Absence Abc Poems

I am in love.
I do not “do” love. I feel it. It pulses through me, hard, and blurs my vision. 

It gifts me with the...

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walking through the dark
long strides, not looking
the eyes all on me
burning, the smell of hate
rising through the leaves 
my thoughts are coming 
just one of...

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It’s time for me to board the plane,
Where we both should be taking our seat.
The anxiety is quickly creeping in,
Coupled with waves of overwhelming heat.
I...

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swimming in my skies 
you're the well of all my whys 
sprinkling answers 
on my heart your dew drops are ballerina dancers 
you elevate my...

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I try; i swear i try to avoid
Remembering you, so as to fill this void
They said one day you will feel
Feel it go through you...

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Adherences and allegiances, and monogamy 
Browse for the absence of intelligence in her tummy 
Commitment and rings, and binding two to one
Doting her temporary smiles...

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Mind your manner against your stride
Mind your manner when u hide
Mind your manner while you breathe in deep
Step out into the moment that causes u...

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My yesterdays fade to grey,
My tomorrow's future's blue.
My darling, since you've gone away
I can only dream of you.

Your face, your voice, your hair so soft.
Memories...

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Like cloth you wear me
Like a tool you use me
Like termites you chew my days
Like ink you spill me
And write stories
Of love and hate
On your...

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Your noise hurts my sleep
But you no longer wet me
And I'm not dry either
For I'm drowned in a blue jar
Of deranged precipitation
Neither you nor
The clouds...

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In ancient looms of my homeland,
Fairies once shuttled across threads of rainbows
Weaving folklores of gods and goddesses.

Our tapestry needed no haberdashery of
Brabubahanas and Chitrngadas or...

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In my homeland
Every man was born
With five lives and a shadow

In my homeland
Every man walked
With five lives and a shadow

In my homeland
When a man died
Five...

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Wet curls
Begging a wish
To touch them.
But for the mist,
White wool over eyes.

We saw
The haze went up the gorge,
Stroking the pines of Mawkdok,
And desperate
To hold your...

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'I won't walk on it', says
The toddler, my niece.

She is afraid to tread on the land,
Our ancestral acres,
Now reduced to a mossy backyard.

She disowns the...

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So she had confidence in him
Displayed with deceit
The love for a poisonous crawl
Misplaced as it could be
Banging the drums so loud
For all to hear
With his...

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My journey is no longer mine
Owned by
Deceptive roads deceitful milestones
And friends who turned enemies
Also enemies who never became friends
After so much of living
Even death is...

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You can't be seen yet some have seen you, 
You are an enormous, influential feeling.
You fear nothing yet you fear hurt. it is said with...

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Our Love
Sometimes i wonder about the wonders of the world,
If our love was a breeze,it would be the kind acknowledged from Heaven,
If our love was...

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It's 2 am by the clock
And my weary heart 
Kept Forlorn on the shelf. 
The dust crystallising it 
And adding a layer for 
Me to...

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With the night comes fear and darkness,
forcing us to surrender our visions and ambition.
Expecting the light we blind ourselves,
As we close our eyes in fear...

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