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i give me my lifes´ the day crowded bright and the night sumptuous.. give me my pretty wife where love at first sight bind us.. give us two souls blithe fused as light within light sweet bounteous.. let us soar and dive like content swallows might time in lost happiness.. ( and let trouble and strife bind-us the more tight like our first kiss..) give then to two one life white to white whole as stars as love unto death might break apart and ride the cosmos.. ii the jonah by james herbert a heist goes wrong and a colleage is shot.. just another debacle for our hero in a long list that has him transferred to the drug squad and east anglia.. to live in a caravan.. keep his eye on the locals and drink strong beer.. ellie his partner makes him eat and they fall in love though various tentions rise due to his troubles.. some flash backs a left baby in a toilet sadistic stuff at the orphanage.. bullies and dodgy collars his step father is strict he is an ornothologist.. there are drug related incident a dead vole a us pilot bites the farm.. some little boy thinks he can fly.. the water supply some pilfering some heavy knocks some bad lies some kitchen small potatoes but all part of mr herbert´ s charm.. a huge storm the spooky old mill a wild trip.. and regression bad men bad men.. lot´ s of struggle the raw products towed in by trawler assembled by the knights torn and a lost twin.. a monster in the flood where others die a maitre d.. a ***** salesman and his girl in a caravan the fishermen.. helicopters and victory for the forces of good.. and the jonah gone and all is light.. the end..
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Jul 21, 2018
Jul 21, 2018 at 8:01 AM UTC
give me my lifes ́
i give me my lifes´ the day crowded bright and the night sumptuous.. give me my pretty wife where love at first sight bind us.. give us two souls blithe fused as light within light sweet bounteous.. let us soar and dive like content swallows might time in lost happiness.. ( and let trouble and strife bind-us the more tight like our first kiss..) give then to two one life white to white whole as stars as love unto death might break apart and ride the cosmos.. ii the jonah by james herbert a heist goes wrong and a colleage is shot.. just another debacle for our hero in a long list that has him transferred to the drug squad and east anglia.. to live in a caravan.. keep his eye on the locals and drink strong beer.. ellie his partner makes him eat and they fall in love though various tentions rise due to his troubles.. some flash backs a left baby in a toilet sadistic stuff at the orphanage.. bullies and dodgy collars his step father is strict he is an ornothologist.. there are drug related incident a dead vole a us pilot bites the farm.. some little boy thinks he can fly.. the water supply some pilfering some heavy knocks some bad lies some kitchen small potatoes but all part of mr herbert´ s charm.. a huge storm the spooky old mill a wild trip.. and regression bad men bad men.. lot´ s of struggle the raw products towed in by trawler assembled by the knights torn and a lost twin.. a monster in the flood where others die a maitre d.. a ***** salesman and his girl in a caravan the fishermen.. helicopters and victory for the forces of good.. and the jonah gone and all is light.. the end..
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I walk into the mirror box again and it’s as if my life really is just an extension of my own metaphors. I’m caught in the mirror maze, searching for something in the mirrors at angles, but all I can see is myself, my sad, stupid self, stretching on and on forever with the same boring face, the same boring feelings, again and again until I stop being able to make out the details. Am I looking back at myself or am I looking forwards to the future? Will it always be the same or has it merely been the same since forever? I stare into the mirror tunnel at all these selves repeating themselves, forcing the years, the weeks, the days into the same strict patterns, merely following the self that came before them, merely mirroring the feelings, only doing it worse and worse with each new rendition. It’s just me, I think, *in the mirror box, caught up in myself because I am selfish and horrible.* I’m selfish and horrible and I want to turn my back on myself but how can I possibly do that in the mirror box? I meet myself over and over, and it’s just me, in all this vast, repetitive vagueness, just me in this long stretch of lonely unsettledness that surely doesn’t end. I want to smash my own face in, so I close my eyes and try to think, maybe, maybe, maybe, because I don’t want to be this grey-cloud self forever. I can’t be, and so maybe, just maybe, somewhere beyond all these selves there’ll be a day when I’m down on the shore and the sea will be calm and the sky will be faded purple. Love will not sink down into nothingness because in the cool evening air,  my heart will be full instead of gaping and my mind will be at ease instead dwelling on it’s own boringness or entangling itself in own self-created sadness. And maybe, I’ll have abandoned my book and its pages will be dry because I won’t have been crying into it. They’ll be no mirrors, just the ocean, glinting like an amethyst cluster in the half light and I’ll rest my head on the shoulder of the girlfriend I'll meet someday and I’ll smile in this beautiful liminal moment and nothing will be tainted by the dread of returning home. We’ll kiss – on the shore – and rewrite it forever and maybe the stars will fall out of the sky when I shake it and all my trains will run on time and all the wounds in the world will heal simultaneously. It’s a moment surely stolen from someone else’s poetry, but I’ve got to cling to something to avoid becoming lost entirely in all this dark, intangible vagueness. There’s got to be at least one imaginary moment that isn’t just me, reflected over and over. There’s got to be one moment that doesn’t stare back at me from inside the mirror box.
