain Illusion Of A Tired Sailor's Mind, No Mermaids Could Have Ever Existed In Reality & Were Fake, I Turned Towards The Deck To Go Back To My Bunk For Sleeping. As I Climbed Down The Stairs To Enter My Room Amazed & Dazed, I Saw Her Standing And Waiting For Me By The Side Of My Bunk, I Accepted That Delusion Of My Mind & Started To Lie Down, She Said, "I'm As Real As Your Thoughts, Don't Fear Me." She & I-Me & Her, Had The Best Time That Night, In The Morning She Was Gone & Was Just Gone, Disappeared Into Thin Air While I Was Asleep, Each Day I So Dearly Long For Her To Return.
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* *After planting a kiss on Krishna's lips Radha slowly whispers "Where is the playground We will go and play?" And Krishna replies "YOU've already started Playing on it now!" Radha moves a step back In the darkness of the night Krishna: "Where are you going?" Radha runs a few steps away Krishna: "Do not go away my Radha Stay with me for some more time Let us play at least one game The game you started on my lips" Radha smiles and disappears In the darkness of the night Krishna: "Where are you hiding now? What is the hurry To run away from me? Wait for another hour..! Be with me, my BELOVEDz..." Krishna: (singing) "We did not even start Playing the game of LOVE We did not even Explore each other We did not even Hide within each other We did not even Look into each other's eyes My heart is thirsty of YOU I felt your heart on my chest - And I heard it beating so fast The game of LOVE has just begun Do not go away from me Stay back with me tonight.. Just for one night - my BELOVEDz!" Radha: (sings back) "I will stay back If you promise me that YOU will rain your LOVE For the whole night Within my ocean You will strike lightning Within my abyss Please promise me that you will wander over me, And wonder over me For the rest of the night" The birds of the forest sing in a chorus: "Even though it is night, we birds are awake We will ask fireflies to light up the sky We will build a house of Branches and vines for both of you We will tie you up in the spider's web And we will play music of LOVE for the whole night" The animals of the forest join the chorus too: "We have build a swing for such a day like this YOU two LOVERz can come And swing the whole night While sleeping together on this cradle" Radha: (peeps out from behind a tree) "While I am wearing my Krishna Like a cloth on me What if we are caught by the world?" Krishna: "I will hide you within me So no one will see YOU separate from me" Radha: "Okay, if you say so I will run and come right away In your embrace and hugs" Krishna: "Oh Radha, be fast - Surrender your LOVE to me And sweeten my milk with your honey.." Radha: (hesitates) "Please have some patience for a while Why are you in so much hurry To LOVE me - my LOVERz?" Krishna: "I promise on the billion stars of the dark night I promise on every grass & leaves of this forest If you promise to come to me once I will LOVE you for a thousand lives" Radha: "I am mesmerized by your LOVE deeds But I won't tell you how I feel" Krishna: "I know how you feel - It must be the same as I feel Such a salty and sweet feeling Within the core of our hearts" Radha-Krishna: (sing together) "And we have lost control On our own heart in LOVE Tonight we are filled with divine LOVE That we pour out on each other Let our touch ooze LOVE fragrance on entire forest Let us not utter a single more word now Let our being & body play its parts Let us listen our silences & sounds And enjoy the deep cravings Of our LOVE-NIGHT"* *
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Mar 28, 2019
Mar 28, 2019 at 11:58 PM UTC
Radha - Krishna
* *After planting a kiss on Krishna's lips Radha slowly whispers "Where is the playground We will go and play?" And Krishna replies "YOU've already started Playing on it now!" Radha moves a step back In the darkness of the night Krishna: "Where are you going?" Radha runs a few steps away Krishna: "Do not go away my Radha Stay with me for some more time Let us play at least one game The game you started on my lips" Radha smiles and disappears In the darkness of the night Krishna: "Where are you hiding now? What is the hurry To run away from me? Wait for another hour..! Be with me, my BELOVEDz..." Krishna: (singing) "We did not even start Playing the game of LOVE We did not even Explore each other We did not even Hide within each other We did not even Look into each other's eyes My heart is thirsty of YOU I felt your heart on my chest - And I heard it beating so fast The game of LOVE has just begun Do not go away from me Stay back with me tonight.. Just for one night - my BELOVEDz!" Radha: (sings back) "I will stay back If you promise me that YOU will rain your LOVE For the whole night Within my ocean You will strike lightning Within my abyss Please promise me that you will wander over me, And wonder over me For the rest of the night" The birds of the forest sing in a chorus: "Even though it is night, we birds are awake We will ask fireflies to light up