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"resided" poems
We made love under a tree crazy me and obsessed thee Ah! holding each other so tight at the peeking pale twilight. Caressing you from the nose, sliding way down to your toes; I made the chills run down your skin kissing your cute trembling chin. Locking your soft lips with mine I used my tongue to give you a sign. Closing the eyes, you went with the flow You ripped my pant off and dragged it low Excited by your aggressive touch, I slowly removed your clothes. And when I undid your red bra you drew me closer and moaned ‘aahh’ You smelled sweet like the fresh smiling flowers And you were all mine for quite a few hours Your rapid hot breathe lured me more and more I bit your ******* took our emotions to the core. Delicately I went down and licked your **** that seemed to have aroused you a bit. Then you scratched my back with your nail I was happy to see my moves leaving a trail. Thus, it was time to go for the ultimate bliss So I pulled you closer and gave a passionate kiss Gently I resided my hardness in you to quench our lust Up and down I moved but tenderly at first With each swift push, you moaned loud by seeing your amazing charm, I was wowed. Time passed as we kept letting ourselves free And this is how we made love under a tree.
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Dec 1, 2014
Dec 1, 2014 at 8:54 AM UTC
Adult poetry (18+)
Situations find themselves unraveling uncontrollably, picking at scabs of superiority, delving into wide expanded pits of insecurity. The master of masking change would be the ever drifting reputation, it leaves bitter, it brings hate. May I express how much I hate? Nothing squirms and squiggles uncontrollably more, than watching reputations crumble, due to fake superiority. What do I want, change! What does she want? Change, but she gets insecurity. To understand the confliction, insecurity must paint walls of peeling purple hate. Well, something in you will change. You may remain stubborn, uncontrollably defending your sudden superiority, you’re just choosing a rotten reputation. I wish to fly you to a new nation, I mean shes breaking your reputation. I’d like to find the spot in your mind resided by insecurity, I know you’re not studded with superiority. She’s finding a reason for everyone else to hate the way you attract uncontrollably. Nothing about you, in you, should change, because this digs deeper than the change her and my relationship took, than are used to be reputation of adoring each other uncontrollably. of ignoring that insecurity. of the day she learned to hate, spindling a slippery net of superiority. Her comfort zone of a home lays in superiority, I’d rather cry endlessly than change by cultivating my hate for her, for her debilitating take on your reputation. Transperency touches insecurity and you are broken, falling uncontrollably. I will continue to hate her superiority, but that won’t reflect on her reputation. You mustn’t change your disposition, but lose the grip on insecurity Don’t you dare hate these words, they care, they love uncontrollably.
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Jun 21, 2012
Jun 21, 2012 at 10:45 PM UTC
My Words for Her
Situations find themselves unraveling uncontrollably, picking at scabs of superiority, delving into wide expanded pits of insecurity. The master of masking change would be the ever drifting reputation, it leaves bitter, it brings hate. May I express how much I hate? Nothing squirms and squiggles uncontrollably more, than watching reputations crumble, due to fake superiority. What do I want, change! What does she want? Change, but she gets insecurity. To understand the confliction, insecurity must paint walls of peeling purple hate. Well, something in you will change. You may remain stubborn, uncontrollably defending your sudden superiority, you’re just choosing a rotten reputation. I wish to fly you to a new nation, I mean shes breaking your reputation. I’d like to find the spot in your mind resided by insecurity, I know you’re not studded with superiority. She’s finding a reason for everyone else to hate the way you attract uncontrollably. Nothing about you, in you, should change, because this digs deeper than the change her and my relationship took, than are used to be reputation of adoring each other uncontrollably. of ignoring that insecurity. of the day she learned to hate, spindling a slippery net of superiority. Her comfort zone of a home lays in superiority, I’d rather cry endlessly than change by cultivating my hate for her, for her debilitating take on your reputation. Transperency touches insecurity and you are broken, falling uncontrollably. I will continue to hate her superiority, but that won’t reflect on her reputation. You mustn’t change your disposition, but lose the grip on insecurity Don’t you dare hate these words, they care, they love uncontrollably.
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On the eve I die alone Don't morn me simply delete me from your phone Remove my contact info erase all pics and tweets Don't simply RIP me Or shout me out on FaceBook statuses When I'm gone ignore me Go back to your regularly scheduled programming Let me slide into oblivion Where I resided in life let me rest in death If it mattered that much surely I would have known I would have sensed the emotional necessity that I placed in hearts That I etched in minds and lives So let me slip to slumber Cast out blindly on the pyre With backs turned don't mind the blaze Embrace your loved ones and hold them tight Remind them that to love and lose is to lose at best And to be stolen from and assailed at worst But still warn them of this plight And when I lay down that eve Don't wish this soul goodnight.