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Jul 27, 2018
Jul 27, 2018 at 5:15 PM UTC
and so what’s beyond the last self I can see
I walk into the mirror box again and it’s as if my life really is just an extension of my own metaphors. I’m caught in the mirror maze, searching for something in the mirrors at angles, but all I can see is myself, my sad, stupid self, stretching on and on forever with the same boring face, the same boring feelings, again and again until I stop being able to make out the details. Am I looking back at myself or am I looking forwards to the future? Will it always be the same or has it merely been the same since forever? I stare into the mirror tunnel at all these selves repeating themselves, forcing the years, the weeks, the days into the same strict patterns, merely following the self that came before them, merely mirroring the feelings, only doing it worse and worse with each new rendition. It’s just me, I think, *in the mirror box, caught up in myself because I am selfish and horrible.* I’m selfish and horrible and I want to turn my back on myself but how can I possibly do that in the mirror box? I meet myself over and over, and it’s just me, in all this vast, repetitive vagueness, just me in this long stretch of lonely unsettledness that surely doesn’t end. I want to smash my own face in, so I close my eyes and try to think, maybe, maybe, maybe, because I don’t want to be this grey-cloud self forever. I can’t be, and so maybe, just maybe, somewhere beyond all these selves there’ll be a day when I’m down on the shore and the sea will be calm and the sky will be faded purple. Love will not sink down into nothingness because in the cool evening air,  my heart will be full instead of gaping and my mind will be at ease instead dwelling on it’s own boringness or entangling itself in own self-created sadness. And maybe, I’ll have abandoned my book and its pages will be dry because I won’t have been crying into it. They’ll be no mirrors, just the ocean, glinting like an amethyst cluster in the half light and I’ll rest my head on the shoulder of the girlfriend I'll meet someday and I’ll smile in this beautiful liminal moment and nothing will be tainted by the dread of returning home. We’ll kiss – on the shore – and rewrite it forever and maybe the stars will fall out of the sky when I shake it and all my trains will run on time and all the wounds in the world will heal simultaneously. It’s a moment surely stolen from someone else’s poetry, but I’ve got to cling to something to avoid becoming lost entirely in all this dark, intangible vagueness. There’s got to be at least one imaginary moment that isn’t just me, reflected over and over. There’s got to be one moment that doesn’t stare back at me from inside the mirror box.
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it's cold and dark and calm outside so you make sure that i'm tucked up tight but i need fresh air so the window is open ajar whilst there in the corner lays a battered guitar i'm high as hell so you carried me home and wrapped me up into a bed of your own you throw a lumpy mattress by the guitar on your floor and apologise in advance for the fact that you snore because i can't even remember my name may give the green light to most, to see me as 'fair game' my hair is a mess and my clothes are askew but that doesn't seem to matter to you i'm taken aback as you toss me a shirt you try to stifle your laugh but i catch you smirk as i try to escape from the clutch of my dress i hear a laugh which you fail to suppress i wrestle your shirt with my limbs in a tangle you yank it over my head, for which i am thankful i wriggle free from the blanket and sit up cross legged as you fling yourself down at the foot of your bed you tell me you've just got a text from my mother who says she trusts me with you and no other and that you are under very strict instructions to keep me away from all teenage destruction it's 1.30am and my thoughts are cotton wool but our bottle of ***** is still three quarters full my eyes spy the battered guitar in the room and i beg you to play me my favourite tune an undeniably slow start as you mess up the chords and ramble on about how i'm probably bored but my eyes fix on yours with an encouraging grin and as you continue to play, goosebumps rise on my skin and as you place the battered guitar back down you sarcastically ask whether i'm happy now the buzz of my body and the smile on my face shows that here, happiness is truly the case
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May 31, 2014
May 31, 2014 at 6:17 PM UTC
a case of happiness
it's cold and dark and calm outside so you make sure that i'm tucked up tight but i need fresh air so the window is open ajar whilst there in the corner lays a battered guitar i'm high as hell so you carried me home and wrapped me up into a bed of your own you throw a lumpy mattress by the guitar on your floor and apologise in advance for the fact that you snore because i can't even remember my name may give the green light to most, to see me as 'fair game' my hair is a mess and my clothes are askew but that doesn't seem to matter to you i'm taken aback as you toss me a shirt you try to stifle your laugh but i catch you smirk as i try to escape from the clutch of my dress i hear a laugh which you fail to suppress i wrestle your shirt with my limbs in a tangle you yank it over my head, for which i am thankful i wriggle free from the blanket and sit up cross legged as you fling yourself down at the foot of your bed you tell me you've just got a text from my mother who says she trusts me with you and no other and that you are under very strict instructions to keep me away from all teenage destruction it's 1.30am and my thoughts are cotton wool but our bottle of ***** is still three quarters full my eyes spy the battered guitar in the room and i beg you to play me my favourite tune an undeniably slow start as you mess up the chords and ramble on about how i'm probably bored but my eyes fix on yours with an encouraging grin and as you continue to play, goosebumps rise on my skin and as you place the battered guitar back down you sarcastically ask whether i'm happy now the buzz of my body and the smile on my face shows that here, happiness is truly the case
