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"unmet" poems
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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When all desire at last and all regret Go hand in hand to death, and all is vain, What shall assuage the unforgotten pain And teach the unforgetful to forget? Shall Peace be still a sunk stream long unmet,— Or may the soul at once in a green plain Stoop through the spray of some sweet life-fountain And cull the dew-drenched flowering amulet? Ah! when the wan soul in that golden air Between the scriptured petals softly blown Peers breathless for the gift of grace unknown, Ah! let none other written spell soe’er But only the one Hope’s one name be there,— Not less nor more, but even that word alone.
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The One Hope
Expectations unmet, create a nasty shock, aim slightly lower.
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Jan 26, 2012
Jan 26, 2012 at 11:42 PM UTC
Expectations.
"Nita, what do you  NEED ?" I HATE it when someone asks me that question! "Nita, What do you need?" NEED: “require”… “want”… “necessitate” "What do you need right now. You don't have to do this in isolation." "What do you need right now? I am not afraid of the little girl." "What do you need right now? If you need something I am here to listen." "If you don't think you are safe, then what do you need from me or others or yourself?" Why does it matter what I "NEED"? Why do you ask me when you are not going to be able to grant that/those "NEED(S)"? Is my Survivor Fairy Godmother asking you for a list of Nita's NEEDS so she can come wave her magic wand, sing, bippity, boppity, boo...and I'll become an unf@#ked kid? Well, why didn't you say so! Here's my list for the Godmother: I NEED to be 'unf@#ked'. I NEED the voices in my head to stop. I NEEDED my evil father not to touch me. I NEED the flashbacks to stop. I NEED my body not to hurt. I NEED the fear to stop. I NEED for you to be here for me NOW like you WERE then. I NEEDED to be loved by my parents. I NEED someone to teach me what love really is. I NEED someone to show me that trust really does exist in this world. I NEED you to help me at night when I am suicidal and dissociative. I NEED you to be available after 10pm, when the hell started, you know, like you used to be...back when you actually cared about what I NEEDED. I NEED the little girl to stop whining and crying. I NEED to not have physical symptoms that relate to then. I NEED the nightmares to stop. I NEED the constant headaches to stop. I NEED my crohn’s to not be in a constant flare up. I NEED to stop having recurrent UTIs. I NEED the ****** Angry Girl to stop hurting me. I NEED to sleep. I NEED to want to live before I die. I NEED you to hear me. What? There is NO Survivor Fairy Godmother? NO magic wand? I'm shocked! NOT! I'm guessing that's why she never showed up then, either...I prefer to think that rather than her never answering my cries of: Please make him stop hurting me! I NEED you to STOP asking me what I NEED  Since we both know that those NEEDS will NEVER be my reality, and that it is actually more painful to ask for what you NEED and not get that need met, then it is to keep your NEEDS to yourself. At least that's true for me. So...unless you have a survivor registry where I can resister for the aforementioned NEEDS, or, perhaps a survivor merit system where I can earn credits to 'buy' the above NEEDS (I'm not afraid of hard work)...then STOP ASKING ME WHAT I NEED! Because we both know it does not matter what I NEED! Can't undo what's already been done. We both know that. What Nita "NEEDS" right now is a bottle of ***** and some cranberry juice…THAT is a NEED I can meet right now! A TOAST! Here's to: UNMET NEEDS
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Oct 7, 2013
Oct 7, 2013 at 10:32 PM UTC
Unmet Needs
"Nita, what do you  NEED ?" I HATE it when someone asks me that question! "Nita, What do you need?" NEED: “require”… “want”… “necessitate” "What do you need right now. You don't have to do this in isolation." "What do you need right now? I am not afraid of the little girl." "What do you need right now? If you need something I am here to listen." "If you don't think you are safe, then what do you need from me or others or yourself?" Why does it matter what I "NEED"? Why do you ask me when you are not going to be able to grant that/those "NEED(S)"? Is my Survivor Fairy Godmother asking you for a list of Nita's NEEDS so she can come wave her magic wand, sing, bippity, boppity, boo...and I'll become an unf@#ked kid? Well, why didn't you say so! Here's my list for the Godmother: I NEED to be 'unf@#ked'. I NEED the voices in my head to stop. I NEEDED my evil father not to touch me. I NEED the flashbacks to stop. I NEED my body not to hurt. I NEED the fear to stop. I NEED for you to be here for me NOW like you WERE then. I NEEDED to be loved by my parents. I NEED someone to teach me what love really is. I NEED someone to show me that trust really does exist in this world. I NEED you to help me at night when I am suicidal and dissociative. I NEED you to be available after 10pm, when the hell started, you