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sprinks
04-19-2008, 01:58 AM
to mend
what is broken,
sent into a state of
oblivion. Impossible,
for now.
TheFifthElement
04-19-2008, 11:00 AM
for now
it is enough
to know that where you go
I will follow. Winter is not
so long.
asilef73
04-21-2008, 11:09 PM
so long
the road behind
filled with hope and sorrow
there was always beauty in it
my life
alakungfu
04-22-2008, 07:17 AM
my life
comfortless trek
you have turned out to be,
guide me back that I may right your
blunders
CdnReader
04-22-2008, 07:25 AM
blunders
brazen mistakes
occasional missteps
words out of place, fallen too far
from truth
schadenfreude
04-22-2008, 08:11 AM
From Truth
I did not stray.
Instead I floated- a
single rain-splattered feather-
and fell.
CdnReader
04-22-2008, 09:45 AM
and fell
deeper than i
even knew existed
deeper than the blackest of the
black stars
alakungfu
04-22-2008, 01:36 PM
black stars,
crossed in the flip
dimensions and august
purple phases, behind drifting
Virgo
_JadeRain_
04-23-2008, 12:57 PM
Virgo
Constellations
High up in the night sky
Concentrate and you can make a
Picture
Oniw17
04-23-2008, 04:12 PM
Picture
Veiw my mind's eye
Imagine the process
Influence things to go my way
Subtle
asilef73
04-23-2008, 08:46 PM
subtle
my love for you
unspoken but still here
to keep me warm and comfort me
always
Il Penseroso
04-23-2008, 09:44 PM
always
the green shifting
of moments, present leaves
spun to form a wind-tilted cup,
resting
Oniw17
04-24-2008, 03:51 AM
Resting
Falling behind
I'm growing impatient
Time to roll over and wake up
Take charge
ampoule
04-24-2008, 08:59 AM
Take charge
or take pity
brush it off, shake it off
that gritty persona you love
to gloat
firefangled
04-24-2008, 11:10 PM
To gloat,
sultry Summer,
you force the Azaleas
from their cacoons, then kiss and tell
the frost
Oniw17
04-25-2008, 03:26 AM
the frost
Boreas' gift
you should emulate it
harvest with your own creation
think big
ampoule
04-25-2008, 08:30 AM
think big
they have told me
but I am curled up here
in a ball, fuzzy, don't push me
around
sprinks
04-25-2008, 11:26 AM
Around
the world I would
travel, just to hold you.
Loving you even more each day
my dear.
Oniw17
04-25-2008, 04:29 PM
my dear
alal of glee
keeper of the fortune
salvation of the greatest men
knowledge
asilef73
04-25-2008, 08:33 PM
knowledge.
Sara she's called.
who is this hated foe?
my stupidity knows no bounds.
jealous.
Oniw17
04-25-2008, 09:18 PM
jealous
that's how I feel
every time when I lose
you're always my adversary
and friend
ampoule
04-26-2008, 05:31 AM
and friend
let me tell you
the gods and goddesses
cannot compete with the treasure
you give
sprinks
04-26-2008, 11:32 AM
you give
the gift of life
for us all to receive
a gift that we treasure dearly
always
alakungfu
04-26-2008, 07:39 PM
always
stretched just too shy
to grasp the seductive
fruit, goes the dance in Tantalus'
sweet shrift
Sarasvati21
04-27-2008, 03:15 AM
sweet shrift
whisper softly
through the wind; ease the long
dead fingers smothering my soul,
solace
ampoule
04-27-2008, 08:00 AM
solace
petting my tears
stilling my shuddered breath
lifting my chin to see your face
relieved
Oniw17
04-27-2008, 08:50 AM
relieved
I'm still alive
So many stupid things
Performed while intoxicated
regret
firefangled
04-27-2008, 09:19 AM
regret
unfolds the map
the road ahead meets sky
the road behind you disappears
in night
Umbilical
04-27-2008, 09:25 AM
in night
light reflection
doesn't get between
my legs cast off as a moons
eclipse.
