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"valiance" poems
It's made in me The way of me So loving & savory, What do I speak of? My dear instinctive bravery Insatiably A heart of gold engraved in thee, Solemnly a gift from God given gracefully. Questioned by many about my dashing courage Noble-minded behavior, Intrepidity Superman-like favor, Saving a life with intent & untapped wit Comforting to the mind So very major. Put my life on the line for someone in need Even for animals, treated, As loved ones indeed Deference Urbanity It sits well as my creed, So many think of me as crazy, somewhat insane For having such a desire of valiance within my brain, Why salt my game? Because I'm so in tact with life? The beauty it holds? Mettle with heartfelt kindness to my delight? I can't help it I must protect & serve, MINUS THE BADGE Pains me to see a damsel in distress No tender heart deserves. I know that every situation is not my problem Shouldn't concern me some would say, Like a man beating his wife while the kids cry & stray In daylight even Never could I look away, I'm sorry I feel I must jump in to save my quarry, Who knows I may be in over my head, But I can care less at times Must save the prey from the predator, can't consume of spoiled bread. Whether its a car speeding about to run over a baby Or a relentless fire in a building coursing to burn a lady, With my mind attentive, laced with uncontested audacity, Boldness Courtesy Reverence All out strong Tenacity, I'm here, Im here... Good guys are yet to be seen Daredevils that are truly serene, But no matter what I'm here, With my mind & Valor Have no fear A young soldier is near, At your service I'll be around to help Take a stand with me Let me lend a hand for thee With my beautiful, yet Ravishing Gallantry.... ©Michael P. Smith
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Jul 4, 2012
Jul 4, 2012 at 9:36 AM UTC
Ravishing Gallantry
It's made in me The way of me So loving & savory, What do I speak of? My dear instinctive bravery Insatiably A heart of gold engraved in thee, Solemnly a gift from God given gracefully. Questioned by many about my dashing courage Noble-minded behavior, Intrepidity Superman-like favor, Saving a life with intent & untapped wit Comforting to the mind So very major. Put my life on the line for someone in need Even for animals, treated, As loved ones indeed Deference Urbanity It sits well as my creed, So many think of me as crazy, somewhat insane For having such a desire of valiance within my brain, Why salt my game? Because I'm so in tact with life? The beauty it holds? Mettle with heartfelt kindness to my delight? I can't help it I must protect & serve, MINUS THE BADGE Pains me to see a damsel in distress No tender heart deserves. I know that every situation is not my problem Shouldn't concern me some would say, Like a man beating his wife while the kids cry & stray In daylight even Never could I look away, I'm sorry I feel I must jump in to save my quarry, Who knows I may be in over my head, But I can care less at times Must save the prey from the predator, can't consume of spoiled bread. Whether its a car speeding about to run over a baby Or a relentless fire in a building coursing to burn a lady, With my mind attentive, laced with uncontested audacity, Boldness Courtesy Reverence All out strong Tenacity, I'm here, Im here... Good guys are yet to be seen Daredevils that are truly serene, But no matter what I'm here, With my mind & Valor Have no fear A young soldier is near, At your service I'll be around to help Take a stand with me Let me lend a hand for thee With my beautiful, yet Ravishing Gallantry.... ©Michael P. Smith
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Cyan has such a brackish mark upon your passive visage- it transfigures boldly, tempestuously any average glance flung facetiously in my direction. Dearest Rogue Element, You invigorate all other salient features. Like the slip of a blunt knife, you surge open your soul, compelling any audacious personality to bleed through the wound of your gaping irises. You betroth yourself to the Fascinating, the Creative, and like the cascade of clearest french horn lamentation- you stir my emotions with a mournful compassionate caress. And that’s the difference. The mellow mahogany of my eyes provides the most loving background for Light to reflect her dancing valiance with reverent adoration. But- your Blue will forever stride as the arrogant foreground. Commanding and eternally vexing, (captivating) me with your gaudy juxtaposition of angry intensity and poignant serenity.