the sky We will build a house of Branches and vines for both of you We will tie you up in the spider's web And we will play music of LOVE for the whole night" The animals of the forest join the chorus too: "We have build a swing for such a day like this YOU two LOVERz can come And swing the whole night While sleeping together on this cradle" Radha: (peeps out from behind a tree) "While I am wearing my Krishna Like a cloth on me What if we are caught by the world?" Krishna: "I will hide you within me So no one will see YOU separate from me" Radha: "Okay, if you say so I will run and come right away In your embrace and hugs" Krishna: "Oh Radha, be fast - Surrender your LOVE to me And sweeten my milk with your honey.." Radha: (hesitates) "Please have some patience for a while Why are you in so much hurry To LOVE me - my LOVERz?" Krishna: "I promise on the billion stars of the dark night I promise on every grass & leaves of this forest If you promise to come to me once I will LOVE you for a thousand lives" Radha: "I am mesmerized by your LOVE deeds But I won't tell you how I feel" Krishna: "I know how you feel - It must be the same as I feel Such a salty and sweet feeling Within the core of our hearts" Radha-Krishna: (sing together) "And we have lost control On our own heart in LOVE Tonight we are filled with divine LOVE That we pour out on each other Let our touch ooze LOVE fragrance on entire forest Let us not utter a single more word now Let our being & body play its parts Let us listen our silences & sounds And enjoy the deep cravings Of our LOVE-NIGHT"* *
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Weary and weak,--accept my weariness; Weary and weak and downcast in my soul, With hope growing less and less, And with the goal Distant and dim,--accept my sore distress. I thought to reach the goal so long ago, At outset of the race I dreamed of rest, Not knowing what now I know Of breathless haste, Of long-drawn straining effort across the waste. One only thing I knew, Thy love of me; One only thing I know, Thy sacred same Love of me full and free, A craving flame Of selfless love of me which burns in Thee. How can I think of thee, and yet grow chill; Of Thee, and yet grow cold and nigh to death? Re-energize my will, Rebuild my faith; I will arise and run, Thou giving me breath. I will arise, repenting and in pain; I will arise, and smite upon my breast And turn to Thee again; Thou choosest best, Lead me along the road Thou makest plain. Lead me a little way, and carry me A little way, and listen to my sighs, And store my tears with Thee, And deign replies To feeble prayers;--O Lord, I will arise.
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I Will Arise
Dear Miss ********, We regret to inform you that unfortunately at this time we do not have space for you at our company. Yours, Xxxx xxxxxxxx Dear Miss *******, We regret to inform you that unfortunately at this time we cannot offer you a place with our company as you are under qualified. Yours ** xxxxx Dear Miss ********, Thank you for your application. We regret to inform you that you are over-qualified for the position. Yours,  xxxxxxx *** Dear Miss ******, I don’t think so love. This isn’t even a letter, this is my managerial position on you handing me your cv. Cheers, bahbye now Dear Miss *******, This isn’t really a letter either, but despite how un-pc this is, we can’t hire you due to your gender. Thanks anyway, save your paper. Dear Miss ********, Thank you for your application, unfortunately we had stronger applicants. Yours, etc.,  aaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaa Dear Miss ********, Thank you for your application. Unfortunately we are not hiring at the moment even though we had advertised the job you applied for. Yours, xxxxxxxxx xxxxx Dear Miss ********, We had left it between you and another applicant, and couldn’t decide so we flipped a coin, and she won. You’re a lovely girl though. Yours, fffffff ffff fffff Dear Miss ********, I refer to your claim for Jobseekers Benefit/Assistance at VVVVVV’s CCCCCC local office. Jobseekers Benefit/Assistance claims are subject to periodic review, consequently, I would appreciate if you would attend this office for interview on the 31/17/78 and bring the following : 1. Proof of Identity (i.e. Passport or Driving Licence or Long version of your Birth Certificate) 2.  Proof of Residency (e.g. Letter from landlord/ Rent Book/ Lease/ Mortgage Receipt/ Letter from Parents + Household Bill) 3. Written Proof of recent job applications and replies. 4. Proof of job applications made through FAS 5. FAS courses applied for. 6. A copy of your Curriculum Vitae (CV): unemployed from 7. If your spouse/partner is an adult dependent on your claim, please bring his/her GNIB and Passport/Travel Documents. Failure to respond to this letter may lead to suspension or disallowance of claim. Yours sincerely, **** ***** Local Officer
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Feb 15, 2013
Feb 15, 2013 at 10:26 AM UTC
Rejection
