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"unfaltering" poems
W: Waves crashed against 2020 pebbles A: against the shoreline. Colliding with one another, the pebbles slowly chipped away at each other, breaking apart. And Y: yet, seven constellations twinkled above them in the midnight sky. The constellations of the captivating cat, sophisticated sheep, benevolent bear, unfaltering unicorn, dynamic dragon, lively lion, and curious chick shone brightly through the dark expanse, as if signaling to the pebbles below, V: "Venture out beyond the horizon, for there you will find the 2021th pebble and be able to turn the tides. Even if storms darken the sky, the sun will always shine again. The celestial bodies will always be here for you, shining bright in the cosmos but even brighter when midnight strikes."
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Feb 22, 2021
Feb 22, 2021 at 3:57 AM UTC
a wayv universe
I wonder what it is that I will love the most. Maybe it’s the way you say a certain word, or that one defining feature; your one crooked tooth when the rest are straight, or the fact your eyes cross every time you cough after a draw. Maybe it’s because your mouth tastes like rice milk and your hands smell like lavender, maybe it’s the way you hold me and keep me still when the entire world is spinning. Maybe it’s because you sing all the songs you know keep me calm, or maybe it’s the way your laugh seems to roll around in your mouth and then hit everyone in the room like it’s the bowling ball and we’re the pins. I wonder what you have been through. I wonder what walls you have hit in your life, and which of those you battered through and which you sat and waiting for the bricks to crumble and fall. I wonder what you will think about when we sit in silence, is it about me? Is it about the ocean, or our dinner? I wonder about a lot of things to do with you, but I do not wonder, nor doubt that I will be uncontrollably and unfaltering-ly in love with you.
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Oct 19, 2016
Oct 19, 2016 at 8:55 PM UTC
Wonder
she would crawl in bed and tell me  she loved me but her eyes were cold and closed like the broken fluorescent that gave off blue sparks she reminded me of an abandoned church what used to be a place where so much happiness and depression was tied together by faith and hope was now a simple reminder of how even the place of seemingly unfaltering hope dies  she was a false dichotomy of existence always present infinitely absent and i could see her try her hardest to make me feel like she was still alive and trying  but every  word she said was her own eulogy
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Mar 29, 2014
Mar 29, 2014 at 6:26 AM UTC
abandoned churches
Let us paint our canvasses on WOMEN!! Curious I stand to unravel your perception of a woman Would you weigh her as a piece of wonder or a gruffly aggressive thunder? She is extraordinary, gorgeously efficient, solely independent! The love she embraces is wider than the infinite heaven and deeper than the fathomless sea. The shallow world with its profound hypocrisy, Banters with a judgemental frown. The world has changed, and so has she. It has known the beautiful rose, tarnished by its prickly thorns, Only the delicate rose, the world, with its abysmal critics, abides by to adorn. She knows her paths, truly determined to achieve her goals, Her patience deserves a salute, her tremendous sacrifice only to satisfy our souls. Dare never to shred the lovely red petals, not knowing her darings! For also the thorns in her are perilous, to blemish a wound till your last. With her chin up and a gaze so ferocious, ocean of wisdom she is vast. She rises, she grows, taking a free flight, venturing to claim new heights, She is benevolent, a ray of sanguine sunshine to your forlorn nights. Walking proud, believing in who she is, glimmering like a star! Born strong she is, refuses to be judged by her scars. She is the teller of her tale, over fears and worries she will prevail. A miracle of God, with a sweet lingering fragrance she leaves a trail, Of patience, commitment, empathy, and unfaltering fortitude !! by ~Mihika Rohatgi
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Mar 7, 2021
Mar 7, 2021 at 10:50 PM UTC
Wonder Woman !!
The lonely notes flowing, falling, leap from The thin and flitting fingers of the pianist, The cup of melancholy, drained to the dregs, bittersweet in that the love of happiness and joy is tempered now, from longing for the delicate and pensive feel, that comes from dipping into the small and lonely pool of melancholy. Grief, a distant specter, hovering in the fringe of chance, is nearer now, melancholy, the doorway, slides open on silent hinges, and admits the crushing tide. High, high, and faster still, the pianist falls, slowly down and up again, grief, the storm, disrupts the flow of sound and silence, and incorporates itself into the threading melody, and so erodes the shores of joy and laughter, the violet waves of gentle melancholy, laced with the thinnest threads of blackest grief, sighing on, erasing so, youth and joy and light and life. The melody falters, stills. The pianist alone, playing for an empty quiet, rises, pauses, his fingers brushing, the cold steel of empty death, smooth beneath his touch. He grasps it, lifts it to face him, hands steady, gaze unfaltering. The man is still, pianists fingers gripping that instrument of death, and time passes, unheeded, ignored. In a motion refined to elegance by the passage of time and repetition, the pianist places that cold instrument of steel and intent gently, down upon the polished black. He straitens, slowly, and settling his black overcoat close around him, he turns, walks quietly to a closed and silent door, lifts the latch, and into a swirling night of snow and light, walks out, and closes the door behind him with a soft and quiet click. And all is silent.