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S • Skin tight, skeletal cage both ribs and mind. K • Keep a strict diet, never break it, always hide it from those who would disapprove, so I learned to suffered in silence. I • Internally a growl would emit, I reveled in the power I would get from it. To know I was structured, I wasnt a jumbled mess. Like the mass jiggling, clingling to this withering carcass. N • Never could the fat girl come back out. carve her, choke her, starve her till she lost the will to shout. Shout for help, shout for freedom, shout for love in this life. Useless, everybody knows only fit people have that right. N • Nobody would believe if I told a soul my struggle. "You are huge, big blue whale how can someone like you have a disorder? Y• Yell, scream "I WANT TO BE ME" But I can't because of our society deeming people like me are wrong, why should my weight define wether or not I belong? But because it does I hate myself. I live this life with a wish to die, all because my body is not S•K•I•N•N•Y
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Sep 17, 2016
Sep 17, 2016 at 9:34 PM UTC
S•K•I•N•N•Y
Hello, don't hang up I know you don't know me But I believe I know you I know your dreams I know your desires Of the darkest seduction From a strangers voice Of how I would use you But strict with kindness Punish you with lusts Lusts yet unknown to you Lusts to ravish your body To please you in many ways All the ways you dream of Would you dare to know me? Would you dare return my call? Don't be afraid of the dark All you need do is step inside All you need do is use the phone Dial my number, I dare you
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Oct 25, 2015
Oct 25, 2015 at 10:44 AM UTC
You Don't Know Me
-They say; I'm crazy, They say; I'm weird  Some say's; I'm serious, Some think; I'm strict  But don't you see, how all it goes They're all me, my personality shifts -Some see me like this, some see me like that Some thought I was this, some thought i was that  You won't know, whom you will met  Coz I got it all, my personality shifts -Happy and sad, i can feel it once  In the middle of my problems, i can laught and dance  If you think im crazy, i do not mind  Coz my personality shifts, works just fine -They call me this way, They call me that way  Every one I met, gaves me so many names  Its alright with me, if that's how they see me  'Coz I have a plenty of personality to shift -Silent but loud, I describe my self  If i confused you, Its not my problem  I don't have an attitude, please don't hate me  I just got a personality you hardly can't handle -My thoughts won't end, but this poem near does  Let's start a friendship forever will last  Not an enemy, I will hated that much  You will be the looser, over the personality I has. @mhierah_07
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Dec 15, 2018
Dec 15, 2018 at 12:26 AM UTC
Personality Shifts
Feelings are terrible teachers They’ll stress your mind and take away your time you will never draw a line on whether they’ll push or pull If you refuse to listen to their endless lectures then expect to have these constant complications with their code of conduct and their strict regulations Yes, you can and will skip class for as long as your white lies permit But you know you’ll end up coming back or end up punished by a higher hand Soulless, stress-filled, a vacant face stares you straight into your little eyes and from here, your life begins to lacerate
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Sep 6, 2014
Sep 6, 2014 at 9:33 PM UTC
Feelings #1
There is a harsh beauty in mathematics. Under curves and over slopes, Equations rise and fall endlessly In a perfectly measured void. Optimized, rationalized, sterilized; Formulas that never lie, Theorems looming before us Like an archaic God, A golden deity whose Volume is maximized. How I dream of drifting in this flux, Concave up and concave down, Riding the sign of my second derivative For positive and negative, For better and worse. I would not travel alone; With C by my side, Friend, ally, brother, Always paired with my antiderivative, For whenever we journey back Into the past, it is necessary To have a companion to pull us out again In case we are unsure of where we started. Rules and laws Strict organization, control; There is a harsh beauty in mathematics. Order; two plus two is always four. Sines and cosines and theta All dancing in the unit circle of life, A conga line that joins itself To form a mathematical ouroboros. But the harshest of the harsh beauties Presented in this Divine Subject Is that though there is an infinite capacity For positivity and growth, So too is there the possibility of stretching Endlessly towards negativity forever. However, it is much more terrifying To lie in the middle; To be undefined, unknowable, and to add Or subtract to no effect; The most fear inducing, mysterious, and gorgeous number Of zero; nothing yet something, Infinite yet not, The most grand of all contradictions. A hole; a jump; a discontinuity, Easily removed from life and smoothed out If you just apply the formulas. Graphs and coordinates, integers and ordered pairs, Is that not what life is? We live within the grandest equation, Each our own variable, Constantly solving for ourselves With the harsh beauties of mathematics.
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Jun 2, 2013
Jun 2, 2013 at 10:27 PM UTC
Calculus
There is a harsh beauty in mathematics. Under curves and over slopes, Equations rise and fall endlessly In a perfectly measured void. Optimized, rationalized, sterilized; Formulas that never lie, Theorems looming before us Like an archaic God, A golden deity whose Volume is maximized. How I dream of drifting in this flux, Concave up and concave down, Riding the sign of my second derivative For positive and negative, For better and worse. I would not travel alone; With C by my side, Friend, ally, brother, Always paired with my antiderivative, For whenever we journey back Into the past, it is necessary To have a companion to pull us out again In case we are unsure of where we started. Rules and laws Strict organization, control; There is a harsh beauty in mathematics. Order; two plus two is always four. Sines and cosines and theta All dancing in the unit circle of life, A conga line that joins itself To form a mathematical ouroboros. But the harshest of the harsh beauties Presented in this Divine Subject Is that though there is an infinite capacity For positivity and growth, So too is there the possibility of stretching Endlessly towards negativity forever. However, it is much more terrifying To lie in the middle; To be undefined, unknowable, and to add Or subtract to no effect; The most fear inducing, mysterious, and gorgeous number Of zero; nothing yet something, Infinite yet not, The most grand of all contradictions. A hole; a jump; a discontinuity, Easily removed from life and smoothed out If you just apply the formulas. Graphs and coordinates, integers and ordered pairs, Is that not what life is? We live within the grandest equation, Each our own variable, Constantly solving for ourselves With the harsh beauties of mathematics.
