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death of a gorgon

so I become this wrought iron
that I have forged with my own two hands.
I sharpen myself,
tip to hilt.
but
my mouth,
the very blade that can cut the sky,
chose to speak in a healers' tone instead.
I remind myself
of the violence it took
to becomeĀ 
this gentle.
this cup of earth in my hands,
with home beneath
my fingernails.
I remind myself
what it means to be
pierced to the marrow
...

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bee keepers waltz (03/15/2024)

you make me feel

like a bee in a dandelion fieldĀ Ā 

Ā 

nourished and sunny

and

scattered to the warmth of the wind

that carried the ocean to the plainsĀ 

to above the lakes

to the cracks I'm the sidewalks

Ā where we met

where we keep meetingĀ 

where you held my handĀ 

and keep holdingĀ 

through the rain

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you were okay with that . (it's just a shower) 12/19/2023

by the flicker of my spark
by the cooling coals
beneath the hearth
by eyelids,
flittering then frozen still
where the snowflakes fall, today
where the Ash tomorrow will
our snuffed will lay to rest
a sediment of misspent youths
the rest will weigh fate's dander
o'er paths of long forgotten truths

brights buried
in moonlight
in alien sun in long-tread lost ways tr...

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Flame-Licked Heels

Iā€™ve been working on

Coming back from

The dead

Realising reality

Living in this world

Becoming me

I donā€™t have to know who I am

But I must know that I am

I am, I am, I am

I donā€™t have to know what I am

To deserve to be

Iā€™m working on being,

Just being

Because Iā€™ve been existing

Mindless, automatic, numb

Best autopilot, me

Coming back from the dead

...

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Overconsumption

We go through life trying to fulfill

By feeling full

Itā€™s easy to live in comfort and abundance

But maybe you drown,

Donā€™t live

And you just exist

Strip away luxuryā€¦

Could you be with just yourself,

And basic needs?

With only your thoughts for company?

Because we go through life trying to fulfill

By feeling full

We consume with our mouths

Pack, squeeze, cram...

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Being a parent

Jump in puddles and make a messĀ 

This life is to be lived at its best

Play in the sunshine and dance in the rain

Share in the joy and guide them through pain

We teach them to listen, we teach them to talk

We carry and hold them and teach them to walk

For all the manners we teach them useĀ 

We must remember to use them too

We must stop and listen and see through their eyes

...

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Where You Begin

The first time

Is a pin prick

To unstitch

Your skin

To feel yourself

Begin

You search your being

You are it:

Coursing through yourself

The second time

You search inside

A stranger

Behind the corner shop

You find where he begins

Adrenaline!

But come back,

Stinking of rot

Void of thought

To feel what?

What are you searching for?

To begin ag...

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We Feel

Some time ago
My skin turned wooden
My feet moulded into one
Foot
I slipped
And smudged the painted grid
On the marble floor
Another time I fell
And did not stop
I rolled right off the board
It was not a conscious decision
To spectate rather than participate
But it happened
As it does to many
Who give up on giving
When you undertake solely seeing
You relinquish being
But not feeli...

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Against

Your boot is pressed against my neck
While you peer into the horizon,
A beautiful symphony of warm and cool colorsĀ 
Creating a mesmerizing dawn.
My gasps of anguish are muffled by your song.
I don't know how to get to my knees,
Let alone stand, but I'll try.
My face grinds against the ground
Attempting to make sand of stone.
You press down harder against my neck.
The pressure is astoundi...

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HELP!!

Ā 

Ā 

Ā 

Ā 

Is it a Curse .. or God's GraceĀ 
To live alone heart and placeĀ 
Suffering what I always faceĀ 
Hopeless to be myself againĀ 
Ā 


Are these changes good for meĀ 
To be lonely always or not to beĀ 
To live away of what I seeĀ 
I lost my hope and brainĀ 
Ā 


Sadly to wake up and sleepĀ 
Painful to feel yourself cheapĀ 
Living alone hurts in deepĀ 
I wish to know why, but i...

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Laugh to Live.

Ā 

Happiness, in hands for you.

If you decided, not to be sad.

As a cup of water, to drink.

To clean your thoughts, to be glad.

Ā 

Sadness, does not need to broach.

It always knocks, worried heart.

But Happiness, with a golden coach.

Asks, to ride happiness cart.

Ā 

The Brain is yours, ā€œto make useā€.

Positively, think of your own.

Feel your value, never abuse.

...

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Feel It

Feel it with all your might
Feel it with all thatā€™s insight
Feel it tonight
Feel it regardless of your fight
Feel the laughter and pain hitting right
Feel it like the wind lashing off the winter night

Feel it again
Feel it over and over again
Feel it like you canā€™t pretend
Feel life like itā€™s your friend

Feel it for all thatā€™s lost with no end
Feel it again
Feel it while delivering...

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The Shield

How can I say how I feel,

Describe words to you that you will understand,

If I myself don't understand...

Ā 

There are days I just want to scream.

When all I crave is to be heard,

For someone to simply understand how I feel.

Someone who grabs my hand without needing to be asked,

Simply because I need to feel the support.

Ā 

It is so easy for me to say everything's okay...

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Nothing...?...

My pain, guilt are nothing ...Ā if comparedĀ 

With your miraclish feel "self-value"

(Nothing evident).

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