asilef73
04-27-2008, 01:10 PM
eclipse
the suns beauty
and rival the starshine
you have always ruled my night skies
Luna
firefangled
04-27-2008, 07:41 PM
Luna
Moth, whisper me
your secret, I'll not tell
where your circles lead, where the day
finds you
Oniw17
04-27-2008, 07:43 PM
finds you
does the victor
the loser fails to see
the truth of logic and reason
plato
Sarasvati21
04-27-2008, 07:45 PM
finds you
there--waiting with
wide open arms to hold me
kiss me, say you'll never leave me
alone
Oniw17
04-28-2008, 05:13 AM
Alone
As Marban was
A hermit like Chōmei
Forever converse only with
Myself
CdnReader
04-28-2008, 01:42 PM
myself
within a cloud
reaching towards a you
that has disappeared within your
sadness
firefangled
04-29-2008, 12:01 AM
sadness,
amazing friend,
you've taught me how to live
with joy, to cry for both of you
in turn
symphony
04-29-2008, 12:40 AM
in turn
wind and water
bend in the dance, and sing
for the stars, about the ceded
nightqueens
CdnReader
04-29-2008, 05:07 AM
nightqueens
gathered in their
quietened loveliness
embraced by the darkness of your
light eyes
PrinceMyshkin
04-29-2008, 07:41 AM
light eyes
and kindle hearts
till the flame you’ve nourished
leaps up and spreads across the cold
cold earth
CdnReader
04-29-2008, 07:52 AM
cold earth
blackened forest
a dim desolation
the heart within singed, but beats still,
assured
firefangled
04-29-2008, 07:54 AM
cold earth,
distant image,
I so loved you, when stars
filled the night sky and you turned me
to see
firefangled
04-29-2008, 08:00 AM
Cdn...good to see you :)
assured
I wait again
for the constellations
each new and brilliant sun a place
in time
firefangled
04-29-2008, 08:01 AM
and Prince!...excellent to see you here
PrinceMyshkin
04-29-2008, 08:10 AM
and Prince!...excellent to see you here
Thanks, and with apologies to CdnReader and to your succeeding entry:
to see
without looking,
to hear without listening,
and above all, truly to feel,
to feel
CdnReader
04-29-2008, 08:36 AM
It's wonderful to be "seen", Firefangled. Thanks! :)
* * *
in time
i will turn my
eyes toward you, and let
clear vision draw me into your
warm arms
* * *
to feel
unendingly
to see with clarity
to offer myself up to you
helpless
(there...that's better)
barbara0207
04-29-2008, 04:40 PM
Helpless
I watch my soul,
stone cold, lying on the
icy ground of sorrow. I have
no tears.
asilef73
04-29-2008, 08:26 PM
no tears
refuse to cry
i must not show my grief
no, i do not share my sorrow
all mine
ampoule
04-29-2008, 08:34 PM
all mine
wringing her hands
wild eyes, an evil grin
she stole his innocence but left
honor
firefangled
04-30-2008, 07:40 AM
honor
you God I will,
even without knowing,
until my death may tell me what
you are
symphony
04-30-2008, 08:43 AM
you are
the faintest hint
of evening mauves, i stand
against the ivory sky and
wonder
CdnReader
04-30-2008, 11:06 AM
wonder
if there exists
a divine being who
wonders 'bout me and whether i
exist
alakungfu
04-30-2008, 02:34 PM
exist
in the clean lght
passing over image
to express rife reality
in tints
CdnReader
04-30-2008, 02:54 PM
in tints
that seep across
my life, dredged in lost skies,
blanketed in tree-mossy dreams
i sleep
symphony
04-30-2008, 03:10 PM
i sleep
next to the night's
lonely winds which, growing,
dance around my dreaming eyes: dreams
of winds
Sarasvati21
04-30-2008, 03:37 PM
of winds,
colours changing;
different shades shifting,
as water's reflection on a
grey wall
asilef73
04-30-2008, 08:28 PM
grey wall
impersonal
cover it with ivy
it grows beautiful with loving
embrace
Oniw17
04-30-2008, 09:31 PM
Embrace
Give me your strength
Allow me the power
Or deny end to great struggle
Either
CdnReader
05-02-2008, 05:23 AM
either
give me your hand
and let's climb the ladder
bravely, side by side, up, up, or...
release
ampoule
05-02-2008, 07:37 AM
release
let go, give in
ride the magic carpet
see all of the beautiful sights
they're yours
CdnReader
05-02-2008, 08:33 AM
they're yours
these mad words that
tumble from my fingers,
splayed across the page, a mess of
crazy
Sarasvati21
05-03-2008, 03:06 AM
crazy
to think that you
could ever have loved me;
dreams, wisps of smoke, blown by the wind,
away...
symphony
05-03-2008, 03:16 AM
away
from cultured souls
from refined eyes, away
from distant nearnesses, loving
pretense
CdnReader
05-03-2008, 03:20 AM
pretense
tempered with fear...
never what you appear...
words alone cannot repair the
damage
Sarasvati21
05-03-2008, 03:20 AM
pretense
everyone's game
pretending it matters
living out all expectations
imposed
Sarasvati21
05-03-2008, 03:22 AM
damage
from living this
life to its most fullest
scars from stumbl'ing through the darkness
worth it
symphony
05-03-2008, 03:26 AM
erm...
damage
the world, ruin it.
c'mon its fun! really!
why else will they give birth to those
weapons?
imposed
wars that never
die, we vie, we lie, sigh
for never-seen peaces, turn to
weapons.