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Nov 15, 2013
Nov 15, 2013 at 4:11 AM UTC
The Bluest Eyed Glance
Music by Stephen Vincent Benet My friend went to the piano; spun the stool A little higher; left his pipe to cool; Picked up a fat green volume from the chest; And propped it open. Whitely without rest, His fingers swept the keys that flashed like swords, . . . And to the brute drums of barbarian hordes, Roaring and thunderous and weapon-bare, An army stormed the bastions of the air! Dreadful with banners, fire to slay and parch, Marching together as the lightnings march, And swift as storm-clouds. Brazen helms and cars Clanged to a fierce resurgence of old wars Above the screaming horns. In state they passed, Trampling and splendid on and sought the vast- Rending the darkness like a leaping knife, The flame, the noble pageant of our life! The burning seal that stamps man's high indenture To vain attempt and most forlorn adventure; Romance, and purple seas, and toppling towns, And the wind's valiance crying o'er the downs; That nerves the silly hand, the feeble brain, From the loose net of words to deeds again And to all courage! Perilous and sharp The last chord shook me as wind shakes a harp! . . . And my friend swung round on his stool, and from gods we were men, "How pretty!" we said; and went on with our talk again.
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I see strangers on the Internet talk about healing their inner child. It made me go inward. Think and think and think. About little me. Three, five, seven years old. What she wore what she ate what she watched on TV. How she danced, twirled on and on without a care in the world. And as I saw her in my mind's eye and felt her in my soul, my heart was filled with a Great and Terrible Sadness. Oh, how I've failed her! I've abandoned her laugh her warmth her light. I traded her valiance for fear, her voice for silence. Her smile and bright green eyes for a dull film over too-pale features. Oh, my poor, sweet child. I am endlessly sorry. I have failed you. Failed you. Failed you. Those strangers on the Internet want to heal their inner child. But now I wonder... Can my inner child heal me?
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Aug 6, 2023
Aug 6, 2023 at 7:22 PM UTC
Inner Child
For the Dragon hissed as the Dragon died, Apollo’s kiss as the night subsides, Python’s bliss as naiad’s cried, And the wailing woe’s on a weathering tide, Water-wall from Kētos scream, tsunami crash, swallow everything, Rolling clouds and the pouring rain and the serpent dying writhing in pain, And the Dragon hissed and the Dragon died, Apollo kissed away the night time sky, And the Python’s bliss as his naiad’s cry, The Sun awoke at the wheel-house berth, armor gold, chest-plate of Earth, And valiance choked, squeezed by Ladon’s girth, As the serpent swelled with the stormy seas, To collapse great hero upon his knees, Apollo, Cadmus and Hercules. Reborn by fire, Father-Lion’s roar, returned each night to even-up the score, And the Dragon hissed and the Dragon died, Apollo’s kiss ward off night time skies, Oh the wailing woe of ominous tides, The scythe or club, boulder at night, rocks from heaven and the perilous fight, Black-oil venom, heart of a beast, starry night’s runner split from the east, Noxious breathe, flame-seared teeth, smell of death from a ****** feast, Speared at the neck, pinning head to earth, then celebrated as a day of birth, The serpent on his shoulder, or dangling from the tree, Arising from the waters, from the depths beneath, Cast out under a mountain, yes underneath, then wear his skin and sow his teeth! And the Dragon hissed and the Dragon died, Apollo’s kiss as the fight subsides, And Python’s bliss as his muses wailed, between the horns where Argo sailed, Call it a man or Charybdis, Scylla, rock, a multi-headed beast, Or just two horns with a middle disk and Apollo’s fire, Sun’s dawning kiss, And the Dragon hissed as the Dragon dies, And Apollo’s kiss create the day time skies, And the Python’s bliss at his naiad’s cries, And the Dragon hissed and the Dragon died!
