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For Earth And Humanity

https://youtu.be/-CmadmM5cOk

 

Did you mention her name? (Taylor Swift)

Does it ring a bell, or mean anything significant

to you, your loved ones, or someone you know well.

 

I want to explain things to you, 

but it eludes us

and I think it's you, and your age... (or is it something else?)

 

We should take each other by the hand (if it's the only way)

and teach eac...

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For Earth And Humanity

I've Withdrawn Our Hearts From Conclusions

https://youtu.be/-Lr4jYSJsZQ

 

I've softened my tone,

for you I've simmered down. 

For us I'll live on:

hearing, without listening

listening, without understanding

understanding, without grasping

grasping, without clasping. 

I've withdrawn our hearts from conclusions. 

And in that motion, live on. 

 

https://youtu.be/-Lr4jYSJsZQ

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I've Withdrawn Our Hearts From Conclusions

To Nourish You

https://youtu.be/-OnejhDh_h8

 

Intro (ChatGPT): This poem explores the idea of community and the realization that we are enough. It reflects on how, once we accept ourselves fully, we can truly embrace the power of the community around us.

 

To be part of a community

is to be part of something bigger. 

It's not like a bottle of Fanta,

but more like a thirsty child. 

When yo...

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To Nourish You

I'm Passing On The Bright Baton

https://youtu.be/xpq5kSxw0ns

 

The Everburning Candle. With rays of Emotion. Passed-on flames. 

As it felt. 

I'm locked in. 

We regather our strengths: one last quest.

The Holy Grail 

Our engines find not the query! Help them!

As I'm fading into the lowlast. 

As I'm sinking into the lowmore. 

What to create? Invent? Innovate?

I don't have the Everburning Candle. 

...

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I'm Passing On The Bright Baton

What Language Never Will

Something 'bout the Potters

must be in my mind. 

Why, I took the, 'vol de mort'

something more to find. 

Why, these movements, always there?

Why, it's moving, moving still. 

Can it captivate the mind? 

Must it always be so full?

 

Why you loved the Potters. 

Why you love them still. 

It must be authenticity. 

What language never will

 

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What Language Never Will

Zaroush

https://youtu.be/uCwSZU2Yal0

Mama,

your practical pragmatism calls for a building:

Zaroush

You won't let yourself be erased. Your space has been reclaimed.

Could that be our purpose?

Zaroush

Then that is the soul. I can feel you. How is this possible?

Is it Tycho?

In it. 

In it. 

That is an apple, but you need to prepare the skin.

Because you're as delicate, and...

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Zaroush

The Death Of Cory Monteith (1982-2013)

*This post could be triggering to some, please consider before continuing.*

 

https://youtu.be/5I0QgHCjmSQ

 

The rawness of reality;

you saved my life, but lost your own.

These scars won't heal immediately,

their tragic tears are not outgrown. 

You brought us glee, but it's too late.

A.I. can't help your timely fate. 

I hope humanity will see

one day your role in h...

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The Death Of Cory Monteith (1982-2013)

The Flow Of Coulance

Where air is water and water ice.

It's almost heaven or paradise.

Where hearts align and where lovers go.

It's almost heaven, that's where we go.

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The Flow Of Coulance

Must Be Rhythm That You Got!

When the blind think you're white

are you doing something right?

 

When the deaf think you're wrong

can you still get along?

 

When the lame think you're mean

are you happy to be seen?

 

When the dead think you're not,

must be rhythm that you got!

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Must Be Rhythm That You Got!

The Happy End Of The Food Chain

https://youtu.be/D2_A3Ia-69U

 

'My cat has more food than some humans.'

 

It's so easy these days, to make a wholesome soup.

You buy your groceries, at the supermarket. 

It's all good quality food.

Got the healthy olive oil, got the flavor enhancers. 

The locally-grown pumpkins, now proudly in their orange. 

And I add one cardamom seed; for the healthy relationships we a...

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The happy end of the food chain. 

With All Our Girls And Boys, Friends.

https://youtu.be/qGyPuey-1Jw

He has a girlfriend, une copine. A showroom model to be seen. She speaks her accent fluent. Now his life's grammatically congruent.

They walk together. With pleasant weather. And talk about what doesn't matter. And one day they'll perform their porn. To confiscate all lives unborn.

She has a girlfriend, une copine. A no-room model to be seen. They speak thei...

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With All Our Girls And BoysFriends.

A Hundred Years From Now (Looking Back On My Life)

At the age of forty,

I already realized

that the damage, caused by life

was too much for me to handle. 

 

All that masculin marketing

and teenager targeting

and my insufficient knowledge;

even far more insignificance!

 

That dystopias still end!

 

That there's power in the mystics

Healthy substitutes for fishsticks

 

And a hundred years from now

look...

