Determination
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I Want to Win
I don’t want to Use my pain As a shield From necessary change I want to grow I want to win I want my story To have a victorious end The child in me Does need comfort I will always be there To ensure he is covered But I am An adult now And it’s… Continue reading
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Inversion (Part 3 of 3)
A lament Twirling snowflakesBrand me with burnsTeachers eraseThe knowledge I’ve learned Scented flowersMake me cough up bloodCrystal clear raindropsLather me in mud Desert sands turnMy skin to mushGushing riversLeave behind fields of dust An inverted worldSets its mightTries to stop my journeyTo the other side Continue reading
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Inversion (Part 2 of 3)
A lament Trees suck the breathOut of my lungsGraceful musicCracks my ear drums Citrus fruit soursAnd blackens my tongueBird beaks openAnd suck in my songs Surging flood watersChange soil to sandA wisp of a featherShatters my hand An inverted worldSets its mightTo stop my journeyTo the other side Final part is published on 4th September… Continue reading
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Inversion (Part 1 of 3)
A lament I see cold stars In dark skies Their blue light No warmth provides A black sun rises Radiant dark Light flees into cracks Night is about to start Blue flames lock me Into a pillar of ice Water shoots upwards The ground by clouds dried An inverted worldSets its mightTo stop my journeyTo… Continue reading
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Enigma
I am an enigmaA walking contradictionOne day I do the impossibleThe next I am bedridden My mind can masterComplex puzzles and problemsAnd then at the smallest effortSuccumb to exhaustion I can write thingsThat impress even myselfBut then struggle to find the wordsTo ask for help I don’t understand This juxtapositionBut I will find a wayTo… Continue reading
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Left Behind
A lament EverydayI start undergroundHearing the footstepsOf everyone else pound I must get up earlyTo try to catch upSo that I am notLeft in the dust Some days I make itOn others I fallSometimes I am assaulted By nasty things that crawl But whatever the circumstanceOr how hard I chaseI always start at a disadvantageIn… Continue reading
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The Black Beast
Concealed in the darkHidden amongst painA treacherous beast cowersFrom the light of day A fiendish foePretending to be a friendIts words of warningHave nefarious ends Among the rippling windsIn the twilight hoursFace the fearAnd confront its power In its coreIs a golden lightThat this black beastHad tried to hide Continue reading
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Ravenous Ravine
Gaping ravines Creak and groan Ache for a taste Of my wasting bones Barren pits of Knife-like stones Echo old cries Of fear and woe I hear familiar voices From my past That I should never Have taken this path But I will climb Where rivers once flowed For I know what is At the… Continue reading
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The Steadfast Fern
Tangled fronds Of a fern tree Scattered by a storm That didn’t need to be Dust and detritus Shift with the wind Circle the tree With a cruel chagrin Dishevelled and broken Beaten and bowed But this fern tree still stands When others fell down Continue reading
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Adversity is not the End (repost)
Though the fire burns,It will not consume me Though the flood rises, It will not drown me Though the wind howls, It will not stop me Though the lightning flashes, It will not blind me Though the storm rages, It will not engulf me Though the lava encircles, It will not entrap me Though the… Continue reading
