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Nebulous Horizon

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Written: July 7, 2025, for a contest sponsored by Edward Ibeh Quote: "Lose yourself completely, return to the root of the root of your own soul," By Rumi *************** The horizons near me recall a sheet of sheaf, Fluted and scattered, and perpetually in a reef. Its touch, as a flame, may let me feel warm; A fire fills the air as gentle curves swarm. This nebulous life is like a perplexing riddle. When you can't tell the truth, invent tittles. Feeling lost and bewildered, in need of a muse. Lacking focus, care, and dedication—I need to ooze. The embers of my mind scream and wail, Haunted by a toxic psyche of an endless scale. The hysteria of an antithetical nature is bright. Does it represent reality or a dream insight? Detrimental sacrifices, and intergalactic mutation, Exiled until the order's surviving progeny's creation. Restricted to the outskirts of the universe, Constrained by the one chosen to reverse. Is it calm stillness or a deafening scream? A fragment of me halts the spiraling dream. Some aspects of my being are resistant, Navigating a path of decay so persistent. I almost caught a glimpse of you in my doorway, Watching my chest rise and fall as I lay. The vision of waking beside you feels so real, Yet it's merely a phantom meant to alter my zeal. A nebulous optimism paints the horizon shade, One lovely poison and my redeeming blade. Annihilated me in a gradual attitude, Branding me with the striving for true beatitude. Transforming the course of this ongoing strife. Bear heed; we've erred in our embrace of life. An intrinsic force swings toward nothingness. Support the quest to regain our historic willingness. Turning darkness into brightness, Thunderstorms scuttle in the wilderness. Crimson cascades swarm over azure nights, A huge upheaval sweeps the cosmos sights. Life pulsates with an electrifying rhythm, As the horizon ignites undeniably bright! This truth has weathered the test of time, And everything shifts into an exhilarating sight.

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Date: 7/20/2025 7:02:00 AM
Hi dear friend, back to your great poem to Congratulate you on your top win. It is no surprise to me. I had anticipated this recognition the first time I read it. Proud, I could rub shoulders with some of the Leviathans in poetry soup.
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Date: 7/20/2025 12:32:00 AM
Congratulations, dear poet, on your top win in this contest with, as usual, a superb poem with elevated diction and appropriate thymes. Wish you a wonderful day.
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Date: 7/19/2025 6:11:00 PM
Congrats on first place, Lasaad!
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Date: 7/19/2025 3:48:00 PM
Lasaad, heartiest congratulations on your top win in my contest with this magnificent poem. Your poetry floors me each time I read it!
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Date: 7/17/2025 10:53:00 PM
Love the whole poem written in lofty diction and using complex metaphors. You have dealt with 'nebulous horizon' in a way I could never imagine. That's the beauty of your poetry. After the cloudy mental state, how life brightens into a luminous state. "Life pulsates with an electrifying rhythm, As the horizon ignites undeniably bright! This truth has weathered the test of time, And everything shifts into an exhilarating sight." This transformation at the end is so beautiful. All the Best dear Lasaad.
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Date: 7/15/2025 8:32:00 AM
Enjoyed the entire rhythmic poem Las, particularly the second stanza... :)
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Date: 7/8/2025 1:11:00 PM
Sometimes it is such with love, a "nebulous horizon" we cannot quite see the beginning or end- this is beautiful. Your pour out emotion so well. "One lovely poison and my redeeming blade."
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Date: 7/8/2025 5:43:00 AM
You used some interesting words here. Cosmic poetry is one of my faves. Still stanza 6 is my choice for highest kudos
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Date: 7/7/2025 8:41:00 PM
Another astounding poem from a master poet's hand. Sotto, this is beautiful, pure art.
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