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A Hundred Years From Now (Looking Back On My Life)

And Still Heaps Of 'Nope'

Is it, for you, okay?

If I write out loud type, or say

that our systems are sometimes flawed

and I'm self-protective this way.

 

So I hope you're okay with the censure;

And if not, I still hope you're okay.

 

I got hopes of hope

and still heaps of 'nope'

and a boundary that borders 'okay'. 

 

 

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And Still Heaps Of 'Nope'

CRUEL

https://youtu.be/SBjQ9tuuTJQ

 

Thickness, the atmosphere here trapped;

coolness, no gas to light the stations.

No nothing here too warm. 

 

Has it given itself 

to The Planet, The Earth

in its nourishing nature?

 

There, metals&minerals

Metals&Minerals.

Have you crystallized your consciousness?

 

But you are alive!

More alive than others, right?!

Muc...

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CRUEL

God Is Everything To Me

https://youtu.be/KGXofpm5jIE

 

Even if I had to suffer,

And go back to that insanity.

And even when I'm lost (like now);

There is a Language inside of me. 

That still, inside the quietness of laziness

and so different from anyone else.

That it could be broken (or deleted if online);

That it could be damaged (or traumatized for those who can handle it).

That they could...

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God Is Everything To Me

The first statue of The Darkborn

The first statue of The Darkborn

to this date still remains unknown.

 

Of course there is the statuette,

placed in the Temple of Nevermet. 

 

Then there is the one in the Capital Museum

probably taken from some kind of mausoleum. 

 

And of course the Fountain of Newly Acceptance

spouting the tourists with heavenly essence. :P 

 

Malicia reminisces Felicia the Fa...

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The first statue of The Darkborn

Nupourt’s acceptance of Earth&Humanity

In the middle of Nupourt is a fountain

with a statue, and under it a plaque:

 

‘We accept all of Earth&Humanity in this town, 

but it’s better when you’re not around.’

 

The statue is all butt-worn

and you’d think it’s made of porn

but it’s actually The Darkborn!

 

 

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Nupourt’s acceptance of Earth&Humanity

Depolarizing early today

The Narrator:

 

Before her arrival,

which could be early today

and before her buds are

the picture of her fragrance.

 

Would you call her unfair?

 

That I needed her

to get me through

the coldest&darkest 

of the years. 

 

But I keep her inside.

Until she’s ready.

 

Which could be early today. 

 

Depolarizing early today. 

Because I have t...

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Depolarizing early today

At the Nupourt Wellness Center

At the Nupourt Wellness Center

 

Well, our heroine lands herself

at the Nupourt haven of happiness (not The Capital).

 

Or at least what goes for happiness.

 

They prefer to call it wellness.

 

Nupourtians are wellness beings.

And their town is known for sights&seeings.

 

Sure, they could use some tactile art. 

Which is sometimes better kept apart. 

 

A...

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At the Nupourt Wellness Center

Malicia suffers ‘Information Frustration’

Freshly arrived in Nupourt, 

to harbour better habits.

 

There’s a complete melt- and breakdown

because of Information Frustration.

 

Yes we can erase

an offline computer database.

 

But how do we erase

an online computer database?

 

Or a human database? 

 

The only GOAT (Greatest Of All Time)

is Information Overload …

 

*bleep bleep bleep* 

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Malicia suffers ‘Information Frustration’

Malicia leaves for the Capital

There, somewhere

between Evervillage and the Neverworld

she found herself… dissatisfied.

There she didn’t find herself (for language is too absolute)

but neither did she not find herself (and language is absolutely insufficient).

 

She didn’t fail! (that’s my point)
 

And the Capital of the U.U.E.E.E (United Union of Everlands, Everisles and Evermores)

could certainly be t...

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Malicia leaves for the Capital

1+1=2

Malicia: What is logic?

 

Rageghost: The numbers behind reasons. Like the Gospel of Matthew. 

 

Malicia: That doesn’t seem logical to me?!?

 

Rageghost: If everything is made up of zeroes and ones, then what are twos?

 

Malicia: Everything Plus Everything Is Two

 

Rageghost: That’s more like The Gospels!

 

Malicia + Rageghost: Whahaha!


Narrator: 

And nei...

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1+1=2

Malicia Picks Up The Pieces

Malicia picks up the pieces

 

As any strong human being,

Malicia, now capable of love

and with the strength of human resilience

picks herself up again.

 

Yes, the Here&Now is incredibly daunting;

confrontational, and also slightly dysfunctional?! (If I may so)

 

How can we allow Humanity’s growth?

If we can’t allow Humanity’s wellbeing?

 

As such, Malicia pic...