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May 22, 2015
May 22, 2015 at 5:39 PM UTC
Goodnight
You, with your supple and brown leather I, with my gaze fixed on my father’s pocket You, peeking out from its corner like a Child playing hide and seek in a desolate ally I, like the kidnapper, keeping an eye on your Fragile movements, waiting for you to stumble Into a dark corner and into my sinister embrace So that I could get my ransom inside you, the Little green strips of paper you contained Toys, chocolates and kites my father wouldn’t get me. You, with your expensive sheen, attracting me To yourself like a gold ring attracting an eagle Only to disappear as soon as my father left For work and you, containing an enigmatic exchange For little candies the definition of bliss to six year old me. I, with my naïve mind thinking why I would get less Candies and goodies when you would be frail And devoid of those thin green leaves. You, in the possession of my elder brother now I, eight year old me, wondering if your gauntness Made my father a dear departed. You, I didn’t unravel the enigma of your long Green leaves until I was thirteen and you Resided in the back pocket of the Khaki trousers My brother used to wear, Now Tattered just like your old unkempt skin. Dear Old Wallet, my dead father’s wallet I liked you better when you were fat and fit, Supple and shiny, brimming with coins and green leaves. And when I  was unaware, little and innocent thinking You were a miracle for I only wanted toys back then only to realize I need a lot more For I am now cold,  fatherless and bankrupt But you are empty and thin, just like my Dying mother.
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Jan 24, 2015
Jan 24, 2015 at 2:58 AM UTC
Wallet
You, with your supple and brown leather I, with my gaze fixed on my father’s pocket You, peeking out from its corner like a Child playing hide and seek in a desolate ally I, like the kidnapper, keeping an eye on your Fragile movements, waiting for you to stumble Into a dark corner and into my sinister embrace So that I could get my ransom inside you, the Little green strips of paper you contained Toys, chocolates and kites my father wouldn’t get me. You, with your expensive sheen, attracting me To yourself like a gold ring attracting an eagle Only to disappear as soon as my father left For work and you, containing an enigmatic exchange For little candies the definition of bliss to six year old me. I, with my naïve mind thinking why I would get less Candies and goodies when you would be frail And devoid of those thin green leaves. You, in the possession of my elder brother now I, eight year old me, wondering if your gauntness Made my father a dear departed. You, I didn’t unravel the enigma of your long Green leaves until I was thirteen and you Resided in the back pocket of the Khaki trousers My brother used to wear, Now Tattered just like your old unkempt skin. Dear Old Wallet, my dead father’s wallet I liked you better when you were fat and fit, Supple and shiny, brimming with coins and green leaves. And when I  was unaware, little and innocent thinking You were a miracle for I only wanted toys back then only to realize I need a lot more For I am now cold,  fatherless and bankrupt But you are empty and thin, just like my Dying mother.
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Even with a thousand heads and souls around me, The thought of loneliness always resided with me I did not intend to fit in everyone's sizes, Nor was I proud of the bottle that shook with rage, ready to spill My life disintegrates within a flash of a solution I present myself and my energy to a dull audience But the same smiles just stare speechless, gawking at me I paraded willfully, expressing myself through art that was repulsive to many Yet, there were a few eyes that presented a beacon, despite my addictions crumbling the floor beneath me I reached out and touched the flames that singed my hair Till I landed on flowers They were not the gorgeous type, But they were just like me: Odd, beautiful, deterring, and tiresome. One of them shared a joke about death, It forced a laugh out of me, till I realized today was April Fools' Day A skull-shaped bud cries in front of me, similar to that of a child I take in the smell of the hole I've fallen in, though the fall was cushioned by giant red flowers As pretty as they are, their smell is who I am I look above and see a crucifix in the sky Then the darkness falls in, and I accept the undeniable truth by closing my eyes.