know, like you used to be...back when you actually cared about what I NEEDED. I NEED the little girl to stop whining and crying. I NEED to not have physical symptoms that relate to then. I NEED the nightmares to stop. I NEED the constant headaches to stop. I NEED my crohn’s to not be in a constant flare up. I NEED to stop having recurrent UTIs. I NEED the ****** Angry Girl to stop hurting me. I NEED to sleep. I NEED to want to live before I die. I NEED you to hear me. What? There is NO Survivor Fairy Godmother? NO magic wand? I'm shocked! NOT! I'm guessing that's why she never showed up then, either...I prefer to think that rather than her never answering my cries of: Please make him stop hurting me! I NEED you to STOP asking me what I NEED  Since we both know that those NEEDS will NEVER be my reality, and that it is actually more painful to ask for what you NEED and not get that need met, then it is to keep your NEEDS to yourself. At least that's true for me. So...unless you have a survivor registry where I can resister for the aforementioned NEEDS, or, perhaps a survivor merit system where I can earn credits to 'buy' the above NEEDS (I'm not afraid of hard work)...then STOP ASKING ME WHAT I NEED! Because we both know it does not matter what I NEED! Can't undo what's already been done. We both know that. What Nita "NEEDS" right now is a bottle of ***** and some cranberry juice…THAT is a NEED I can meet right now! A TOAST! Here's to: UNMET NEEDS
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Hormones raging...for what I'm told not to engage in, even if we're engaged, if it's not official than its still revealed as...fornication. There's a disturbing underestimation of the result given for this particular sinful demonstration, society has taught us that we test the car before we drive it, but the 1st issue with this analogy told is that we're comparing human sin to...driving a vehicle? But if we're going to establish analogies on this subject , then, well, why don’t we also consider these: do we begin eating Thanksgiving dinner before were done saying grace? Do they hand out diplomas and degrees for classes you haven't passed yet? Do they give Super Bowl trophies to teams expected to win? So how do we justify receiving the prize of an unmet process? Far too many have allowed marriage to become an afterthought or not even a passing idea our better judgment caught because man had rather receive a temporary pleasure that sin conceives birthed in disobedience, deceptive grip around your conscience until your choked by the demands of a lustful flesh that wants to be fed in continual expedience. Or...Maybe, I’m just being a hater, fighting not to be twistedly envious and curious of a world that I’m forbidden to embrace.  Or Maybe I’m fighting...the temptation and frustration of being a single man patiently searching for that good thing and the favor my Father blesses along with her. Maybe I’m fighting...not to nosedive into the bottomless trap laid for human souls, lured in by lack, of self-control. It troubles me in just how simple... he brags and boasts then plots and plans his next victim in the desecration of his and her Creator’s Temple. But It’s not all his fault, because it was up to her to give him the key to this priceless location better known as her body.
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Jan 1, 2018
Jan 1, 2018 at 12:59 PM UTC
Flee!
Hormones raging...for what I'm told not to engage in, even if we're engaged, if it's not official than its still revealed as...fornication. There's a disturbing underestimation of the result given for this particular sinful demonstration, society has taught us that we test the car before we drive it, but the 1st issue with this analogy told is that we're comparing human sin to...driving a vehicle? But if we're going to establish analogies on this subject , then, well, why don’t we also consider these: do we begin eating Thanksgiving dinner before were done saying grace? Do they hand out diplomas and degrees for classes you haven't passed yet? Do they give Super Bowl trophies to teams expected to win? So how do we justify receiving the prize of an unmet process? Far too many have allowed marriage to become an afterthought or not even a passing idea our better judgment caught because man had rather receive a temporary pleasure that sin conceives birthed in disobedience, deceptive grip around your conscience until your choked by the demands of a lustful flesh that wants to be fed in continual expedience. Or...Maybe, I’m just being a hater, fighting not to be twistedly envious and curious of a world that I’m forbidden to embrace.  Or Maybe I’m fighting...the temptation and frustration of being a single man patiently searching for that good thing and the favor my Father blesses along with her. Maybe I’m fighting...not to nosedive into the bottomless trap laid for human souls, lured in by lack, of self-control. It troubles me in just how simple... he brags and boasts then plots and plans his next victim in the desecration of his and her Creator’s Temple. But It’s not all his fault, because it was up to her to give him the key to this priceless location better known as her body.