Dear Miss ********, We regret to inform you that unfortunately at this time we do not have space for you at our company. Yours, Xxxx xxxxxxxx Dear Miss *******, We regret to inform you that unfortunately at this time we cannot offer you a place with our company as you are under qualified. Yours ** xxxxx Dear Miss ********, Thank you for your application. We regret to inform you that you are over-qualified for the position. Yours,  xxxxxxx *** Dear Miss ******, I don’t think so love. This isn’t even a letter, this is my managerial position on you handing me your cv. Cheers, bahbye now Dear Miss *******, This isn’t really a letter either, but despite how un-pc this is, we can’t hire you due to your gender. Thanks anyway, save your paper. Dear Miss ********, Thank you for your application, unfortunately we had stronger applicants. Yours, etc.,  aaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaa Dear Miss ********, Thank you for your application. Unfortunately we are not hiring at the moment even though we had advertised the job you applied for. Yours, xxxxxxxxx xxxxx Dear Miss ********, We had left it between you and another applicant, and couldn’t decide so we flipped a coin, and she won. You’re a lovely girl though. Yours, fffffff ffff fffff Dear Miss ********, I refer to your claim for Jobseekers Benefit/Assistance at VVVVVV’s CCCCCC local office. Jobseekers Benefit/Assistance claims are subject to periodic review, consequently, I would appreciate if you would attend this office for interview on the 31/17/78 and bring the following : 1. Proof of Identity (i.e. Passport or Driving Licence or Long version of your Birth Certificate) 2.  Proof of Residency (e.g. Letter from landlord/ Rent Book/ Lease/ Mortgage Receipt/ Letter from Parents + Household Bill) 3. Written Proof of recent job applications and replies. 4. Proof of job applications made through FAS 5. FAS courses applied for. 6. A copy of your Curriculum Vitae (CV): unemployed from 7. If your spouse/partner is an adult dependent on your claim, please bring his/her GNIB and Passport/Travel Documents. Failure to respond to this letter may lead to suspension or disallowance of claim. Yours sincerely, **** ***** Local Officer
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Sometimes two hearts write the most beautiful poetry together, completely by accident. It's one a.m. and one heart can't sleep...........sends a simple message ......I Love You My Heart, not even expecting a reply.  It's one a.m. and that other heart can't sleep either.........replies, I Love You.......... Ah!  one heart replies, I knew I felt you, where in turn the other replies you can feel me anytime, which of course for those of us with a sense of humor can be taken lot's of ways, both hearts think with a smile.   The first heart replies, oh yes, always, but sometimes it's as if I can feel your breath on my cheek..........
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Nov 12, 2012
Nov 12, 2012 at 1:14 AM UTC
Accidental Poetry
I'm kind of stuck At least... I think I am Somewhere between telling everyone I know to **** off And "just please come hold me friend" Some place in between an uneasy heart and hectic mind "I'm depressed" Can't I just say it without having to explain why? Sometimes I don't even know which reason to choose Short replies "You seem like you don't want to talk" You're right, but I also want to reach out I want out I want to let go of everything And capture it all in my arms like a fire fly in the palm of restless hands, Just let me hold on to your light Atleast, just for tonight Because I'm feeling stuck.
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Mar 7, 2018
Mar 7, 2018 at 6:29 PM UTC
Stuck
The flame-red moon, the harvest moon, Rolls along the hills, gently bouncing, A vast balloon, Till it takes off, and sinks upward To lie on the bottom of the sky, like a gold doubloon. The harvest moon has come, Booming softly through heaven, like a bassoon. And the earth replies all night, like a deep drum. So people can't sleep, So they go out where elms and oak trees keep A kneeling vigil, in a religious hush. The harvest moon has come! And all the moonlit cows and all the sheep Stare up at her petrified, while she swells Filling heaven, as if red hot, and sailing Closer and closer like the end of the world. Till the gold fields of stiff wheat Cry 'We are ripe, reap us!' and the rivers Sweat from the melting hills.
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The Harvest Moon
There is a gentle thought that often springs to life in me, because it speaks of you. Its reasoning about love’s so sweet and true, the heart is conquered, and accepts these things. ‘Who is this’ the mind enquires of the heart, ‘who comes here to ****** our intellect? Is his power so great we must reject every other intellectual art? The heart replies ‘O, meditative mind this is love’s messenger and newly sent to bring me all Love’s words and desires. His life, and all the strength that he can find, from her sweet eyes are mercifully lent, who feels compassion for our inner fires.’
