They, the flock of cockatoo
Living together, form a society
And crackling all time
Discussing things might
I cognize anything of that
What I do understand for sure
They, the highness, are proud
Of living in the trees, a tribe life
Or flying in the sky, cloud alike
They care me not for sure
Especially as to my thoughts
They,snobby,come to me
Not for what I said
But for whatever they can get
When I am alone, and sit and dream
When the world I dreamed is missing
Yes! I remember that is a room full of light
But now the light is missing
I can't tell if you're with me
So, please close up the windows
And let the sun come into my room
Through the door you opened
For inside the light of me,
The light that you've met in dark
It's time to say goodbye
Horizons are never distal
Would I must find them alone
Without true light shared with you
I will move over the seas
That's how I cognize the whys
No, they no longer exist
As the time insisted on saying goodby
Written: June 27, 2025, for contest Sponsored by: Constance La France
Quote: "Before you speak, let your words pass through three gates. Is it true? Is it necessary? Is it kind?" By Rumi.
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It swings, not with rust, but a ghostly dance,
a silence that trails each gossamer stance.
The gateway asks nothing, but still it provides,
“Are you willing to leave something besides?”
Along a path strewn with thorn and primrose,
The hum of unseen bees in solemn rows.
And trees with arms wide enough to clasp,
any grief your godforsaken heart may grasp.
You don’t cognize what lies in the grave,
Only a wall shines—as a duplicate stave.
You weren’t prepared to inquire—
grief-stricken and spent, past all desire.
Then softly, behind the gate, will lean,
with the subtle grace of a silver screen.
This soliloquy was told, times before,
but grants each soul one sail to score.
Intrigued, hesitant, and eager, clear field,
still, my vision was pulled to a bald shield.
Groaning past the gate proved to be fate.
Should I enter through a stranger's gate?
I am Human
I am complex in my nature,
And unmethodical.
I can appear aimless, but eventually suprise you when I reach mountain tops.
And the sweetness you see can be decieving
Rest assured bitterness may be hiding
In secret places within me.
I may be friendly today, then arrogant in a decade
And that will still be me.
I constantly grow,
I constantly evolve,
Like a chameleon I instantly change with my environment.
Just a warning, Never say you know me.
I may allow you to know,
what I want you to know.
And unfold only what gives me peace,
I may deny you the satisfaction to see what eats down my spine.
I roll like seasons,
perhaps with treasons.
However, never lie to yourself
and Say "you know the other"
For, reality is "the only person you can dare to entirely circumscribe
or rather cognize is yourself"
Not me, Not another
For I am human,
and as humans we are all unpredictable.
we are extraordinary living beings
And involuted
Everyone wants to cognize the earthly facts
The nature's hide and humans' knots tied
Untie them has long been the life's subject
The performers are right on the stage
All plays were collected in a history book
Wrong or right still awaits to decide
Dreams last and run streams alike
Afar or near yet to be carefully identified
Our earthly parents are stuck in the Garden
They are awaiting your honest feedback
Messages from heaven winding into a guide
Either blessed-go-lucky or salvaged-from-sad
Firmly believed by his honest followers
Searching everywhere for the cross-links
As following guidance by hearts and legs
Rather than flirting with mouth and eyes
Take action immediately
Whatever happens, don't yield hope
You never cognize when an epiphany strikes
They are knocking at the gates of your garden
Consider taking them by the horns.
Don't do anything unnecessary
Instead, sieve the lenient path
Between accomplishments and failures
Suggest a linear path.
If I stare at the sky,
and I perceive your eyes
May i cognize that in heaven... am i... ?
on hyaloid shade phylum
of zaffre azure
swish
soulful scrutinize
apodictic vinculum
magniloquent
wandering of wispy whooshes
wrapping wisps of weird warbles
shrivel olive trees
overflow no omen
drenched in sweat
summoned by chimera
once called passion
title assertion?
baud pace of rimless dreams
blurred bark
bare branches
fruitless leaves
unfetter'd
sky loose
mythic gem idol
purine as Myrsine
space rock fit
moon zappily
uncanny
azure drilled of ritzy rag doll
mesh shimmer blaze shackle
include
dare
desire
gaudy Sirius in darkened spell
mottled splendor
to cognize my path
as xanthic whispers
afresh
Written: August 06, 2022
A Brian Strand Premiere Choice Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Brian Strand
NOTE:THIS IS AN OPEN(organic) FORM VERSE using spaces&breaks without grammatical symbols ,the ' open' relies upon 'the one breath limitation' & so inherently requires the 'reader' (reciter) to input and responds thus making this enigmatic form a two way interplay & interpretatIon unique to the moment& changing according to mood is inherently variable.
cognize spring’s entrance
banqueting on new born buds...
warbling waves suffused
Bird Haiku Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Tania Kitchin
Date: 16-03-2022
Syllable count : How Many Syllables
Placed: 2nd
When words upset you, you lose your childhood
It's dreadful to grasp that life is idyllic nearby
The youth have drawn, and no path forward
Grey hair has arisen, where is my getaway?
Eagerly flee what's in your nakedness
Spot your own hidden vices and weep
Also, cognize your sins before the final count
What you willfully did must be called to keep
The gatekeeper points are futile if ignored
Now we agnize that whiles aren't deceiving
Undeniably, the soul within is mysterious
You will sway it despite its advancing
You yearn for the moral hubris of your stance
Its fading thrill is its final track lodging
Written: March 14, 2022
Let us live the day
each day...
That we live with the hazard
that it brings us...
Let's live erasing the past
from yesterday, creating the future
today...
Whether we accept it or not,
we will only cognize the answer
then... another day let's live,
with faith and in peace
today is today, tomorrow
is however unknown...!
I came from closed nights,
sailing among stars,
passing through the clouds...
reached to this strange planet
of missions and tests,
of calamity and hardship...
I came to clarify ideas,
amend my growth...
But I don't cognize how to act
with my magic
of alien, and
casual
Visitor... !
The sensitive brilliance of a lighted flame.
Yet, filled by vitality, will spark and inflame.
I had been ashes, encouraged by your presence.
At first, faint flares, yet before long propel us.
Utterly, we were talented to a calm rumble.
I was interested in the brilliant shade fettle.
Applauds such warm and compassionate eyes.
I don't cognize how you'll harm me in disguise.
Love sprouts as auld as the roses bloom in June.
The gathering happiness under the halcyon moon.
The people of yore wrote in regards to romance.
We were unable to strive to conceal our happiness.
The fire was quenched by nightfall.
Relics degraded to an opulent sprawl.
Written: October 22, 2021
Life can a dangerous
secret...
A deep mystery...
But we must seek to unravel
life however...
But let us cognize how to be wise...
Life is not deciphered
in one life...
Decode it all
can be risky,
fatal, and
compromising... !
Do not believe
in a silent person,
that doesn't say a single word...
Neither in the speaking person,
while he does not cognize to be silent...!
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