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Hello, don't hang up I know you don't know me But I believe I know you I know your dreams I know your desires Of the darkest seduction From a strangers voice Of how I would use you But strict with kindness Punish you with lusts Lusts yet unknown to you Lusts to ravish your body To please you in many ways All the ways you dream of Would you dare to know me? Would you dare return my call? Don't be afraid of the dark All you need do is step inside All you need do is use the phone Dial my number, I dare you
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Jun 29, 2015
Jun 29, 2015 at 5:13 PM UTC
You Don't Know Me
A narcissist is a dummy bear on crack. They have gummies for brains. Viewing the world with mooching eyes, flirting with greed and gluttony, playing games with the devil. The narcissist is no friend of the family. They are crude and thick with pollution and toxic waste. The Narcissist brings nothing but suffering and pain. If you bump into a narcissist in the wild, run and don't look back. A narcissist wants attention and they don't like bold and brave people. They chose victims by kindness, reputation and intelligence. The smarter and more popular you are the more likely a narcissist will strike at you. You have to be smarter than they, set boundaries and strict rules. Don't allow anyone to break your security or your self esteem. A narcissists biggest flaw is ego, strike them in the ego ***** and watch them turn blue and fall. Find their weakness in their gaslighting, use it to fight back. They blame everyone but themselves for their actions. ©️ 2022 By Amanda Shelton
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Aug 3, 2022
Aug 3, 2022 at 3:18 PM UTC
Narcissist
With graceful strategy the circling hawk Whips my circling sorrow to dive and strike; Indiscrete for action the poison oak Thrusts up her flushed face for attack Lizards and herbs and flowers admonish me, Strict in their innocence: I am cowardly, Nor will the mourning-dove condone my fault Who ******* all hazard for a humble scrap And when she coos courts punishment. My guilt Is obvious, and I cannot escape.
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Poem Advising Action
You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope. Tell me not that I am too late, that such precious feelings are gone forever. Dare not say that man forgets sooner than woman, that his love has an earlier death. There are days when I can hear my bones straining under the weight of despair, this madness that erupts like an earthquake when I feel you lost. This heart dies a slow death, shedding each hope like leaves until there are none. It is a mortal danger, perhaps not to life in a strict sense but mortal still, for I know very well my soul would harden and never be the same if I lose you. But think not for a minute this is despair's babble, even in my seldom moments of calm and lucidness and peace I offer myself to you again with a heart even more your own than ever mine or someone else's. I want to deserve you, for I have to love you E, I have to love you. It matters not this wound that burns like two, it matters not that I search for you and I do not find you, even as the nights go by and I do not have you.
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Nov 15, 2015
Nov 15, 2015 at 4:04 AM UTC
I must love you
Do you feel better now? Now that you think you've figured me out? Found out what makes me tick? One hand clasped around my throat. The other tangled in my hair Pulling my head back so I'm forced to look in your eyes So you can control me So you can make me love you Red marks on the backs of my thighs A strict set of rules so you'll never worry Punishment and reward Equal gratification All those things you want from me That you can gain from tying my wrists together Leaving rope burns across my stomach Alone in a room Exposed and waiting for you to come back And love me Just like I did to you But in such a different way You say that you're dominant And that I'm the submissive one Yet you want to jump right in And I'm going to consider our options Because your inexperience Doesn't blend well with my needs You can't collar me just to say you did You have to mean it And you don't know what it means to mean it
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May 6, 2015
May 6, 2015 at 5:43 PM UTC
A Sad Display Of Dominance
Features, my reflection— subtle hints stare back offering wordless reply, their evidence a betrayal of age. A wrinkle looking deeper, mane of face, of head—hairs fresh lacking pigment. Vain attempts made to mend heart, to sooth soul's dread. Testimony of experience of wisdom, persistence, perception, an impotent contraceptive, the argument aberrant. Regret to cloud memory, my youth seeming a flesh and blood cliche. Tiny footnotes heavy with prose, words in bold to distract mind's eye—a demand of attention. Edging out tomb's more beautiful weight of love and heartache of passion's attempt failing, to try again, sinking before succeeding. An era's dusk and dawn anew, life's advent unpredictable—without cause changing. Notion hanging lingering, poisoning future, the venom of defeat an insidious invasion. This new age creeping toward night in this stage my life's sun less bright. Maturity's introduced responsibility, some enjoyable while others to own hostility. A brigand mugging freedom—time for leisure. Spurring combat for what remains of youth, fingers wrapping air in futile seizure. The inevitable to command subservience, presuming ownership of life, though the mature demonstrate the defiance of the immature. Objects, activities, music assaulting ear, their manner, symbols of strict adherence to who once was— a spiteful surrender refusal. A piece of me defining me until no more, years holding power—threatening to change who I am at very core. Canvas construction the colour of murre, rubber toe caps the shade of pure. Design worn since youth, dead and resurrected; a million mile shoe of valorous resistance—insurrection, a Converse rebellion. In torment of age's scars, I'll never be too old to wear my All Stars.
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Nov 18, 2014
Nov 18, 2014 at 10:18 PM UTC
Converse Rebellion
Features, my reflection— subtle hints stare back offering wordless reply, their evidence a betrayal of age. A wrinkle looking deeper, mane of face, of head—hairs fresh lacking pigment. Vain attempts made to mend heart, to sooth soul's dread. Testimony of experience of wisdom, persistence, perception, an impotent contraceptive, the argument aberrant. Regret to cloud memory, my youth seeming a flesh and blood cliche. Tiny footnotes heavy with prose, words in bold to distract mind's eye—a demand of attention. Edging out tomb's more beautiful weight of love and heartache of passion's attempt failing, to try again, sinking before succeeding. An era's dusk and dawn anew, life's advent unpredictable—without cause changing. Notion hanging lingering, poisoning future, the venom of defeat an insidious invasion. This new age creeping toward night in this stage my life's sun less bright. Maturity's introduced responsibility, some enjoyable while others to own hostility. A brigand mugging freedom—time for leisure. Spurring combat for what remains of youth, fingers wrapping air in futile seizure. The inevitable to command subservience, presuming ownership of life, though the mature demonstrate the defiance of the immature. Objects, activities, music assaulting ear, their manner, symbols of strict adherence to who once was— a spiteful surrender refusal. A piece of me defining me until no more, years holding power—threatening to change who I am at very core. Canvas construction the colour of murre, rubber toe caps the shade of pure. Design worn since youth, dead and resurrected; a million mile shoe of valorous resistance—insurrection, a Converse rebellion. In torment of age's scars, I'll never be too old to wear my All Stars.