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May 12, 2022
May 12, 2022 at 3:53 AM UTC
Snap Dragons Presented with Rotting Flesh
Murva fashion collection introduced at Eco Fashion Week has been a life long process for Ivana Knezovic, Creative Director / Designer. This was not only the 29 year old Croatian designer's first collection, but also her first international performance. She debuted her eco-friendly collection titled Rust & Flow on the runway at Eco Fashion Week in Vancouver, Canada. Her pieces are all made from eco-friendly wool flannel. Ivana Knezovic made interesting use of symmetrical lines, and I admired the draping from the shoulders framing a dress low-cut in back. One dress had several parallel vertical cut lines on the backside. Many of her tops had capes, hang from one shoulder or both, paired with slim pants or a skirt. A nice touch of dramatic flare as the models moved down the runaway. “Fashion design was always in me,” say Ivana Knezovic. Having resided in New York, Toronto, and Switzerland, designing was something she always wanted to do. "Murva is the name of a tree in my village. My company represents a return to my roots, to who I am at my core." "I like structure. I like hiding the body behind some kind of a structure," said the designer who makes all her own clothes and cosmetics. "Eco is a product of maturity and of wholeness that you can only achieve when you really and truly grow up." As a designer, she told me that she strives for “pure minimalism,” yet her eco-fashion designs are made for a sophisticated, minimalistic, and determined woman. Exactly what the eco-fashion movement needs.Read more here:www.marieaustralia.com/bridesmaid-dresses | www.marieaustralia.com/formal-dresses-2015
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Apr 30, 2015
Apr 30, 2015 at 10:59 PM UTC
Sophisticated eco fashion by Murva
Murva fashion collection introduced at Eco Fashion Week has been a life long process for Ivana Knezovic, Creative Director / Designer. This was not only the 29 year old Croatian designer's first collection, but also her first international performance. She debuted her eco-friendly collection titled Rust & Flow on the runway at Eco Fashion Week in Vancouver, Canada. Her pieces are all made from eco-friendly wool flannel. Ivana Knezovic made interesting use of symmetrical lines, and I admired the draping from the shoulders framing a dress low-cut in back. One dress had several parallel vertical cut lines on the backside. Many of her tops had capes, hang from one shoulder or both, paired with slim pants or a skirt. A nice touch of dramatic flare as the models moved down the runaway. “Fashion design was always in me,” say Ivana Knezovic. Having resided in New York, Toronto, and Switzerland, designing was something she always wanted to do. "Murva is the name of a tree in my village. My company represents a return to my roots, to who I am at my core." "I like structure. I like hiding the body behind some kind of a structure," said the designer who makes all her own clothes and cosmetics. "Eco is a product of maturity and of wholeness that you can only achieve when you really and truly grow up." As a designer, she told me that she strives for “pure minimalism,” yet her eco-fashion designs are made for a sophisticated, minimalistic, and determined woman. Exactly what the eco-fashion movement needs.Read more here:www.marieaustralia.com/bridesmaid-dresses | www.marieaustralia.com/formal-dresses-2015
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Once a girl lived in a tower. She had the longest golden locks you had ever seen. Her mother would visit and be hoisted upwards upon those locks to see her daughter. The girl was named after a plant… Rapunzel. How could she know this though when she had always lived in her home of the tower. Her mother had kept her there since she could remember. Rapunzel would ask when should could see the world. Her mother would turn down these pleas saying the world was too dangerous for Rapunzel. As she grew older Rapunzel realized that she resided in not a home but a prison. Why was mother allowed to see the world and she was not? Why could she not decide for herself the dangers of the world? Freedom always framed within her window but too far below to reach. On her 18th birthday Rapunzel fled the tower using the locks that had grown so very long. Her mother soon after discovered her daughter to be missing. Full of spite she pursued her daughter. Rapunzel’s hair kept her from going too far and soon her mother was upon her. Rapunzel tried to flee, but her mother seeing her daughter free from the world she had made for her stepped upon the long locks. She pulled her daughter back to her slowly, back to the safety of her arms, her world. Rapunzel struggled on the ground trying to escape. She took a rock and severed the locks from her head. She fell forward into the edge of the woods and onto thorns. She was blinded. Her mother rushed to her side not concerned for the eyes that weeped red but for the destroyed beauty that was her daughter’s locks. Rapunzel may have lost her sight in that moment but her mother had lost hers long before that. Unable to see how she had hurt her daughter. That the greatest pain her daughter had experienced was given by her. Her daughter was blind and could not see the world, but her mother had never seen her for what she was.
