BOATS (Beliefs, Opportunities, Action, Touching peaks, Success)

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Beliefsa room with no windowsinvisible exit doorsimprisoned minds Opportunitieswindows to the futureask for courage to leapcross boundary lines Action plansmoving out through doorssteering wheels on roadsevaluating blocks in time Touching peaksclimbing mountains unseennot knowing what’s nextcarving out windows neverthelessdestinations self-defined SuccessI get what I wantor believed what I cancircular paths, designed viewswindows change colour and … Continue reading BOATS (Beliefs, Opportunities, Action, Touching peaks, Success)

Sun’s Seventh Horse

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candles of protestflicker, melt downevil cloudsoverpower light Sun’s seventh horselean and mean, agiletakes the reins from guilecuts across the sky-a bolt of thunderredefines day and night -revolution of sortsin the skymoves to parched earth Quadrille at dVerse

Unseen, unheard

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life changing moments happenwith casual or random callswe don’t know where they come fromexcept that we want it that waymoments rise from depths of Time what was it that happened ages agoleft an ache or craving in my hearta rebellion or unfulfilled desireto get it right this time arounddecisions grow from experience it seems so … Continue reading Unseen, unheard

The Accidental Realist

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The novelist is not happy with her treatise on the social system. She paints a reality she does not like. “All along when I made an effort to write the novel, the seed of a poem lay dormant in my heart. And then arose a different perspective – a juxtaposition of reality against my utopia. … Continue reading The Accidental Realist

Sulking Beauty

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I call her my sulking toyheartbreakingly cute she isangry for no reason at timessitting under the tablehiding behind curtainsshe cuts off communication-maybe it’s disappointmentwe fail to meet her expectation disciplined and promptshe starts walkingin reflex action when called-Then she stopsturns back to see ifher sibling darlingwalks in tandem-she takes another momentTo decidewhat she wants to … Continue reading Sulking Beauty

Perspectives

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you and Ican’t see eye to eye what you focus on expandsproportions allocatedto a life purpose, callsor mundane errands opinions zoom out of focusor converge in tiny wholesit’s too small for meyou make mountains out of moles Quadrille at dVerse

Control the trolls

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they have a way of telling youlove, happiness, sorrownever stand aloneor serve you in times of needit impacts your system todaybecause that is the wolfyou chose to feed they have a way of letting you knowsilent subconscious bitscan come together to createcollages of dreams or surprisesbrighten up life unanticipatedor disrupt seemingly establishednormal days, sunsets, sunrises … Continue reading Control the trolls

Gods of the Universe

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every story of crime or warde-souling of humanssun, moon and starsWhat’s the point in beinga mute witness?you join criminals in the dark you watch soundlesslyconfusion in un-lighted psychesfail to make truth heardhide facts in darkness or glarestrengthen erroneous beliefsno enlightenment, no relief mental stories asphyxiateno one else can relateunheeled, uncrowned islandsfloating in ethernessimperceptible, undefined dark … Continue reading Gods of the Universe