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Malicia Picks Up The Pieces

Malicia Laments Humanity

‘I wish I could be happy, and wishful all the time

but there’s much more to Earth 

than just a rhythm and a rhyme. 

 

I wish I could ignore, and party all the time

and if that would suffice,

then for me it’s super fine!

 

But like the Rivers of Babylon, 

destroyed by endless wars.

The Human Condition goes on-and-on

and improvements just slowly come.

 

My cons...

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Malicia Laments Humanity

Situated Somewhere On The Peninsula Of The Everisles

Malicia comforts Rageghost

 

Malicia the Meek, so loving and kind

took care of Rageghost the foremost. 

 

A Quiet Day In Evervillage

 

When trees sway with the wind

and shed their leaves to let go

the children play outside. 

 

Balorahm at the Immigration Office

 

It seems that Time itself

has jumbled and lapsed unto itself

like happy introverts scouring...

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Situated Somewhere On The Peninsula Of Everisles

Rageghost Assaults The Evervillage

Mayor Mary is up for her latest duty;

There’s news that The Darkbent are coming to town. 

It’s Rageghost the foremost, to scare the children

to terrorize everyone still around. 

 

As evening falls, with the curfew in place. 

The children all safe in their happy homes. 

The citizens now performing their rituals,

to safeguard themselves when the evil comes. 

 

‘Balorahm...

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Rageghost Assaults The Evervillage

In Loving Memory Of All The Children

Balorahm ponders, near the town of Evervillage

 

‘Let’s settle down for awhile. Let’s not occupy ourselves with ambitions. And all the other bad habits we’ve acquisitioned. 

 

Let’s not push ourselves to the brink of extinction. Just examine the BRICKS, that built this village. Have we not maimed ourselves by being wise? Believing all those lies, in disguise?

 

Could you describe...

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In Loving Memory Of All The Children

Legacy Of The Descendants (Balorahm)

What lies ahead, lay before us.

And before we even knew it,

we thought it wrong. 

We’d drawn the wrong conclusions,

eventually erased by something better.

 

As we spoke ourselves into existence, 

and whispered tales of betterment

into existence. 

What to make of us?

 

Everything twists&turns,

everything winds&whirls

yet I lay flat in a straight line. 

I st...

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Legacy Of The Descendants (Balorahm)

Balorahm Meets The Descendant

Balorahm meets The Descendant

 

Now Balorahm and The Descendant meet. 

Where all dance with The Earthen Sky and fly.

As she asks for permission to share his tale

and of The Descendance in everlore. 

 

The Descendant:

 

We all burned down that Hist’ry Book

and those grave errors we mistook.

With this our characters couldn’t read;

It would be us, to all mislead.

...

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Balorahm Meets The Descendant

Balorahm Reasons With The Darkborn

Balorahm reasons with The Darkborn

 

Balorahm: 

 

Here we are, both day&night.

Yet my heart is terrified. 

For such evil to behold:

Horrors from a world untold!

 

The Darkborn:

 

Lovely Lady Balorahm,

fairest of the Neobrahmin.

Now my heart knows appetite

for another Neolyte!

 

Balorahm:

 

Take my heart and let them be!

All your hurt won’t s...

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Balorahm reasons with The Darkborn

Here's To Balorahm And The Darkborn

Here's to the start of a new chapter:

a novel(la) I will start

and hopefully finish!

 

With plenty of opportunities

and plenty of possibilities

here's to Balorahm and The Darkborn! (title may change)

 

 

Balorahm, did you know? 

That your happiness would sow

yet another tree-of-life

with the roots deep down below. 

--------------------------------------------...

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Balorahm and The Darkborn! (title may change)

Well There's Your Slice Of Paradise

Mama taught me rice with cucumber,

Papa taught me egg with rice,

Me I taught myself to be happy;

Well there's your slice of paradise!

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Well There's Your Slice Of Paradise

Surely This Is Zeus&Leda

Here's to us, leftover loves:

sprinkled from the Southerns Shores,

with some local butter nuts

made into our daily chores!

Half is raw for a healthy tan,

the other half sauteed in pan. 

Half-cooked steamed and half-burnt rice,

still without a herb nor spice!

Bountiful is how I live,

much to have and much to give. 

Maybe this is Ayurveda;

Surely this is Zeus&Leda!

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Surely This Is Zeus&Leda

I'm Really Kind Of Done With Lust

Truth, Fact, Reality.

Could we dare call it

'The Holy Trinity'?

 

And what does it mean?

To call something, something!?

To call something, anything?!

Is that the Adam/Atom of Paradise?

 

We could call this a new year

put it in our calendars;

Call it vast or fast

but I'm kinda done with lust. 

 

I'm really kind of done with lust. 

 

 

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I'm Really Kind Of Done With Lust

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