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Mar 31, 2015
Mar 31, 2015 at 8:38 PM UTC
Wistful Melancholy and Threads of Grief
The lonely notes flowing, falling, leap from The thin and flitting fingers of the pianist, The cup of melancholy, drained to the dregs, bittersweet in that the love of happiness and joy is tempered now, from longing for the delicate and pensive feel, that comes from dipping into the small and lonely pool of melancholy. Grief, a distant specter, hovering in the fringe of chance, is nearer now, melancholy, the doorway, slides open on silent hinges, and admits the crushing tide. High, high, and faster still, the pianist falls, slowly down and up again, grief, the storm, disrupts the flow of sound and silence, and incorporates itself into the threading melody, and so erodes the shores of joy and laughter, the violet waves of gentle melancholy, laced with the thinnest threads of blackest grief, sighing on, erasing so, youth and joy and light and life. The melody falters, stills. The pianist alone, playing for an empty quiet, rises, pauses, his fingers brushing, the cold steel of empty death, smooth beneath his touch. He grasps it, lifts it to face him, hands steady, gaze unfaltering. The man is still, pianists fingers gripping that instrument of death, and time passes, unheeded, ignored. In a motion refined to elegance by the passage of time and repetition, the pianist places that cold instrument of steel and intent gently, down upon the polished black. He straitens, slowly, and settling his black overcoat close around him, he turns, walks quietly to a closed and silent door, lifts the latch, and into a swirling night of snow and light, walks out, and closes the door behind him with a soft and quiet click. And all is silent.
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you move me the way music moves you the vibrations on the chords of  your guitar tell me how your day went: spilled lemonade on your favorite sweatshirt and 3 bonus points on a clicker quiz i'm not caught in the essence of firsts like 30 extra minutes to kiss you in real time your dark features and unfaltering movements evolve like the sounds of me loving you composed of your stiff-fingered electricity and a continuation of all the good things
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Sep 24, 2018
Sep 24, 2018 at 4:47 PM UTC
seeking solace and treasuring good things
Dostoyevsky said, “your worst sin is that you have destroyed and betrayed yourself for nothing.” I've felt rage seething in my chest for as long as I can remember. I've felt as his talons ripped open my sternum, digging for a place to call home. this rage has nestled deep into my ribcage, devouring my will to survive while carelessly residing within my nightmares. I've surrendered to this forsaken depression fury has vacated deep in the confines of my irises - despite witnessing myself across grey-tinted glasses; a smoldering storm rippling miasma throughout my body, manipulating my hands into a devout pyromaniac; suffocating every chance to heal. I've known nothing but bitterness congesting my heart. My dreams were burdened dreadfully with the stench of wrath. it mutilated my arms; burrowing into capillaries, and asphyxiating my habit to vanish. This incessant sin I've endured has brought me to my knees, existing only to ***** out my ability to be a mortal in an unforgiving universe. I am not a cosmic metaphor, the iron residing underneath my skin has become impenetrable. I am adorned with stillness while this betrayal has bloomed into a supernova. the things in which I lack have ignited into an endlessly violent explosion - Atomizing my bones, swirling stardust into a forlorn emptiness. A world that was held by the unfaltering resistance I persevered against, it has ravaged my memories, my moribund existence trembled; shivering from the growl of the recoil - the remnants of creation kissed abysmal lips within the faraway distance of a boundless abyss, raining tears for the last time as the destruction leaves a life void of meaning. The last words ever heard in this universe spoke softly as if to lull the existential bereft into a long hiatus - "This was all for nothing, just as destitute as this vacant nothingness, human life is ill-fated to be star-crossed and powerless."
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Sep 25, 2024
Sep 25, 2024 at 6:51 PM UTC
Cosmic Metaphor
Dostoyevsky said, “your worst sin is that you have destroyed and betrayed yourself for nothing.” I've felt rage seething in my chest for as long as I can remember. I've felt as his talons ripped open my sternum, digging for a place to call home. this rage has nestled deep into my ribcage, devouring my will to survive while carelessly residing within my nightmares. I've surrendered to this forsaken depression fury has vacated deep in the confines of my irises - despite witnessing myself across grey-tinted glasses; a smoldering storm rippling miasma throughout my body, manipulating my hands into a devout pyromaniac; suffocating every chance to heal. I've known nothing but bitterness congesting my heart. My dreams were burdened dreadfully with the stench of wrath. it mutilated my arms; burrowing into capillaries, and asphyxiating my habit to vanish. This incessant sin I've endured has brought me to my knees, existing only to ***** out my ability to be a mortal in an unforgiving universe. I am not a cosmic metaphor, the iron residing underneath my skin has become impenetrable. I am adorned with stillness while this betrayal has bloomed into a supernova. the things in which I lack have ignited into an endlessly violent explosion - Atomizing my bones, swirling stardust into a forlorn emptiness. A world that was held by the unfaltering resistance I persevered against, it has ravaged my memories, my moribund existence trembled; shivering from the growl of the recoil - the remnants of creation kissed abysmal lips within the faraway distance of a boundless abyss, raining tears for the last time as the destruction leaves a life void of meaning. The last words ever heard in this universe spoke softly as if to lull the existential bereft into a long hiatus - "This was all for nothing, just as destitute as this vacant nothingness, human life is ill-fated to be star-crossed and powerless."