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Jun 20, 2016
Jun 20, 2016 at 12:56 PM UTC
Pythian Ode
For the Dragon hissed as the Dragon died, Apollo’s kiss as the night subsides, Python’s bliss as naiad’s cried, And the wailing woe’s on a weathering tide, Water-wall from Kētos scream, tsunami crash, swallow everything, Rolling clouds and the pouring rain and the serpent dying writhing in pain, And the Dragon hissed and the Dragon died, Apollo kissed away the night time sky, And the Python’s bliss as his naiad’s cry, The Sun awoke at the wheel-house berth, armor gold, chest-plate of Earth, And valiance choked, squeezed by Ladon’s girth, As the serpent swelled with the stormy seas, To collapse great hero upon his knees, Apollo, Cadmus and Hercules. Reborn by fire, Father-Lion’s roar, returned each night to even-up the score, And the Dragon hissed and the Dragon died, Apollo’s kiss ward off night time skies, Oh the wailing woe of ominous tides, The scythe or club, boulder at night, rocks from heaven and the perilous fight, Black-oil venom, heart of a beast, starry night’s runner split from the east, Noxious breathe, flame-seared teeth, smell of death from a ****** feast, Speared at the neck, pinning head to earth, then celebrated as a day of birth, The serpent on his shoulder, or dangling from the tree, Arising from the waters, from the depths beneath, Cast out under a mountain, yes underneath, then wear his skin and sow his teeth! And the Dragon hissed and the Dragon died, Apollo’s kiss as the fight subsides, And Python’s bliss as his muses wailed, between the horns where Argo sailed, Call it a man or Charybdis, Scylla, rock, a multi-headed beast, Or just two horns with a middle disk and Apollo’s fire, Sun’s dawning kiss, And the Dragon hissed as the Dragon dies, And Apollo’s kiss create the day time skies, And the Python’s bliss at his naiad’s cries, And the Dragon hissed and the Dragon died!
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Amongst head spin circumstance, meets the line of whim-less romantic turmoil. Plentiful expansion of miraculous nothing. Like peeled back sickness, inside the droopy eyed valiance, travels in seizes to engulf the second chance of prudence. Life fleeting from metal to vein, tick tocking time till pressure releases. Sustained by little on course in hopes of none to come, the captain with no route homeward. Vacant luminous street corners bustle of the land that never ends. An isolating attempt to repel the frost away from bone. To fall amongst the boundless sea of filth.
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Sep 9, 2014
Sep 9, 2014 at 11:45 PM UTC
Wasting...wasting.
Not for the faint-hearted The highest peak is Unconquerable is its tip Cold and misty, A stairway to heaven! Bold climbers ignore Step is the slope, Help is the rope, And the peak is their hope. Surmounting the rocks Resisting the freezing air Holding back against the pull of gravity Should the climbers do With the vertical That seemed infinite. Escapade began. In their heart, they held The step and hope. Crouching on the frosting rocks They moved higher and higher. 'Till they could glance At the abyss of horizons. Passing the halfway, Wild fortune they met. Wind with wrath roared. There came a snowstorm! Hope began to melt Their shriveling souls, too. Buried. Vertically jeopardized. Lives ended with the limit. Another team conquered The mighty mountain. Aroused a sense of adventure Spirits unleashed, Saying altogether, "We can!" As tightly holding the guide And pathway's light - Their nation's proud "stars ans stripes." Valiance flashed on their faces. Higher and higher they went Calmness danced with the rustling cool wind Glaring were the ice flakes Of noontime sun The journey was near to its end. Yet, a huge running bunch of snows met them. Keen climbers bombarded Explosive things. Boom! A hole was formed. They went down Into the hide site-like hole Awaited the "limit" to pass by then, it came. The hole was filled Shivering with cold Heroes bombarded again... Light rays entered as Dazzling as their smiles. Escapade continued. 'Till they stood and yelled The voice of victory, Overcoming the vertical's limit, On their success, On the most awe-inspiring place of their dreams - The earth's highest pinnacle!
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Aug 10, 2012
Aug 10, 2012 at 2:56 AM UTC
Vertical's Limit
Not for the faint-hearted The highest peak is Unconquerable is its tip Cold and misty, A stairway to heaven! Bold climbers ignore Step is the slope, Help is the rope, And the peak is their hope. Surmounting the rocks Resisting the freezing air Holding back against the pull of gravity Should the climbers do With the vertical That seemed infinite. Escapade began. In their heart, they held The step and hope. Crouching on the frosting rocks They moved higher and higher. 'Till they could glance At the abyss of horizons. Passing the halfway, Wild fortune they met. Wind with wrath roared. There came a snowstorm! Hope began to melt Their shriveling souls, too. Buried. Vertically jeopardized. Lives ended with the limit. Another team conquered The mighty mountain. Aroused a sense of adventure Spirits unleashed, Saying altogether, "We can!" As tightly holding the guide And pathway's light - Their nation's proud "stars ans stripes." Valiance flashed on their faces. Higher and higher they went Calmness danced with the rustling cool wind Glaring were the ice flakes Of noontime sun The journey was near to its end. Yet, a huge running bunch of snows met them. Keen climbers bombarded Explosive things. Boom! A hole was formed. They went down Into the hide site-like hole Awaited the "limit" to pass by then, it came. The hole was filled Shivering with cold Heroes bombarded again... Light rays entered as Dazzling as their smiles. Escapade continued. 'Till they stood and yelled The voice of victory, Overcoming the vertical's limit, On their success, On the most awe-inspiring place of their dreams - The earth's highest pinnacle!