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INFJ - T I grow exhausted at the exuberance of crowds. Not able to ignore that nagging voice that whispers the evils of them Feelings of fear overpower the simple formula of conversation Jutting into remind me of my appearance compared to theirs - Too weak to fight against it. It’s not easy to speak my mind. Never daring to even introduce myself Following a very strict line Just taking each day step by step - Thinking someday I’ll be able to explain. Inside, I judge everything. New situations make the feelings shake Fear and turbulence expand within Jaw clenched and sweaty palms - Thin skin begins to bruise. Introverted and intuitive Nervous, yet calm From day to day Just a puppet - To a never-ending nightmare
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Jan 22, 2019
Jan 22, 2019 at 1:05 PM UTC
Personality Poem
Let the bird of loudest lay On the sole Arabian tree, Herald sad and trumpet be, To whose sound chaste wings obey. But thou shrieking harbinger, Foul precurrer of the fiend, Augur of the fever’s end, To this troop come thou not near. From this session interdict Every fowl of tyrant wing Save the eagle, feather’d king: Keep the obsequy so strict. Let the priest in surplice white That defunctive music can, Be the death-divining swan, Lest the requiem lack his right. And thou, treble-dated crow, That thy sable gender mak’st With the breath thou giv’st and tak’st, ‘Mongst our mourners shalt thou go. Here the anthem doth commence:— Love and constancy is dead; Phoenix and the turtle fled In a mutual flame from hence. So they loved, as love in twain Had the essence but in one; Two distincts, division none; Number there in love was slain. Hearts remote, yet not asunder; Distance, and no space was seen ‘Twixt the turtle and his queen: But in them it were a wonder. So between them love did shine, That the turtle saw his right Flaming in the phoenix’ sight; Either was the other’s mine. Property was thus appall’d, That the self was not the same; Single nature’s double name Neither two nor one was call’d. Reason, in itself confounded, Saw division grow together; To themselves yet either neither; Simple were so well compounded, That it cried, ‘How true a twain Seemeth this concordant one! Love hath reason, reason none If what parts can so remain.’ Whereupon it made this threne To the phoenix and the dove, Co-supremes and stars of love, As chorus to their tragic scene. THRENOS Beauty, truth, and rarity, Grace in all simplicity, Here enclosed in cinders lie. Death is now the phoenix’ nest; And the turtle’s loyal breast To eternity doth rest, Leaving no posterity: ’Twas not their infirmity, It was married chastity. Truth may seem, but cannot be; Beauty brag, but ’tis not she; Truth and beauty buried be. To this urn let those repair That are either true or fair; For these dead birds sigh a prayer.
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The Phoenix And The Turtle
Let the bird of loudest lay On the sole Arabian tree, Herald sad and trumpet be, To whose sound chaste wings obey. But thou shrieking harbinger, Foul precurrer of the fiend, Augur of the fever’s end, To this troop come thou not near. From this session interdict Every fowl of tyrant wing Save the eagle, feather’d king: Keep the obsequy so strict. Let the priest in surplice white That defunctive music can, Be the death-divining swan, Lest the requiem lack his right. And thou, treble-dated crow, That thy sable gender mak’st With the breath thou giv’st and tak’st, ‘Mongst our mourners shalt thou go. Here the anthem doth commence:— Love and constancy is dead; Phoenix and the turtle fled In a mutual flame from hence. So they loved, as love in twain Had the essence but in one; Two distincts, division none; Number there in love was slain. Hearts remote, yet not asunder; Distance, and no space was seen ‘Twixt the turtle and his queen: But in them it were a wonder. So between them love did shine, That the turtle saw his right Flaming in the phoenix’ sight; Either was the other’s mine. Property was thus appall’d, That the self was not the same; Single nature’s double name Neither two nor one was call’d. Reason, in itself confounded, Saw division grow together; To themselves yet either neither; Simple were so well compounded, That it cried, ‘How true a twain Seemeth this concordant one! Love hath reason, reason none If what parts can so remain.’ Whereupon it made this threne To the phoenix and the dove, Co-supremes and stars of love, As chorus to their tragic scene. THRENOS Beauty, truth, and rarity, Grace in all simplicity, Here enclosed in cinders lie. Death is now the phoenix’ nest; And the turtle’s loyal breast To eternity doth rest, Leaving no posterity: ’Twas not their infirmity, It was married chastity. Truth may seem, but cannot be; Beauty brag, but ’tis not she; Truth and beauty buried be. To this urn let those repair That are either true or fair; For these dead birds sigh a prayer.
