• Such a charming fellow
• With eyes a vibrant yellow
• He'll stare you down
• Often with a frown
• Befriend him and you'll see he's quite mellow
death came from rattle snakes
build a fort just to dig his grave
air became thinner inside
with every single inhale
mesmerised by the good feeling
his obscured vision of love
couldn't differ between words or places
memories that still haunt him at dawn
one common bite and 100 different faces
excruciating pain and smile on their faces
black dahlia flourished in my rose garden
my eyes rained, someone punctured the cloud
scandals that can ruin lives, lies that can take lives
a friend is not a friend of yours
beware of those snakes
who befriend you and kill your soul
Befriend all tiny creatures
Open up your empathy genes
let the small ant live
OUCH!
Okay, not this small ant
because he was a biter
But befriend the moths, the butterflies,
the grasshoppers, the damsel flies,
be kind to the spider
allow her to build her gorgeous web
befriend the tiny ones
for who knows?
in an alternative universe
you might be wishing they were
all befriending you.
Befriend everybody, make them like you
Do whatever you can, dance the old soft shoe
Make a peapod want to give you her brew
Embrace a cactus, loan a lizard your dew.
You never know when you will need a friend.
Some people do not have one to the lonely end.
Befriend everyone, some day you might need someone to help you.
In the meantime, you had better practice that old soft shoe.
Squirrels befriended a soft-spoken kind ladybug faerie
She was thrilled with their oak tree which was incredibly airy
She asked if she could invite her friends Berry, Gerry, Terry and Larry
The squirrels enjoyed them so much they let her also invite her pal Mary.
Jabberwock, oh jabberwock, how misunderstood you are
Fierce men come by to steal your head, but only leave a scar.
you yearn not for blood, but love I think,
a scratch beneath your chin.
But when men arrive with swords
you fight them on a whim.
Ignorant they are, dear wocky, scaly beast,
can't blame you now, my jabby friend, for making them your feast.
Have you—the uncounted colorless—truly crowned on us?
You seem to grin triumphantly from your fake castle.
But wait!
We won’t count on your temporary winning.
Life has trained us to befriend enemies:
Cancer, Chicken Fox, Small Fox, Chikungunya, Ebola,
Influenza, Malaria, Rubella, Roseola, SARS, HIV,
You name it…and Corona is of no difference!
Playing with fright, you’re so contagious, but have forgotten
that fears are so contingent, and reliantly expedient,
when tamed with patience and intelligence
to befriend you with diligence:
And you, the new paralyzed friend,
are never now making us threatened.
So, stop there, and let’s just be friends.
(Andreas Akun, 19 August 2020)
Life only means life
when sorrow is sturdily liberated
from a fearful heart.
Yet the strongest heart valiantly beats
when life frees life
into liberated sadness,
not to fearlessly beat but
befriend sorrow.
(March 2019)
If you live your life correctly,
death walks close by your side
To constantly remind you,
that time’s not on your side
Your choice on how to handle,
to ignore or then befriend
Will change your life completely
—as each day begins again
(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2019)
Are you the hero
of a recurring dream
Or the victim
of a life undone
Are you the ambassador
for all you esteem
Or a fugitive
—a soul on the run
Are you a real friend
beyond trial and strife
Whose allegiance
now stalwart defends
Are you the true master
of all your desires
Or the ghost
—of what sleep can’t befriend
(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2016)
Never believe time is straight
Then time you will never hate
Control your time with all your might
Keep time well within your sight
Time is a shadow of mist
Filling our souls with lies
It’s March we cannot resist
Fight back and utilise
Time our enemy or our friend
Don’t ignore it, it will be your end
Time our friend will make you free
Unlock life’s secrets and be happy
Mess with time it will drive you crazy
Time will make you sad and lazy
Befriended time in your life
Your life will be without any strife
---
i recently befriended
her
and that might have been one of my biggest mistakes
because now i see why she's so great
and i realize now why you chose her
and i can't help but feel even sadder
This spirit bared to your view
My thoughts....
Dressed only in their own sincerity
A love....
Exposed entirely by true feelings
Innocence raped....
Peeled away from this stripped mind
Sensitivity....
Ripped to its last lonely thread
My heart....
Clothed only in wishful longing throbs
Copyright © 2014 Robert William Gruhn - All Rights Reserved
"A poem to me is the essence of any thought,
Being built from its foundation into tower scraping sky.
It can fly like no other bird to places never seen,
Even spaceships can only dream of taking its place."
© 2014 Robert William Gruhn
Allowing my shady daydream with me
to fond memories in every sweet second
from plain staring at the weakness palm
to strong ankles in chasing dreams
like
a dawn expelled by the warm ray of the sun
so fast
before i could reach
lingering nostalgia
to smell the coolest dew
soon comes nightfall to seduce
the jealous
and to praise
their beauty
as fast as a blink of an eye
second chases minute
everything passes
and changes
my willpower
to knit a sweet friendship
with this life
though the clouds in the sky accelerate
I’ll hang my feelings right on the sky
so that I can enjoy
the serenity
while the seasons keep changing
deciduous shade changes
I’ll leave my ears
on twigs and leaves
so that I can enjoy
their melodies
till
reluctant to say hello
as long as the earth is warmed by the sun
and the moon envelopes the night
I will keep sharing
My love
because I realize
those whom I love
and
those who love me
step by step
will
leave
or
one day
I will leave them all
for a life hides thousands of ravine riddles
invites curiosity
and leaves questions without answers
Befriend with life.
~(c) Sukmawati Komala~
04 June 2013
I speak death,
He speaks death,
She speaks death,
They speak it too,
Loud and clear, mute and sheer, it speaks us too
Tell me of the mark it left in your heart
Tell me of the sound it made that night,
The words it forced out of their mouths,
Tell me of the tears it jerked out of their eyes.
No heart of steel can break out of its chains,
No mastermind can outsmart its moves,
For death is the core of the deepest wounds,
The criminal fate we can never remove
So befriend death,
Not all kinds of misery enjoys solitude
So befriend death,
Take it quietly to the side, ask it to take you too,
And befriend death,
Let it win you over, there isn’t anything worth it,
When you befriend death,
It’ll show you places, you’ve never heard of…
Befriend death – the world won’t give you better than what it’s got to offer
I’ll befriend death, take it, let it take me, light on, light off-
Friends.
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