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Oct 30, 2015
Oct 30, 2015 at 2:43 PM UTC
Rapunzel Retold
Once a girl lived in a tower. She had the longest golden locks you had ever seen. Her mother would visit and be hoisted upwards upon those locks to see her daughter. The girl was named after a plant… Rapunzel. How could she know this though when she had always lived in her home of the tower. Her mother had kept her there since she could remember. Rapunzel would ask when should could see the world. Her mother would turn down these pleas saying the world was too dangerous for Rapunzel. As she grew older Rapunzel realized that she resided in not a home but a prison. Why was mother allowed to see the world and she was not? Why could she not decide for herself the dangers of the world? Freedom always framed within her window but too far below to reach. On her 18th birthday Rapunzel fled the tower using the locks that had grown so very long. Her mother soon after discovered her daughter to be missing. Full of spite she pursued her daughter. Rapunzel’s hair kept her from going too far and soon her mother was upon her. Rapunzel tried to flee, but her mother seeing her daughter free from the world she had made for her stepped upon the long locks. She pulled her daughter back to her slowly, back to the safety of her arms, her world. Rapunzel struggled on the ground trying to escape. She took a rock and severed the locks from her head. She fell forward into the edge of the woods and onto thorns. She was blinded. Her mother rushed to her side not concerned for the eyes that weeped red but for the destroyed beauty that was her daughter’s locks. Rapunzel may have lost her sight in that moment but her mother had lost hers long before that. Unable to see how she had hurt her daughter. That the greatest pain her daughter had experienced was given by her. Her daughter was blind and could not see the world, but her mother had never seen her for what she was.
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At twilight I walk down the path through the woods Carpeted in autumn's nocturnal harvest. The guiding porch light, Feebler than the fluttering fire flies, fades. Smell of fresh decay seduces my will. Desires that have forever resided in the unattainable future Now like long parted friends sit around with welcoming smiles. Curious to commingle with Contentment I feel the Autumn seep into the woods, And the woods into my heart. Never before,   A weary traveller lost upon The tortuous timber trail Felt more at peace. Wishing to curl up in the cold warmth of the golden fleece.   The woods will the wind to wrap him in wool of the willow and tuck him amongst the exposed roots. An unmarked clock ticks somewhere. Here the eternal present prevails, Concealed from the eye of the arrow , In the stretch of this malleable moment. I, in the knowledge that my estranged self Rests in me, am whole again. At twilight.
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Nov 6, 2015
Nov 6, 2015 at 5:59 AM UTC
Autumnal Twilight
In the cove where the forest and seas met. Lies a hut abandoned, but twas never forget. The vines and moss that crawls and slither— and the rust of chimes and roses that wither. Two alike creatures’ dwell within the crest— and can be found, broken epitaphs lie at rest. Wings with tail as their ebony feathers trail, —beaks like gold, a bond that could prevail. Fly up and below in anywhere they would go. To unglass windows, scratches on tealish walls. The hollows of trees that covered with snow, melts away to crystal-dew as springtime grows. Rain came pouring, filling the tires off the roof. Two had a dream, only to raptured by enmity. With webs that weave the age of their misery. Both resided the ceiling for heaven once more. With growls of the wind and cold swiftly blows. It came strong as the hut is almost unknown. Both hold on to believe, but one choose to leave. thinking of nothing, but its own selfish greed. As skies were cleared onto a rainbow sheer. Lonesome, broken, one black dove weeping ill, Breathe, a voice came to the lonely dove's ear. "Come fly with me, I am God—don't be feared."
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Nov 22, 2017
Nov 22, 2017 at 9:46 AM UTC
◦ Black Dove
He crinkled the daily paper and thought out loud, "You're my best friend." She scuffed her kitten heels, prodding for more. Far inside she told herself to take it lightly. He knew she knew that he knew it was temporary. Acting as if she made him happy. She sunk deep in the velvet green couch. Cons and pros of being the leaver or the left. He stared past Valentine cards and the spot on the carpet, where they laughed and spilled tomato soup. Their faces drooped and became that soup. Sodium and protein soaking into the ground every which-way. She resided and sat up out of their yard-sale bought couch. She set her mind on staying by his side. He toppled over on the yard tools he never touched. Now next to his side was the Earth's crust. She was left in the air and he laid in muck. His voice played over in her head, "You're my best friend."
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May 10, 2012
May 10, 2012 at 2:32 AM UTC
Tomato Soup
The forever falling devil reaches for my heart, his talons digging deep as I am forced to sleep in his world, for evermore in the land of pure darkness. The rotten wings which once resided on his back; glorious, white, bright; now shards of glass that cut those who come too close. The fire in his heart is put out by the flood in mine; killed by the never-ending storm inside me. Flames put out by water; those who thrived in the soul fire quietened by the heartless liar who turned hell into an ocean.
