Category: poetry
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9/11 We Will Never Forget
Image Credit: Unsplash- Jesse Mills 9/11, the day the world stood still Froze to the TV’s, as they watched the horror unfold The centre of attention Manhattan, New York It’s famous Twin Towers A horror to behold The world screamed, they cried They watched in pain As they realised, nowhere would be safe again Today,…
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Send Me Home With Flowers
Image Credit: Unsplash- Derek Mack When I come to the end of the road, And the sun has set for me, Bid me farewell with flowers. Sent me home not with a popowlee. If you want to miss me, it should not be too long, For where I’m enroute, there, the weather is clear. And…
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Finding My Voice
Image Credit: Pexels- MART PRODUCTION Deep within me Words lay unspoken, In them, questions arise In them lights go unseen Where are the words I need Where are the voices I seek Please speak, I aim to listen. As I sit here My thoughts roam wildly, Excuses from my past They spring up like roses…
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The Emergency Contacts When I Messed Up!
Image Credit: Unsplash- Naitian (Tony) Wang Image Credit: Zahira Shaik Ft. Inspired by Serena Van Der Woodsen We live in a Population of 8.2 billion, And still mess up with the wrong ones, Then realize that it was never your type. Life gives us to overcome and face every stage, So that we can come…
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The Nightingale
Image Credit: Unsplash- Heye Jensen For a while, I held the nightingale, In my hands, as it sang, It’s heart to the sky. I danced to every melody; Every step felt like a walk into paradise. Its alluring voice, Was pleasing to hear, When dawn broke, the morning sky. Its laughter sounded like, A heartfelt…
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A Coole Place (Lady Gregory)
Image Credit: Lauren DeSantis A Lady walks along these grounds Where her grand house once stood. Her hand grazes The stone foundations; She walks beneath a stone archway And grasps the red barred doors. Swallows flit above her; She watches with ghostly eyes. Another turn past The redwood tree, And then past the autograph tree,…
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Through The Cracks
Image Credit: Unsplash- Rosemary Media Through the cracks I see her worth, Her beauty still shows The beauty that made us Every crack reveals strength A strength even beyond comprehension. From her beginning She was created strong, Her newly woven heart sparkled Her eyes ready to see the light Her voice innocent and pure Yes,…
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Twenty-Something
Image Credit: Unsplash- Dmitry Tomashek There is a restlessness in my bones, a constant hum that is never silent, I moved from the city to the sweet, calming nature of the sea, searching for something I can’t quite name. Some days I feel infinite— I am filled with possibility, like I could start over and…
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Two Steps Forward And One Step Back
Image Credit: Pexels- Noelle Otto Healing is two steps forward and one step back. Healing is not linear. Healing is not feeling fine all the time. Healing is not forgetting what happened. Healing is acknowledging. To be able to see things for what they are. To know that it will hurt from time to time.…
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I Am Mountains
Image Credit: Pexels- Tim Gouw I have moved from mountains; therefore, I will move the mountains to me. They will be drawn upon my wall and remind me of home. Because I have moved from mountains, the mountains will move with me. The mountains are me. I am those mountains. I am the rising and…