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There is a Gentle Thought
Devilish Grin with a Naughty smile Dark hair Blue eyes spoiled-n-wild Tats two Black-n-blue dark-n-tan white stockings Knee-high high- heels spread thighs Deep breath wide eyes long strokes deeper sighs nail marks blood red already dried move slow Said wise silent screams already tried hand cuffed lips sealed Hair tied Legs wrapped open wide Firm grip twitching hips In joy Toes curled Slip-n-slide smooth ride deep ****** Headboard knocks she replies screaming please come inside
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Apr 8, 2020
Apr 8, 2020 at 2:41 PM UTC
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People may tell you to not cry... I won't because I know the difference. They think they know when in fact they lie... I say bury yourself in the deepest of detriments. They may say that a new day will come... They only spout what they can't comprehend. They forget that you are ailing from a broken heart and that you're not dumb. There's only you in your space, alone you stand... Textbook responses are all they can offer... They know not that it'll only make things worse... There can be no replies so nice and proper. To rid you of your life, your plight, your curse. They may even share personal events that they think familiar. Thinking what worked for them may work for you. But no two situations are the same, albeit looking quite similar. At the end of the day, you only owe it to yourself to pull yourself through. I say feed your pain, grieve hard if you must Wallow... Dwell... Drown yourself everyday. Let your blood sear your insides, beneath your crumbling crust. Let the world around you descend into destruction and decay. What made me the expert... To say these horrid, putrid things. Because I am you and we both lay in the dirt. Driven mad by the persistent echoes of our own misgivings. I'm no expert... I am just a broken man. Telling you to let yourself be caught in your own sad and angry song. Be weak... Be as weak as you possibly can... So you could rise from the ashes and emerge hale and strong.
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Jan 16, 2015
Jan 16, 2015 at 8:53 AM UTC
Advice
The Saga of battle face off between Arjuna & Karna. Karna gets the Naga ashtra from the Lord Brahma. The Naga ashtra arrow is set to hit the target without miss. Arjun Chariot is Guided by Lord Krishna. Arjun & Karna face to battle for the survival for the supremacy Battle of best in the Kurukshetra between karna & Arjun Arjun is know as the Best in the Bow. But while the situation is different with karna with Naga Ashtra arrow. Force of Arrow from bow making huge noise of impact in the wind. With every arrow from bow of both are hitting in the mid air & collapsing Karna lefts the Arrow of Naga ashtra & prays the Slogan to be effective Arjun no answer to the arrow of Naga Keeps quite & focus towards Lord Krishna Lord krishna smiling replies to bow Arjuna replies with angry Iam an Hero & can face with my Bow. Karna with Big laughter speeds the Arrow of Naga towards Arjun. The Naga Ashtra is a Destruction weapon in the world. Naga Ashtra targets the Head of the Arjuna Lord Krishna pushes the chariot by his thumb towards down earth Arrow of Naga is straight towards Arjuna Head. Lord Krishna Commands to bow the head down Arjuna does so the arrow is supposed to hit the head with out miss. Arrow is will not stop without hitting head. Karana is eager to celebrate the Victory of best in Kurushetra Lord Krishna hears the sound of hitting head & Turns to see the What happened? Lord Krishna says yes the arrow hit the head Arjuna replies Lord Iam safe According to Shastra Naga Ashtra hit the Head of Chariot Karana will not able to reuse the Ashtra of Naga as it has hit the Head of Chariot. By this Arjuna Leaps wider angle to arrow the Bow & the Bow lands on Karana chest. The Battle of Big is won by Arjun in the period of Kurushetra. Yours Shankar Pattabi
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Aug 8, 2015
Aug 8, 2015 at 10:19 PM UTC
Saga of Battle between Arjuna & Karna
The Saga of battle face off between Arjuna & Karna. Karna gets the Naga ashtra from the Lord Brahma. The Naga ashtra arrow is set to hit the target without miss. Arjun Chariot is Guided by Lord Krishna. Arjun & Karna face to battle for the survival for the supremacy Battle of best in the Kurukshetra between karna & Arjun Arjun is know as the Best in the Bow. But while the situation is different with karna with Naga Ashtra arrow. Force of Arrow from bow making huge noise of impact in the wind. With every arrow from bow of both are hitting in the mid air & collapsing Karna lefts the Arrow of Naga ashtra & prays the Slogan to be effective Arjun no answer to the arrow of Naga Keeps quite & focus towards Lord Krishna Lord krishna smiling replies to bow Arjuna replies with angry Iam an Hero & can face with my Bow. Karna with Big laughter speeds the Arrow of Naga towards Arjun. The Naga Ashtra is a Destruction weapon in the world. Naga Ashtra targets the Head of the Arjuna Lord Krishna pushes the chariot by his thumb towards down earth Arrow of Naga is straight towards Arjuna Head. Lord Krishna Commands to bow the head down Arjuna does so the arrow is supposed to hit the head with out miss. Arrow is will not stop without hitting head. Karana is eager to celebrate the Victory of best in Kurushetra Lord Krishna hears the sound of hitting head & Turns to see the What happened? Lord Krishna says yes the arrow hit the head Arjuna replies Lord Iam safe According to Shastra Naga Ashtra hit the Head of Chariot Karana will not able to reuse the Ashtra of Naga as it has hit the Head of Chariot. By this Arjuna Leaps wider angle to arrow the Bow & the Bow lands on Karana chest. The Battle of Big is won by Arjun in the period of Kurushetra. Yours Shankar Pattabi
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he kneels down before me with ring on his hand and vow in his heart then my lips replies "I will"
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Jan 13, 2016
Jan 13, 2016 at 3:35 AM UTC
She Said Yes
Picture yourself: confident threads, in a mix fabric shirt. You're in a relationship, and it's full of love. Till one day, it's skewed. The love is there by title, but the actions have fled. Hands cupping a Samsung, rather than your hand. Their mind fixed to any and everything, but a conversation with you. Spend the whole day together, with but a few, short replies. Keep telling yourself, it will improve. In the blue light haze, sitting right next to the love of your life, feeling lonelier than ever. Unable to express it, for fear of retaliation. So you sit there, noting the confidence count on the clothes you're wearing isn't high enough for this. So you stay silent, wondering what's so captivating, in the blue light.