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Jan 1, 2016
Jan 1, 2016 at 6:42 AM UTC
The Flood
10 Things I Wish I Could've Told You... but never did. 1: I used to fantasize about us listening to that song that always reminded me of you and we'd be laughing and singing and we wouldn't have a care in world except where we were gonna buy our french fries. I'd feel as free as the snowflakes that never fell while we coast down the boulevard. 2: I snuck out of class one time to text you. I thought I was super cool for doing something bad... but then I had to do the entire science experiment with my phone in my jacket sleeve. I came pretty close to lighting it on fire with a bunsen burner, actually. 3: I remember how you could make anything hilarious. Whether it was laughing about overrated jokes from the internet or ironic things we probably shouldn't even be laughing about, you'd turn the situation upside down because that's the way you liked to see the world. You taught me that just looking from another perspective could make the ocean and sky switch places. 4: I lost sleep of worrying about you - I would awake in a cold sweat worried that my biggest nightmare would come true. 5: I would always push accusations of this happening to the back of my mind, but little did I know that when I thought I was protecting you I was really protecting myself. 6: I miss your laugh 7: I miss your smile 8: I miss the way you cared about everyone. Your heart was so big that all the 7 billion people on this earth could have a piece of it, a chance to taste the love and sweetness that resided in there, and when all the sugar saturated in the bottom you always knew how to shake it back up again, but man did they take every last piece. They took it all so that you were left with an emptiness that you had to fill with something else. And you filled it up, but it wasn't with love. 9: I can't live in a world without you 10: You were the first and only person I turned to for a very long time, and you were the only person who I could really trust. You gave me a piece of your heart too, except that I cherished mine. And to this day, I wear your heart on my sleeve.
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Apr 5, 2016
Apr 5, 2016 at 8:21 PM UTC
10 Things I Wish I Could've Told You
10 Things I Wish I Could've Told You... but never did. 1: I used to fantasize about us listening to that song that always reminded me of you and we'd be laughing and singing and we wouldn't have a care in world except where we were gonna buy our french fries. I'd feel as free as the snowflakes that never fell while we coast down the boulevard. 2: I snuck out of class one time to text you. I thought I was super cool for doing something bad... but then I had to do the entire science experiment with my phone in my jacket sleeve. I came pretty close to lighting it on fire with a bunsen burner, actually. 3: I remember how you could make anything hilarious. Whether it was laughing about overrated jokes from the internet or ironic things we probably shouldn't even be laughing about, you'd turn the situation upside down because that's the way you liked to see the world. You taught me that just looking from another perspective could make the ocean and sky switch places. 4: I lost sleep of worrying about you - I would awake in a cold sweat worried that my biggest nightmare would come true. 5: I would always push accusations of this happening to the back of my mind, but little did I know that when I thought I was protecting you I was really protecting myself. 6: I miss your laugh 7: I miss your smile 8: I miss the way you cared about everyone. Your heart was so big that all the 7 billion people on this earth could have a piece of it, a chance to taste the love and sweetness that resided in there, and when all the sugar saturated in the bottom you always knew how to shake it back up again, but man did they take every last piece. They took it all so that you were left with an emptiness that you had to fill with something else. And you filled it up, but it wasn't with love. 9: I can't live in a world without you 10: You were the first and only person I turned to for a very long time, and you were the only person who I could really trust. You gave me a piece of your heart too, except that I cherished mine. And to this day, I wear your heart on my sleeve.
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There was a thunderstorm last night. Today it smells like sweet petrichor, Coating my nose and holding everything Very Still. But last night. There was a thunderstorm. Thunder rolling like waves crashing and breaking on the shore. Lightning cutting jagged lines in the air. And so much rain that the puddles look like oceans. And the world is sweet petrichor. And through the thunderstorm, I thought of you. Your hand in mine. Your warm, sweet hugs. The soft kisses that part of me will always pretend never happened. And part of me aches for again. Through the thunderstorm, My thought was of sharing the time with you. There was a thunderstorm last night. One that almost shook the ground I stood on. And I was not afraid. But my fingers felt quite lonely. And my thoughts resided elsewhere. And now the morning's breaking, And the whole thing is kind of hazy. And the world's made of sweet petrichor. And my thoughts still lie on you.
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May 29, 2018
May 29, 2018 at 1:51 PM UTC
Thunder and Sweet Rain
The cemetery was my circus I found After outgrowing fantasy and the playground. Golden afternoons in the country after school, My blood having no resemblance, no ancestors, To all the Sutton's and Smotherman's and Suddeth's Who here resided with Tennessee pride. Inside and outside. The still silence of my childhood cemetery carried an eerie air. I wanted to be here. The peaceful calm, it called me back, The king cawing crow, attending in black. As for any of the lost, perhaps content, Confederate souls, Who have yet to cross over, lamenting or dozed. I suspect now, that it was I who startled those ghosts. My blood, my frequency, my scent of the coast, Sent from a Union ancestry my vibration still boasts... How unexpected was I to those Tennessee ghosts.
