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We were born in different shapes, colors, and size Not a single embryo was able to decide their DNA or blood type But that shouldn't make us less humans than the others It's the diversity that makes us exquisite and beautiful Break down the stereotype that beauty is fair skin, that beauty is a skinny and blonde-haired lady that beauty is wearing clothes with branded labels that beauty is applying tons of foundation and mascara Who are we to determine the standard of beauty, anyway? While each of us is God's creativity, authentically made by His hands Who are we to judge God's taste in art, anyway? While each of us is uniquely magnificent, as His creations are never less than a masterpiece Keep in mind that the real beauty lies within ourselves, beneath our skin, between our thoughts, and inside our soul
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Apr 24, 2017
Apr 24, 2017 at 4:44 AM UTC
Beauty in Diversity
The epitome on the show is more than a dream turned true a timeless beauty stitched on the stone. The first sight hooks the eyeballs no star is a far cry from here it looks so close. A narrative feels so familiar is never old seen tons of times yet is a new Taj Mahal. Since the medieval eyes were dazzled by this monument of love the crave to eye on it once in a lifetime is in every lover’s heart! People of new ages flock here with the admiring birds on this air of everlasting romance never gone with the wind are mesmerised with love!
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Jul 17, 2018
Jul 17, 2018 at 12:16 AM UTC
Taj Mahal
Are you a witness of the precise moment on that very proverbial, unpredictable day when everyone did mind the gap but the Ramadan moon took a step? None could time it at first, as if it got out from a black hole or an uncharted water well: down the trail, who can tell? Now a day or two is gone, has passed by. The moon is in the fast lane soaring high, and fills the orb with serene soft light. Ah, buddies catch up, the suave fireflies. Tons of these stay awake in the night. Before they fly away, vanishing afar into the epic portion of the night. A confluence down the black moon, only to catch a glimpse of any pattern: a morning star or a forming pin bar, a slice of light on a gingerly lit chart. Premiering the Eid moon’s first blush. Yet, if only one can time it, when will it flash? Deep down a black moon, all eyes black out. Still, how can one sigh though? Ah, the unpredictable black moon, should it show just a peek, showers the earth with Eid’s joy! Will it show up in no time, far from the sight— galaxies light up the shady nook of night. A houri in the Eden rings the alarm. The veiled bunch of fairies push the sky. Every star throws its hat, only to tell first when a crescent moon will crop up And with the first spill of moonlight, topflight it goes, pushing the boat out! A walk down the black moon without a light or water gone into the blue, As though walking dead, blindfolded. No pattern, decimals of Pi undefined by design, but spot on gets to the apex spike! There’s still an unmarked blank space the light on this way doesn’t paint. And this time, the time won’t tell is there anyone who can is anyone’s guess. So should the houri dare to run, then cherubic she be on her flawless flaw, rushes to ask the Queen of Heaven! Oh, good luck to her, a wild one. Time the black moon, its first glance precisely when the Eid moon will crop up. Enlighten us, we are more than curious. Tell us, too—don’t just tweet it to the stars.
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May 19, 2018
May 19, 2018 at 8:08 PM UTC
The Ramadan Moon
Are you a witness of the precise moment on that very proverbial, unpredictable day when everyone did mind the gap but the Ramadan moon took a step? None could time it at first, as if it got out from a black hole or an uncharted water well: down the trail, who can tell? Now a day or two is gone, has passed by. The moon is in the fast lane soaring high, and fills the orb with serene soft light. Ah, buddies catch up, the suave fireflies. Tons of these stay awake in the night. Before they fly away, vanishing afar into the epic portion of the night. A confluence down the black moon, only to catch a glimpse of any pattern: a morning star or a forming pin bar, a slice of light on a gingerly lit chart. Premiering the Eid moon’s first blush. Yet, if only one can time it, when will it flash? Deep down a black moon, all eyes black out. Still, how can one sigh though? Ah, the unpredictable black moon, should it show just a peek, showers the earth with Eid’s joy! Will it show up in no time, far from the sight— galaxies light up the shady nook of night. A houri in the Eden rings the alarm. The veiled bunch of fairies push the sky. Every star throws its hat, only to tell first when a crescent moon will crop up And with the first spill of moonlight, topflight it goes, pushing the boat out! A walk down the black moon without a light or water gone into the blue, As though walking dead, blindfolded. No pattern, decimals of Pi undefined by design, but spot on gets to the apex spike! There’s still an unmarked blank space the light on this way doesn’t paint. And this time, the time won’t tell is there anyone who can is anyone’s guess. So should the houri dare to run, then cherubic she be on her flawless flaw, rushes to ask the Queen of Heaven! Oh, good luck to her, a wild one. Time the black moon, its first glance precisely when the Eid moon will crop up. Enlighten us, we are more than curious. Tell us, too—don’t just tweet it to the stars.
