The Discarded, The Forgotten
...I am accustomed to spitting out bones of my prisoners, not witnessing their escape. I hear whales whistle their stoic dirges as I descend—they know the doomed are villains and freedom is promised to ...
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Categories:
disembody, allegory, angel, character, confidence,
Form: Prose Poetry
With Intention of Death
...(This is different from the poems I write. It has a lot of blood and may be sensitive.)
Peaceful wind, scented blow; the crisp air, while fragrant, smelling of one of nutmeg. The cool breez...
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Categories:
disembody, angst, anti bullying, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
Dear Uncle Eapen
...It feels like just yesterday I saw you smiling,
and talking in whispering notes,
and it's today that you marked your new journey.
The news that brought tears to my eyes,
and you made me rememb...
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Categories:
disembody, death, farewell, feelings, obituary,
Form: Free verse
Lure of the Sea
...Shoreward she wafts
faint smile flutters next her lips
wave-enveloped, lurid flesh revealed
enigmatic, wind-whipped ballet...
Ghostly arms, tapering to a scepter-finger
limbs commence, m...
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Categories:
disembody, sea, sensual, silence, song,
Form: Free verse
Call For Help
...Howling jolts me awake
Brings me to my feet
Opening my ears
Sprinting down the gravelly street.
I can feel it's grief and hear it's trembling whimpering. But I can't see it's slanting grin
I c...
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Categories:
disembody, care, nature,
Form: Rhyme
Eye Contact
...What is love?
A sea of nonexistence
both tranquil and calamitous
where the mind
does not dare enter.
(Rumi, M. Mafi, "Day By Day", p. 120, 2014, Hampton Roads)
What is timeless synergy?
Our ...
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Categories:
disembody, adventure, destiny, nature, philosophy,
Form: Free verse
Devil Disguised As Cancer
...You try to lead a auspicious life,
Trying your best to mirror Christ,
Well done my faithful servant is the remark you want for your fight,
Church is your Paradise,
Everyone thinks you are swell,...
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Categories:
disembody, cancer, caregiving, cheer up,
Form: Free verse
A Lonely Night
...A young girl was walking in a forest one night
The moon had shown its darkest light
She was all alone and scared
But nobody cared
She walked for hours
Passing through plains of dead flowers
T...
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Categories:
disembody, death, imagination, science fiction,
Form: Imagism