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Through the astral plains upon which my consciousness rides, the vicissitudes of fate brought about insurmountable awe. Nebulas of thoughts gathered distant and fleeting memories to assess and sort the debris out. Close to the event horizon, yet its gravity doesn't pull. Away from black holes and worm holes, through thick and thin gaseous satellites, this voyage goes. A radiant constellation from a billion light years away, can be seen. Unfaltering, ubiquitous, and seemingly sempiternal; it's light glistens across galaxies. The search is now done and, as ephimeral as might be, no stardust or meteorite owned could amass the value of a mere glimpse of this constellation
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Jul 8, 2014
Jul 8, 2014 at 12:01 PM UTC
Radiant Constellation
You were sap on my fingertips. Amusing, but tiresome. I always did like sticky situations. One must keep things interesting, you know. Our romance was utterly cliché; with the class of the **** you used to make. Circa 1975. Your capricious nature was infectious. And lucky for you, the ****** had already eradicated any morsel of logic or reason that should have been in attendance. I was ripe for the picking. With unfaltering, unwavering decadence you won a child's heart, but not without stealing the body too. Heartless ******* people everywhere. Shoving young girls flat on their taut tummkes for better access on beds, ***** mattresses and floors everywhere. I can still recall the scent of your pillowcase as your hand pressed, hard, my head to the center of the bed. I'm sure you remember, you know, the way my heroin-soaked body flopped, nearly lifeless, as you took and took and took what you saw to be yours. I hope I haunt some frequented highway of your psyche. Walking the wet roads, thumb extended at my side. You know me by the switch of my hips, the curve of my *** and the smell of naive innocence. I feel you behind me; I always feel you behind me. "Need a ride, kitten?" Glorious evil pulses through me. You're a sucker. You'd pick me up everytime.
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Jun 3, 2014
Jun 3, 2014 at 12:27 PM UTC
Heartless ******* People
Those who are held back by depression are often viewed as 'miserable' or 'negative', but people really do not understand the fragile nature that these sufferers must face. It is an unconditionally delicate misconception, one of which that encourages society to hold such a stereotypical perception it can ultimately tip the scales and cause unfaltering chaos on the body, the mind and the soul. We are left to pick up the pieces of ourselves from the stone-like words that people throw at us, the icy glances when they see that we're trying to hold back stale tears that we were unable to release the night before and instead faced a daunting and relentless course of insomnia, the cold shoulder when we are desperate to breathe and release the demons that cloud our heads and our judgements in order to feel free again. It is unnerving to think that we must wander through life as shadows whilst others dance in the carefree sunlight of their ignorance. They are blinded by the sun rays of misunderstanding or lack of interest, they are educated but do not put their knowledge and understanding to the test and instead flee when the school bell of fear and commitment resonates through the hallowed halls of our hearts, our arteries, veins, capillaries, blood cells. It is a tragic and petrifying truth, one of which breaks me a little more inside as each day passes.
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Jan 11, 2014
Jan 11, 2014 at 3:14 PM UTC
Depression: A Truth
His rasping grumbles define hunger, louder than my stomach complains about the seven hours since breakfast, Grunts replace the pry of a commanding tongue, eager to devour, or a feathery graze past the hook in my collarbone, a tender nip at the crescent of flesh that peeks below my white plastic earring. Gutturals guide our transition from a stained mattress to a rickety desk where Frenetic eyes validate the arch of my back. Wild thrusts push us perpendicular. Undoubtedly, my howls alert the neighbors. If not, then the neglected crashes of my plummeting clutter or the unfaltering thud of my head pounding the half closed window can attest: We mean business. The tired floor creaks ‘nd cranks as erratic lunges hasten. (grasping his shoulders tighter than a lone, wrinkled hand grips the pepper spray in her bag) I brace that swelling itch, my hips shudder as it consumes, throbs, and then Electrifies to axons from dendrites. And he doesn’t miss a beat— more jabs **** my liver.