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Around the backs of houses: Overgrowth cloaked a Horde of little rascals with Pockets full of pennies. Some were almost as tall as the Highest stalks and jumped Once a minute to gauge the number Of silly long strides left to spring from. Eyes fixed forwards, soldiering On to the treeline and then just Beyond - Through the ditch and Brambles, emerging onto stones: Ten feet towered with a Steep ascent as a clear warning Raptly ignored by the imps -- The chasers of thrills and stories And melted misshapen metal - Wherein lies the innocence of their Treacherous endeavors. Those Pennies would return mangled and bent Enough to weave a tale of valiance And near-death peril so captivating It couldn't possibly be spun; For in your hand you held a token. "The world vibrated and ear drums Exploded, running to cover from The screaming, steaming demon: Dublin to Belfast express!" They would say.
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May 17, 2015
May 17, 2015 at 4:30 PM UTC
Weave Me A Lifetime Of This
Not for the faint-hearted The highest peak is Unconquerable is its tip Cold and misty, A stairway to heaven! Bold climbers ignore Step is the slope, Help is the rope, And the peak is their hope. Surmounting the rocks Resisting the freezing air Holding back against the pull of gravity Should the climbers do With the vertical That seemed infinite. Escapade began. In their heart, they held The step and hope. Crouching on the frosting rocks They moved higher and higher. 'Till they could glance At the abyss of horizons. Passing the halfway, Wild fortune they met. Wind with wrath roared. There came a snowstorm! Hope began to melt Their shriveling souls, too. Buried. Vertically jeopardized. Lives ended with the limit. Another team conquered The mighty mountain. Aroused a sense of adventure Spirits unleashed, Saying altogether, "We can!" As tightly holding the guide And pathway's light - Their nation's proud "stars ans stripes." Valiance flashed on their faces. Higher and higher they went Calmness danced with the rustling cool wind Glaring were the ice flakes Of noontime sun The journey was near to its end. Yet, a huge running bunch of snows met them. Keen climbers bombarded Explosive things. Boom! A hole was formed. They went down Into the hide site-like hole Awaited the "limit" to pass by then, it came. The hole was filled Shivering with cold Heroes bombarded again... Light rays entered as Dazzling as their smiles. Escapade continued. 'Till they stood and yelled The voice of victory, Overcoming the vertical's limit, On their success, On the most awe-inspiring place of their dreams - The earth's highest pinnacle!
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Aug 10, 2012
Aug 10, 2012 at 2:56 AM UTC
Vertical's Limit
Not for the faint-hearted The highest peak is Unconquerable is its tip Cold and misty, A stairway to heaven! Bold climbers ignore Step is the slope, Help is the rope, And the peak is their hope. Surmounting the rocks Resisting the freezing air Holding back against the pull of gravity Should the climbers do With the vertical That seemed infinite. Escapade began. In their heart, they held The step and hope. Crouching on the frosting rocks They moved higher and higher. 'Till they could glance At the abyss of horizons. Passing the halfway, Wild fortune they met. Wind with wrath roared. There came a snowstorm! Hope began to melt Their shriveling souls, too. Buried. Vertically jeopardized. Lives ended with the limit. Another team conquered The mighty mountain. Aroused a sense of adventure Spirits unleashed, Saying altogether, "We can!" As tightly holding the guide And pathway's light - Their nation's proud "stars ans stripes." Valiance flashed on their faces. Higher and higher they went Calmness danced with the rustling cool wind Glaring were the ice flakes Of noontime sun The journey was near to its end. Yet, a huge running bunch of snows met them. Keen climbers bombarded Explosive things. Boom! A hole was formed. They went down Into the hide site-like hole Awaited the "limit" to pass by then, it came. The hole was filled Shivering with cold Heroes bombarded again... Light rays entered as Dazzling as their smiles. Escapade continued. 'Till they stood and yelled The voice of victory, Overcoming the vertical's limit, On their success, On the most awe-inspiring place of their dreams - The earth's highest pinnacle!
