Best Afterwards Poems

Afterwards in heaven’s garden
Where I find no weed or thorn;
Only stoneless soil unhardened,
Life is verdant, newness born.

Rows of hedges, trees, and flowers
Vibrant in their colors fair
Beauty floods my eyes for hours
Unconstrained by time, I stare.

I can find no signs of dying
Only life and peace -...

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Sorry ,
My friend and confident of days old

Do not fret
Regret is wasted until the cost is met

I still hold you in high regard 
I still remember you covered in your mothers make-up 
And sitting on the naughty step

Until 
Fame and success took hold of you

Before

Everybody...

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A cyclone and a whirlwind,
        a twister of a typhoon;
        capricious, turbulent,
        winds mighty and destructive.

        ...

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The mind always knows the reasons and whys you are no longer here,
The heart counters, but I feel a longing and void, because you are not near,
The spirit, which produces the laughter, silliness, and smiles,
now needs some time to recover,
from the absence of one so...

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about afterwards
the anguish following
her words...

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I take time for coffee and croissants,
Pack the car and drive to Houston town.  
Make delivery of food and clothes,
Bandages and diapers; meeting wants. 

Inbound on US Highway 59 
Long lines move slow, who can they all be? 
Visitors who peek at disaster? 
No,...

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When you have exhaust
every thought inside your head
What's left afterwards...

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Afterwards.

Didn’t we once used to smile and laugh?
I can see that we seemed to be happy 
As I look at an old photograph.
But now our mouths
Seem almost paralysed
Or are tight and grim.
I vaguely recall a light in our eyes 
That seemed to shine from somewhere...

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The moment afterwards
The kiss on our naked skin
The smile and the look of completness
The warmth of your soul next to mine
The flushness of blood running through our bodies
The quickened beat of our hearts 
The love that covers our state
The embrace we hold
The awaken spirit within...

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Be
Being
Becoming


Light
Sight
Seeing


Touch
Senses
Knowing


Hint
Tint
Minting


Heart
Soul self
Thinking


Awake
Aware
Enlighten


Bloom
Groom
Feeling


Loiter 
Linger
Laughter


Wander
Emerge
Wonder


Forward
Afterward
Circle 


Chance
Change
Cycles


Guilt
Shame
Regret


Life
Love
Eternal


Fun
Wit
Playground


Here now
Afterwards
All things pass




Leon Enriquez
18 September 2014
Singapore...

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a red butterfly
lit upon a marigold ~
late day shadows fell


May 7, 2020...

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My eyes remain fixated with your beauty
My hands they move to reach your skin
To caress the softness of you, lover
To make you cry out to me, again

Now, our quiet aftermath of lovemaking,
Allows our souls in love to still unite
Embracing the woman there before me
Held, in...

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I can't tell if I'm spiralling up or down
It doesn't take much sometimes
I suppose this is called reeling
(Loss of balance)
No one need ever know, I can hide it
I shouldn't stay home Mondays
'Reeling' I can feel the whole word
Imagine the spin, wanting to be brought back...

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full of potential
like a timely three act play
the quintessential
long ago and far away
they would find no brighter day

locked close together
as if time could not move them
not knowing whether
they'd handle what was to come
their moorings became undone

hints of rejection
hiding in common place words
like introspection
repeating that's for...

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On a cozy night, at home, house
Walking down a lonely road, without an exact location 
walking towards a specific direction, just for a companion
One of those boys in my streets, to play my new PS5 with
At late midnight, very dark, risky and lonely
Risky? For no...

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