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Jun 1, 2010
Jun 1, 2010 at 4:20 PM UTC
*******
GLEAMING through the silent church-yard, Winter sunlight seemed to shed Golden shadows like soft blessings O'er a quiet little bed, Where a pale face lay unheeding Tender tears that o'er it fell; No sorrow now could touch the heart Of gentle little Nell. Ah, with what silent patient strength The frail form lying there Had borne its heavy load of grief, Of loneliness and care. Now, earthly burdens were laid down, And on the meek young face There shone a holier loveliness Than childhood's simple grace. Beset with sorrow, pain and fear, Tempted by want and sin, With none to guide or counsel her But the brave child-heart within. Strong in her fearless, faithful love, Devoted to the last, Unfaltering through gloom and gleam The little wanderer passed. Hand in hand they journeyed on Through pathways strange and wild, The gray-haired, feeble, sin-bowed man Led by the noble child. So through the world's dark ways she passed, Till o'er the church-yard sod, To the quiet spot where they found rest, Those little feet had trod. To that last resting-place on earth Kind voices bid her come, There her long wanderings found an end, And weary Nell a home. A home whose light and joy she was, Though on her spirit lay A solemn sense of coming change, That deepened day by day. There in the church-yard, tenderly, Through quiet summer hours, Above the poor neglected graves She planted fragrant flowers. The dim aisles of the ruined church Echoed the child's light tread, And flickering sunbeams thro' the leaves Shone on her as she read. And here where a holy silence dwelt, And golden shadows fell, When Death's mild face had looked on her, They laid dear happy Nell. Long had she wandered o'er the earth, One hand to the old man given, By the other angels led her on Up a sunlit path to Heaven. Oh! 'patient, loving, noble Nell,' Like light from sunset skies, The beauty of thy sinless life Upon the dark world lies. On thy sad story, gentle child, Dim eyes will often dwell, And loving hearts will cherish long The memory of Nell.
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Little Nell
GLEAMING through the silent church-yard, Winter sunlight seemed to shed Golden shadows like soft blessings O'er a quiet little bed, Where a pale face lay unheeding Tender tears that o'er it fell; No sorrow now could touch the heart Of gentle little Nell. Ah, with what silent patient strength The frail form lying there Had borne its heavy load of grief, Of loneliness and care. Now, earthly burdens were laid down, And on the meek young face There shone a holier loveliness Than childhood's simple grace. Beset with sorrow, pain and fear, Tempted by want and sin, With none to guide or counsel her But the brave child-heart within. Strong in her fearless, faithful love, Devoted to the last, Unfaltering through gloom and gleam The little wanderer passed. Hand in hand they journeyed on Through pathways strange and wild, The gray-haired, feeble, sin-bowed man Led by the noble child. So through the world's dark ways she passed, Till o'er the church-yard sod, To the quiet spot where they found rest, Those little feet had trod. To that last resting-place on earth Kind voices bid her come, There her long wanderings found an end, And weary Nell a home. A home whose light and joy she was, Though on her spirit lay A solemn sense of coming change, That deepened day by day. There in the church-yard, tenderly, Through quiet summer hours, Above the poor neglected graves She planted fragrant flowers. The dim aisles of the ruined church Echoed the child's light tread, And flickering sunbeams thro' the leaves Shone on her as she read. And here where a holy silence dwelt, And golden shadows fell, When Death's mild face had looked on her, They laid dear happy Nell. Long had she wandered o'er the earth, One hand to the old man given, By the other angels led her on Up a sunlit path to Heaven. Oh! 'patient, loving, noble Nell,' Like light from sunset skies, The beauty of thy sinless life Upon the dark world lies. On thy sad story, gentle child, Dim eyes will often dwell, And loving hearts will cherish long The memory of Nell.
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Or do I already know? I naively nourish these fervid feelings I hold. Moving slowly, in rhythm, matching your sway, Questionless is my admiration in every way. Ardently I coast on the energy waves Of your passions And dispassionate despondency. Waste the day together watching good TV; It's not wasted if it's with you. The never-ending riddle of learning how to love, And learning how to love the one you love, The one you think most of. The unfaltering encouragement of success, Filling in the blanks so the other won't stress. I'll sweep the floors when you can't anymore, Get us through the boring chores Of every day life. Those mundane motions for the future-- So much more to look forward to With the addition of you. Voices soften with the intimacy of quieter talk... And the sensuality of our skin. The carelessness and the giving in. The tears shed, yours and mine, Shared as "tiny dots on an endless timeline." The subtleties of selflessness, The subtleties of trying to change. The obsession over mistakes, Anxiety that keeps me awake. Heated fights and The addictive rush when we make up. The selfishness, greed and possessiveness build up. I am broken, Or I act as if I am so. I am broken, but there are sunflowers I wish to grow In the broken *** within you So that you may feel a little less broken too. If this is love, I wish someone could tell me. If this is love, why must it be so delicate, Yet so assiduously enduring? Continuous forgiveness And the things we let each other get away with; The "knowing better"s. All those firsts, all those places that were meant to be with you. Everything I would do To make you smile. How naturally I could laugh and feel at ease, How naturally you brightened a smile on me. How naturally, despite, we could become so miserable. How naturally, despite, I could love so unconditional. The wanting to just feel you there Till we were unaware of our despair. The frankness and the fall of our walls. The letting go. The folding up my heart and putting it away When I can accept It's not yet To be worn by you.
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Jul 9, 2018
Jul 9, 2018 at 3:05 PM UTC
I wish someone could tell me what "love" is.