Sarasvati21
05-03-2008, 03:33 AM
weapons
shot as arrows
from the bow that is your
mouth; flying, dying, wounding, killed
by words
CdnReader
05-03-2008, 03:37 AM
^^^ These are magnificent, you two.... I can't keep up! :D
by words
only, can we
resolve the struggles that
divide us one from the other?
write me
Sarasvati21
05-03-2008, 03:40 AM
Haha, why thank you. You're pretty fantastic yourself, you know. What you may lack in quantity, you make up for in quality. :)
write me
into your book,
dream me into your sleep,
place me into your path somewhere;
miss you...
CdnReader
05-03-2008, 03:44 AM
^^^ Lovely, just lovely.
Miss you...
your drifting scent...
immersed in memories...
inhalation of remembrance...
you're gone.
Sarasvati21
05-03-2008, 03:46 AM
you're gone.
i know not where.
i know only one thing:
i miss you very much, my dear.
gone where?
symphony
05-03-2008, 03:48 AM
gone where?
the morning there
is far from mine, yet i
in my morning mauves live through your
remnants...
Sarasvati21
05-03-2008, 03:51 AM
remnants
of joy long lost
lie shattered on the floor;
stained glass windows that have broken
colours
CdnReader
05-03-2008, 03:54 AM
colours
fabric of life
quickly stitched into squares
patterned scraps joined together with
silk threads
Sarasvati21
05-03-2008, 03:58 AM
silk threads
tightly woven
together in this world
in a transparent silken cloth
above
symphony
05-03-2008, 03:58 AM
silk threads
are, momently,
blinding, binding us in
a world where there is none but quick
whiteness...
symphony
05-03-2008, 04:01 AM
where am i?!
above,
they say, are Gods,
below them our sighs
make up winds that lift to them as
prayers.
Sarasvati21
05-03-2008, 04:02 AM
whiteness
in the creamy
comfort of new and fresh
sheets, soft, clean, clinging to my bed
peaceful
hehe, oops...too slow. :)
prayers
drifting lazy
toward the vast blue heavens
where God is waiting to make us
peaceful
CdnReader
05-03-2008, 04:04 AM
peaceful
silence surrounds
no sound intrudes into
this cocoon of quiet delight
just breathe
alakungfu
05-03-2008, 02:16 PM
just breathe
the air is clear
pure through my strong body
it cleanses my thoughts as well as
my whole
Sarasvati21
05-03-2008, 02:28 PM
my whole
my being is just
there, hovering lightly
in a mist from a heavy rain
beauty
alakungfu
05-03-2008, 03:32 PM
beauty
poetry in
only its skin. Is it love;
is it real; feeling; meaning; just
a thought.
Sarasvati21
05-03-2008, 04:10 PM
a thought
wrapping its thin
fingers around your heart
making it light, becoming all
and none
alakungfu
05-03-2008, 08:42 PM
and none
the wiser for
the crashes we've weathered,
still none the bluer for weapons
we've tethered
Sarasvati21
05-04-2008, 04:05 AM
we've tether'd
our dreams tight to
an immobile place for
so long we no longer care, are
hopeless
CdnReader
05-04-2008, 04:26 AM
hopeless,
i feel, and none
can retrieve the pieces,
spirit strewn, heart shattered, nowhere
to turn
Sarasvati21
05-04-2008, 04:52 AM
to turn
turn away from
this place, this prison, this pain,
devouring joy so slowly...
grand dream
CdnReader
05-04-2008, 04:59 AM
grand dream
future's promise
move forward, full throttle,
nothing in the universe can
stop us
Sarasvati21
05-04-2008, 05:02 AM
stop us
put up your hand
and hold us back from
the world where nothing is exact...?
'course not!