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She has her own star Down on the boulevard Where they all line up to see her Welcome to her life Welcome to her world Her life did not go as planned She thought the whole world was in her hands She craves intimacy in the worst way But has to settle for whatever the fellows are paying for that day She parades around on her concrete stars perfumed and sprayed Hopeful that someone will find her desirable rather than doubtful Wears tons of makeup Smokes two packs a day She thinks the sooner she leaves this world the better She had a plan she had a path Before that monster stole her soul and caused her wrath Now alcohol and drugs help numb her pain Nothing but a ghost girl remains The other girl shed herself just a pile of skin left on the floor This new person is all anyone will see anymore She does have a good heart but rarely uses it too many people have let her down No one ever tries to see the person that she is they never stop to hear her story They say it's hard work to look that easy Some may even call her ****** But not me
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Nov 19, 2014
Nov 19, 2014 at 9:57 AM UTC
It's Hard Work to Look that Easy
You've given me tons of reasons to leave, But I still stay Because those reasons weren't enough To keep me away
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Jan 6, 2019
Jan 6, 2019 at 1:44 PM UTC
Reasons
Stumbling into ancient scripts, authored a decades plus ago, ago being a modifier of time quantities, minute or large, unspecific without an objective adjective additive, that faucets a stream of an interlocutory elocution of a batter of rooted emotional histories, but not histrionics fanciful words for dredged up memories, acute, but tarnished, powered yet worn by a cousin of ago, a/k/a, age and yet renews as of, at this very second, as if it were a first, a tumult of visions, swelling of remembrances, embodied scars, and I weep anew but not for me, as much for the resonating simpatico souls with whom they even  now vibrate with resonance of the immediacy of If not now, When? Aside: The exterior environment is noisy wet pelting of thunderstorms and ****** sheets of bulleting rain, piercing projectiles, but I am safe in the sunroom, sadly happy my dog is no longer here to shiver and tremble, cuddle and be soothed by steady stroking But I am here, wrestling with this dredging operation, digging up tons of sand that require dumping, and I ask, inquire, beg: Who will take this detritus off my hands, once more, now uncovered, now recovered, the soil is already soaked and can absorb no more, the soul is already soaked and can absorb no more, the weakened heart, damaged and occluded, suffer cannot bare twice the outrageous misfortune of unbared recollections, twice, or thrice, and I feel myself drowning in revisiting pain, **** **** **** these old poems, not nuggets, but boulders dropping from night skies, shot from a pitching machine, without letup, piercing of agonies that once ago   freshly desecrated and decorated my basic training in humanity. Enough whining: *I wrote those poems to eject out those pains, and I write this now, once more, to realize that so so many still face uncertain and unrelenting similarities, doing their own sums, and I wish them easing, strength to compose and thereby dispose of the ineloquent and eloquent words of staining suffering* 3:30am Thur July 10 2025
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Jul 16, 2025
Jul 16, 2025 at 5:39 PM UTC
Older poems, new readers, familiar thoughts...