Or do I already know? I naively nourish these fervid feelings I hold. Moving slowly, in rhythm, matching your sway, Questionless is my admiration in every way. Ardently I coast on the energy waves Of your passions And dispassionate despondency. Waste the day together watching good TV; It's not wasted if it's with you. The never-ending riddle of learning how to love, And learning how to love the one you love, The one you think most of. The unfaltering encouragement of success, Filling in the blanks so the other won't stress. I'll sweep the floors when you can't anymore, Get us through the boring chores Of every day life. Those mundane motions for the future-- So much more to look forward to With the addition of you. Voices soften with the intimacy of quieter talk... And the sensuality of our skin. The carelessness and the giving in. The tears shed, yours and mine, Shared as "tiny dots on an endless timeline." The subtleties of selflessness, The subtleties of trying to change. The obsession over mistakes, Anxiety that keeps me awake. Heated fights and The addictive rush when we make up. The selfishness, greed and possessiveness build up. I am broken, Or I act as if I am so. I am broken, but there are sunflowers I wish to grow In the broken *** within you So that you may feel a little less broken too. If this is love, I wish someone could tell me. If this is love, why must it be so delicate, Yet so assiduously enduring? Continuous forgiveness And the things we let each other get away with; The "knowing better"s. All those firsts, all those places that were meant to be with you. Everything I would do To make you smile. How naturally I could laugh and feel at ease, How naturally you brightened a smile on me. How naturally, despite, we could become so miserable. How naturally, despite, I could love so unconditional. The wanting to just feel you there Till we were unaware of our despair. The frankness and the fall of our walls. The letting go. The folding up my heart and putting it away When I can accept It's not yet To be worn by you.
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Glassy eye. While one sleeps, keep the second open blankly. People believe you when you look at them. Stare at them. Break into them. They'll believe in your strength. So you won't have to. Tangled yarn. Matted hair; red. Vibrant. Stand out before you stand up and sink. Pull it. Yank it out in devastation, frustration, desperation. Can you feel it escalate? Ripping thread. Twine comes tangled; tousled ropes of faith strung out. It's all a mess. There's a breaking heart here somewhere. Dig beneath the filamentous skin. If anyone dares to dig that long. Stitching smile. I'm tearing. Falling apart at every seam. Stitch me...pin me back together. Lift me up; I'm weightless. I present to you a plaster smile; don't forget to stab in dimples. After numerous unfaltering years, it's wearing thin. A tiny break appears. All the strings are coming loose. Iron-on teardrop; a permanent stain on a withered face. There are many uses for a Ragdoll. Play with her. Use her. Dress her. Change her. Throw her. Hold her. Hate her. Tear her. Tell her. Everything. She'll never let it go. Dance with her. Sleep with her. Hide her. Break her. Blame her. Love her. Trust her. Her stitching will hold. The perennial line of happiness will always prevail. Ragdolls look brightly into any light. Opening lifeless arms to please. Everyone. Anyone who needs them. Now, someone needs to need her. A Ragdoll is good for many things. Fitting any character and criteria. A Ragdoll can be selfless, ageless, fearless, reckless, seamless. However. Never worthless.
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Aug 13, 2010
Aug 13, 2010 at 12:52 PM UTC
Ragdoll
Glassy eye. While one sleeps, keep the second open blankly. People believe you when you look at them. Stare at them. Break into them. They'll believe in your strength. So you won't have to. Tangled yarn. Matted hair; red. Vibrant. Stand out before you stand up and sink. Pull it. Yank it out in devastation, frustration, desperation. Can you feel it escalate? Ripping thread. Twine comes tangled; tousled ropes of faith strung out. It's all a mess. There's a breaking heart here somewhere. Dig beneath the filamentous skin. If anyone dares to dig that long. Stitching smile. I'm tearing. Falling apart at every seam. Stitch me...pin me back together. Lift me up; I'm weightless. I present to you a plaster smile; don't forget to stab in dimples. After numerous unfaltering years, it's wearing thin. A tiny break appears. All the strings are coming loose. Iron-on teardrop; a permanent stain on a withered face. There are many uses for a Ragdoll. Play with her. Use her. Dress her. Change her. Throw her. Hold her. Hate her. Tear her. Tell her. Everything. She'll never let it go. Dance with her. Sleep with her. Hide her. Break her. Blame her. Love her. Trust her. Her stitching will hold. The perennial line of happiness will always prevail. Ragdolls look brightly into any light. Opening lifeless arms to please. Everyone. Anyone who needs them. Now, someone needs to need her. A Ragdoll is good for many things. Fitting any character and criteria. A Ragdoll can be selfless, ageless, fearless, reckless, seamless. However. Never worthless.