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Like an onion, I had layers. And you peeled me away, one at a time. One layer off. You saw my favorites. The food and drinks I crave for. The wall paint I wanted for my room. The perky dresses, nail polish, knee-high boots. And the spot I always prefer to be- on the front seat. One layer off. You saw my hobbies. The words I stitched together. The stars that formed our zodiac sign. The wallclimbing, badminton, volleyball. And the guitar strings that strum our lullaby. One layer off. You saw my dreams. The plane ticket to Paris. The thrill of a bungee jump. The candlelit dinner, fireworks, dancing fountain. And the license as a medical physician. One layer off. You saw my strengths. The smile behind the false judgements. The tears I fought back with pride. The temperance, confidence, adjustments. And the self-love I have strongly magnified. One layer off. You saw my insecurities. The missing dimple on my left cheek. The pimples on my forehead. The bitchface, fierce stare, strict walk. And this prominently thin-but-tall body figure. One layer off. You saw my regrets. The kisses I could have refused. The friends I thought were true. The false assumptions, unmet expectations. And the trust I gave to the wrong person. One layer off. You saw my secrets. The punches I had to take. The bruises I covered with my sleeves. The lies, frustrations, disappointments. And the brokenness suppressed in my memory. The last layer, off. You saw through me. The anxiousness escalating slowly. The exposure feeling uneasy. I felt stripped, explored, unguarded. And in my nakedness - you had to choose: To love or to leave me, For who I really am.
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Oct 27, 2013
Oct 27, 2013 at 2:49 AM UTC
Peeling Layers
Like an onion, I had layers. And you peeled me away, one at a time. One layer off. You saw my favorites. The food and drinks I crave for. The wall paint I wanted for my room. The perky dresses, nail polish, knee-high boots. And the spot I always prefer to be- on the front seat. One layer off. You saw my hobbies. The words I stitched together. The stars that formed our zodiac sign. The wallclimbing, badminton, volleyball. And the guitar strings that strum our lullaby. One layer off. You saw my dreams. The plane ticket to Paris. The thrill of a bungee jump. The candlelit dinner, fireworks, dancing fountain. And the license as a medical physician. One layer off. You saw my strengths. The smile behind the false judgements. The tears I fought back with pride. The temperance, confidence, adjustments. And the self-love I have strongly magnified. One layer off. You saw my insecurities. The missing dimple on my left cheek. The pimples on my forehead. The bitchface, fierce stare, strict walk. And this prominently thin-but-tall body figure. One layer off. You saw my regrets. The kisses I could have refused. The friends I thought were true. The false assumptions, unmet expectations. And the trust I gave to the wrong person. One layer off. You saw my secrets. The punches I had to take. The bruises I covered with my sleeves. The lies, frustrations, disappointments. And the brokenness suppressed in my memory. The last layer, off. You saw through me. The anxiousness escalating slowly. The exposure feeling uneasy. I felt stripped, explored, unguarded. And in my nakedness - you had to choose: To love or to leave me, For who I really am.
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You say you'll send me away. But I don't care, what you say. I won't believe in it. I won't believe in it. I am my own person. I know what I'm doing, So why don't you be quiet, and just let me live. You people can be so strict. I hate this house that I'm living in. Sometimes I lose my cool and tend to throw a fit.. But you can't tell me what to believe, I have my own mind, and it's free. Even if you send me away, I swear up and down to stay the same You say you'll send me away. But I don't care, what you say. I won't believe in it. I won't believe in it. I am my own person. I know what I'm doing, So why don't you be quiet, and just let me live. You can keep telling me, that I'm acting like a fool. But that doesn't mean I'll change my ways, Just for you. So stop telling me that I'll lose. You say you'll send me away. But I don't care, what you say. I won't believe in it. I won't believe in it. I am my own person. I know what I'm doing, So why don't you be quiet, and just let me live.
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Oct 27, 2014
Oct 27, 2014 at 6:38 PM UTC
My own person
i would love to be skinny, pretty with a little bit of fierceness but why do i look as if i wasn’t good enough never the brainy nor the beauty i was always a second choice, chance, or even a lead in my life i never became my own because people kept being too good they kept stepping on what i do and they do better i was an average asian looking a little bit rosy tan with a hint of korean spice by my eyes who was envied by others but good-looking eyes didn’t stand out because makeup kept shattering the concept of natural beauty we were all being fake to the society full of hidden truths they showcased thin-ass bodies abused by strict diets and pressure full of greed.
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Aug 29, 2018
Aug 29, 2018 at 5:41 AM UTC
i was a little bit outshined
1081 Superiority to Fate Is difficult to gain ’Tis not conferred of Any But possible to earn A pittance at a time Until to Her surprise The Soul with strict economy Subsist till Paradise.