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Apr 6, 2016
Apr 6, 2016 at 3:52 AM UTC
Tenne-Cemetery
*The butterfly had to go through a period of slumber before it could awaken.* There are holes in my heart where some people once resided and I’m trying to let myself free release all that is me breaking out of all they had done basking beneath the embrace of the sun.
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Dec 29, 2014
Dec 29, 2014 at 11:57 PM UTC
Metamorphosis
A caveman discovering fire, he can now stay warm in the cold and see light in the dark, It feeds him and protects him, and he does likewise. Electricity suddenly figured out, the harnessing of lightening used to capture the suns impressive illumination, Dark corners seen where shadows once resided. Neil Armstrong's foot touching the surface of the moon, as stars swirl around him, and the Earth looks innocent, safe, and beautiful. The first successful flight of an airplane, finally feeling free like the birds, and touching the once elusive clouds. A heart surgeon looking at a sensitive beating ***** knowing that rhythmic pulsing is necessary to sustain the body, and caution must be taken not to hurt it. Like a free-falling with a parachute. Like a delicious appetizer, entree, and dessert all at once. Like puppy kisses, or kitten purrs. Like looking down from the top of a mountain. Like every single sunrise and sunset you've ever seen, combined. Like tearing up when you see people reunite. Like meeting up with an old friend. Like laughing until your stomach hurts. Like that refreshingly calm breath after crying real hard. Like holding a *** for too long but then finding a bathroom. Like your first cup of coffee in the morning. Like snow, a fireplace, hot cocoa, and a blanket. Like a flower blooming. Like the sound of the ocean. Like a cool breeze on a sweltering day. Like a good, long embrace. Like a shot of hard liquor that warms your insides. Like getting promoted. Like finishing a creative endeavor. Like your favorite sports team winning. Like a baby smiling at you. Like finding a good book or a good series. Like fixing something properly all by yourself. Like finding blue or purple sea glass. Like mail with your name on it that isn't bills. It's probably not like any of these things, *it's probably a whole lot ******* better.*
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Nov 9, 2012
Nov 9, 2012 at 3:37 PM UTC
Speculations on What Love is Like from Someone Who's Never Felt it
A caveman discovering fire, he can now stay warm in the cold and see light in the dark, It feeds him and protects him, and he does likewise. Electricity suddenly figured out, the harnessing of lightening used to capture the suns impressive illumination, Dark corners seen where shadows once resided. Neil Armstrong's foot touching the surface of the moon, as stars swirl around him, and the Earth looks innocent, safe, and beautiful. The first successful flight of an airplane, finally feeling free like the birds, and touching the once elusive clouds. A heart surgeon looking at a sensitive beating ***** knowing that rhythmic pulsing is necessary to sustain the body, and caution must be taken not to hurt it. Like a free-falling with a parachute. Like a delicious appetizer, entree, and dessert all at once. Like puppy kisses, or kitten purrs. Like looking down from the top of a mountain. Like every single sunrise and sunset you've ever seen, combined. Like tearing up when you see people reunite. Like meeting up with an old friend. Like laughing until your stomach hurts. Like that refreshingly calm breath after crying real hard. Like holding a *** for too long but then finding a bathroom. Like your first cup of coffee in the morning. Like snow, a fireplace, hot cocoa, and a blanket. Like a flower blooming. Like the sound of the ocean. Like a cool breeze on a sweltering day. Like a good, long embrace. Like a shot of hard liquor that warms your insides. Like getting promoted. Like finishing a creative endeavor. Like your favorite sports team winning. Like a baby smiling at you. Like finding a good book or a good series. Like fixing something properly all by yourself. Like finding blue or purple sea glass. Like mail with your name on it that isn't bills. It's probably not like any of these things, *it's probably a whole lot ******* better.*
