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Flash point

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Running from left to right Staring into the ceiling Counting invisible sheep Is it the quest to shine and outshine? Is it the race to defeat or to lift? The desire to show off and put off The stress to look good, not do good The protest of boasters not boosters The plan to get […]

I’m sorry

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I said it, the three power phrase I finally spat it out of my rusty guts For the days I shut you down in defense The moments I played deaf to observations In the scenes, I acted as your evil opponent The debates that rendered you dumb Forgetting it was your birthday, no gifts Ignoring […]

Life

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So fickle and mysterious Unapologetic and proud Decides its own adventures Embracing and lashing simultaneously Drilling holes in hearts without a plug Fascinating to only admirers Creating vacuums only it can fill Causing shifts and quakes Leaving scars like keloids Produces joy and sadness simultaneously Appearing complex yet so so simple It drains the appetite and […]

You And Me

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Sitting with jaws dropping, stunned Lying awake with flashes of regret After the worries, it’s just you and me Struggling in phases of past despair After the turmoil, it’s just you and me Listening to deafening sounds of impossibility After the noise, it’s just you and me The case that lingered against my cause After […]

The Stillborn

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The landscape of her heart is occupied with illusions and imageries Pallets of pressures make her dreams unborn, Her desires linger on a perforated surface of life Is her dream yet unborn? A rhetorical question she utters Fate has its turn Fate plays his part in the scenes The planting is done The gestation projected […]

Just Once

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Once in life we are born into the world Once in life we are toddlers Once in life we are teenagers Once in life we are adolescents Once in life we become adults Once in life we get old Once in life we fizzle out of existence

Busyness

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Is it with work, then it must bring money Busy with friends, then our relationship must be valuable Busy with the children, I must be a responsible parent Busy with my creator, I must be heeding the call to service Busy with relaxation, it is time to get rejuvenated Busy with others, I must be […]

Action Time

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One has to take hasty decisions This is an era of emergency This is the regime of exigency As the foundation is yet falling apart Tangible decisions to alter the abstract A shift from this present scene is vital The torture from fate and nature erupt Should they grip their molars on us? Can they make us […]

Hear it

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He has spoken, He will do it His words are undeniably powerful He does what He says He will do He says what He always does Words sharper than the Samurai’s sword Words producing immortality Words that give flesh to dry bones Words that never falters, never! Defines the circumference of the universe Once dished […]

Worry

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Baffling and worrisome is worry Draining and exhausting is worry Dehydrating and sickening is worry The Source of soul failure is worry Disrupting cardiovascular agility yet you worry The father of doubts and unbelief Negativity brewing war in your inside Keeping you awake even on the coolest nights Drumming songs of failure with convincing rhythms Debating […]

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