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Superiority to Fate
She furiously takes notes in geometry class He throws a paper plane across the room She gets out her neatly written homework He gets out a scratch paper with drawings on it She maintains straight A's He's lucky to get a D+ She has a strict curfew of 9:00 pm He stays out all night She daydreams about what could be He steps up for what he wants She reads Shakespeare He reads... Well he doesn't She drives the latest model of the Honda civic He's lucky if his '76 Toyota will start She's only loved honor students He's only loved her She pays no attention to him He begs for her notification She graduates top of her class He barely gets by She goes off to college He stays and becomes a mechanic She marries rich and lives wealthily but bitterly He regrets the concealed feelings he never shared
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Nov 3, 2013
Nov 3, 2013 at 9:08 PM UTC
Adolescence
** A new poetry posting site from God's own country, Kerala in India Poetry dates all the way back to the beginnings of Humanity. People have always been questioning nature, and the day-to-day existence of themselves and other humans love, death, survival, war, injustice, and the universe are all examples of things that have been questioned by men and woman since the roots of human existence. Whether in nursery rhyme, ballad, jingle, rhyme, anthem, or music, people have found poetry to be an outlet for expressing these questions, sensations, and experiences People often associate it with strict rhyming patterns, complicated vocabulary, hidden iconic meanings, and difficult rhythmical conventions. Poetry is even taught in school to be an intricate, complicated, inexplicable puzzle. True, poetry is difficult. Sure, it can be harder to understand than prose. However, that is only because sometimes it is involved with your inescapable complexities and uncertainties of your existence. In this era when the soul wants to go on a spree, imagination and creativity are all merged to serve and let you fulfill your wish to express. The pen, mightier than the sword, is free and can conquer hearts all over the world. So here is a site which allows unity in diversity and considers not cultural and racial barriers. It welcomes professionals and amateurs equally as poetry believe not in prejudice. Human beings are free to write their feelings and emotions. We therefore invite here people from all over the world to celebrate under the ipoetree. Feel at home here under the shade of this tree which pines to have as fruits your poems. Williamsji Maveli (Williams George Maveli) is an enthusiastic and solid writer. He is a sincere, resourceful and diligent in his poetic work. He is very well connected and networked within the literary community and is willing to take up projects even in his tight schedules. His writings reflect the amount of research on the current events that has gone into it along with his knowledge and expertise in the field. However, Williamsji’s many poems are simple to read, interpret, and understand. His latest book, titled “ARAMVIRALTHUMBATHU…” (On the tip of the sixth finger), is now published and released by H & C Books,Trichur, Kerala in India, which is a collection of lyrics. If anyone is interested, please email to [email protected] or write to WILLIAMSJI MAVELI PO BOX 3 ANGAMALY ERNAKULAM DISTRICT, KERALA - INDIA **
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Nov 22, 2013
Nov 22, 2013 at 2:23 AM UTC
ipoetree - a new poetry site from Williamsji Maveli
** A new poetry posting site from God's own country, Kerala in India Poetry dates all the way back to the beginnings of Humanity. People have always been questioning nature, and the day-to-day existence of themselves and other humans love, death, survival, war, injustice, and the universe are all examples of things that have been questioned by men and woman since the roots of human existence. Whether in nursery rhyme, ballad, jingle, rhyme, anthem, or music, people have found poetry to be an outlet for expressing these questions, sensations, and experiences People often associate it with strict rhyming patterns, complicated vocabulary, hidden iconic meanings, and difficult rhythmical conventions. Poetry is even taught in school to be an intricate, complicated, inexplicable puzzle. True, poetry is difficult. Sure, it can be harder to understand than prose. However, that is only because sometimes it is involved with your inescapable complexities and uncertainties of your existence. In this era when the soul wants to go on a spree, imagination and creativity are all merged to serve and let you fulfill your wish to express. The pen, mightier than the sword, is free and can conquer hearts all over the world. So here is a site which allows unity in diversity and considers not cultural and racial barriers. It welcomes professionals and amateurs equally as poetry believe not in prejudice. Human beings are free to write their feelings and emotions. We therefore invite here people from all over the world to celebrate under the ipoetree. Feel at home here under the shade of this tree which pines to have as fruits your poems. Williamsji Maveli (Williams George Maveli) is an enthusiastic and solid writer. He is a sincere, resourceful and diligent in his poetic work. He is very well connected and networked within the literary community and is willing to take up projects even in his tight schedules. His writings reflect the amount of research on the current events that has gone into it along with his knowledge and expertise in the field. However, Williamsji’s many poems are simple to read, interpret, and understand. His latest book, titled “ARAMVIRALTHUMBATHU…” (On the tip of the sixth finger), is now published and released by H & C Books,Trichur, Kerala in India, which is a collection of lyrics. If anyone is interested, please email to [email protected] or write to WILLIAMSJI