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COLD, HARD flesh - a very lonely girl in a room filled with fluttering moths and fully-functional nooses - Makes a game plan, in an effort to:   - penetrate your wavering, wandering, yet wholly conscious mind (The fate - the fear - lurks in the futility, the fragility, of your unsuspecting ears) - Equipped with: an anchor (the rock-climbing kind, in order to avoid a metaphor), followed by some paper (and a pen - the use of my blood as script seems overly dramatic), and - a concoction of incredible (and edible!!) proportions                     THE GOAL: - To become the smallest presence possible, to take up the tiniest amount of space in the real and imagined world, and to in turn envelope your very existence - like a Sunday driver in rush hour - with emphasis on: The slope of your neck - I could mount my anchor into it and climb for days; I could nest in your ****** Youth cut when I reach the top, I could build the world's smallest fire with the world's saddest hands                     STEP ONE: When secured in predesignated cocoon, I will unleash the first sheaf - a perforated edge - and enclose a minuscule fragment of my still-breathing soul (for your keychain, perhaps, but preferably your pocket)                     STEP TWO: I will mail you a fraction (incidentally, a subject I still can't grasp) every week until: - I have decreased in size with each turn, I get smaller and smaller until my tangibility disappears entirely and the only presence left of me is a slip that reads: - apply to areas affected (only as directed) Wait! No, not only that- my very own subconscious now rests inside your "thinking cap" - INTRODUCING: Your every day monotony, now littered with: - 17 scratched mix CDs you didn't want to listen to - 4 dogs I secretly liked (and only you knew) - a bright pink dumpster, largely livable - a rusted mailbox with an ocean in full - soundless Skype calls in stolen sweaters - alphabet soup with undiscernable letters - the unfaltering presence of a cabin in the Alaskan wilderness - confused with the very small and haunted town I couldn't leave to see you - and last but not least - The ceaseless, repeated  chorus of "you belong to me", like an immortal fly in an endless August dream
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Sep 15, 2013
Sep 15, 2013 at 12:52 AM UTC
With Dreams of Getting Stuck in One Place
COLD, HARD flesh - a very lonely girl in a room filled with fluttering moths and fully-functional nooses - Makes a game plan, in an effort to:   - penetrate your wavering, wandering, yet wholly conscious mind (The fate - the fear - lurks in the futility, the fragility, of your unsuspecting ears) - Equipped with: an anchor (the rock-climbing kind, in order to avoid a metaphor), followed by some paper (and a pen - the use of my blood as script seems overly dramatic), and - a concoction of incredible (and edible!!) proportions                     THE GOAL: - To become the smallest presence possible, to take up the tiniest amount of space in the real and imagined world, and to in turn envelope your very existence - like a Sunday driver in rush hour - with emphasis on: The slope of your neck - I could mount my anchor into it and climb for days; I could nest in your ****** Youth cut when I reach the top, I could build the world's smallest fire with the world's saddest hands                     STEP ONE: When secured in predesignated cocoon, I will unleash the first sheaf - a perforated edge - and enclose a minuscule fragment of my still-breathing soul (for your keychain, perhaps, but preferably your pocket)                     STEP TWO: I will mail you a fraction (incidentally, a subject I still can't grasp) every week until: - I have decreased in size with each turn, I get smaller and smaller until my tangibility disappears entirely and the only presence left of me is a slip that reads: - apply to areas affected (only as directed) Wait! No, not only that- my very own subconscious now rests inside your "thinking cap" - INTRODUCING: Your every day monotony, now littered with: - 17 scratched mix CDs you didn't want to listen to - 4 dogs I secretly liked (and only you knew) - a bright pink dumpster, largely livable - a rusted mailbox with an ocean in full - soundless Skype calls in stolen sweaters - alphabet soup with undiscernable letters - the unfaltering presence of a cabin in the Alaskan wilderness - confused with the very small and haunted town I couldn't leave to see you - and last but not least - The ceaseless, repeated  chorus of "you belong to me", like an immortal fly in an endless August dream
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The first day I met him I was impressed, An Imposing stature at six foot four, or more. Movie Star looks he seemed unaware he possessed. Big Tom Selleck mustache above his lip, Full head of thick salt and pepper hair, Remarkable Ears like Clark Gable. But most memorable still was his open genuine smile, That told all there was to know about this big fellow. It was much more than a grin, beyond a smile, It was a visible declaration of his love of life, His unfaltering humanity, His sheer enthusiasm for the game. And play the game he did and does still. If there was something to read he read it. A thing to learn, he learned it. New music to hear, he heard it. A boat to sail, he sailed it. He once built a wooden rowing sail boat, All by hand in the middle, Of his Bachelor Pad’s living room. How he got the finished boat out, Of that, I’m still unsure. He knew some things about everything, And even when he didn’t, he said everything With such conviction that you still believed him. He was an exceptional and gifted Salesman. A salesman that could have been a Brain Surgeon. He traveled, always the seeker, Devoured all the sustenance life had to offer, Like a starving man just come out of a desert. Ladies responded to his charms, He could have his pick and yet all that, Never went to his head. In his game plan, he had something more Meaningful in mind, And he found it in a girl named Ann. The rest is story book stuff, marriage and family A life of fulfillment few of us actually find and keep. Two children grown into exceptional adults, One, an intelligent tall smiling man like his father, The other, a bright lovely woman like her mother. Quite a Legacy for my old friend to leave. If there was love to give, he gave it, Lessons to teach, he taught them. His incredible life's journey is now ended No one ever fought a more valiant battle. With so much grace, dignity and fortitude. Sail on my brother, my old friend. You've skippered your ship magnificently. As well as any man could sail his. And for us he leaves behind, forever shall we miss him.