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Jun 22, 2018
Jun 22, 2018 at 2:07 PM UTC
Blue Light
I admit the briar Entangled in my hair Did not injure me; My blenching and trembling, Nothing but dissembling, Nothing but coquetry. I long for truth, and yet I cannot stay from that My better self disowns, For a man's attention Brings such satisfaction To the craving in my bones. Brightness that I pull back From the Zodiac, Why those questioning eyes That are fixed upon me? What can they do but shun me If empty night replies?
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A First Confession
Ask...and you shall be given answers seek...and you'll be told where to look knock...say, hello?...hello? hellooow? a voice named siri replies: "is it me you're looking for?" i think, the eyes, the mind, even the heart, need clear, goggle-like glasses, for 20/20 vision, to grasp, to discern,  be forewarned, not to be overwhelmed by whatever data unfolds on the screen they say, there are contrived solutions, for life's every complication search engines are accessible to all just press specific keys, and, Voila! surf, play...easy games, easy friends but, can they really answer all questions? every human question?.........like, do elephants really cry? how did it occur that they have excellent memories? is Timbuktu modernized now? are there still surviving cannibals? will the remaining Bee Gees member, tell us how to mend a broken heart? do rosicrucians really possess secret wisdom? what happened to you and me? how do i save myself from emotional vampires? how do i cook pad thai? ...and how do i get you out of my mind? why does the rooster crow after midnight how does logarithm work with poetry? do dogs have souls?  do they visit their masters?....i miss my dogs Misty and Tiny, ...and i miss you...what's wrong with me? God, why do i even bother to ask? my goggled eyes are blinded by grief my goggled mind refuses to forget this goggled life of mine feels empty and it has nothing to do with technology... Sally © Rosalia Rosario A. Bayan     July 23, 2018
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Aug 5, 2018
Aug 5, 2018 at 10:50 PM UTC
Goggled
Ask...and you shall be given answers seek...and you'll be told where to look knock...say, hello?...hello? hellooow? a voice named siri replies: "is it me you're looking for?" i think, the eyes, the mind, even the heart, need clear, goggle-like glasses, for 20/20 vision, to grasp, to discern,  be forewarned, not to be overwhelmed by whatever data unfolds on the screen they say, there are contrived solutions, for life's every complication search engines are accessible to all just press specific keys, and, Voila! surf, play...easy games, easy friends but, can they really answer all questions? every human question?.........like, do elephants really cry? how did it occur that they have excellent memories? is Timbuktu modernized now? are there still surviving cannibals? will the remaining Bee Gees member, tell us how to mend a broken heart? do rosicrucians really possess secret wisdom? what happened to you and me? how do i save myself from emotional vampires? how do i cook pad thai? ...and how do i get you out of my mind? why does the rooster crow after midnight how does logarithm work with poetry? do dogs have souls?  do they visit their masters?....i miss my dogs Misty and Tiny, ...and i miss you...what's wrong with me? God, why do i even bother to ask? my goggled eyes are blinded by grief my goggled mind refuses to forget this goggled life of mine feels empty and it has nothing to do with technology... Sally © Rosalia Rosario A. Bayan     July 23, 2018
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The rooster sings to the sun, answering the call is the light that embraces all. All at once the birds sing their own song. Awaken by mother's sweet voice. "It's time to go" she says. She hands me a  green cubeta con maiz. The corn's color is purple and white instantly I fall in love with its kind The cold blue morning gives me chills. I carry the bucket to my grandmother's house. With her mandil and her braided hair, she sits by the comal making tortillas. "Good morning abueltia" with a smile on my face. "Good morning m'ija" she replies. I keep walking carrying the heavy bucket. A small room next to a store crowded with senoras. Their rebozos around their heads and arms and buckets in hand. I feel so small so young but inside I'm proud. I wait in line as I greet and make small talk. These ladies have the nicest smiles. My turn, I grab my cubeta and proceed to the molino. My arms are too little. A lady approaches and helps me load the molino. I watch in awe as the grains turn in masa. I bend down and collect it. "En una bolita" the lady tells me to shape it. I nod and continue to make it. Gray like the color of my grandma's hair. soft like my mother's hand. I fill the bucket with the masa. I thank las senoras and head back to mi casa. I hand the bucket to my mom who was milking la vaca. She starts the comal and gets the cal. Her hands slapping the masa like she was clapping. Perfect big round warm tortillas. I was a little girl that helped her make them. A little girl that still remembers.
