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A Genesis?

 

The world keeps shouting 

whilst, the quiet

sit in despair, witnessing 

the mould & rot spread

Trying not to Inhale 

greedy spores that rot hope

Exhaling a desperate,  empty foreboding 

โ€˜Times they are a-changinโ€™โ€™

Echoes from an old radio somewhere 

A white flag drifts past, stained red

We rub our eyes

But, there's fire in the sky

And death all around. 

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Palestine โ€‰ Israel โ€‰ Ukraine โ€‰ mankind

a old tale

mankind is a old tale
mankind is a old tale of respect
mankind is a wise old tale
mankind is a wise old respect
respect is a wise old respect
respect is a wise old tale of respect
honor of mankind is kindness of mankind

respect is a kindness respect
respect is a kindness old tale of respect
in honor of respect is in honor of mankind
a old tale is a wise old tale
a old tale is a wise o...

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poems โ€‰ poetry โ€‰ mankind โ€‰ tale โ€‰ wise

The Unsettled Man

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I came upon a man, unsettled

Wandering a barren land

He'd lost his hope and joy somewhere

So, I took his trembling hand

 

I told him I had lost my heart

And my soul had flown away

But, together, perhaps, we could find

A better place to stray

 

We came across a weeping girl

With skin of obsidian black

Her flesh was torn and gaping red

Where the wh...

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Hope โ€‰ love โ€‰ compassion โ€‰ fable โ€‰ mankind

ุฏูƒุชูˆุฑ ุนุตุงููŠุฑ (VET)

 

 

 

ุฑูŠุดู‡ ู†ุงู‚ุตุฉ ููŠ ุฌู†ุงุญ ุนุตููˆุฑู‡
ุฅูŠู‡ ูŠุนู†ู‰ .. ู…ุงู‡ู€ูˆ ุฑูŠุดู‡ุง ูƒุชูŠู€ู€ู€ู€ุฑ
ู…ุด ุญูŠุจู€ู€ู€ู€ู€ู€ู€ู€ุงู† ุฃุจุฏุง ููŠ ุงู„ุตูˆุฑุฉ
ูˆู„ุง ุญูŠู€ู€ู€ู€ูƒู€ูˆู† ู„ู‡ ูƒู…ู€ู€ู€ู€ู€ู€ุงู† ุชุฃุซูŠุฑ


ุงู„ุนุตูู€ู€ูˆุฑุฉ ุงู„ุดู€ู€ู€ู€ุงุทุฑุฉ ุชููƒู€ู€ู€ู€ู€ู€ุฑ
ุฑุจู†ุง ุนู†ู€ู€ู€ู€ู€ู€ู€ุฏู‡ ูƒู†ู€ู€ู€ู€ู€ู€ูˆุฒ ุงู„ุฎูŠู€ู€ู€ุฑ
ู„ูˆ ุชุฏุนู€ู€ู€ู€ู‰ ุฑุจู†ู€ู€ู€ู€ู€ู€ู€ู€ุง ูŠุฑุฒู‚ู€ู€ู€ู€ู€ู‡ุง
ุจุฏู„ ุงู„ุฑูŠุดู€ู€ู€ู€ู€ุฉ .. ุนุดู€ู€ู€ุฑ ู‚ู†ุงุทูŠุฑ


ู„ูƒู† ุงู„ุนู€ู€ุตูู€ู€ู€ู€ูˆุฑุฉ ุงู„ู…ุณู€ู€ูƒู€ู€ูŠู€ู†ู€ู€ุฉ
ูˆู‚ู€ูู€ุช ุชุจู€ูƒู€ู‰ ุจุฏูˆู† ุชูู€ูƒู€ูŠู€ู€ู€ู€ู€ู€ู€ู€ุฑ
ุญุชู‰ ุงุตุญุงุจู‡ุง .. ุฒุนู„ูˆุง ุนุดุงู†ู€ู€ู‡ุง
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appearance โ€‰ ask โ€‰ believe โ€‰ best โ€‰ Bird โ€‰ blessing โ€‰ call โ€‰ clever โ€‰ cry โ€‰ dear โ€‰ deep โ€‰ effect โ€‰ exact โ€‰ fake โ€‰ feather โ€‰ friend โ€‰ give โ€‰ goodness โ€‰ help โ€‰ hurt โ€‰ illusion โ€‰ injured โ€‰ Lord โ€‰ mankind โ€‰ missing โ€‰ moment โ€‰ mourn โ€‰ mythis. โ€‰ picture โ€‰ poor โ€‰ recipe โ€‰ sad โ€‰ say โ€‰ serious โ€‰ sick โ€‰ think โ€‰ treasures โ€‰ truth โ€‰ useful โ€‰ way

It's Easier to Believe

It's easier to believe
I am a child of the most high God
than to live a life of despair.

It's easier to believe
everything happens for a reason
than to question fate.

It's easier to believe
love is everywhere
than to give in to hate.

It's easier to believe
in forgiveness
than remain a victim.

It's easier to believe
in abundant blessings
than mounting problems.

It's easier ...

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beliefs โ€‰ faith โ€‰ angels โ€‰ love โ€‰ forgiveness โ€‰ life โ€‰ dreams โ€‰ success โ€‰ despair โ€‰ hate โ€‰ depression โ€‰ loneliness โ€‰ hope โ€‰ evolution โ€‰ spiritual โ€‰ fate โ€‰ destiny โ€‰ man โ€‰ mankind

Catechism

Catechism

 

I will not be defined by ancient Gods,

or the archaic teachings in their books.

I will tread warily around their words

and avoid the hidden traps and snaring hooks.

 

I will not stand behind a coloured flag

and spout my blunt imperialistic views

or drape it on a coffin when I die

or burn it on the early evening news.

 

I will not make a choice thatโ€™s...

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terrorism โ€‰ peace โ€‰ religion โ€‰ prejudice โ€‰ refugees โ€‰ war โ€‰ mankind

Eviction

Eviction

They were young
and cowering in an alley,
fearful for the future,
as sirens screeched
around them.

The sky a molten white
of churning clouds.

Everyone running,
colliding, jostling,
trying to be anywhere
but here.

She turned to him
with moist eyes
and lips the colour
of arterial blood.

When he tilted
her chin upwards
her gaze never left
the yellowing smoke
unt...

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end of days โ€‰ eviction โ€‰ kiss โ€‰ love story โ€‰ mankind โ€‰ nuclear blast โ€‰ richpix โ€‰ sci-fi

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