because he is her grandson
...her resolve loosened
because he is her grandson
dissipating grudge
his choices not hers
but she cannot love him less
pure true grandmas love...
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Categories:
dissipating, love,
Form: Senryu
I miss my mom
...I miss my mom.
I don’t remember much about her,
It’s been over a decade and a half since
I last saw her,
Before she faded into
The person she’s become now.
But I remember when she was kind,
I ...
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Categories:
dissipating, abuse, anger, angst, daughter,
Form: Free verse
Kundalini Empowerment
...
O raja reigning is the light of all lights
electric rays beaming oscillating waves
I embody my spirit in a physical form
I kindly request her divinity to roam
beseeching with contr...
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Categories:
dissipating, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
GOOD-BYE
...
Good-bye…
Simply a word?
What essence is encased
Within this single utterance?
The alchemy of optimism?
The enigma of uncertainty?
Good-bye…
A blend of hope and the unseen?
Fracturing m...
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Categories:
dissipating, emotions, farewell, hope, longing,
Form: Free verse
In the silence of the night, when stars weave their silver webs across the deep sky
...In the silence of the night, when stars weave their silver webs across the deep sky,
my thoughts flow like a river of light, carrying with them echoes of memories,
words that were once just grains ...
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Categories:
dissipating, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
The Hidden Paan Shop
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Hidden beneath the leaves of trees is a blue shop -
Gleefully I smile; half - construed but true shop.
No soul in sight, parking heedlessly, now I plight -
Wearing chapals, I go in - flight t...
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Categories:
dissipating, adventure, analogy, appreciation, beautiful,
Form: Ghazal
abruptly shaken from my dream
...Sleep shook my shoulder
I ignored her as long as I could
Inside my dream I was fascinating
People wanted my opinion
I was revered and esteemed
Not royalty, but treated like one
Sleep threw me...
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Categories:
dissipating, dream,
Form: Free verse
The Juniper Prize: Between the Known and the Unknown
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“The Juniper Prize: Between the Known and the Unknown”
That man built a house
of straw and sticks
and the stories that burned within -
all consuming the titled prize;
...
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Categories:
dissipating, muse,
Form: Narrative
My load burdens me
...Trying to keep up but the load keeps me sinking, everyday a new struggle arise, my strength fail to keep up, the demand so high, running out of breath, while on my knees trying to pray.
Dismantlin...
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Categories:
dissipating, anxiety, depression, feelings, inspirational,
Form: Free verse
Price to Pay
...Alone in a dark room, I watch my hands shake. Red marks on my arms, showing through the pale skin; obviously the result of emotional pain that refuses to withdraw and leave me alone. In the darkness ...
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Categories:
dissipating, angst, anxiety, confusion, cry,
Form: Free verse
Searching for a flawless dawn
...Off the sharp edge of the world, am I stepping?
Do mirrors start whispering as shadows prepare to sing?
The way it looks through me, its soul swallowing
Where do I flee from here to delay from dis...
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Categories:
dissipating, betrayal, deep, depression, dream,
Form: Monorhyme
Temptations
...#Temptations
This smoke in my eyes, subjects my mind to blur thoughts, wanna look closer, move more closer, I think my hearing is dissipating too, could I being disable, but I wanna see this, maybe...
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Categories:
dissipating, anxiety, character, growing up,
Form: Haibun
Melancholy
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Apricity
golden, burnished
smiling, sunning, tanning
Sauna, Humidity, Fever, Mirage
fleeting, dissipating, darkening
frozen, shadowy
...
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Categories:
dissipating, emotions, seasons, winter,
Form: Diamante
Just Like You
...I met someone who looked just like you.
The same brown eyes, set back enough to make out the outlines of your orbital bones.
The same smile lines that house years of laughter, joy, and perfectly fr...
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Categories:
dissipating, break up, feelings, heartbroken,
Form: Free verse
To Find
...Come find me
where roads have washed away
in tangled bits of cluster
and skies that turned to gray
come whisper
soothe a ringing ear
with words of hope and harmony
dissipating fear
fill the u...
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Categories:
dissipating, emotions,
Form: Free verse
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