CdnReader
05-04-2008, 05:06 AM
'course not!
i'll never be
done with the dream that is
the unfinished me, driving on,
striving
Sarasvati21
05-04-2008, 05:09 AM
striving
so hard for that
something always just far
enough away we can't reach. be
content
alakungfu
05-04-2008, 09:50 AM
content,
material
aspects of ambition
laid before technological
altars
CdnReader
05-04-2008, 04:49 PM
altars
before which we
lay our worldly treasures
gifts to the divine, hoping for
exchange
ampoule
05-04-2008, 06:13 PM
exchange
equal or fair
does that ever happen
the measure is never exact
severed
asilef73
05-04-2008, 08:36 PM
severed
my ventricles
atriums taken too
where on earth has it gotten to
my heart
Sarasvati21
05-04-2008, 11:46 PM
my heart
is back beating
in my own chest again.
it had been out for a while
in yours.
symphony
05-05-2008, 01:49 AM
in yours,
the dreams are lost
in surreal surroundings--
while in my world, there is no room
for dreams.
Sarasvati21
05-05-2008, 02:06 AM
for dreams..
i would give all
for saturation and
wild flower fields, soft breezes,
held hands
CdnReader
05-05-2008, 05:29 AM
held hands
as we climbed up
stiles and fences between
fields of gold and green, happily
enjoined
Sarasvati21
05-06-2008, 12:14 AM
enjoined
as one always
one thought, one mind, one heart
connected, inseparable,
glowing
asilef73
05-06-2008, 12:38 AM
glowing
embers popping
curled before the fire
waiting for your warmth to set me
ablaze
CdnReader
05-06-2008, 04:00 AM
ablaze
we rise above
lapping flames, tongues stretched out
to taste the heat of next world's fire...
wink out
schadenfreude
05-06-2008, 04:56 AM
Wink out
the sun now, and
blink away the rain, the wind;
walk the world with closed eyes- seeing
all things.
ampoule
05-06-2008, 06:14 AM
all things
work together
for good is their sweet goal
plow, pen, pram, planting seeds of hope
taste it
firefangled
05-06-2008, 07:34 AM
taste it
it may be sweet,
could be sour, bitter
yes, but you can't savor it your
last hour
sprinks
05-06-2008, 10:29 AM
last hour,
midnight creeps up,
a horrible vicious
monster, gripping the city in
its claws.
CdnReader
05-07-2008, 03:44 AM
its claws
raking the soil,
the gouges left behind
deep enough for evil's black hand,
beware
Il Penseroso
05-07-2008, 03:55 AM
beware
of solids between
fading glances and winds
turning, lyric touch blown without
hearing
Sarasvati21
05-07-2008, 04:07 AM
hearing
waiting, silent
stretching the bounds of time
straining nerves for the slightest noise
listen
symphony
05-07-2008, 04:08 AM
hearing
such nights in awed
quietness, pulsing notes
in the last breath of the final
flowers
erm...
Edit: listen
to nights in awed
quietness, pulsing notes
in the last breath of the final
flowers
:)
CdnReader
05-08-2008, 04:50 AM
flowers
crumpled petals
staining my hands with pink
and lavender, fragrance downward
drifting
firefangled
05-08-2008, 05:52 AM
drifting
in dark silence,
the earth turns toward morning,
blackbird chortles, the light expands,
I write
CdnReader
05-08-2008, 06:27 AM
I write,
keyboard-pecking,
the click-clack-click warns of
stories told, views expounded, words
displayed
asilef73
05-08-2008, 09:29 PM
displayed
in ordered rows
dust-covered and dog-eared
bindings cracked by loving fingers
old books
Riesa
05-08-2008, 09:40 PM
old books,
pebbles under
rivers, we look again
the words hold their shapes, only we
flow by.
CdnReader
05-09-2008, 05:02 AM
flow by
pale arms outstretched,
float upon the ether,
breathe in the divinity of
all souls
sprinks
05-09-2008, 11:05 AM
all souls
connected by
an everlasting love
spoken through smiles shared between all
people
firefangled
05-09-2008, 02:02 PM
people
magnificent
terrible and holy
mere stardust made effectual -
stardust
asilef73
05-09-2008, 08:50 PM
stardust
brushed from my eyes
by your fallen angel
what romantic nonsense it is
true love
CdnReader
05-10-2008, 05:00 AM
true love
experienced
miraculous and whole
more than a body can contain
spilling
sprinks
05-10-2008, 05:31 AM
spilling
over the edge,
cascading over me,
waterdrops sparkling as they flow
downwards
asilef73
05-10-2008, 12:16 PM
downwards
below the rim
winding through desert scrub
the muddy Colorado rules
the Canyon
sprinks
05-10-2008, 01:19 PM
the Canyon,
deep dark crevice,
a break in the earths crust
waiting to swallow you into
darkness
firefangled
05-10-2008, 02:30 PM
Darkness
nor even light
are eternal - have faith
one will pass and the other will come
in time
CdnReader
05-10-2008, 03:40 PM
in time
we will dance in
that cosmic space between,
dazzled by the universe and
timeless
ampoule
05-10-2008, 09:52 PM
timeless
the hours with you
lost between the seconds
holding back the hand that teases
tick tock
Beautifull
05-10-2008, 10:26 PM
hi!:p
CdnReader
05-11-2008, 04:43 AM
tick tock
grandfather clock
counting out the seconds
of our dreadful, meaningless lives
listen
qimissung
05-11-2008, 03:29 PM
listen
to the mourning
dove as she coos and cries
for her lost love; I hear and my
tears fall
CdnReader
05-12-2008, 03:36 AM
tears fall
keeping time with
the creaking of the door
swinging shut behind you as you
leave me
schadenfreude
05-13-2008, 05:13 AM
Leave me
in this sour
bliss; the windchimes rattle
like old bones, waiting for ghosts to
disappear.