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Apr 17, 2015
Apr 17, 2015 at 5:24 AM UTC
Tortilla Memories
The rooster sings to the sun, answering the call is the light that embraces all. All at once the birds sing their own song. Awaken by mother's sweet voice. "It's time to go" she says. She hands me a  green cubeta con maiz. The corn's color is purple and white instantly I fall in love with its kind The cold blue morning gives me chills. I carry the bucket to my grandmother's house. With her mandil and her braided hair, she sits by the comal making tortillas. "Good morning abueltia" with a smile on my face. "Good morning m'ija" she replies. I keep walking carrying the heavy bucket. A small room next to a store crowded with senoras. Their rebozos around their heads and arms and buckets in hand. I feel so small so young but inside I'm proud. I wait in line as I greet and make small talk. These ladies have the nicest smiles. My turn, I grab my cubeta and proceed to the molino. My arms are too little. A lady approaches and helps me load the molino. I watch in awe as the grains turn in masa. I bend down and collect it. "En una bolita" the lady tells me to shape it. I nod and continue to make it. Gray like the color of my grandma's hair. soft like my mother's hand. I fill the bucket with the masa. I thank las senoras and head back to mi casa. I hand the bucket to my mom who was milking la vaca. She starts the comal and gets the cal. Her hands slapping the masa like she was clapping. Perfect big round warm tortillas. I was a little girl that helped her make them. A little girl that still remembers.
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I cut an avocado in half and give one half to the visitor; and I carefully scoop the avocado gently, gently with a teaspoon (the Aztec records show this is, ahem! the fertility fruit) and I savor each scoop and eat like a pig (ah well, like a graceful pig); and at last I have the skin left in the palm of my hand and it’s tough and shaped like a boat; and it has rained and there’s a puddle of water on the lawn and an ant that’s been irritating me wandering about on my naked foot and I put the ant in the avocado boat and I set the boat in the puddle and I give it a gentle push and I say: “Bon voyage, Monsieur!” And then I look at my visitor, and that silly guy is still staring at his half and I ask, ever gently, “Do you need help with your fertility fruit there?” The visitor replies, “No" – and I wonder if I should get him brain food or perhaps set him off on another avocado boat…
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Oct 10, 2010
Oct 10, 2010 at 12:37 AM UTC
avocado boat
She said, “My name is a flower, you see” I said “Lily…it must be?” She said, *“no, no, no!… ...a Lily…is soooo, not as beautiful as me”* She replies bashfully and wise *I’m just as much beauty to the eyes as I am to the nose.”* “Oh!…you must be Rose” She laughed and cried more ‘no’s’ *“It sounds a little crazy I know and maybe… but you must be a Daisy??”* she giggled all the more “who knows?” and winked “.. if only baby” Finally, I put my thinking aside I tell no lie, while I, still in my head wondering she sighed *”My names not ‘white’ or ‘plain’ ‘Self raising’ “*, she said ”…is my name”.