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Eloquence is irrelevant in times of relevance For it is not the beauty of the words that sets precedence Rather the idea behind them that shows brilliance Any man can speak articulately without substance There is no power behind such simulated statements Those with complete control of their clarity claim valiance So, go forth and form your feelings with eloquence absent
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Jan 25, 2013
Jan 25, 2013 at 4:26 PM UTC
Eloquence
The elegant madwoman with a golden valor. Louder than the falling trees stumbling everywhere around her feet! The spiritual mother, everyone's empress, a concrete rose blooming over every obstacle as if she were a one-woman, 21st century dynasty with no malfunctions in its empire. But, there's something writhing its way out from the cellar reserved for her scathing history. Past the cobwebs and futile pretensions of valiance lies this warrior queen's greatest desire: shrouded in shame, the need for love still haunts. But it won't some accessory amid the ninth cloud! Hard work and minimum wage flow much more smoothly. She's known this since she discovered the world, since she entered a home full of broken furniture and reeking of alcoholic breath and stagnant, bitter tensions that were released when father's fist met daughter's face, and her bruise-soaked body became the symbol of her innocence. That must be why she spends so much time in the darkest Brooklyn alleys, selling her self-respect to any man feeling particularly kind that night, and letting any detrimental cycle resurface for just one rush of vulnerability. This contemporary queen dons a crown bejeweled with more grit than the streets of three New York boroughs, yet all she requires of the world that she holds in her hand like a ruler deciding the fate of her people is someone to transform adoration from myth to reality. Will she ever find light from the alley?
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Apr 29, 2010
Apr 29, 2010 at 10:45 AM UTC
Royal Blue Abrasions
Raja Dahir, the Brahmin noble king of Sindh, Defender of his realm and his subjects, He stood steadfast against the Arab invaders, Determined to keep them at bay. With sword in hand, he fought with valor, Leading his troops into battle with fierce pride. But despite his valiance, he could not stand Against the pyrrhic of the Umayyad Caliphate. During his reign, culture flourished, Music and science flourished as well. But these achievements were not meant to last, As the Arab forces soon did dwell. In the end, he fell to their sword, His kingdom conquered, his people enslaved. But his spirit lives on, a symbol of resistance Against foreign ********** and oppression. Raja Dahir, our hero, our guide, We honor your memory and your sacrifice. May your legacy live on forever, As a beacon of hope for all who fight for freedom.
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Dec 31, 2022
Dec 31, 2022 at 11:28 AM UTC
"In Defense of Sindh: A Tribute to Raja Dahir"
She was a gamine, an urchin and a recluse. Tattered and waifish, scrounging for some small morsel underneath a city bus. Tarnished, a lot like brass that's been exposed to water; she's splotched. Even whilst disenfranchised, she carries some valiance hidden beneath her turncoat. There is beauty in the loose pages she's giving to the wind. She is, and will forever be, floating in the updraft of a sidewalk vent.
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Jan 23, 2011
Jan 23, 2011 at 7:58 AM UTC
Splotched
*A warrior keeps rising like radical waves in violent seas, Regardless of how many times a warrior keeps falling, their valiance will never cease. Strength, courage, and determination are the mechanisms built within, Valiance reigns supreme with this human being; even if they are defeated, they still win! By Lady R.F ©2016*
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Oct 26, 2016
Oct 26, 2016 at 11:47 PM UTC
Valiance
When time ceases and your world falls apart, When trepidation clouds your imminent future, For when everything you ever held onto is lost, and your thoughts shamble past your once glimmering eyes; For when you stop moving your dexterous arms and just lay, You feel pain surging through your veins, Detriment taking over exuberance fighting your self doubting mind off of deranged thoughts; For once you feel the need to close your eyes and fight off the impassiveness that blocks your sight, For once you just wish this wound would heal, For your toiled life to just ease into calmness, To be ridden off the weight piled on your fragile shoulders; Your mind seives through various ways To feel the ubiquitous presence of ethereal light, To curl up in it's peacefulness and inevitably give into it; Tranquility takes the place of hurt like an addictive shot of cannabis dissolving into your system; You feel the penetrating urge to hold on to it To reach out to your sliver of hope with your scrawny fingers and grasp it tight, Your hope of a world inoculated against the social stigma, Rid of narcissus and his obnoxiousness; Where for once in your troubled life you would not have to hide; You feel your numb fingers closing over something sharp, Possessed by an unquenchable thirst for freedom, Wanting to insinuate yourself with the ethereal glimpse of hope; Your breath lies between the blade of wishful virtuality and reality; Reality, a now tormented word, a word defining a world arisen out of A never satisfying greed for power and erudition; You fathom your cognisant mind to construe the moment, To feel a sharp paroxysm of pain, a flush of wrong; An ardor to redefine reality, To concoct the mundane world scrupulous, To write the wrong; The heart now pumps blood of valiance, Belligerence to cause insurrection, A piquant taste to live builds up, To fight for righteousness and to die of victory, For it is in our nature to fight; The blade falls into the pit of cowardice, And reality has been chosen; Chivalry triumphs over death and the **** that time is begins to run rampant; The crusade soaring in your mind now vanquished, Your fragmented scorched life now meaningful; For you have been reborn, a master of time and chaste; Reborn into a warrior, one who has fought off the wards of death; Whose prudence his armour, Benevolence his weapon, Candour his speech, Dauntless his demeanour and Intrepid his blood.