PrinceMyshkin
05-13-2008, 07:36 AM
disappear
and reappear
for you are never more
real than when you are just about
to be
CdnReader
05-13-2008, 08:18 AM
to be
a brown sparrow
barely noticed amongst
white swans and colourful peacocks
disguised
PrinceMyshkin
05-13-2008, 08:33 AM
disguised
as myself I
pass virtually un-
noticed among the throng of the
hidden
CdnReader
05-13-2008, 08:45 AM
hidden
among mossy
fallen trees and silver
webs, sparkling, silent, attentive,
i wait
ampoule
05-13-2008, 09:18 AM
i wait
so patiently
you hear no complaining
but inside, I am screaming, please
hurry
asilef73
05-13-2008, 11:35 PM
hurry
our time runs short
another day is spent
in our listless occupations
wake me
CdnReader
05-15-2008, 04:52 AM
wake me
when the world is
new, when man transcends his
greed, and remembers all this is
not his
asilef73
05-15-2008, 06:27 AM
not his
not his mistakes
not his failure to love
not his fault i am discontent
but mine
CdnReader
05-16-2008, 04:23 AM
but mine
is floating on
an iridescent wave
pulled by eight silver seahorses
homeward
asilef73
05-17-2008, 08:16 PM
homeward
i turn my gaze
weary of the days work
with my struggle and confusion
i'll sleep
PrinceMyshkin
05-17-2008, 08:25 PM
i'll sleep
and plan my route
from the nightmare dark of
day to the free-flowing laughter
of night
CdnReader
05-18-2008, 03:45 AM
of night
i dare not speak
for within those sparkling
stars my dreams lie dormant, waiting
to bloom
PrinceMyshkin
05-18-2008, 08:18 AM
to bloom
or not to bloom,
that is the question, is
it nobler to wilt on the vine
or not?
CdnReader
05-18-2008, 08:37 AM
or not
to travel these
winding, filthy, dreary
roads that lead straight to the back of
nowhere
firefangled
05-18-2008, 12:39 PM
nowhere —
each day starts here,
wind has taken the past,
which falls grain by grain like morning
snowflakes
mazHur
05-18-2008, 01:11 PM
snowflakes
fall drop by drop
smiling at life's frailty
heat from a little sunshine pops
them off
alakungfu
05-18-2008, 02:01 PM
them off
my sweater vest,
burrs and bugs and bracken,
so I can be presentable
at school
CdnReader
05-19-2008, 04:33 AM
at school
there is no room
for expansion of mind
and spirit without breaking down
the walls
Honestgabe
05-19-2008, 05:06 AM
the Walls,
they welcome I
burden of I return.
Grit, where all soul begins - the Womb
lost Son
alakungfu
05-19-2008, 07:34 AM
Lost Son
One of a kind
listing along his life.
Does he know he's loved, does he know
he's missed?
ampoule
05-19-2008, 09:10 AM
he's missed?
perhaps by some
when did he go, and where
maybe he'll come back and tell me
he's gone
Il Penseroso
05-19-2008, 02:24 PM
he's gone,
eyes no longer
there, cooled in memory
as metal sunk from the forge in
water
mazHur
05-19-2008, 02:59 PM
water
every where I
see but nothing to quench
my thirst in a desert full of
Mirage !