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Sunday's newspapers come on Saturday, coupons spill out torrentially. weekend manna from publisher's hell. makes my breathing heavy, from studious inspection, so many needs unmet. I fall to pieces every weekend, securely knowing, I'm lacking in so many things, feeling my insecure neediness keenly. my Target is feverishly simple, solution oriented. no can find any discounts for new rhythms, new rhymes, life high fivers to satisfy, adhere, and revere, that would be my Best Buy. but I'm clipped, the coupons, not.
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Nov 18, 2013
Nov 18, 2013 at 4:37 PM UTC
Sunday's newspapers come on Saturday
As a young girl I was always expected to do as I was told. Don’t be too loud, don’t talk back, don’t appear to be sassy or bold. Mind your manners, hold your tongue, there is no space for being rude. Tone it down, cover it up, we don’t want your black girl attitude. Forced into boxes with no space to move. Restricted and restrained with everything to prove. Constantly combatting the narrative they paint. Making us look like animals while they look like saints. We are said to be angry, bitter and loud. Troublesome, uneducated, following the crowd. Masculine, impute, stubborn and broken. Accessories, trophies that ”one” friend, the token. These strings of disrespect will no longer be allowed. I don’t care if I’m not polished enough, I’m unwilling to be cowed. Take back your subtle hate and blatant prejudices all wrapped up in a bow. Served on a platter with fluffy words of disapproval and the saying “that’s just the way things go”. They say we are stubborn, unmovable and complacent. Well , consider how our feelings are always compartmentalized and latent. Our cries go unheard, our request are unmet. No one to protect us, left on our own to fret. This debt that we carry is too much to bare. It’s just as heavy as the onus that we all have to share. We are ethereal, complex and fed up with your satire. You can have whatever you think of me, I’m done being your Sapphire.
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Nov 10, 2022
Nov 10, 2022 at 2:19 AM UTC
The Plight of A Black Woman: Sapphire
i want you to remind me how the moon and the stars above glance and hides how shy they were whenever your voice soothes the trees and living creatures, reverberating the paradox of joy and sadness in your giggle i want you to remind me how the ends will never be the means of loving and that saturating my soul with your presence is more than i could ever receive, a reality unmet with circumstances of chains upon ourselves i want you to remind me how long it would take to consume the universe on your palm or the life in one single breath, or the night with a hymn that lights up my way home i want you to remind me of remembering goodbyes and hellos the mellow sound of now and the agonizing tomorrow swifting its way to uncanny sound of laughter and sniffed tears i want you to remind me that there are more to life than we ever thought of: death, absence, nothingness i want you to remind me that i could always see the mirror of myself in your brushed short hair, chapped lips and past you never left behind, just the like the songs i've made to remind how unusual semblance of people unites hearts and eventually tear them apart i want you to remind me of the days where i loved deeply and without hesitation or fear of falling behind or the anxiety of losing what i never had in the first place i want you to remind me of the days like this where the smile in my face meant the world, home, and happiness from your single hello or the way you tilt your head and stare and smile and laugh or when your cheeks blush and swims together with the universe in your eyes and the waters deeply engraved in your fingers how the waves strum the music in your spirit and soul how i want you to remember, the way i will remind you: i will remind you of how i love seeing you mess around and make everyone happy, your vain and cuddly smile behind the tint of the sun, along the banquets of academics and artists i will remind you of how assured i was that you were whom i prayed for to a nonexistent deity of the wind and beauty; how i wished to feel its rush as i roam around, and steep-down the wheels, continuously weighing down unafraid of a valley of morality and questions i will remind you of the philosophy of the meaninglessness of existence and how life was never the meaning but pain of waiting for death; you made it bearable and the ample grace of your heart is what i'll keep to my future journeys of seeking what i would trade for life itself enduring the morning commutes and cruelty of mischievous eyes i will remind you of the day i saw you, and how tall you stand as me or how shy i was whenever i was in front of the crowd, but most of the time you give me the strenght to brush off what everyone would say i will remind you of the day, and the days to come i will not ask for more or less, it will be enough, and i hope with that, i will be enough, and i, hope you would always remind me #
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Mar 21, 2018
Mar 21, 2018 at 3:35 AM UTC
cosine
i want you to remind me how the moon and the stars above glance and hides how shy they were whenever your voice soothes the trees and living creatures, reverberating the paradox of joy and sadness in your giggle i want you to remind me how the ends will never be the means of loving and that saturating my soul with your presence is more than i could ever receive, a reality unmet with circumstances of chains upon ourselves i want you to remind me how long it would take to consume the universe on your palm or the life in one single breath, or the night with a hymn that lights up my way home i want you to remind me of remembering goodbyes and hellos the mellow sound of now and the agonizing tomorrow swifting its way to uncanny sound of laughter and sniffed tears i want you to remind me that there are more to life than we ever thought of: death, absence, nothingness i want you to remind me that i could always see the mirror of myself in your brushed short hair, chapped lips and past you never left behind, just