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May 30, 2015
May 30, 2015 at 10:00 AM UTC
Trepidation
When time ceases and your world falls apart, When trepidation clouds your imminent future, For when everything you ever held onto is lost, and your thoughts shamble past your once glimmering eyes; For when you stop moving your dexterous arms and just lay, You feel pain surging through your veins, Detriment taking over exuberance fighting your self doubting mind off of deranged thoughts; For once you feel the need to close your eyes and fight off the impassiveness that blocks your sight, For once you just wish this wound would heal, For your toiled life to just ease into calmness, To be ridden off the weight piled on your fragile shoulders; Your mind seives through various ways To feel the ubiquitous presence of ethereal light, To curl up in it's peacefulness and inevitably give into it; Tranquility takes the place of hurt like an addictive shot of cannabis dissolving into your system; You feel the penetrating urge to hold on to it To reach out to your sliver of hope with your scrawny fingers and grasp it tight, Your hope of a world inoculated against the social stigma, Rid of narcissus and his obnoxiousness; Where for once in your troubled life you would not have to hide; You feel your numb fingers closing over something sharp, Possessed by an unquenchable thirst for freedom, Wanting to insinuate yourself with the ethereal glimpse of hope; Your breath lies between the blade of wishful virtuality and reality; Reality, a now tormented word, a word defining a world arisen out of A never satisfying greed for power and erudition; You fathom your cognisant mind to construe the moment, To feel a sharp paroxysm of pain, a flush of wrong; An ardor to redefine reality, To concoct the mundane world scrupulous, To write the wrong; The heart now pumps blood of valiance, Belligerence to cause insurrection, A piquant taste to live builds up, To fight for righteousness and to die of victory, For it is in our nature to fight; The blade falls into the pit of cowardice, And reality has been chosen; Chivalry triumphs over death and the **** that time is begins to run rampant; The crusade soaring in your mind now vanquished, Your fragmented scorched life now meaningful; For you have been reborn, a master of time and chaste; Reborn into a warrior, one who has fought off the wards of death; Whose prudence his armour, Benevolence his weapon, Candour his speech, Dauntless his demeanour and Intrepid his blood.
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In boots without holes, And a soul whole, I’m ready to roll Into an infinity of possibilities and eccentricities of simplicity. I feel fit you see, To dive head-on into a new song while the melody remains unwritten. I’ll uncap, uncurl and uncoil into this scoreless spring of my existence, Keeping an ear to the ground for hints from a distance, Rejoice in my own valiance of overcoming that dark beast. I am the animal, unleashed! And I shall place my cautious paw in spaces where only good has strode before. Short of saying more: I feel set free, at ease and eager to please. From my head to my knees I feel able to achieve dreams I am yet to conceive. And all this from release! Relinquish and re-grow!