Il Penseroso
05-19-2008, 03:16 PM
mirage,
leaves twisting from
clear eyesight, streams funneled
shifting above the desert sand
in waves
mazHur
05-19-2008, 05:54 PM
in waves
move time and space
wave after wave they move
until they become one and all
with God
ampoule
05-19-2008, 06:19 PM
with God
all possible
she, for you, ne'er against
kiss her sandals, place them aside
delight
mazHur
05-19-2008, 06:29 PM
delight
gives not the kiss
mind does not give you love
there is something spontaneous
you share
Beautifull
05-19-2008, 11:53 PM
you share,
i share with you
what does it really mean?
it's giving us deliverance,
with love
alakungfu
05-20-2008, 02:51 AM
with love
I chasten my
beautiful ideals to
consort with time-honored standards
redeemed
CdnReader
05-20-2008, 04:32 AM
redeemed
a moment's loss
transformed into a lifetime's
gain, only because I trusted
in you
Oniw17
05-20-2008, 05:11 AM
In You
I see myself
And in everyone else
I see void, space and empty shells
Vision
alakungfu
05-20-2008, 05:40 AM
vision
antique half-life
like philosophy had
when Rhode kept her isle, 'ere psychic
tools ruled.
CdnReader
05-21-2008, 03:36 AM
tools ruled
man walked the earth
a bipedal creature
leaving aught but destruction in
his wake
ampoule
05-21-2008, 08:58 AM
his wake
I bob up, down
synchronized with the waves
I turn, looking for the stillness
to come
Beautifull
05-21-2008, 03:55 PM
to come
into the house
only to run back out
he is in there with my heart in hands
broken
asilef73
05-21-2008, 10:56 PM
broken
beams of sunlight
scatter, spread and expand
the contrast between night and day
begins
CdnReader
05-22-2008, 05:03 AM
begins
in this daydream
visions of silent ghosts
sliding through life in delicate
pressed sheets
alakungfu
05-22-2008, 06:20 AM
pressed sheets
covering my
daybed, hidden by shams
and spread, under a battern of
roses
ampoule
05-22-2008, 07:54 AM
roses
the yellow ones
tiny tea, company
won't you please come and dine with me
savor
alakungfu
05-22-2008, 04:06 PM
savor
the aroma,
essence of teak lacquered
for that robust designer touch,
incensed
Beautifull
05-22-2008, 05:15 PM
incenses,
up in the air,
it swirls over,over,
flowing up and down,up and down,
swirling
asilef73
05-22-2008, 09:10 PM
swirling
in a vortex
a wall of dust expands
the hallmark of our summers first
monsoon
ampoule
05-22-2008, 10:05 PM
monsoon
how you drench me
see, I am blown away
no use, I am holding on for
dear life
Beautifull
05-22-2008, 11:14 PM
dear life,
slipping away,
slowly, leaving it's body,
swirling,swirling,up into the dark
abyss
alakungfu
05-22-2008, 11:36 PM
abyss
the point at which
depth encounters falling
momentum, black holes are distinct
prospects
asilef73
05-23-2008, 09:56 PM
prospects
are vast for you
my young Lothario.
i shall withdraw and watch you rend
their hearts.
CdnReader
05-24-2008, 07:04 AM
their hearts,
dry, cracked, seeping
rivulets of crimson...
why have we let them weep so long,
ignored?
qimissung
05-25-2008, 06:25 PM
ignored
by the princely
ones, the outcast smiles. her
face lit like a thousand candles,
happy
asilef73
05-25-2008, 08:13 PM
happy
in your presence
knowing i will learn you
loving more of your heart and mind
with time
CdnReader
05-26-2008, 06:55 AM
with time
mountains will slump
streams will curl and divide
ice caps will melt and freeze again
ageless
Tiny Dancer
05-26-2008, 07:42 AM
ageless
crippled men rise
to dance free in the rain
as it washes away their pain
boundless
ampoule
05-26-2008, 08:39 AM
boundless
yet so afraid
to take a leap of faith
tentative baby steps now lead
upward
CdnReader
05-27-2008, 03:30 AM
upward
we reach, aching,
time and again missing
our goals, deceiving ourselves that
there's more
Tiny Dancer
05-27-2008, 04:38 AM
there's more
to life than what
you may see, more to love
more to dream, to reach for the stars
to dance
CdnReader
05-27-2008, 06:25 AM
to dance
or dare I dream?
footsteps glide as sea-waves
floating, immersing, emerging
dip me
schadenfreude
05-27-2008, 06:48 AM
The cold
does not only
belong to ice, which burns
intensely, like sunlight and smiles
crashing.
schadenfreude
05-27-2008, 06:52 AM
Oops, sorry, must have read the wrong cinquain.
Here's the correct one:-
Dip me,
for when I fall
I do not want to wait
that long moment for someone to
catch me.
