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Chai Tea, Vanilla


"Chai Tea, Vanilla: Writing it All"


We are a cauldron
steeped, stewing bitter,
unlike sweet chai tea

boiling 
and bubbling,
our reality, 

is hard
to swallow.

how do we live
with ourselves,
knowing,

we live
complacently?
we observe,

we write, 

we watch it all,
the killing of 
innocence,

the black
and white
of it all;

the death 
of a dream.
before the end, 

the war
begins 
it all.

the future of
our children:
we watch it all.

we watch it all. 
we take notes,
we journal, 

the poetry 
of it all.

do we make 
changes?
do we? 

do we, 
do
anything, at all?

writing it all.

We are a cauldron
steeped, stewing bitter,
unlike sweet chai tea. 

we are so
Vanilla,
do we do 

anything?

writing it all? 

(LadyLabyrinth / 2023)







John 1 (NIV). 






"The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it." 

Lux Vitae.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2023




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Date: 11/3/2023 1:46:00 PM
Beauty in Black and White ~ as is in a Chai Tea and Vanilla write! :)
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I Am Anaya
Date: 11/4/2023 10:17:00 AM
Wishing you the strongest brews in your favorite flav's!
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Lady Labyrinth
Date: 11/3/2023 5:04:00 PM
here are my faves...T2 (Black Tea - French Earl Grey; Creme Brulee; Black Rose...in that order. V.strong, no sugar). :) https://www.t2tea.com/en/au/tea/ **************************** and the Greens. But not Chai...and definitely not Vanilla.
Date: 10/12/2023 12:52:00 AM
https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/thelonious_sphere_1583969
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Lady Labyrinth
Date: 10/12/2023 12:53:00 AM
Written. 6th Oct, 2023.
Date: 10/12/2023 12:45:00 AM
https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/shabbat_mourning_1584276
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Lady Labyrinth
Date: 10/12/2023 12:53:00 AM
Written. 7th Oct, 2023.
Date: 10/11/2023 4:31:00 AM
"Love"/John Lennon.
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Ts Poetry
Date: 10/13/2023 9:58:00 AM
<3
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Lady Labyrinth
Date: 10/11/2023 4:31:00 AM
https://youtu.be/SjVvIrE17rI?si=fla1IfgvfpB8TsDx

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