the like the songs i've made to remind how unusual semblance of people unites hearts and eventually tear them apart i want you to remind me of the days where i loved deeply and without hesitation or fear of falling behind or the anxiety of losing what i never had in the first place i want you to remind me of the days like this where the smile in my face meant the world, home, and happiness from your single hello or the way you tilt your head and stare and smile and laugh or when your cheeks blush and swims together with the universe in your eyes and the waters deeply engraved in your fingers how the waves strum the music in your spirit and soul how i want you to remember, the way i will remind you: i will remind you of how i love seeing you mess around and make everyone happy, your vain and cuddly smile behind the tint of the sun, along the banquets of academics and artists i will remind you of how assured i was that you were whom i prayed for to a nonexistent deity of the wind and beauty; how i wished to feel its rush as i roam around, and steep-down the wheels, continuously weighing down unafraid of a valley of morality and questions i will remind you of the philosophy of the meaninglessness of existence and how life was never the meaning but pain of waiting for death; you made it bearable and the ample grace of your heart is what i'll keep to my future journeys of seeking what i would trade for life itself enduring the morning commutes and cruelty of mischievous eyes i will remind you of the day i saw you, and how tall you stand as me or how shy i was whenever i was in front of the crowd, but most of the time you give me the strenght to brush off what everyone would say i will remind you of the day, and the days to come i will not ask for more or less, it will be enough, and i hope with that, i will be enough, and i, hope you would always remind me #
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WHISTLING AND SNIFFING SIMULTANEOUSLY Whistling and sniffing at the same time Can’t hold hands or rather get married United and collaborative in any case This duo may perhaps land into the life of some person The kind of man whose who acts, Performs duties of the shepherd on the flock. Like his initial master, He condemns wickedness, Goes against what is religiously evil, And exults the righteous. But he soon he craves for another pair of his robe For he does accumulate an avalanche of resources, His eyes are soon blinded. Would his robe evade being soiled? Co-operative sniffing and whistling, Can hatch into temptations to anybody, Even the half-human, half God Did he not get tested in the wilderness? Our big man opens his eyes one day, Finds himself campaigning and competing for, Trying to woo for citizens’ keys, Essentials for serving the people in a wider circle. Perhaps his whistling guides his path. Brings him in the companionship of Other servants of the people. Any devoted service present in that house really? Brotherly whistling and sniffing, May make one’s conscience slither backwards, Two or more steps into mud. He is now influential, A famous societal figure. His fat salary seconded with some allowances. Or even thirded with public developmental resources, Guarantees him total luxury. Is this not an opportunistic opportunist? Our Sniffer and whistler is contended, Complacent with his success. Jubilant with him servant is his ‘first Master ’ For keeping to the ‘sacred’ scriptures. The vehicle which carried him straight, One way to heaven gets crippled, It can’t manage to hit the road Like its American, British and Chinese counterparts, His sincere promise goes unfulfilled Unmet due to his pretentious pretence. His ‘second’ Master gets extremely mad. For loyalty and faithfulness denied. And furiously plucks him from glory. Simultaneous whistling and sniffing, The ‘initial’ heaven can’t simply put up with them. A wise servant of the masses A true leader should only whistle at a time, Sniff at a time. But not sniffing and whistling simultaneously.
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May 6, 2013
May 6, 2013 at 3:28 AM UTC
Whistling and Sniffing Simultaneously
WHISTLING AND SNIFFING SIMULTANEOUSLY Whistling and sniffing at the same time Can’t hold hands or rather get married United and collaborative in any case This duo may perhaps land into the life of some person The kind of man whose who acts, Performs duties of the shepherd on the flock. Like his initial master, He condemns wickedness, Goes against what is religiously evil, And exults the righteous. But he soon he craves for another pair of his robe For he does accumulate an avalanche of resources, His eyes are soon blinded. Would his robe evade being soiled? Co-operative sniffing and whistling, Can hatch into temptations to anybody, Even the half-human, half God Did he not get tested in the wilderness? Our big man opens his eyes one day, Finds himself campaigning and competing for, Trying to woo for citizens’ keys, Essentials for serving the people in a wider circle. Perhaps his whistling guides his path. Brings him in the companionship of Other servants of the people. Any devoted service present in that house really? Brotherly whistling and sniffing, May make one’s conscience slither backwards, Two or more steps into mud. He is now influential, A famous societal figure. His fat salary seconded with some allowances. Or even thirded with public developmental resources, Guarantees him total luxury. Is this not an opportunistic opportunist? Our Sniffer and whistler is contended, Complacent with his success. Jubilant with him servant is his ‘first Master ’ For keeping to the ‘sacred’ scriptures. The vehicle which carried him straight, One way to heaven gets crippled, It can’t manage to hit the road Like its American, British and Chinese counterparts, His sincere promise goes unfulfilled Unmet due to his pretentious pretence. His ‘second’ Master gets extremely mad. For loyalty and faithfulness denied. And furiously plucks him from glory. Simultaneous whistling and sniffing, The ‘initial’ heaven can’t simply put up with them. A wise servant of the masses A true leader should only whistle at a time, Sniff at a time. But not sniffing and whistling simultaneously.