CdnReader
05-27-2008, 06:56 AM
catch me
in a spring breeze,
twirl and dance with joyous
abandon, swing me past the moon's
crescent
qimissung
05-27-2008, 11:58 PM
crescent
moon, earths' shadow,
whirling dervish dancing
incandescently heavenward
divine
CdnReader
05-28-2008, 04:55 AM
divine
is the god's hand
who fashioned this dreamworld
lacy landscapes, sharp canyons, and
green earth
Tiny Dancer
05-28-2008, 06:08 AM
green earth
i let slip through
my care worn fingers as
i gaze across my homeland and
i cry
ampoule
05-28-2008, 07:35 AM
i cry
kicking, screaming
tantrum girl, you hush now
stop your fussing and go back to
slumber
firefangled
05-28-2008, 08:06 AM
slumber
deep in your dreams-
Luscinia's midnight
song fills the sky, until morning
wakes you
Pendragon
05-28-2008, 09:41 AM
wakes you
with a soft kiss
from silent dreams to peace
a warm hug, from sweet loving arms
my love
CdnReader
05-28-2008, 10:18 AM
my love
was not enough
his self-destruction was
predetermined, his inner self
damaged
*welcome back, Pen*
firefangled
05-29-2008, 02:48 AM
damaged
no he was not,
cuts, yes, through which sun poured,
filled him with light, broken too but
healing
ampoule
05-29-2008, 07:33 AM
healing
without a touch
loving eyes mend her cuts
gentle words soothe her suffering
stand now
firefangled
05-29-2008, 06:43 PM
stand now
washed in the rain,
granite cliffs, let them fall
slowly, your burdens grain-by-grain
earthward
CdnReader
05-30-2008, 06:11 AM
^^^ Love that one, Fire.... :)
* * * * *
earthward
plunging, afraid
to close my eyes against
the throttling forward of life's great
skydive
ampoule
05-30-2008, 07:50 AM
skydive
jackknife or swan
no worries for landing
gravity loves you but for now
sail free
CdnReader
05-30-2008, 09:07 AM
sail free
cast off your chains
let the wind blow you past
the snowy northern glaciers, then
climb up
Pendragon
05-31-2008, 10:36 AM
climb up
foot over foot
to reach the highest peak
from the valley to mountain top
success!
CdnReader
05-31-2008, 11:24 AM
success
is a state of
mind, not to be found on
mountaintops, nor in ocean's depths,
in you
mazHur
05-31-2008, 11:39 AM
in you
I can see me
In me you are but not
yet you and me are me and you
who knows?
schadenfreude
05-31-2008, 10:47 PM
Who knows
why dogs chase their
tails and wolves howl at
the moon and why the world is as
it is.
AsILay
05-31-2008, 11:26 PM
It is
without reason
without purpose or time
withought sence, Rationality
its love
mazHur
06-01-2008, 03:27 PM
it's love
that makes me sing
makes me dance with madness
how could you realize stone-heart
my love !
Pendragon
06-02-2008, 09:59 AM
my love
is still as strong
now that you are grown up
as it was when I first held you
my girl
CdnReader
06-02-2008, 04:21 PM
my girl
five years old and
cute as a li'l button
smart too, they say.... i'll see her in
two weeks!!!
:D
mazHur
06-02-2008, 07:42 PM
two weeks!!!
that would be long
waiting ,take long steps, jog,
run- time waits for no one my dear
get on !
Page Sniffer
06-02-2008, 09:05 PM
Get on!
Moonlite shimmers
across the jello pool.
Ardvaark disco freak diving board
antics.
:banana:
CdnReader
06-03-2008, 04:06 AM
^^^ Great one, PF. I love that aardvark line. :)
* * * * *
antics
of the aardvark,
ant-eating machinery,
nose to the ground, while we choose the
grindstone
Pendragon
06-03-2008, 09:32 AM
grindstone
keep your nose there
face up to daily grind
what will this great effort produce?
flat nose!
:brow: :D
Beautifull
06-03-2008, 11:27 PM
Flat nose!
the wall did this.
i was looking at you
when this ridiculous thing happened,i
Blame You...
Tiny Dancer
06-05-2008, 12:29 AM
blame you
for what you did
so carelessly and how
it made me die just a little
inside
mazHur
06-05-2008, 03:54 PM
inside
his heart lives a
demon that shaves his face
clean but the next minute he is
hairy!