Stumbling into ancient scripts, authored a decades plus ago, ago being a modifier of time quantities, minute or large, unspecific without an objective adjective additive, that faucets a stream of an interlocutory elocution of a batter of rooted emotional histories, but not histrionics fanciful words for dredged up memories, acute, but tarnished, powered yet worn by a cousin of ago, a/k/a, age and yet renews as of, at this very second, as if it were a first, a tumult of visions, swelling of remembrances, embodied scars, and I weep anew but not for me, as much for the resonating simpatico souls with whom they even  now vibrate with resonance of the immediacy of If not now, When? Aside: The exterior environment is noisy wet pelting of thunderstorms and ****** sheets of bulleting rain, piercing projectiles, but I am safe in the sunroom, sadly happy my dog is no longer here to shiver and tremble, cuddle and be soothed by steady stroking But I am here, wrestling with this dredging operation, digging up tons of sand that require dumping, and I ask, inquire, beg: Who will take this detritus off my hands, once more, now uncovered, now recovered, the soil is already soaked and can absorb no more, the soul is already soaked and can absorb no more, the weakened heart, damaged and occluded, suffer cannot bare twice the outrageous misfortune of unbared recollections, twice, or thrice, and I feel myself drowning in revisiting pain, **** **** **** these old poems, not nuggets, but boulders dropping from night skies, shot from a pitching machine, without letup, piercing of agonies that once ago   freshly desecrated and decorated my basic training in humanity. Enough whining: *I wrote those poems to eject out those pains, and I write this now, once more, to realize that so so many still face uncertain and unrelenting similarities, doing their own sums, and I wish them easing, strength to compose and thereby dispose of the ineloquent and eloquent words of staining suffering* 3:30am Thur July 10 2025
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For Helene. Ashes on the water, now. Love's bones like dust downstream.   At least it got to see itself in our eyes, Feel itself between hand holding hand And whispered caresses. From pillow talk to fists raised at Concerts, glasses of Portuguese wine On her balcony to the sound of magpies We named our neighbours. We were beautiful. Began beautifully. Ended gracefully. I open hands that held hers and see Nothing but skin worn by labour, And air. Ashes on the water, now. Embers without a chance against rivers   Cold with melted mountain snow and Unyielding differences. Some loves drown with lungs too full To cry; others float like a funeral-pyre- Longboat into the night, ablaze. King and queen, hand upon hand. Crowns tied from fresh flowers, We were beautiful. Began beautifully. Slid apart the way a glacier parts from The hills; slowly, but with the force Of its thousands of tons. Ashes on the water, Where the ghost of our union rests Underneath the surface of our memories. I will remember you. Until the stars burn out, raining the Dust of themselves like snow upon These waters that always are moving.
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Feb 28, 2016
Feb 28, 2016 at 5:08 PM UTC
These Waters that Always are Moving
Ye won't comprehend what I mean Unless acquire the eyes to have seen Emotions by their true image Do you know what I mean? Once harnessed power to play with emotions Impossible seems revival, work no potions When crawl back half alive Anaesthetised images, walking drunk motions That deep sorrow, sadness and pain The efforts and struggles all in vain Isn't what you cry for and say? Ask thyself, Who drove you into that lane Pitch dark corners of thoughts arouse the feel Four stanzas including this one's just half meal Clouds of this kind circle forever Pressing the haunting words, in time I'll heal -------- <***> Presence of happiness none sees, a pity As we surmise, there does exist a Deity For a reason, all this emerged In everything, there might be something pretty <*> Once gripped that strange feel in the prayers Shall form over body, invisible protective layers Addition in tons, not kilos Of sagacity, on each climb of the stairs <> Life devoid of expectations isn't the option The mindset's worthy enough for adoption Great expectations pave dirtiest of roads Too precious to be displayed up for auction <**> On Him can we lean and must firmly believe Direct contact's the medicine for mind's relief Affordable yet unaffordable jewels await For the closest beings in His regard to receive F.A teeri
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Oct 17, 2017
Oct 17, 2017 at 2:32 PM UTC
'Harnessing Emotions'
Do you want a slice of cake, might keep you going just for now. But as you are not used to eating, you have the hooves we'll keep the cow. The modern world is dying younger, unlike those in the poorer east. Who die through lack of food and water, we're dying because we're obese. In this modern city arena, it seems our portion is the more free health and overwhelming safety but we save that small slice for the poor. The waste is massive, over burdened, tons of food are chucked away. As we stick to our sell by clearance just think for what so many pray. Do we need such a massive slice, even half would fill our needs. The west gets fat the east is wanting scrubbing around for scraps and seeds. So next time when feasting in McDonalds, and washing down with large milkshake. Try and see your own reflexion and you'll see whom eats all the cake. Before you leave that busy food-hall, just have a quick look in the bin and you will see the unholy waste, perhaps you'll also see the sin. The slicing of this planets cake   seems to be divided wrong. So cut it into a fairer slices and send it to where it belongs.