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Black eyes, bruised wrists, mangled genitals. Ribcage extruding; calling for love, lust, and cigarettes Faces offensive; unmet eyes, and searing expressions. Scars on arms; speaking louder than quiet voices Staring blank; at bills yet paid Thinking there is no way Imaging the fall from your 3rd floor Apartment Weighing funeral costs over living expenses Death would put you deeper in a hole Not able to get out, saying how Did I get here. Looking up seeing the opening nearly Closed; finger lye at the only opening left. Hope. Being crushed brutally, whilst you see it all happen. Blood rains on your pale face, craving Sunlight. Dismemberment of fingers, brings you into total darkness.
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Oct 14, 2014
Oct 14, 2014 at 12:03 AM UTC
Self-loathing
I "LIGAW" "The vibrato of this gypsy dance Wanes under the midnight sun" It's blue and amber all at once. In those brief moments, i imagine a future for us.  A flutter of a smile passes. A deep sigh. I hear a million tones of "maybe", watch the moon fade. The blur stays with me long after. It covers up a hollow beating and a thrill of the unsaid and unmet.
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Nov 25, 2018
Nov 25, 2018 at 5:55 AM UTC
Courtship of the lost and wild
***The prideful man cries when his pride is unmet, and when his mirror breaks his existence is in threat! The prideful man weeps when his deeds are in vain and he never kneels; Unless his price is paid! The prideful man stares deep into the crowd, only to be stared back he wastes his whole life. The prideful man kills so his place is safe, just to be in the center he kills what he craves! The prideful man begs for a chance to be seen, and when he his alone he weeps, and he weeps! And he dies! When his words– when his carefully sewed words, fail to capture minds.***
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Jan 13, 2015
Jan 13, 2015 at 5:16 PM UTC
Pride
Are we all not idioms, peculiar to ourselves in construct and meaning? Are not all of us syntactical anomalies? Do we not all have elliipses, lacunae, egregious gaps in our beings? Lack of parallel construction in our lives, dangling like participles, a pronoun without its antecedent? Are not our lives run- on sentences handed up by unconscious wishes and unmet needs? Too bad we could not be more declarative and less rhetorical or imperative. TOD HOWARD HAWKS
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Jun 9, 2019
Jun 9, 2019 at 3:23 PM UTC
ARE WE ALL NOT IDIOMS
Ethereal and Base a harmony so diametric a solid. Wisdom's forgiveness lands to the unyielding new, white spray on black lava, merging elemental minerals in salt water. Life the mediator, yearns for compromise algea harvests sunlight at the hard shore, grows into plants fish munch coral creating sand washing up, a tree's foothold creating soil...   can rock become Earth any other way? Mother's beauty, an unknowable generous smile and confident grace from the sun. Ages sitting wrinkled and depleted to her waist, beauty transforms into unknowable generous laughter alighting graciously from wise eyes, like a flock of Heaven's doves so close to home stirred by her running children: daughter and son. All the while all the yearning is unrequited. For her children, Beauty is vertigo, painful reality rooted to the shore. Eyes long for the horizon, Vision Country between sky holding its breath and water measuring out patience, The heart spills out futile on the crystalline sea, but Sadness, belonging to clear water, lightly buoys lonely Ecstasy, Completes the voyage. The Vision pairs selfless love with unmet desire, opposites' harmony the firmament, but the sound breaks from tension and the echoes fade, and the senses footing gives way; vertigo with dove's wings tied shut. Descending minuscule between dissipation falling through molecules of bliss, and diffusing atoms of despair, to the last remaining positive and negative and the tension's silver thin wire between. It cuts tied wings free, slingshots the dove's soul back up, at the last second, the tension's iridescent thread tangles loosely on her foot. She hurtles back up through the scales of size: Microns, amoeba, minnows, birds, primates, people, over trees, looking down at cities, mountains, yet higher borderless nations, green and sand continents, and again all the crystalline blue seas. The silver filament draws taut, holds the dove's ascent, wings slowing in awe as she views Mother Gaea her intensely brilliant sphere accompanied by vivid tiny stars. in a cold cold soundless night... Grandmother teaching her children to fly; Beauty's yearning realized complete.