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Apr 30, 2024
Apr 30, 2024 at 5:04 AM UTC
...by any other name
Depression is a hooded figure standing just outside of a wooden doorway, Blood dripping down your skin and having the sick thought of  “Oh, look how beautiful the red is” (everyone always says red is my color). Depression is writing sick poetry on skin and publishing it with scars, cutting on ankles, not wrists because you’re scared you’ll get in trouble but you so desperately need to be seen, and never are. Depression is accepting ruin in life with this hole in your chest because death is a reward, an escape from this pain you deserve to feel. It is writing the word “alone” and seeing the word “home”, accepting the torment like a gift because you’ve earned it. Depression is admitting suicidal thoughts to paper and not to people, and loving the broken things, hoping to tie them together, thinking maybe things will get better, but knowing that’s just wishful thinking because Depression is tying yourself together with the severed nerves in your heart; It is rope, it is ribbon, it is thread, it is DNA; It is hearing your mother call you monster and disgusting through the too-thin walls of your door when she thinks you can’t hear, And depression is sadness being a privilege you’re too pathetic to have. It is a hug, a freezing touch, a reminder that Depression is being birthed a lie. And it is shutting yourself behind that wooden doorway And hearing your family laugh like cackling hyenas, Eating at your self esteem like softened prey And learning at a young age to love family always but that family isn’t always love because Depression is family. It is an unfurnished home, An empty frame, A foot when the shoe hasn’t been broken in yet, you when life hasn't been broken in yet, Seeing happy people and thinking they all look the same, like the front covers of magazines with grins reaching their eyes while yours can’t, and wishing you could package your smiles into tiny little piles and hand them to people more deserving of them because you know you’re wasting them with half-assed lines of “I’m fine” Depression is having to view your past as if it wasn’t yours, because to accept it as reality is to accept finality of your life through suicide. It is the note masked inside of a poem, Envisioning pills as if they were peace, Depression is the last stanza, It is the audience, It is this microphone, It is me standing in a room full of strangers And for the first time finally feeling like I'm being heard. Depression is a hooded figure standing just outside of a wooden doorway that keeps pounding, possessive, ****** but when you open the door out of anger and shout “I’M SCARED” to thin air, your voice comes out as a whisper. And silently, the figure replies;   “I know your favorite color.”
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Mar 4, 2014
Mar 4, 2014 at 8:04 PM UTC
I Know Depression (Slam piece, final edit)
Depression is a hooded figure standing just outside of a wooden doorway, Blood dripping down your skin and having the sick thought of  “Oh, look how beautiful the red is” (everyone always says red is my color). Depression is writing sick poetry on skin and publishing it with scars, cutting on ankles, not wrists because you’re scared you’ll get in trouble but you so desperately need to be seen, and never are. Depression is accepting ruin in life with this hole in your chest because death is a reward, an escape from this pain you deserve to feel. It is writing the word “alone” and seeing the word “home”, accepting the torment like a gift because you’ve earned it. Depression is admitting suicidal thoughts to paper and not to people, and loving the broken things, hoping to tie them together, thinking maybe things will get better, but knowing that’s just wishful thinking because Depression is tying yourself together with the severed nerves in your heart; It is rope, it is ribbon, it is thread, it is DNA; It is hearing your mother call you monster and disgusting through the too-thin walls of your door when she thinks you can’t hear, And depression is sadness being a privilege you’re too pathetic to have. It is a hug, a freezing touch, a reminder that Depression is being birthed a lie. And it is shutting yourself behind that wooden doorway And hearing your family laugh like cackling hyenas, Eating at your self esteem like softened prey And learning at a young age to love family always but that family isn’t always love because Depression is family. It is an unfurnished home, An empty frame, A foot when the shoe hasn’t been broken in yet, you when life hasn't been broken in yet, Seeing happy people and thinking they all look the same, like the front covers of magazines with grins reaching their eyes while yours can’t, and wishing you could package your smiles into tiny little piles and hand them to people more deserving of them because you know you’re wasting them with half-assed lines of “I’m fine” Depression is having to view your past as if it wasn’t yours, because to accept it as reality is to accept finality of your life through suicide. It is the note masked inside of a poem, Envisioning pills as if they were peace, Depression is the last stanza, It is the audience, It is this microphone, It is me standing in a room full of strangers And for the first time finally feeling like I'm being heard. Depression is a hooded figure standing just outside of a wooden doorway that keeps pounding, possessive, ****** but when you open the door out of anger and shout “I’M SCARED” to thin air, your voice comes out as a whisper. And silently, the figure replies;   “I know your favorite color.”
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Permission to speak, I am the ally of the silenced and unheard. I am the noise you can't shake. Two sharp points like the accents I carry on my tongue. I slither and squirm as I observe what they have done to you. It's a tragedy what they think of you and how arrogantly they use you for self proclaimed prophecies. No! I am not that! I yell loudly, but only the echo replies. Incarceration, deportation, degradation, gentrification some of the words that burn as I spit them out. False ideologies are accepted as realities ignoring the facts. I am not illegal and you don't have the right to label or decide. I am not a criminal, never was. Don't obstruct my academic path, I will jump each and every obstacle one by one. I was born free, you labeled and shackled me with lies and hatred but I broke loose. With my forked tongue I battle your double sided knife. I am not content with the destructive pattern that has emerged with your avarice. I will not **** for you and I will not die in vain. My snake like tongue has no mercy and will not cease until I see dignity and peace obtained.