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Nov 13, 2014
Nov 13, 2014 at 2:54 PM UTC
Slice that Cake
..life is full of life like a magic land full of wonders, like songs whose notes go high and low, with lines which rhyme to make a flow! and whole experiences in life goes just like a wind's blow: soft yet swift, silent yet clear. It begins,continues and may even end well only if you put forward a  virtuous life indeed. All you need to be away from is the poison tree which fed Adam and Eve. Look away! It may be placed in the center of your life too. You may find it the most glossy and glittering today. Bowing to this may keep your head held down forever. Know this fact for a sinless life All the tempting trees yield fruits sour & reel you'll stumble,totter,wobble & falter! Then'll you realize fasting away this fruit was better. But by then you'll lose paradise forever and fetter! So let us all not reach to this concluding our lives should have a better ending. which is to be more certain,graceful & dutiful. Cos we live only once but it should have the worth of tons Life'll help you do that..As "life attracts life" BEAUTIFULLY ,ENORMOUSLY & PERFECTLY!!
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Jun 1, 2015
Jun 1, 2015 at 8:20 AM UTC
Life attracts Life
Come and Look, Come and See, What is at the Bakery! Dazzling, Lovely, Amazing too, Something Special Just for You. Delicious Cookies, Cakes, and Pies, Tons of Delicacies Before Your Eyes. The Scent of Sugar All Around, Goodies, Donuts, and Breads Abound. Sweet Tooth Calling, "Give Me More," Starts in When You Hit the Door. Cravings Growing for the Treats, Have to Have a Load of Sweets. Absolute Bliss as You Give in, To that Tempting Sugar Sweet Sin.
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Oct 28, 2010
Oct 28, 2010 at 5:05 PM UTC
Bakery.
I used to step on the solid ground The grey asphalt with li'l pebbles in black in it I used to walk with cemented pavement Where no one hinders me to enjoy the tack I'm in. You led me to the boat And together, we left the crowd My knees are shaking, as if I'm freezing You guided me to enter that narrow boat And I had nothing but myself to bring For it may sink with tons of extra things. We started sailing The curtained sky was the scene With lil stars painted on it And the depth of the ocean was present It bounces the crescent up there. I felt the wind brushed my hair He sounds so mad with the clouds supporting him My feet trembles with fear as my faith does. You are with me, oh Jesus And I asked you if you care For I may fall from where we are And you may not see it and forget I was there at all. Words come from your mouth And the wind listened with your sweet voice You brought peace and calmed my raging seas. I trust no one but You Even if I don't know how far but I'm ready though Oh held my hands indeed, Let my grip be frozen upon your hands. I'll sit and take a look at the vistas And move the boat as we sail You'll teach me how to act And wherever we'll go, You are with me. (6/4/2014 @xirlleelang)
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Jun 26, 2014
Jun 26, 2014 at 10:50 PM UTC
The Boat is not Sinking
It is December in Wicklow: Alders dripping, birches Inheriting the last light, The ash tree cold to look at. A comet that was lost Should be visible at sunset, Those million tons of light Like a glimmer of haws and rose-hips, And I sometimes see a falling star. If I could come on meteorite! Instead I walk through damp leaves, Husks, the spent flukes of autumn, Imagining a hero On some muddy compound, His gift like a slingstone Whirled for the desperate. How did I end up like this? I often think of my friends' Beautiful prismatic counselling And the anvil brains of some who hate me As I sit weighing and weighing My responsible tristia. For what? For the ear? For the people? For what is said behind-backs? Rain comes down through the alders, Its low conductive voices Mutter about let-downs and erosions And yet each drop recalls The diamond absolutes. I am neither internee nor informer; An inner émigré, grown long-haired And thoughtful; a wood-kerne Escaped from the massacre, Taking protective colouring From bole and bark, feeling Every wind that blows; Who, blowing up these sparks For their meagre heat, have missed The once-in-a-lifetime portent, The comet's pulsing rose.