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Jan 22, 2013
Jan 22, 2013 at 8:52 PM UTC
Gaea
Ethereal and Base a harmony so diametric a solid. Wisdom's forgiveness lands to the unyielding new, white spray on black lava, merging elemental minerals in salt water. Life the mediator, yearns for compromise algea harvests sunlight at the hard shore, grows into plants fish munch coral creating sand washing up, a tree's foothold creating soil...   can rock become Earth any other way? Mother's beauty, an unknowable generous smile and confident grace from the sun. Ages sitting wrinkled and depleted to her waist, beauty transforms into unknowable generous laughter alighting graciously from wise eyes, like a flock of Heaven's doves so close to home stirred by her running children: daughter and son. All the while all the yearning is unrequited. For her children, Beauty is vertigo, painful reality rooted to the shore. Eyes long for the horizon, Vision Country between sky holding its breath and water measuring out patience, The heart spills out futile on the crystalline sea, but Sadness, belonging to clear water, lightly buoys lonely Ecstasy, Completes the voyage. The Vision pairs selfless love with unmet desire, opposites' harmony the firmament, but the sound breaks from tension and the echoes fade, and the senses footing gives way; vertigo with dove's wings tied shut. Descending minuscule between dissipation falling through molecules of bliss, and diffusing atoms of despair, to the last remaining positive and negative and the tension's silver thin wire between. It cuts tied wings free, slingshots the dove's soul back up, at the last second, the tension's iridescent thread tangles loosely on her foot. She hurtles back up through the scales of size: Microns, amoeba, minnows, birds, primates, people, over trees, looking down at cities, mountains, yet higher borderless nations, green and sand continents, and again all the crystalline blue seas. The silver filament draws taut, holds the dove's ascent, wings slowing in awe as she views Mother Gaea her intensely brilliant sphere accompanied by vivid tiny stars. in a cold cold soundless night... Grandmother teaching her children to fly; Beauty's yearning realized complete.
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In the hush of twilight, a father's absence weaves, Threads of longing, a heart forever grieves. Lost at eleven, your warmth fades away, Yet in my soul's landscape, your presence will stay. I glimpse your shadow in the whispers of the wind, A love profound, where memories rescind. Though your laughter eludes my growing ears, In my heart's embrace, your joy appears. An idol unmet, a mythic embrace, Yearning for stories, your wisdom to trace. I strive to embody the lessons you'd share, In life's intricate dance, I sense you there. Days of triumph and nights of despair, I ache for your guidance, for your tender care. A father's embrace, an untouchable dream, Yet, in fleeting moments, your love does gleam. I miss you, dear father, in every heartbeat, In the quiet moments when nostalgia's seat, Becomes a throne for our moments untold, A tale of love, more precious than gold.
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Dec 11, 2023
Dec 11, 2023 at 12:28 PM UTC
Eternal Echoes: A Father's Love Beyond Goodbye
my 3rd vice my catalyst for food restriction desperate to sooth my shattered self image daily bombarded by airbrushed perfect female beauty braking my image of beauty and showing my cellulite followed by overloading information about fixing me regular exercise, beauty routines and Cal restricted diets insecurity the new female epidemic we fight for women's rights and threw the baby out with the bath water a basic human need unmet and exploited our legacy the English standard geneticly out of reach for women of color
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Feb 7, 2014
Feb 7, 2014 at 1:19 AM UTC
a mirror
There is something in the air today Something fragile and undecided It speaks to me of moody memories Velvety scents and Lazy summer desires Your hands are everywhere and I’m blossoming Addicted to you, the feel of you, The way your eyes covet what your fingers touch Tracing curves and angles Claiming territory... There is something in the sky today Something sensual and languid It draws me close into your inner world Unspoken fantasies And unmet needs Funny how the day weaves sensuality around us, Gathers us up in honeyed arms, musky scents Tangles our limbs, mingles sighs and glances, Half whispered obscenities So sweetly urgent... Brewing up a tempest... So much to explore in an afternoon... Synchronised swimming, melting in the heat Of me and you
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Jul 22, 2018
Jul 22, 2018 at 4:59 AM UTC
Melting
you told me fear was an illusion made by the devil to impair our lives and blur our vision now all i see are flames of fear and my body is burning in temperatures of hell. i never thought i would use the topic of drowning in a poem i would always complain about the girls who wrote they were drowning in depression when their serotonin levels were doing just fine or the girls who said someone drowned them after breaking the lifeboat of love, when they can pick themselves up if they use their muscles but you are the reason i am drowning for the first time, the cliche, stupid, senseless drowning topic, you are drowning me in security and structure and formality i am asphyxiating with security up to my throat, almost vomiting up words of rebellion because of constant confinement i would rather drown in the ocean because i know there are treasures and unmet species, no restrictions. i would fill my lungs with the mistakes