Birthright
Why?
Seniority.
Elders and life.
Do I doubt.
Fear, thy continuity.
Wish to break up.
This chain.
Simply to die.
Fade away.
Fateful gloom.
Too many a demand.
Avoid, the ravages.
Despair!
Of destiny.
Of time…
Why?
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Departure
A short holiday.
From duty, training.
Practice of doom.
I took.
To rest, see family.
Some friends anew.
Refresh the bonds.
That bind.
Identify - Our life.
Late evening.
Went out to see.
What goes on?
Unexpected night.
For alone, I ended.
Sat within crowd.
Noise and loud.
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Windows
Frost circles, on a glass.
I watched.
Hour upon hour.
Through a day's loneliness.
Insignificant seeds.
Sat by the window.
Traced its essence.
Into the air.
As mist disappeared.
A vapor of breath.
Onto nothingness.
Has translated.
Thinking of life.
I blew my heat.
Onto the glass.
Time and again.
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Eve of the night
Storm.
Merciless and powerful.
As my pain.
Once again.
You came.
A friend.
Uninvited and strange.
To keep me company tonight.
So I watch...
I listen, to your melody.
For there is an unexplainable harmony.
Between us.
My isolation.
Darkness.
Rain, wind.
Coming, of twilight.
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Reflections
What, I thought - Caught.
For myself.
I found!
Were feeble things...
Thoughts, hallucinations abound.
Wildly lost.
Centered selfishly upon me.
While thinking of thee.
Why! !
For true value.
Or just to promote me?
Do I...
Want it - Wish it?
To meet.
Grant these terms to yee.
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Puzzled
Today - We went out together again.
Delights of the week.
Are these times few.
Which you share with me anew.
Rare, like diamonds.
Are the occasions.
When we meet and talk.
My sweet friend.
But these moments I cherish.
Deep within my heart.
These jewels of time.
Well spent.
For each moment of being with you.
Gives me strength.
Comfort and happiness.
To face - Yet another day.
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Twilight
How odd, my love.
It seems now.
For us to have strayed.
Been set apart.
In such a way.
Today, as I sat.
Celebrated, your day.
Alone - Lit candles.
Champagne and all.
Without you near.
Such tragedy!
I picture you.
Me, in a dance.
In play - Together.
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Wilderness
In the midst.
Of a forest.
Dark, fell and gloom.
Desire brought.
I stayed.
Awaited.
Your delight.
Tender promise.
And made haste.
Idly stood by.
On the roadside.
Hoping, for your sight.
Our arranged chance.
Braved, thy gaze.
Risked ridicule.
My fellows.
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Words
To speak, is to think - Exist.
We presume.
Throw around.
These exquisite realizations - Sounds.
Sounds, zounds! !
Composed all around.
To secure our thought.
A world made of noise.
Meaningless afterthought.
Justification of self.
To drown the other.
I wonder...
What other?
What self?
What cost?
Price, is it to be purchased?
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Threads
Breeze anew, I felt.
Amidst the heat.
As it moved.
Whispered silently.
Mocking, in my ear.
Those solemn words.
Elusive whisks and wisps.
I thus, was meant to hear.
As the day faded.
Slowly turned, into night.
From threads, into thoughts.
It developed.
There I sat - Solidified.
Faced, onto emptiness.
Into the night.
Stones outside.
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