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Exposure
once you graduate high school you see people for who they really are people change and sometimes not for the better your best friend is now your worst enemy the person who intimidated you is now one of your friends the boy you had a crush on is now irrelevant some people enter high school with tons of friends and leave with a few friends others enter high school with a few friends and leave with none at all - my high school experience
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Sep 16, 2017
Sep 16, 2017 at 4:36 PM UTC
high school
When you get nostalgia For previous episodes, books, volumes, or songs When you understand the world better By comparing it to a million fictional ones When you obsessively hit the reset button on YouTube Waiting for the next episode or song to come out When you have tons of fictional or celebrity crushes But don't like anyone in your school When you understand the characters Better than the people around you That's when you know you're a fangirl
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Sep 15, 2016
Sep 15, 2016 at 8:55 AM UTC
You Know You're A Fangirl
In a class, I'll sit and listen they'll explain that I have no rights as a member of the LGBTQ+ they'll say, with pride of their skin, black lives DON'T matter- all lives do. I'll sit here, OH YES, I'll sit and listen they'll talk about girls being ugly talking about how there are only two genders and I'll sit here relating women to paintings, weaving them into my poems, slightly pouting and confused with my lack of their said gender. Sighing, I will sit here and listen as they repeat the things I've heard my entire life and I'll bite my tongue, though not really a look will pass by, rage seeps through pores I'll leak liquid anger until the toxins correct their rotten brains I know I should say something, but there are tons of them and only micro-me. Weak. I'll sit here, and I will listen to them as we all eagerly await the bell Save us. we're far apart, so my mask is off now, but when it sounds, when it promises peace RING RING RING I will stand, turn, and Black Lives Matter will be almost as prominent as a tattoo on my face, the phrase will melt, it will stick, it will attach to my mouth and say scream sing the words that I cannot. and I'll keep Sydney's hoodie on as my bulletproof vest, her chain against my heart understanding that THIS IS NOT A CHOICE Why would I ever choose the pain I went through for this? only to go home, and hear more from my step-father, with the victimizing mother actings as if it never happens
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Dec 2, 2020
Dec 2, 2020 at 4:31 PM UTC
The Usual.
capable but unmotivated, love being different, hate being misunderstood, impulsive long term planner. strange mix of super private and open book. rational yet unrealistic. great at giving advice, bad at following it. arrogant, but painfully aware of my flaws sure of myself, yet unassuming introverted extrovert, rigorous yet care-free, perpetual loner with tons of friends. energetic but lazy, sensitive, yet cold hearted gregarious yet studious, intelligent but spacey, personal, yet detached. unhealthy, yet understanding therapist, competitive mediator. The optimist who just wants to see the world burn. Where do I fit in?
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Jul 27, 2016
Jul 27, 2016 at 7:24 AM UTC
I am a Contradiction.
He says he has no secrets, and I say I have tons, He looks at me, his eyebrow raised, and says,"Well let's hear one."
