A Naked Language
The heart is deceived by a muted tongue
That is bound by captivity...
A feeble voice- Uncertain wrong
Is divested of word's gravity...
Let my silence be stripped of a story,
A naked language barely heard,
Below the surface a deeper need
Damns the mind which bridges no word...
I told of nothing at all when I called,
So imprisoned was I by fear
That if I saw an open door
I would not trust it not to disappear...
The walls around have been tightly closing,
Pressing out the air from my lungs
Trapping myself within a building
Slowly vanishing from the horizon...
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A Poet's Choice
He was no longer concerned
For people who have chosen
To remain in the bottom and behind
For humbly to them he has spoken
But his words fell on empty ears…
He chose a new path to follow,
Leaving behind a world
Egocentric and full of fears
And decided to move forward,
Straight facing the Sun
Without going blind!
Now feeling secure and strong,
He let his words be carried
By the turbulent wind
Toward new horizons
And over his broken heart,
He built a new mansion
Based on Hope and Faith!
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Betrayal
Can I offer a magnifying glass,
Or does a mirror suffice?
To scrutinize my insides
I will provide you with a knife...
I transport your artistic energies,
What compensation to me?
To be used as an instrument
Of consequent loyalty...
What allowance of proprietorship
Granted you possession
Of my equilibrium
For some other expression?
Captured as a source for your invention
I am helpless game of your play
Existing in frailty
Guards against such display...
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Common Sense
Too far pushed away,
Love to reclaim yesterday
I was free to believe
To open petals to the sunshine...
Now the bud is broken
And the leaves have withered...
Here I am, just a stem, the game:
'She loves me, she loves me not'...
Has left me unfeeling
And afraid uprooted and estranged,
But perhaps, I am sad
And should not be alone...
All this time I hoped but you provoked me
To leave without believing, dear stranger
I am hurt too,
But where can I go? ...
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A Singing Soul
The heart desires attachment
And solitude for the soul
Belonging to no other-yet
By oneself-life is unknown...
The soul has need to believe
Just as the heart requires love
Which must become a primary goal
To justify a merry existence...
You and I are here as a living proof
That we were made of external day
To be molded into truth
And then, by the wind, carried away...
Now, the difference between
The real and imaginary
Becomes nearly the same
Like life and death
Within a world of uncertainties...
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Beyond Reason and Reality
I ignored you all because you see, love
You make too many demands on me...
A strain prohibiting to pretend
My thoughts and your thoughts declare one end....
Discourse serves not to satisfy such
Awareness between differs as much...
When harmony lacks discomfort groans
A seed infertile ground moms....
Obstacle within oneself to find
spirits of likeness best be aligned...
Compromise then subtraction refute
Accommodate of vision astute..
Reticence behold retrogression
Finding truth secret isolation....
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You Know Why?
I ignored you all because you see, love
You make too many demands on me...
A strain prohibiting to pretend
My thoughts and your thoughts declare one end....
Discourse serves not to satisfy such
Awareness between differs as much...
When harmony lacks discomfort groans
A seed infertile ground moms....
Obstacle within oneself to find
spirits of likeness best be aligned...
Compromise then subtraction refute
Accommodate of vision astute..
Reticence behold retrogression
Finding truth secret isolation....
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A Bare Truth
I am in the present perfect
Where I have always been,
Finally reaching
Something of my own
Which makes tomorrow
A day worth following...
As I rise with the orange glow
Of an enterprising ideal
That is too ardent
And possessive to let go...
I may be unknown and alone,
But the real one is ready
Apart from here
And has become part of the world
I am striving for...
Separating the many
Halves of me
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In Pursuit Of Happiness
In the pursuit of happiness, ..
I have crossed many bridges…
Climbed many mountains
& traveled many roads;
Some very smooth..
some very bumpy..
I have run very fast…
sometimes very slow…
But, nevertheless,
I have learned my lessons…
I have learned the hard & painful way…
That not all dreams come true..
Happiness becomes a matter.
of the mind and the heart…
Now I cry without tears...
& try to mend my broken heart…
Now I realize..
that where there is an ending..
There is a new beginning..
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You Are My Dilemma
I am afraid to fall asleep
For I will dream of you again,
But, by staying fully awake,
I can't avoid thinking about you...
In my desperate quest
To find the fountain of forgetfulness,
I found myself drowning instead
In a reservoir of sweet memories
Which keep me trapped
Between two worlds,
One of a naked reality
And the other of pure fantasy,
A real agony, described in simple words...
Now, here I am, alone
Trying to delineate the boundaries
Of my fragile destiny,
Singing the same old song
Because I still love you
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