MAVELI PO BOX 3 ANGAMALY ERNAKULAM DISTRICT, KERALA - INDIA **
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leaving doesn’t mean i didn’t care or that i no longer liked the taste of your lips pressed deeply against mine leaving doesn’t mean i didn’t love you it doesn’t take away the meaning of words spoke of feelings felt leaving just meant i couldn’t keep loving you for it was bad for my health leaving, leaving, leaving the most popular word in my vocabulary a topic flooding my mind for months repeating, repeating, repeating make it stop leaving looked like a strict diet of fingernails and bones crushed into salt it was swallowing chalk dust to begin the day shoving shards of glass into the scars of my heart trying to get my feelings to change *** and *** and *** and *** maybe it would awaken the part of me that still loved you it was ripping myself from the comfort of my own home standing alone in the woods it was being afraid of the dark and nightmares upon nightmares upon nightmares it was swallowing my own heart but leaving you.. it lead to a fresh start
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Jul 30, 2018
Jul 30, 2018 at 11:55 AM UTC
leaving
I exist in a world of careful structure Taken out of Chaos and made habitable By strict planning and strict ruling— Structure is imperative Order keeps us going Deviations are not allowed If you wish to live in my world You must learn to follow rules Reliability is key Being dependable as the rising sun Predictable as a new moon Always infallible Disappointments are not tolerated Insufficient will be cast away Deviations are not allowed So if you can’t be trusted Then you don’t belong here There will be order in my house For in games of two, there can be no others There Are Rules And they exist to keep us out of Chaos They exist because structure Ensures that we don’t collapse So when your eyes are wandering You are marking yourself as inconstant Dangerous Unacceptable And I will stop at nothing Until you’ve suffered for every sweetness you’ve laid at another’s feet I will stop at nothing Until you’ve learned that you must always choose me I will burn you for every betrayal And some will call me jealous
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Dec 27, 2011
Dec 27, 2011 at 5:41 PM UTC
Hera
WASHINGTON IRVING WROTE A NOVEL ABOUT ICHABOD CRANE LITTLE SLEEPY HOLLOW WILL NEVER BE THE SAME LITTLE SLEEPY HOLLOW WAS CURSED BY A HORSEMAN MOST DREAD HE WAS RIDING IN SLEEPY HOLLOW IN SEARCH OF HIS HEAD THE HEADLESS HORSEMAN WAS IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR SO FOR HIM SEARCHING FOR HIS HEAD WAS NEVER A CHORE ICHABOD CRANE WAS A TEACHER MOST STRICT WEATHER THE GHOST STORIES WERE TRUE WHO COULD EVER PREDICT ICHABOD TEACHES THE CHILDREN OF FARMERS IN THE VILLAGE BUT ITS THE YOUNG GIRLS OF FARMERS HE SECRETLY WANTS TOO PILLAGE KATRINA VAN TASSEL A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG STUDENT ICHABOD FALLS IN LOVE WITH HER BUT WAS IT VERY PRUDENT HE WAS INVITED TO THE TASSELS FOR A PARTY MOST RARE KATRINA AT THE PARTY DISMISSES HIS WITHOUT CARE ICHABOD LEAVES THAT NIGHT ON HIS HORSE HE RIDES ITS AN EERILY DARK PATH HIS HORSE DOSE STRIDE ICHABOD IS SCARED AND SEES A LARGE DARK MAN HE YELLS TO THE STRANGER AS LOUD AS HE CAN SO ICHABOD RIDES SCARED AND FAST BUT ALONG SIDE COMES THE MAN NOT WILLING TOO PASS ICHABOD NOTICES THE RIDER REALLY HAS NO HEAD THIS JUST FILLS ICHABOD WITH THE MOST SINFUL DREAD ICHABOD AND THE STRANGER RACE TO THE TOWN CHURCH FOR THIS IS WHERE THE GHOST STORIES FIRST CAME TO BIRTH ICHABOD RACES TO THE BRIDGE AND NERVOUSLY LOOKS BACK THE STRANGER HAS DISAPPEARED OFF THE GHOSTLY TRACK BUT HE NOTICES THE STRANGER HIS HEAD HE DOSE HURL ICHABOD FALLS OF THE HORSE HIS WORLD IS IN A WHIRL THE NEXT DAY ICHABOD'S HORSE FINALLY RETURNS HOME WHERE IS ICHABOD WHERE DID HE ROAM THEY LOOK FOR ICHABOD AND FIND HOOF PRINTS AND ICHABOD'S HAT SO NOW THE FOLKLORE IS BORN IN SLEEPY HOLLOW THAT'S THAT " WISDOM IS LIKE MANURE IT'S NO GOOD UNLESS IT'S SPREAD AROUND ENCOURAGING OTHERS TO GROW"
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Mar 2, 2017
Mar 2, 2017 at 5:47 PM UTC
ICHABOD CRANE
WASHINGTON IRVING WROTE A NOVEL ABOUT ICHABOD CRANE LITTLE SLEEPY HOLLOW WILL NEVER BE THE SAME LITTLE SLEEPY HOLLOW WAS CURSED BY A HORSEMAN MOST DREAD HE WAS RIDING IN SLEEPY HOLLOW IN SEARCH OF HIS HEAD THE HEADLESS HORSEMAN WAS IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR SO FOR HIM SEARCHING FOR HIS HEAD WAS NEVER A CHORE ICHABOD CRANE WAS A TEACHER MOST STRICT WEATHER THE GHOST STORIES WERE TRUE WHO COULD EVER PREDICT ICHABOD TEACHES THE CHILDREN OF FARMERS IN THE VILLAGE BUT ITS THE YOUNG GIRLS OF FARMERS HE SECRETLY WANTS TOO PILLAGE KATRINA VAN TASSEL A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG STUDENT ICHABOD FALLS IN LOVE WITH HER BUT WAS IT VERY PRUDENT HE WAS INVITED TO THE TASSELS FOR A PARTY MOST RARE KATRINA AT THE PARTY DISMISSES HIS WITHOUT CARE ICHABOD LEAVES THAT NIGHT ON HIS HORSE HE RIDES ITS AN EERILY DARK PATH HIS HORSE DOSE STRIDE ICHABOD IS SCARED AND SEES A LARGE DARK MAN HE YELLS TO THE STRANGER AS LOUD AS HE CAN SO ICHABOD RIDES SCARED AND FAST BUT ALONG SIDE COMES THE MAN NOT WILLING TOO PASS ICHABOD NOTICES THE RIDER REALLY HAS NO HEAD THIS JUST FILLS ICHABOD WITH THE MOST SINFUL DREAD ICHABOD AND THE STRANGER RACE TO THE TOWN CHURCH FOR THIS IS WHERE THE GHOST STORIES FIRST CAME TO BIRTH ICHABOD RACES TO THE BRIDGE AND NERVOUSLY LOOKS BACK THE STRANGER HAS DISAPPEARED OFF THE GHOSTLY TRACK BUT HE NOTICES THE STRANGER HIS HEAD HE DOSE HURL ICHABOD FALLS OF THE HORSE HIS WORLD IS IN A WHIRL THE NEXT DAY ICHABOD'S HORSE FINALLY RETURNS HOME WHERE IS ICHABOD WHERE DID HE ROAM THEY LOOK FOR ICHABOD AND FIND HOOF PRINTS AND ICHABOD'S HAT SO NOW THE FOLKLORE IS BORN IN SLEEPY HOLLOW THAT'S THAT " WISDOM IS LIKE MANURE IT'S NO GOOD UNLESS IT'S SPREAD AROUND ENCOURAGING OTHERS TO GROW"
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