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Apr 11, 2013
Apr 11, 2013 at 11:03 PM UTC
Secrets
Being pregnant is very difficult no one can understand what you are feeling not even another pregnant woman . everyone takes things differently and feels mixed emotions there are some things that are inevitable yet there are things that can be avoided. there is so much i have brushed off in this pregnancy. but there are somethings i just cant control like my emotions im annoyed im tired. im in pain im heavy things that every pregnant woman KNOW that they are going to feel yet i cant control my crying when i get upset or i feel like i need more in my relationship this pregnancy makes me feel unwanted unneeded un-everything things run through my head that i have no idea where they came from. but then again these are things that come with the pregnancy instead of me having all these cravings, stuffing my face and gaining 50 pounds i just gain all these thoughts in my head that hurt me emotionally and give me headaches yet who can i explain these things to, without they thinking im crazy ? they dont understand. especially men ,. how can a man possibly understand and not say something like its pregnancy you know what you were getting into... sometimes i cry at night because i crave an affection that i dont get . yet i think, and i realize ive never gotten this affection. ive never really been complimented in a really nice way like "you look pretty" or something simple like that yea ive gotten TONS of compliments from people that dont even matter but the one man that does matter has yet to say it. i think i have been one of the best women to be pregnant because i havent put my boyfriend through all the **** that i know alot of women put their men through and its by choice. yeah sometimes i feel a major mood swing coming in and i just go to the bathroom and relax why push him away if im the one thats pregnant? ive done all this for him ! what have i gotten? although i may be upset at him right now that doesnt mean that i am saying all these things JUST because i am upset . i am saying them because i mean them i am saying them because i feel them i am saying them because its what goes through my head and i cant confront him to tell him this without crying before even speaking its been 8 years. and i still dont know. he may feel different things about me but this is what i feel . and what i have been feeling for a while. its the simple things that matter to me the most. and to him (although he may deny it) its the bigger things that matter.
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Sep 28, 2010
Sep 28, 2010 at 8:12 AM UTC
Feelings During Pregnancy
Being pregnant is very difficult no one can understand what you are feeling not even another pregnant woman . everyone takes things differently and feels mixed emotions there are some things that are inevitable yet there are things that can be avoided. there is so much i have brushed off in this pregnancy. but there are somethings i just cant control like my emotions im annoyed im tired. im in pain im heavy things that every pregnant woman KNOW that they are going to feel yet i cant control my crying when i get upset or i feel like i need more in my relationship this pregnancy makes me feel unwanted unneeded un-everything things run through my head that i have no idea where they came from. but then again these are things that come with the pregnancy instead of me having all these cravings, stuffing my face and gaining 50 pounds i just gain all these thoughts in my head that hurt me emotionally and give me headaches yet who can i explain these things to, without they thinking im crazy ? they dont understand. especially men ,. how can a man possibly understand and not say something like its pregnancy you know what you were getting into... sometimes i cry at night because i crave an affection that i dont get . yet i think, and i realize ive never gotten this affection. ive never really been complimented in a really nice way like "you look pretty" or something simple like that yea ive gotten TONS of compliments from people that dont even matter but the one man that does matter has yet to say it. i think i have been one of the best women to be pregnant because i havent put my boyfriend through all the **** that i know alot of women put their men through and its by choice. yeah sometimes i feel a major mood swing coming in and i just go to the bathroom and relax why push him away if im the one thats pregnant? ive done all this for him ! what have i gotten? although i may be upset at him right now that doesnt mean that i am saying all these things JUST because i am upset . i am saying them because i mean them i am saying them because i feel them i am saying them because its what goes through my head and i cant confront him to tell him this without crying before even speaking its been 8 years. and i still dont know. he may feel different things about me but this is what i feel . and what i have been feeling for a while. its the simple things that matter to me the most. and to him (although he may deny it) its the bigger things that matter.
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us humans haven't quite cleaned up everyday we send nasty chemicals spiraling up which invariably stuffs the ozone layer up our polluting of this rim of protection continually goes on we're not holding the pollutants in retention which shows we're damaging its convention there needs to be more innovative ideas developed to subdue the ***** air which we humans keep overly producing here and everywhere so as the ultra violet streams don't not become too extreme they do irreparable harm and give cause for alarm   we humans have an obligation to our planet's ozone cover by not sullying its protective sheath   with tons of polluting smother
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Sep 15, 2014
Sep 15, 2014 at 8:48 PM UTC
Ozone Layer
I'd rather be alone Right now Than being alone Sooner than now If I'll be on my self, I'll be on my self. I can't afford to ride another roller coaster with tons of passengers who'll jump off at the peak of the ride.