you don't want me to make because it would give me substance i would refuse to cough them up just so i could stay underwater without you shoving your beliefs down my throat you are drowning me in repeating stories about mistakes that are not even mine, you are drowning me with rules, brain washing my mind. you are stuffing stereotypes into my ears, talking about races, outer images and superficiality. yes i know genesis and revelation, yes i know matthew, mark, luke and john, maybe you forgot how Luke wrote we shouldn't judge, and i don't know if you remember how often you **** plants by over watering them. i told you those plants were teenagers, they had to be left alone, you're drowning everything around you while getting water in your brain too, you're forgetting what its like to float, probably because you never learned how to properly since you were a little girl please don't drown me any longer i don't want to drown people too
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Mar 14, 2015
Mar 14, 2015 at 5:21 PM UTC
asphyxiation
you told me fear was an illusion made by the devil to impair our lives and blur our vision now all i see are flames of fear and my body is burning in temperatures of hell. i never thought i would use the topic of drowning in a poem i would always complain about the girls who wrote they were drowning in depression when their serotonin levels were doing just fine or the girls who said someone drowned them after breaking the lifeboat of love, when they can pick themselves up if they use their muscles but you are the reason i am drowning for the first time, the cliche, stupid, senseless drowning topic, you are drowning me in security and structure and formality i am asphyxiating with security up to my throat, almost vomiting up words of rebellion because of constant confinement i would rather drown in the ocean because i know there are treasures and unmet species, no restrictions. i would fill my lungs with the mistakes you don't want me to make because it would give me substance i would refuse to cough them up just so i could stay underwater without you shoving your beliefs down my throat you are drowning me in repeating stories about mistakes that are not even mine, you are drowning me with rules, brain washing my mind. you are stuffing stereotypes into my ears, talking about races, outer images and superficiality. yes i know genesis and revelation, yes i know matthew, mark, luke and john, maybe you forgot how Luke wrote we shouldn't judge, and i don't know if you remember how often you **** plants by over watering them. i told you those plants were teenagers, they had to be left alone, you're drowning everything around you while getting water in your brain too, you're forgetting what its like to float, probably because you never learned how to properly since you were a little girl please don't drown me any longer i don't want to drown people too
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10:30AM in a gas station on a Sunday Her hair screams "walk of shame" but her Michael Kors bag keeps it classy She's waiting for some greasy food to fulfill her unmet nocturnal needs I shouldn't judge her Maybe she just has "hat head" And I'm here buying toilet paper
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Feb 8, 2015
Feb 8, 2015 at 11:18 AM UTC
And I'm here buying toilet paper
Before the flight takes off Before our ascent into the skies Before I'm unplugged from the grid Before I'm temporarily disconnected I think about what I'll miss, If the flight never landed. I think about the goals unfulfilled People unmet, sights unseen Words unsaid, tears uncried Emotions unshared, pain unfelt Fights unhad, hands unheld Stories untold, lives unlived But most of all, I think of you. And feel Hope.
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Mar 26, 2023
Mar 26, 2023 at 2:28 AM UTC
Before the flight takes off
this shall be: this shall be my last poem of the year, two thousand and thirteen, with the muses' permission. a fitting one as well, for the words, come easy, like so many did this annus mirabilis, year of wonders. firm I believe, words are living tools, constantly being reshaped, fitted to the occasion.   care must me taken, words hurt when wasted, abused, or used in contravention to the creator's intentioned purpose of intended good. so when a brother, a poet-man hits the nailhead, words writ, encapsulating an emo shared, this reserves, a poem-celebration! lines between humans unseen, somehow too easy, rightly crossed, guards dropped, secrets exposure, with the ease of feeling no discomfiture. yes, this is the Internet age, sharing revelations often cheapened, boundaries collapse, when no consideration given. when there is no skin, no eye-glance real-exchanged, no feeling, no voice, casual, to do, easy to say, what is the risk, what could be the casualty of this causality? the risk is fearsome. so when the venture is for the better, what matter the absence of the physicality, the tears and hugs imagined as good as any non-virtual, but in the coming year, this I swear: I will be, I will be becoming, I will become you, unto you, for as was written, so shall it be, for as was written, it will become, a beautiful first, a first re-union, that will be. *this notion so pleasing, yet inherent contradictory, aye, there's the rub,* a first re-union of the unmet, *to mark this three hundred and sixty fifth day, the creator bequeathed me these prayer words most easily, most faithfully, as a blessing for all of us.* Dec. 31, 2013 3:54 pm. NYC
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Dec 31, 2013
Dec 31, 2013 at 4:15 PM UTC
Going to Oregon: "a beautiful first re-union that will be..."