Beautifull
06-05-2008, 09:22 PM
hairy!
that is not me
I'm the total opposite
i'm beautifull and charming in one,
You're not.
mazHur
06-06-2008, 07:06 AM
You're not
what you look like
look here and there and you
will find gristle and hair on your
own self
ampoule
06-06-2008, 02:05 PM
own self
you should be true
hairy or not, like it
or shave it, pluck it, wax it, ouch!
be true
mazHur
06-06-2008, 02:45 PM
be true
and a day will
soon come when people will
start calling you a saint and then
hang you !
ampoule
06-06-2008, 03:07 PM
hang you!
could not do it
you are better on ground
no sail for the mast, we can just
float there
mazHur
06-06-2008, 03:16 PM
float there
keep your mouth shut
lest water enters your
lungs and makes you as light as a
feather !
ampoule
06-06-2008, 04:44 PM
feather!
tickling my nose
you laugh while watching me
boy, when I wake up you're going to
get it
mazHur
06-06-2008, 04:47 PM
get it
yes, I got it;
but i will not give up
I have to complete one hundred
push ups !
asilef73
06-07-2008, 04:29 PM
push-ups
and pilates
the struggle to stay fit
or the need to satisfy our
fool pride
mazHur
06-07-2008, 05:40 PM
fool pride,
you may call it
but this is a hard fact-
push ups and exercise keep one
healthy !
ampoule
06-07-2008, 05:52 PM
doctor
good prescription
if I promise to walk
may I skip the push-ups, pretty
please
mazHur
06-07-2008, 05:54 PM
please
hold on to me
do not leave me alone
don't try to slip away to walk
alone!
mazHur
06-07-2008, 05:58 PM
doctor
good prescription
if I promise to walk
may I skip the push-ups, pretty
please
hey amp, where did you get that ''doctor'' from??
I did not notice it while responding !! wow !:D :rolleyes:
ampoule
06-07-2008, 06:09 PM
hey amp, where did you get that ''doctor'' from??
I did not notice it while responding !! wow !:D :rolleyes:
Why "wow"? :D
mazHur
06-07-2008, 06:16 PM
sorry,,,,,I clicked at the wrong icons,,,,need to see a lady doc ! hehehe lol
qimissung
06-08-2008, 11:36 PM
alone,
man in the moon
dozes, while below him
nations grow and die, and our worlds
collide
Sarasvati21
06-08-2008, 11:48 PM
collide
with me i want
to be hidden with you
hold me, love me, forever
we're one
asilef73
06-09-2008, 05:59 AM
we're one
and i knew it
the moment i touched you
no lengthy introductions were
required
alakungfu
06-09-2008, 01:56 PM
required
gruesome details
of a lost memory
for a final requital of
revenge
asilef73
06-09-2008, 11:40 PM
revenge
...not my forte.
i am the goddess of
internalization. my skin
thickens.
Sarasvati21
06-10-2008, 01:26 AM
thickens
with each turn of
the forces behind its
rotation. I am eager for
this bread.
Beautifull
06-10-2008, 11:01 PM
this bread
warm and soft white
nears to melt in my mouth
so fast does it diappear, i am
wanting...
ampoule
06-12-2008, 10:42 AM
wanting...
but giving first
this thirst for you inside
anything, please, a poem, a thought,
a word
qimissung
06-12-2008, 06:45 PM
A word,
floating on a
halcyon sea, dancing
on a white-tipped wave, sailing home
to you.
alakungfu
06-13-2008, 12:59 PM
to you
my trusted friend
all the fondest feelings
the tenderest of sentiments
attest
firefangled
06-14-2008, 01:18 AM
Attest,
stars defy time,
suddenly their light comes
from ancient worlds, like brilliant ghosts
long dead
ampoule
06-14-2008, 08:38 AM
long dead
yet someone strong
touches my shoulder, here
life comes flooding back, miracle
behold
alakungfu
06-14-2008, 09:18 AM
behold
a wavering
wrathlike force, radioing
in on the communicator.
deep space
CdnReader
06-14-2008, 09:32 AM
deep space
a black darkness
that pulls me forward, fast,
i wiggle and squirm, but there's no
escape
firefangled
06-14-2008, 11:00 AM
escape
is not for us
when it comes to loving,
sweet shackles, the air burns with it,
breathe deep
mazHur
06-14-2008, 11:54 AM
breathe deep
but tell me how?
it's all water around
no room for more oxygen in
my lungs
CdnReader
06-14-2008, 01:27 PM
my lungs
expand with the
heat of my love for you
if i expel this breath, will you
go too?
firefangled
06-15-2008, 07:16 PM
go too,
heaven and hell -
there is no up or down,
we are one endless soul floating
in space
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