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Dec 17, 2013
Dec 17, 2013 at 1:34 PM UTC
For My Valiant Friend
The first day I met him I was impressed, An Imposing stature at six foot four, or more. Movie Star looks he seemed unaware he possessed. Big Tom Selleck mustache above his lip, Full head of thick salt and pepper hair, Remarkable Ears like Clark Gable. But most memorable still was his open genuine smile, That told all there was to know about this big fellow. It was much more than a grin, beyond a smile, It was a visible declaration of his love of life, His unfaltering humanity, His sheer enthusiasm for the game. And play the game he did and does still. If there was something to read he read it. A thing to learn, he learned it. New music to hear, he heard it. A boat to sail, he sailed it. He once built a wooden rowing sail boat, All by hand in the middle, Of his Bachelor Pad’s living room. How he got the finished boat out, Of that, I’m still unsure. He knew some things about everything, And even when he didn’t, he said everything With such conviction that you still believed him. He was an exceptional and gifted Salesman. A salesman that could have been a Brain Surgeon. He traveled, always the seeker, Devoured all the sustenance life had to offer, Like a starving man just come out of a desert. Ladies responded to his charms, He could have his pick and yet all that, Never went to his head. In his game plan, he had something more Meaningful in mind, And he found it in a girl named Ann. The rest is story book stuff, marriage and family A life of fulfillment few of us actually find and keep. Two children grown into exceptional adults, One, an intelligent tall smiling man like his father, The other, a bright lovely woman like her mother. Quite a Legacy for my old friend to leave. If there was love to give, he gave it, Lessons to teach, he taught them. His incredible life's journey is now ended No one ever fought a more valiant battle. With so much grace, dignity and fortitude. Sail on my brother, my old friend. You've skippered your ship magnificently. As well as any man could sail his. And for us he leaves behind, forever shall we miss him.
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The candy-cane stripes mingle freely among the Saffron-clothed C moon and fourteen-handed star. They swim navy-like in the blue. The reds and whites alternate Till the states are properly represented. They ask of nothing more, nothing more. What does it hold? What does it teach us? The wild history of it roars and thunders Like a hurricane that never stops. But it did. How did we overthrow Something so mighty, so white As an unstoppable hurricane? And the purpose of it all? Freedom. Freedom and independence. Two righteous Morals so hard to obtain. At what cost did we attain them? Bloodshed, shrieks, lies, torment and tears. It was all worth it, love, all of it. When Jack finally crawled down the beanstalk, We never flew higher, braver or breezier With such dignity and unfaltering spirit. We have come so far to this place, this place Where hatred shreds to little warm hearts and people Are just people no matter how colourful they are. We’re a rare hybrid of ethics: the sarong-laden man milking the rubber tree Is no different than the blackened faces down in the tin mines And the ones that hand-built the train tracks, woody and sturdy. Seven chants of it that fateful afternoon And we cried knowing, knowing we have made it. Toiled sweat never tasted sweeter. Merdeka! Most of us laughed and rejoiced. Some were heard wailing and flying off to where They rightfully belong. We don’t want you here. We never did. The dove’s free now, Free of thick metal bars That caged it for centuries and It flies now, wings spread into A feathery horizon, windily flapping back and forth Into a new world, a new promise called Malaysia. Shalini Nayar © 2002
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Sep 23, 2014
Sep 23, 2014 at 9:30 AM UTC
Merdeka
The candy-cane stripes mingle freely among the Saffron-clothed C moon and fourteen-handed star. They swim navy-like in the blue. The reds and whites alternate Till the states are properly represented. They ask of nothing more, nothing more. What does it hold? What does it teach us? The wild history of it roars and thunders Like a hurricane that never stops. But it did. How did we overthrow Something so mighty, so white As an unstoppable hurricane? And the purpose of it all? Freedom. Freedom and independence. Two righteous Morals so hard to obtain. At what cost did we attain them? Bloodshed, shrieks, lies, torment and tears. It was all worth it, love, all of it. When Jack finally crawled down the beanstalk, We never flew higher, braver or breezier With such dignity and unfaltering spirit. We have come so far to this place, this place Where hatred shreds to little warm hearts and people Are just people no matter how colourful they are. We’re a rare hybrid of ethics: the sarong-laden man milking the rubber tree Is no different than the blackened faces down in the tin mines And the ones that hand-built the train tracks, woody and sturdy. Seven chants of it that fateful afternoon And we cried knowing, knowing we have made it. Toiled sweat never tasted sweeter. Merdeka! Most of us laughed and rejoiced. Some were heard wailing and flying off to where They rightfully belong. We don’t want you here. We never did. The dove’s free now, Free of thick metal bars That caged it for centuries and It flies now, wings spread into A feathery horizon, windily flapping back and forth Into a new world, a new promise called Malaysia. Shalini Nayar © 2002
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All alone with no place to call home A vagrant called The Wanderer roams Destitute and resigned to his solitude No one to miss him or care that he’s gone Immortalized with the mark of Sloan He thrives amongst forgotten gravestones To restore their legacy is why he intrudes For systemic erasure he believes society must atone All alone with no place to call home A vagrant called The Wanderer roams Destitute and resigned to his solitude No one to miss him or care that he’s gone Empathy drives this misguided untomb Generations of oppressors he seeks to dethrone Reality remains an unfamiliar interlude For to delusion The Wanderer is prone All alone with no place to call home A vagrant called The Wanderer roams Destitute and resigned to his solitude No one to miss him or care that he’s gone All alone with no place to call home A hero called The Wanderer roams Complacent in his intrepid pursuit Unfaltering ‘till the world sees glory of Arawn
