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Dimitrios Sarris May 2017
A simple excuse is what most need and they think
that justice is a synonym for revenge. They claim
that all they do is natural and not an act of distress.
So how can i quite this part of me that at any tipping
point someone will linch and act uncontrollably
achieving only to hurt those he or she loves.
I fear that most can not bear to lose any more and they
would give into a comfort zone, into zestless and
voiceless acts only leading to their ruin.
The world is a harsh place and there are those who
would see others suffer for their own gain, even
flay those who would try to help them.
Difficult to be stronger than our excuses but what is
worse from losing ourselves.
Katelyn Knapp Jun 2013
The salvation of yesterday's tomorrow
creeps blisterlingly by,
torturingly
resurrecting stale hopes of today's past.

In silence we dream of golden canals
and fluttering kisses
of the white man's world,
left superficially untouched by loose laws and pendulous light.

Only history's kings remain incumbent.

Zestless promises of the white fence linger ceaselessly in the campus of hippos
unencumbered by the passive revolt of tomorrow's yesterday yet
lost in the oceans of affirmative action
and unsteady governmental regimes.
palladia Jul 2013
i’m still plying the truce,
stop or i’ll get mediæval on you.
it takes one to touch base with the unknown
and i’m to know.

if i take my time,
i’ll get results
improve my ride
maybe launch a havoc
minutes i pass the docks,
but that’s better than
keeping to myself.

we’re at levels of extinction:
it’s a surprise my city’s not yet laying in ruins

plunging into depths unheard of !
splurging all our zestless sources !
we’re gonna fall the stars

so pile up your sails,
cast off into the unknown
steer your well-worn time:
kiss ‘em all for old.
for me, “ruins” is realizing about your dilapidated state in life and putting yourself to action to fix it. it’s like a auto-makeover you do to yourself. it’s about expanding your horizon and taking your time to improve your life and your surroundings: regaining strength to do the unthinkable and reimaging what’s stopping you from it all.
Brian Yule Jan 2021
A bare corridor
Death exits frowning
Gilding her indecision
Judases keening laments
Mangled notes offering pause
Quarantined rage simmers
Tasting untapped violence
With xeric yearning
Zestless

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