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Oct 8, 2012
Oct 8, 2012 at 7:19 PM UTC
New Shoes
There's a monster in my book bag, stomach growling and eyes alert. It grows pleased with each hour that ticks by, running away with the delicious taste of wasted time. It feeds on my time, consuming my entire night, my life, taking up all aspects of my being. To take a pen to its heart would be more effective than the sword, but altogether more challenging. Its vanquish happens in intermittent streams, bursts of valiance and productivity, then the silent tapping of impatient feet in armor made of vain and thoughtless dreams. We create our monsters, in essence, our lives not quite challenging enough with a literal foe to defeat. We shape our monsters, give them life and soul in structure with new patterns to always confuse ourselves. We are our own monsters in the classes we cram, the responsibilities we pile, the layers of duties pulverizing air to thin sheets. It's hard to breath, hard to think, over the growling from our tapping feet, our chattery fingers, our smacking lips, those wandering eyes. It's hard to plan and hard to realize the ultimate goal with a wandering brain that, fearing the eventual, allows the book bag to remain closed for another hour.
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Jan 11, 2011
Jan 11, 2011 at 6:57 PM UTC
Eating Hours Up
Take this seeing with thee-- paw it over...the beau-tifying Void. Capable magick--drop... of daub-n-be...beau-tifyingly so. Note to All: what's outlasting coasts... to still the aesthetical shock o' yore. Biding a time driven out of itself... for the valiance of life-swap...so pronounced with open arms... Oneness, and all that jazz. Bid you as I do...form's due...adieu... beau-tifying The Void. Konstantinos Mark
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Dec 2, 2013
Dec 2, 2013 at 12:50 PM UTC
The Beau-tifying Void
Dearly Black Annis your Mercy please Spare So shibble me Eyes by your Flesh glow Blue A Bairn like me lack much Coat on your Wear Barely enough to Warm your Shingles few For as the Cave our peeping fancies fly Risk your Favours through else spawn our regret Plunder with your Nails; Then blow-out or Sigh For reasons our Valiance misinterpret If the Light room harness for Virtue's floor To seep out your Forever Doomed Assign A Task at hand cringe Concepts at the moor T'was Songs for Shells allow me to Resign. For Children still plead and Pledge to Behave Else the Cornerdoor's **** rapes even the Brave.
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Jul 20, 2013
Jul 20, 2013 at 10:54 PM UTC
SONNET FEATURE NUMBER SEVENTEEN
Since the sun first rose and spilled its golden light like nectar across the darkened fields. Since the night first whispered soft along the ground and painted it deep blues and purples. Since the rain first fell from the stars, and, gentle, infused the world with some of their light. Since the moon first hung, pale and luminous, above the night muted world, filling the cracks and crevices with an echo of dawn. I have known you since wind first breathed life into the trees and swayed them in their eery dance. Since winter first chilled the world and hid its life away beneath the unyielding snow, and since spring first battled it back with the valiance of warm rains and sunny days. Since thunder and lightning first hurled the the sky at the frosted ground, and cleaved the heavens in two, stripping away the world’s soft lines of defense. Since the first balmy days of summer sighed into the mind and burst upon the senses like the sun captured here on earth. I have known you Since the clocks first caged time from its wanderings, Since before the world was small, when wonder still waited behind every corner. Since the veil between reality and dreams was just a dream itself. Since the oceans first caressed the shores and ripped away leaving battlefields of ravaged shells. Since the rivers first glowed crimson in the last rays of sunset, and since the seraphim first sprinkled dew upon the spiderwebs at daybreak. Since before such ****** concepts as Good or Evil were picketed upon each creature, Since nature ran wild and stopped at nothing, Since the darkness first crept into a man’s heart, I have known you.
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Jan 2, 2013
Jan 2, 2013 at 10:17 PM UTC
I Have Known You
Since the sun first rose and spilled its golden light like nectar across the darkened fields. Since the night first whispered soft along the ground and painted it deep blues and purples. Since the rain first fell from the stars, and, gentle, infused the world with some of their light. Since the moon first hung, pale and luminous, above the night muted world, filling the cracks and crevices with an echo of dawn. I have known you since wind first breathed life into the trees and swayed them in their eery dance. Since winter first chilled the world and hid its life away beneath the unyielding snow, and since spring first battled it back with the valiance of warm rains and sunny days. Since thunder and lightning first hurled the the sky at the frosted ground, and cleaved the heavens in two, stripping away the world’s soft lines of defense. Since the first balmy days of summer sighed into the mind and burst upon the senses like the sun captured here on earth. I have known you Since the clocks first caged time from its wanderings, Since before the world was small, when wonder still waited behind every corner. Since the veil between reality and dreams was just a dream itself. Since the oceans first caressed the shores and ripped away leaving battlefields of ravaged shells. Since the rivers first glowed crimson in the last rays of sunset, and since the seraphim first sprinkled dew upon the spiderwebs at daybreak. Since before such ****** concepts as Good or Evil were picketed upon each creature, Since nature ran wild and stopped at nothing, Since the darkness first crept into a man’s heart, I have known you.