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Apr 9, 2015
Apr 9, 2015 at 6:40 AM UTC
Snake Tongue
My dear, We have Lost your image! Display your vivacity! Unable to recall your voice! Speak loudly, Through dancing with wind! Forget your fragrance! Spread it through wave! Unable to recall your colour ! Delighted with your blossoming flower! ****** She replies....... How can I? Your bulldozer relics us! How can I? Your buildings stifle us! How can I ? Burning fuel of your vehicle and machine, Intimidated us! How I can You called us **** How can I ....................? ***** My dear Our imp dominates us! Please salvage us! **** My dear Please extend your hand To clutch and revive us.........
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Apr 16, 2014
Apr 16, 2014 at 1:57 PM UTC
A verse on lost jungle and tree
When do I see thee most, beloved one? When in the light the spirits of mine eyes Before thy face, their altar, solemnize The worship of that Love through thee made known? Or when in the dusk hours, (we two alone,) Close-kissed and eloquent of still replies Thy twilight-hidden glimmering visage lies, And my soul only sees thy soul its own? 0 love, my love! if I no more should see Thyself, nor on the earth the shadow of thee, Nor image of thine eyes in any spring,— How then should sound upon Life’s darkening slope The ground-whirl of the perished leaves of Hope, The wind of Death’s imperishable wing?
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Lovesight
Where goes the time when it flies? Simplified by expression, and stained by clarity. Smudge by lucidity smeared by simplicity tainted by intelligibility. Tempus fugit as in time flies. Sharply distressing with painful feelings to the point of mental instability morning or night we become possessed with its mystic dealings. Where goes the time when it runs? Not a solitary explanation is found. It happens and it won’t stop until life terminates as well without cause. Derived of rationalisation lacking understanding short of justification bursting with vindication persistently and with conviction. Where goes the time when it sails? From the second that we’re born. Where were we existing? We cannot be so sure Cannot recollect the past Not for the first five of our years Memory so blur, so shadowy Hazy with distortions obscure and confusing Unit our mind starts slowly to recollect. Where goes the time when it escapes? The chronology of life so mysterious. Nothing can solve its ambiguity for time is a complex case with an infinity of secrets. What’s the obsession when we have so many setbacks drawbacks and obstacles obstructions and conundrums to take care of before time perishes away and leaves us stranded in oblivion. Oh time, you magnificent of all mysteries, the high and mighty of ambiguities. Show us mercy and explain we are not detectives of secrecies your spell with us reflects on the whodunits. Oh time of things past and yet to come give us a clue as to what is to derive! “Remember” it softly replies “Make most of your lives” “Once I fly away no one can have a replay”.
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Apr 2, 2013
Apr 2, 2013 at 6:11 AM UTC
Ode to Time
Where goes the time when it flies? Simplified by expression, and stained by clarity. Smudge by lucidity smeared by simplicity tainted by intelligibility. Tempus fugit as in time flies. Sharply distressing with painful feelings to the point of mental instability morning or night we become possessed with its mystic dealings. Where goes the time when it runs? Not a solitary explanation is found. It happens and it won’t stop until life terminates as well without cause. Derived of rationalisation lacking understanding short of justification bursting with vindication persistently and with conviction. Where goes the time when it sails? From the second that we’re born. Where were we existing? We cannot be so sure Cannot recollect the past Not for the first five of our years Memory so blur, so shadowy Hazy with distortions obscure and confusing Unit our mind starts slowly to recollect. Where goes the time when it escapes? The chronology of life so mysterious. Nothing can solve its ambiguity for time is a complex case with an infinity of secrets. What’s the obsession when we have so many setbacks drawbacks and obstacles obstructions and conundrums to take care of before time perishes away and leaves us stranded in oblivion. Oh time, you magnificent of all mysteries, the high and mighty of ambiguities. Show us mercy and explain we are not detectives of secrecies your spell with us reflects on the whodunits. Oh time of things past and yet to come give us a clue as to what is to derive! “Remember” it softly replies “Make most of your lives” “Once I fly away no one can have a replay”.
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‘I have to go.’ She whispers and sighs into his ear. Uncovers herself from the sheets And slips from the bed. *The clock reads three o’clock The moon illuminates the bedroom ‘Why, baby?’* He groans as he sits up Trying to calm his harsh breathing Wipes the sweat from his face. *Shadows dance upon the white walls Her silhouette moves towards the door ‘I have to return home to him.’* She replies, her gaze falls to the floor Reaching for the doorknob, Filled with so much guilt.
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Aug 28, 2010
Aug 28, 2010 at 6:51 PM UTC
Affair