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Feb 19, 2015
Feb 19, 2015 at 2:26 AM UTC
Infinite Solidarity
Have you ever Questioned beauty What is beauty Is it short skirts Low tank tops Long blonde hair Tons of makeup Lace Beauty comes differently Everyone thinks beauty Differently Some do think blondes Define beauty Some think the nerd Defines beauty Some think the loner Defines beauty You don’t have to be skinny To be considered beautiful How do you Define beauty
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Oct 28, 2014
Oct 28, 2014 at 5:58 PM UTC
Define Beauty
Just because you have kids doesn't mean you are a man it just means that you are old or mature enough to contribute to humanity's population(if that is even the case) just because you have muscles doesn't mean you are a man it just means that you are strong enough to do physical labor for humanity just because you have tons of girlfriends doesn't mean you are a man it just means that you are in a stage where courtmanship is at it's peak for the benefit of humanity just because you have tons of money doesn't mean you are a man it just means that you have contributed something to humanity in which you are getting pay for it just because you went to war doesn't mean you are a man it just means that you had enough respect for the country and your family and consequences were dealt to you because of humanities behavior the list of masculinity traits can go on and on masculinity is primitive femininity is evolving and it is time for men to stop indulging in their primitive ways for the survival of humanity.
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Apr 16, 2014
Apr 16, 2014 at 9:47 AM UTC
Masculinity
The place was dangerous as hell; we had no business being there. It was a complex, composed of four immense structures, looming on the bluffs between Lake Michigan and a ghost town. I'm not sure which side of the fence brought forth more eeriness - the sight of four massive industrial skeletons was indeed an eerie one, but within the village that must endure it's haunting presence persists a dwindling heartbeat... and together they produced a heightened effect of slow decay - and that was what drew me in. The place was magnificent day or night. By day, we'd explore the groundworks while the light allowed us to admire the massive machinery, which by then had accumulated copious amounts of corrosion. All those dead giants, never to function again. In the spring time, beams of light would penetrate the ceiling above, caving in from years of stress sans stress tests. Even when the light was not shining through, one could make out where the beams have been because in their wake they left a trail of life. Up to that point in my life I thought that was the most beautiful scene I had ever seen - a thousand tons of old machinery, and a stubborn sunbeam poking through, incubating it's au natural industrialized chia pet. By night, we would ascend to the rooftops of these four story horror stories and gaze up at the stars. Sometimes, when our ***** were feeling particularly swelled, we'd venture across the rooftops as if in some post-apocalyptic videogame. And sometimes when we were feeling a bit rebellious and artistic, we'd bring along some cans of spray paint and redecorate to our desire. Oh, and another reason the place reeked of death was surely due to it being a glue factory... wherein horses were killed in order to gain access to their foot-stuff. I was told by an unfortunate local that they'd bury the unwanted horse parts in big pits back behind the place... this man had told me that he fell into one while wandering around back there - nearly died trying to get out. We knew the place was soon to be leveled, but we did not know when. Eventually I ended up moving out of state for a while, and alas, upon my return my childhood fascination was no more. shrugs... So it goes.