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Dec 6, 2018
Dec 6, 2018 at 8:50 AM UTC
Ballad of The Wanderer
**Dear Picture-in-my-head, I wish I had you for my reality instead.** Your star spangled banners, your dim faded lights, that alan walker music misty, misty night. Him, from the corner of eyesight letting his frown drop, asking me in. Our time. An audacious vivacity, the merry sliding down of unhinged desires. A mating of intellectuality, less of skinny lust, discarded mask and pride. Wafting smell of earth drenched in season’s first rain, halting words breaking the initial stranger pace. Cups of ginger tea than ***** and ice, living the moment than getting drowned in haze. I could whisper my secret wishes -the one that involves a mountain top, a leather jacket, bullet ride an unfaltering speech – woman of the moment, a potential done right. You could tell me about that night you cried, That misunderstood age Your favourite cartoons, And their funny ways. We could draw the clouds on our palms, The ones that compliment a picturgasmic sunset Feel the lightness of solitude, the sweetened somethings in the nothing. The breeze would crash against me, Before it hit you softly in the face, And it would feel just right, To let you have a bit of me this night. **It would be good, or even better; but it’s just stuck in letters. For it’s a trapped swansong – in a party with people I barely know, and wouldn’t want to, at the end of the night.**
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Nov 30, 2016
Nov 30, 2016 at 10:54 AM UTC
The Party Song
Decisiveness. Swift and unfaltering. steady strokes unite ink and creamy paper to herald this new day, new life, anew. I collect things- mostly words written and unspoken they hold a certain enchantment and I gather them into my arms, my heart like a greedy child on seashell spun shores and I hope to keep them here- eternal and youthful like the first memory of fireworks and hot caramel or glowing sea waves I stack them on shelves in between pages in secret corners even whispering to the wind and in between the sheets I keep things and steal some things like sunshine, rain, a kiss because I wanted to maybe you wanted me too Desire is fleeting, ephemeral and often fickle but it is decisive in the heat of the moment sharp as a knife, and it cuts through my thoughts again and again until maybe just until- I run out of pretty little words to collect leaving me no choice but to sing it out loud the first three words I took I took from a single glance a secret gaze from an electric dance that we started along time ago one that seems to go on and on like the pounding rhythm of erratic heartbeats. All of it means so little, all of it means everything or nothing. And until that day comes let me lie here alone but me and the stars to spin those pretty little words feel their cadence on my tongue with my eyes closed lie here and wait until the last sound of your name escapes me And the enchantment complete.
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Jul 29, 2013
Jul 29, 2013 at 7:22 AM UTC
Enchantment
See badness and drabness as signs of unfaltering instability, Righteous infertility, Oh the humility. When the magic of the mind disappears into explanation, We lose true art, Art is pure and unyielding. To howl an unending song to an unmoved matriarch, Move the wolves to the moon, move the tides too soon, waters ebb and swoon to their nightly doom.
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Apr 29, 2015
Apr 29, 2015 at 2:01 PM UTC
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My lady is immortal and shines only for me Setting waves in motion so that I may hear the sea With skin a white as milk that is mine to behold And eyes that shine brighter than both diamond and gold Her ambience inspires those whose love has come and gone The streaks of sultry melodies create a secound dawn And I will look upon her sillouette with unfaltering, desiring eyes As she reaches for me every single night and carries me up high My lady's essense walks upon the solitary shore Her hair of silver, so long and silken, that flows forever more She sips dreams from her teacup and plays amongst the stars But always keeps in my sight to she show she strays not far Oh illustrious siren of destiny, look at your lover and smile Realize he looks to you to carry him through Heaven's aisle And with the kiss you lay upon my cheeks each solitary night I dream of you on glowing shores in palaces of white
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Oct 24, 2012
Oct 24, 2012 at 11:25 AM UTC
Maiden of The Moon
You have boys breaking all kinds of tender hearts and you have hoes cheating on loyal men. I try to make sense of this world and these 'customs,' yet I seem to be lost on square one over and over again. Living in this day and age is a constant game of cat and mouse, filled with deceit, mistrust, and no respect. What the hell happened to an unfaltering love for monogamy? You walking scandals, tell me what the mirror'll reflect. With all these social distortions we're afflicted with, it's hard to tell where you fit in the spectrum. You say cheating is simply a black and white absolute, so in that moment, are you going to be the victim or the venom? Paranoia thus is born and all that you worked hard for seems to just dissipate, and you can't cope with your spouse. Media *** scandals reinforce distrust to loved ones, the heart is no longer a home, but just another empty house. This is how the younger generation lives, constant fear what could happen and they close all doors, you're either hurting or will be hurt, so you steel your heart since all you see are ******
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Oct 20, 2015
Oct 20, 2015 at 3:30 AM UTC
Breaking Monogamy