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I have found strength in foreign places, And inconceivable peace in strife, Beauty in so many common faces, And respect for death within my life. Found honor in holding a dying hand, And found clarity through a shroud, Seen the valiance of the weak, And the humbling of the proud. Amazed myself on occasion or two, And learned how to let go, Discovered the real value of shame, And watched the stunted grow. I have seen miracles happen, And felt the purest form of pain, Treasured the unworthy; Danced naked in the rain. I've felt God's spirit within me, Defined virtue on my own, Found solace in acceptance, And discredited what was known. The sum of all the trivial moments, Which never seem to cease, Won't ever be as treasured as, Any one of these.
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Jan 4, 2012
Jan 4, 2012 at 8:48 PM UTC
Any One of These
cause im laying here under the projected stars i turned out the lights and made a trip to aeroponics to pick up those fungi you so humbly requested so put down your earl grey (hot) take off your shoes let your hair down with me and lets look at the stars not the ones out of the window but the ones glimmering on the screen and pretend we're just at the planetarium back on earth home ill massage your feet and we will proceed to laugh and roll around under the consoles but NO TICKLING you remember what happened last time ill tweak the access to the room and you you will pretend like this is your first time i will to ill shake and shiver and you well you just be however you were before you met me authoritative, stern and expecting not of child but of an ensign who knows how to get the job done with nary an irregularity earning every pip for valiance in the line of duty wounds endured in battle courage under fire
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Apr 15, 2013
Apr 15, 2013 at 12:36 AM UTC
Rogerway to astrometrics
For too long I thought about your strong stature that presence that quickened my breath the closer we became, your scent intoxicated me your inquiring mind attracted me, to discover your mischievous eyes distracted me your lips that parted so softly with each spoken word I was lost in the world of you...and the possibility of us Chance, risk, bravery took hold of me one night Spurned on with thoughts of a finite life I closed my eyes, and jumped and landed with a thud on the plain of rejection The feeling engulfed me, swirled through me like drafts through the rafters but valiance shone through, relief overcame pity the voice of fate whispered he's not for you grasping at that, I soldiered on and recovered from the sickness of love, or lust, or longing And now someone else has you, aesthetically pleasing to quote your phrase to share in the laughter, and the joys of life So here's to ye both, my love, and my best friend may ye find out what ye are really like
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Jun 12, 2011
Jun 12, 2011 at 2:56 PM UTC
Beauty and the Beast
Why must I lose everything I own? Why must I lose all I have loved All that I desire, all that I've known? Time is Relentless, dauntless. Like a fleeting moment, like a speck of dust In a quick heartbeat, in a fleeting breath Loss descends like darkness Like the deep calm of death. but love Declares a war on loss, on the inevitable, asserts its arrogance, love shines its sword. Such valiance is what makes one stand Without fear or dilemma, unguarded Challenging death's aggressive blows. Yet again and again, life’s designs must fail. Yet there is a need so great, a longing so strong Time's lesson unheeded, all defeats ignored Love asserts its arrogance, love shines its sword. "You're not real , death, you do not exist" Life asserts proudly, as death smirks on Pride stands firm, love marches ahead Knowing unknowingly…. that all will be gone. that the Tears evaporate.
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Sep 13, 2021
Sep 13, 2021 at 4:29 AM UTC
WHY - ALEXIS KARPOUZOS
I took the seat across and breathe deeply Trying to ignite the will to last the night to make it easy Folios with galloping notes reflected my eyes Ascribing them as you started rippling nice Taking your place behind those keys while I guard the front as it seems You fiddled the catguts, and I learned their secrets And as you edify, I got lost in the sequence You exuded the decree to keep my valiance I lodged around the shadows keeping my silence Risking the chance that was left of me As I chant the cadence with complexity I ogled before you with such esteem As my mind creeps alone towards glaucous dream Wishing that in every thing written in the sky, You will always be my Marshall and I am your Spy
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Dec 4, 2017
Dec 4, 2017 at 11:44 AM UTC
The Marshall and the Spy