We always knew this day would come—
that life would pull us toward different paths.
Our destinations are not the same,
our ages different,
our cultures apart.
We knew we could never become one,
and yet here we stand,
having crossed so many differences
just to reach this moment.
Now the day arrives
to prepare for our physical parting,
even as our hearts remain quietly bound.
In this era of instant connection,
we choose not to blur what we had—
we choose to keep our love and trust untouched,
honoring them as they are,
as we continue along our separate journeys.
We know we can find each other anytime—
to say hello, to speak, to see one another—
and yet, for now, life has shaped circumstances
that keep us apart.
So we wait for the unfolding of our stories,
curious about the roads life will open.
Perhaps we will drift into forgetfulness,
or perhaps we will carry a gentle longing
Time alone will tell the rest of the story.
Tormentingly on ahead
Teasingly in, out
Forest, vague forest, clear for
Life's guiding purpose.
Reflecting, whose good, bad trait
Hobgoblin's throughout.
Stick-hung, let's sway behind whom
But as one doth pose!
Suddenly it was a gamble...
I realized the weight of my decision.
My destiny depended on it.
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If the world is not what it looks like,
Rather an entity of our own mold,
How can I only adhere to my own view?
Therefore I think Kant is true.
How one is in grief, other in delight,
I am skeptic whether molds are alike.
The sage could see it through.
Therefore I think Kant is true.
I could have consoled you,
You could have consoled me,
Only if we had got a clue.
Therefore I think Kant is true.
Death is expected and reflected
Our life is what they reference
When reflectance is of essence
Expectance in death is the presence
From the ones that we have left
Our loved ones feel bad
About the gaps between visits
When in all reality you still exist
Just no longer in the flesh
I’ll forever be with you
The promise forever kept
Oh! Omnipresent, bless us with eternal dance,
Restoring serenity with a mere glance,
As a stream of purity flows through your head,
Containing impurities as the journey moves ahead.
Echoes of ending vibrate the expansion,
Await a new beginning, a new dimension,
As light of consciousness illuminates the vastness,
Constraining chaos, acting as harness.
Oh!timelessness, bless us with realization,
Breaking the loop, the ultimate transformation,
Restoring oneness, establishing totality,
Please free us from the delusion of duality.
Walking in the same routine,
feels so awkward,
feels so mean.
Expectations high above,
unreachable sights you want to love.
Will you walk me to my grave?
Society feels so brave.
Manipulation is the key,
let us hear and let us see.
Tearing hearts and blowing minds,
tiny bit stressful in such times?
My little puppet, don't you shine,
you will follow and I will guide.
Your future's written,
don't you care.
We won't allow you to be fair.
Weakness is the thing we lie,
don't you dare,
but won't you try?
Special love colours my life with beauty,
A faithful partner paints my home with peace;
Marriage has led me on its tour of duty—
Therein my existential joys increase.
If not for wine bottles draining too fast,
Sweet success’ smiles would have glowed far brighter;
But life is lived vexed, troubled, and aghast
As influence shapes one into a blighter.
Yet through this gloom, the future keeps its cheer—
A worthy praise for destiny’s bright writ;
Clear to my eyes, ringing loud in my ear,
A luscious glow even the blind admit.
Time has led me to an unknown path
And I am lost
The wheel has again turned on my past
I didn’t know the cost
Everything always changes
That will never fail
I am here looking for explanations
Why my nightmares in comparison pale
To the conflicted individual I have become
To the moments, the minutes, the days
To the memories I abstain from
To the old world I set ablaze
And like a phoenix from the ashes, I rose
Just to come crashing right back down
Humor only the gods know
Feeling like the dirt on the ground
Trying to coalesce the scattered pieces of my soul
Just walking around like some fool
With my heart a hole
Stuck in an existential duel
Stifled over what to do next
Where will fate lead me
Have I already failed the test
Life’s not easy - am I meant to suffer through the rest
A love so strong
My heart desires what cannot be
But your heart moves me
Is this love meant to be
Desire in silence
An ache so strong
Unsure, both are we
Is our love meant to be
A love meant for me.
Complicit disenfranchisement;
Complicated blessings
Misappropriated hidden confessions
To each his own we come down from,
From our thrones we are brutal to ourselves
Far be it we're never alone
written words by James Edward Lee Sr 2025
If the sound you hear
Isn't coming through clear
The signal is broken
And your path is already chosen
Thoughts are frozen
Secrets spoken
It's too late
This is your fate
This feeling won't last forever
Could have went together
Close your eyes
Hear only lies
Soul cries
Spirit dies
Last chance
Let go to advance
Feels like a trance
Save the dance
Time to go
Doesnt matter what I show
You'll never know
I raise my glass against the creeping night,
And laugh at shadows clawing at my flame;
Let death come slow or fast-I hold my light.
For what is life if lived without a claim
To fire, music, madness, reckless cheer?
A sober world is sober than it's shame
So let the cautious tremble, clutching fear;
I'll dance where fear runs red as mortal blood,
And drown the ticking silence in jeer.
Let saints preach duty, labour, sweat, and mud-
Their sermons wilt beneath the club's loud roar;
I choose the storm,the glitter and the flood.
Though bones may crack and lungs may breathe no more,
My name will rise from every emptied cup-
A toast to nights that burned my spirits raw.
And when the final reckoning adds up,
Let death itself bow down before my spree;
I lived unchained, and never once looked up
It's probably best you don't read my work,
For I know there's more bad than good.
If only you could feel what I could,
I know you'd understand why I would.
Giving up,
Or giving in...
I now know,
My life's a sin...
Pushing forward just cannot be,
For I know my destiny...
To just sleep,
Peacefully...
S’ils ne savent garder distance,
Parle au léopard des neiges,
marche en gardant confiance,
En observant les montagnes,
s’ils ne savent garder distance,
Peut être sauras tu rêver,
Dans les jardins de la vallée,
rencontreras la belle Nadège ?
S’ils ne savent garder distance,
Grimpe sur les toits de Florence,
Va provoquer cette chance,
Parle au léopard des neiges
S’il ne savent garder distance ?
If they don’t know how to keep their distance,
Talk to the snow leopard,
walks while maintaining confidence,
While observing the mountains,
if they don’t know how to keep their distance,
Maybe you will know how to dream,
In the gardens of the valley,
will meet the beautiful Nadège?
If they don’t know how to keep their distance,
Climb on the roofs of Florence,
Go provoking this chance,
Talk to the snow leopard
If they can’t keep their distance?
Specific Types of Destiny Poems
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