this shall be: this shall be my last poem of the year, two thousand and thirteen, with the muses' permission. a fitting one as well, for the words, come easy, like so many did this annus mirabilis, year of wonders. firm I believe, words are living tools, constantly being reshaped, fitted to the occasion.   care must me taken, words hurt when wasted, abused, or used in contravention to the creator's intentioned purpose of intended good. so when a brother, a poet-man hits the nailhead, words writ, encapsulating an emo shared, this reserves, a poem-celebration! lines between humans unseen, somehow too easy, rightly crossed, guards dropped, secrets exposure, with the ease of feeling no discomfiture. yes, this is the Internet age, sharing revelations often cheapened, boundaries collapse, when no consideration given. when there is no skin, no eye-glance real-exchanged, no feeling, no voice, casual, to do, easy to say, what is the risk, what could be the casualty of this causality? the risk is fearsome. so when the venture is for the better, what matter the absence of the physicality, the tears and hugs imagined as good as any non-virtual, but in the coming year, this I swear: I will be, I will be becoming, I will become you, unto you, for as was written, so shall it be, for as was written, it will become, a beautiful first, a first re-union, that will be. *this notion so pleasing, yet inherent contradictory, aye, there's the rub,* a first re-union of the unmet, *to mark this three hundred and sixty fifth day, the creator bequeathed me these prayer words most easily, most faithfully, as a blessing for all of us.* Dec. 31, 2013 3:54 pm. NYC
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Have you not noted, in some family Where two were born of a first marriage-bed, How still they own their gracious bond, though fed And nursed on the forgotten breast and knee?— How to their father’s children they shall be In act and thought of one goodwill; but each Shall for the other have, in silence speech, And in a word complete community? Even so, when first I saw you, seemed it, love, That among souls allied to mine was yet One nearer kindred than life hinted of. O born with me somewhere that men forget, And though in years of sight and sound unmet, Known for my soul’s birth-partner well enough!
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The Birth-Bond
I'm trapped in the web Spun from dreamt up illusions Victim to none other Than my hopeless delusions Lured in by the same temptations Agony is unmet expectations Like an insect entranced by the light Trying to escape the depths of night I was drawn in once again Perhaps this time will be the end Hope was a deadly misinterpretation Lost amongst unspoken translation And I knew this all along As I traveled towards the sirens song I can't break free although I try you're a spider, and I'm a fly It's your normal way to be As chaos starts to strangle me The pain I wish I could not feel Consumed by fear, the struggle's real It's almost over so I'll say goodbye The dark creeps in and I'm ready to die Just when I thought I was fading away I realized it's just Valentine's Day.
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Feb 14, 2016
Feb 14, 2016 at 9:33 PM UTC
The Valentines Day Massacre
Do you remember how we met In that dark room, our own vignette Your words were always faint My motions dawned in deep restraint Do you remember how we met Behind closed eyes please don’t forget I shivered at your hand, gently Each movement shocked me differently Do you remember how we met Alone, broken, passions unmet Escaping through our skin we sung Closed off from the world, just body, and tongue
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Jun 19, 2012
Jun 19, 2012 at 2:09 PM UTC
How We Met
everyone has gone back to suburbia, city streets are dangerous, if you look at someone cross eyed, it earns you death. don’t celebrate this madness, mourn it in black, it has a taken a pandemic to school me again. this a broadcast, shout out, email me if you know how I’m feeling and can share what other mutualities crisscross. Do you like Jazz? Me neither. Flouncy bouncy dresses? Nah! Sweats? Unnecessary, I can sweat just by concentrating. You like me, own soulful bluesy singers, femme fatales, who coax and croon, wet the spun threads of subtle emotive, who live by light of candles votive, I live in black, day and nighttime, write in midnight blue, a woman who! takes no b.s. and doesn’t ever take no for an answer...
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Aug 23, 2020
Aug 23, 2020 at 2:10 PM UTC
empty bed, empty streets, unmet needs