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Sep 5, 2012
Sep 5, 2012 at 4:18 AM UTC
The Old Glue Factory
The place was dangerous as hell; we had no business being there. It was a complex, composed of four immense structures, looming on the bluffs between Lake Michigan and a ghost town. I'm not sure which side of the fence brought forth more eeriness - the sight of four massive industrial skeletons was indeed an eerie one, but within the village that must endure it's haunting presence persists a dwindling heartbeat... and together they produced a heightened effect of slow decay - and that was what drew me in. The place was magnificent day or night. By day, we'd explore the groundworks while the light allowed us to admire the massive machinery, which by then had accumulated copious amounts of corrosion. All those dead giants, never to function again. In the spring time, beams of light would penetrate the ceiling above, caving in from years of stress sans stress tests. Even when the light was not shining through, one could make out where the beams have been because in their wake they left a trail of life. Up to that point in my life I thought that was the most beautiful scene I had ever seen - a thousand tons of old machinery, and a stubborn sunbeam poking through, incubating it's au natural industrialized chia pet. By night, we would ascend to the rooftops of these four story horror stories and gaze up at the stars. Sometimes, when our ***** were feeling particularly swelled, we'd venture across the rooftops as if in some post-apocalyptic videogame. And sometimes when we were feeling a bit rebellious and artistic, we'd bring along some cans of spray paint and redecorate to our desire. Oh, and another reason the place reeked of death was surely due to it being a glue factory... wherein horses were killed in order to gain access to their foot-stuff. I was told by an unfortunate local that they'd bury the unwanted horse parts in big pits back behind the place... this man had told me that he fell into one while wandering around back there - nearly died trying to get out. We knew the place was soon to be leveled, but we did not know when. Eventually I ended up moving out of state for a while, and alas, upon my return my childhood fascination was no more. shrugs... So it goes.
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We humans have messed around With Mother Nature and her eco-system For years and years Decades and decades Centuries and centuries Felling gazillions of trees Turning forests into concrete jungles Filling ponds, lakes, rivers and seas With tons and tons of toxic waste Releasing enough carbon monoxide into the air To wreck the entire troposphere The list of sins against Nature goes on and on With no end in sight Given all this, who are we to complain When Mother Nature has had enough And unleashes her fury on us Through earthquakes and tsunamis Avalanches and volcanoes Hurricanes and tornadoes Floods and droughts And so on Remember, Mother Nature has blessed us With oodles of riches In the form of plants and trees Mountains and forests Ponds, lakes, rivers, seas and oceans And last but not the least, oxygen! It is time we show her some gratitude And more importantly, respect and compassion And stop messing around with the eco-system Remember the famous old saying Live and let live It doesn't mean infrastructure shouldn't be developed We can build roads We can build a railway network We can build houses We can build schools and colleges We can build hospitals We can build libraries However, as my grandfather used to say There is a limit to everything And we should also plant trees Build gardens and parks Switch to renewable sources of energy And cut down severely on emissions A balance should be maintained After all, messing around with Mother Nature Will only bring about our own downfall There have been enough natural disasters Caused by human negligence Let's not add to the list Which is already longer than the river Nile!
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May 9, 2022
May 9, 2022 at 12:54 PM UTC
Why We Shouldn't Mess Around with Mother Nature
We humans have messed around With Mother Nature and her eco-system For years and years Decades and decades Centuries and centuries Felling gazillions of trees Turning forests into concrete jungles Filling ponds, lakes, rivers and seas With tons and tons of toxic waste Releasing enough carbon monoxide into the air To wreck the entire troposphere The list of sins against Nature goes on and on With no end in sight Given all this, who are we to complain When Mother Nature has had enough And unleashes her fury on us Through earthquakes and tsunamis Avalanches and volcanoes Hurricanes and tornadoes Floods and droughts And so on Remember, Mother Nature has blessed us With oodles of riches In the form of plants and trees Mountains and forests Ponds, lakes, rivers, seas and oceans And last but not the least, oxygen! It is time we show her some gratitude And more importantly, respect and compassion And stop messing around with the eco-system Remember the famous old saying Live and let live It doesn't mean infrastructure shouldn't be developed We can build roads We can build a railway network We can build houses We can build schools and colleges We can build hospitals We can build libraries However, as my grandfather used to say There is a limit to everything And we should also plant trees Build gardens and parks Switch to renewable sources of energy And cut down severely on emissions A balance should be maintained After all, messing around with Mother Nature Will only bring about our own downfall There have been enough natural disasters Caused by human negligence Let's not add to the list Which is already longer than the river Nile!
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