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As firetrucks pass And crowds gather round The smoke billows through From the sky to the ground The town just watches And silently gapes At the mansion that’s burning Right past the big gate It’s four houses wide And three stories tall With a narrow tin roof It would be easy to fall The paint was chipping, There was rust everywhere But that was all covered By the smoke in the air “Is the monster gone?” A boy asks his mother She caresses his ear And whispers in the other “I’m not sure, baby.” “But I hope that it’s true…” She doesn’t finish the sentence ‘…or he’ll come and take you’. You see, in this town They suffered quite a plight Of a demon that takes children, Steals them into the night Also in this town, On the hill past the gate Lives a solemn old man Er well, lived I should say If you guessed he resided In that rickety castle Well your guess would be right, Now was that such a hassle? He moved in last summer And that’s when it started Parents waking to find, Their children departed Without much thought, The town formed a mob To track down their kids, Revenge the lives that were robbed The signs slowly pointed To the top of the hill, To the castle past the gate And the mob grew shrill “It’s that man!” “It’s that creep!” “Let’s take him down!” “We’ll band together and drive him out of our town!” But as you know, Mobs can be hectic Then there was fire, That part wasn’t directed No one pointed fingers, No one placed blame For, you see, their goal Was ultimately the same Dispose of the monster, The man in the house, And now they all watched As the fire was doused The body was covered, All white with a sheet He was gone, they did it! Good job, what a treat! That night, the children, All safe in their beds, Slept soundly and safely Happy thoughts in their heads Their parents were jubilant, All worry-free Their babies were safe, So they sighed “Yipee!” But then midnight came, To that boy with the mother, When she awoke. She cried and she shuddered Her son, he was gone Not a trace of him left But an etching that said, “I’ll be back for the rest”
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Oct 16, 2012
Oct 16, 2012 at 4:18 AM UTC
the house on the hill
As firetrucks pass And crowds gather round The smoke billows through From the sky to the ground The town just watches And silently gapes At the mansion that’s burning Right past the big gate It’s four houses wide And three stories tall With a narrow tin roof It would be easy to fall The paint was chipping, There was rust everywhere But that was all covered By the smoke in the air “Is the monster gone?” A boy asks his mother She caresses his ear And whispers in the other “I’m not sure, baby.” “But I hope that it’s true…” She doesn’t finish the sentence ‘…or he’ll come and take you’. You see, in this town They suffered quite a plight Of a demon that takes children, Steals them into the night Also in this town, On the hill past the gate Lives a solemn old man Er well, lived I should say If you guessed he resided In that rickety castle Well your guess would be right, Now was that such a hassle? He moved in last summer And that’s when it started Parents waking to find, Their children departed Without much thought, The town formed a mob To track down their kids, Revenge the lives that were robbed The signs slowly pointed To the top of the hill, To the castle past the gate And the mob grew shrill “It’s that man!” “It’s that creep!” “Let’s take him down!” “We’ll band together and drive him out of our town!” But as you know, Mobs can be hectic Then there was fire, That part wasn’t directed No one pointed fingers, No one placed blame For, you see, their goal Was ultimately the same Dispose of the monster, The man in the house, And now they all watched As the fire was doused The body was covered, All white with a sheet He was gone, they did it! Good job, what a treat! That night, the children, All safe in their beds, Slept soundly and safely Happy thoughts in their heads Their parents were jubilant, All worry-free Their babies were safe, So they sighed “Yipee!” But then midnight came, To that boy with the mother, When she awoke. She cried and she shuddered Her son, he was gone Not a trace of him left But an etching that said, “I’ll be back for the rest”
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First, I spotted the gaggle sagging innocently enough, One might say blissfully reflected in the laptop screen. Then out of nowhere came the phrase, "whodunit?” And from the hanging sag, a sly, silky, voice whispered, "Ahhh, don't stop before the good part." Clearly a few clues were left behind, wispy hair strands, Scattered age spots, skin tags, a few moles, posed upon a Pale listless, crinkly, lightly pimpled, surface, and from a Wrinkly, shallow crevasse a voice teased, "Ahhh, don't stop before the good part." Totally hooked, curiosity piqued, southward I spied, A once upon a time perky, treasure chest, half hidden, Now two solemn, empty grain sacks laid east to west, And close to death but not quite, lazily they muttered, "Ahhh, don't stop before the good part." The final chapter, an ancient, untold mystery solved, No crime, no villain, nothing stolen, only flesh alchemy, Where a plateau of supple, touchable, skin once resided, A lumpy, bumpy, flabby flesh pillow lolled, and it murmured, “Ahhh, Boston cream pie, a quick nap, that's the ticket."
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Apr 13, 2014
Apr 13, 2014 at 5:45 PM UTC
Getting To The Good Part
On the most lonely nights When my thoughts can't help but wander to you I ponder and debate How much longer I would let Your words dictate my well-being But when the well-welcomed sun touches the horizon I dream the haunting thoughts have resided Once and for all On occasion, when the lonely nights Return I fall asleep to the thought of you And wake up to find That you had never left my mind
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Jan 27, 2015
Jan 27, 2015 at 2:22 PM UTC
Lonely Nights
I live in a paltry cottage, with a cosy fireplace and rosewood floors. It offers me solace and isolation and yet my happiness seems to have lost its way. Then,I gaze outside at the brook that welcomes the sunshine like a ship on a dock. I gaze and gaze and Gaze until I can't anymore. Across the brook is my happiness amongst the wilderness, that fades away into nothingness. And here I am, on the dark side, with grey clouds and thunder and how it roars like a sad crow who doesn't know how to fly Anymore. My eye lids droop and I want to forget that I no longer feel joy inside my heart. I want to forget the bitterness that has resided from the start. All I feel is loneliness.
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Jun 25, 2015
Jun 25, 2015 at 5:07 PM UTC
When happiness faded away.
Although I missed you, I didn't miss the yells And all the times you made me feel unwell; Whether it was physical or emotional, Your love was harsh and you made it seem personal. Your huge hands to hold me, you used to hurt me. Your warm smile you used to spit fire. Those hazel eyes were made to captivate me, And they did just that, in a prison cell was where I resided, forcefully. Your loud, beautiful laugh was used mockingly, And the way your words flowed showed me who I was, accidentally. Your big, warm heart was charred- it beat quietly, and you passed on the black smoke, unintentionally. It filled up my mind, my lungs, And with every breath I took I became even more numb. Maybe this is why I look for you in every man, It's all I've ever known. And although it wasn't the most ideal plan, Black was the only color I was ever shown.
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Jun 4, 2014
Jun 4, 2014 at 7:47 PM UTC
Black Smoke
"You're ******* your life away Bobby," screamed Auntie Abhaya in her native tongue. Malayalam has many nuances and maybe a better translation is, "lightning currents from your privates and blast River Ganga, streaming your soul away." Dravidian poetics go as such and Auntie Abhaya seemed to have quite dramatic flare. In any case, cousin Bobby was once again, drunk. Auntie Ay, as we lovingly referred to her, in her fearless way, was having nothing of it. Worse yet, seems Bobby had funded his ****** with rupees stolen from Auntie Chhaya's purse. A storm of tears she was, in the corner of the humble hut they all resided in, in Kerala. Kerala's backwaters wash in from the Arabian Sea. Tropical delicacies abound; markets filled with fish, pineapple and coconut groves, and an array of spice that keep the main agricultural commerce of India most enticing to the rest of the world. Yet, life earnings are hard and for some hard habits easy to pick up. This was truest in Bobby's case, though he did try and try to make his family proud. As I was only a guest in this loving but burdened home, and recognizing a family crisis at hand, I and my traveling partner put forth finances lost to ensure our safe return to Mumbai north in Maharashtra and not embarrass our host family any longer. Though we had touched a Garden of Eden, the lesson of banishment was still at hand.
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Apr 14, 2016
Apr 14, 2016 at 9:13 AM UTC
Eat Not Of This Fruit
He called in for a shower after being alone on the streets for a week. Is that time enough to get ***** for a shower    as a man nearly twenty-six in years. She could turn him away like her father’s sister might have and did. From time to time. It all depended on how many times in a week, month, or year he would show up without a call. Without knowing he still existed. Somehow, his presence and absence were a mixed blessing. His presence was like a merry-go-round that goes against the earth’s pull. Like a brazen thorn stuck into your shoe. Unpredictable. Vacuum-like. ******* all the ***** things in. Taking everything in its sight and power and making everything contort to his reality. Where he and only he resided. Would she open the door for him? What she does know is that she might risk speaking in a bright happy voice of a mother so gladsome to see her son. Welcoming him in. Rather than turning him away because of his inconvenience. Grief is inconvenient. That is one thing she knows.
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Apr 24, 2023
Apr 24, 2023 at 9:36 AM UTC
The Shower
A capricious young mind alive with reveries of vistas and granite hues, enthralling nocturnes and his touch in the night air. Disparate and removed you contemplated the stars, a life lived with arms outstretched beckoning the notional. Beneath the ceaseless sky you yearned for his warmth, to feel your ashen flesh adhere to his every fissure raising your arms to his celestial vantage you beckoned, once more. From the dimming light, above the distant horizon he rose - like the smoke of an ardent fire that resided within, ascending through your being, coming to rest upon your weary head, he suffused each lissom filament with a fragrance, eternal. ©Thomas Gabriel
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Dec 2, 2011
Dec 2, 2011 at 10:41 PM UTC
Ophelia.