captivating drops
of rain dissipating falls
from the clouds drips splash
~
splash pour down rain
comes cascading desends down
drencing earth grass grounds
8/9/26
written by James Edward Lee Sr
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Star
weary
sorrow tears
Zillions flicker
dimming lightened gifts
bloodblack diamonds spinning
Flames flash skies into near night
Cosmic scales—fallen world's despairs
Dark-Star reaps ringed scarlet horizons
shooting star dissipating downward
Jaded stones form constellations
best poet’s mouth is silenced
Ashy smoke rising scents
Black gold dominance
Savoir-faire sage
from its dust
evokes
Zen
_/\_
He wandered all alone on a tortured narrow path
Seeking solace from the anguish plagued his thoughts, lay deep within
An epiphany, suddenly aware, the source of his discomfort
Time had now arrived for a new direction to begin
Recognised external forces,he was forever wont to blame
now at the crossroads of this discontented life
accept this new found challenge, how to change the game
He began with meditation, cultivated self love and respect
The old thoughts dissipating, negativity he could now reject
Further down the track he became aware of our loving Gods existence
So every now and then chats to God, sends him love, says thanks for your assistance
Oh, Autumn.
Here you are again,
just when I needed you most.
Oh, Autumn.
My calm over heated skies.
My bridge over troubled seasons.
Oh, Autumn.
Summer's now vacationing;
And the heat is dissipating.
Oh, Autumn.
From my point of view,
There's no season better than you.
her resolve loosened
because he is her grandson
dissipating grudge
his choices not hers
but she cannot love him less
pure true grandmas love
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 into the mattress
I woke up gasping, struggling to understand
It felt like a meteorite had hit my chest
My breath was expelling at a rapid rate
My dream was dissipating
Sleep was satisfied
Harsh sound of the alarm clock
No one wanted my opinion this morning
I am invisible here
An old dried-up woman
No one hears or sees
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.
Dismantling blows, from every direction, all aimed at fracturing my spirit, but still hope in the unknown, comforting my struggle. Snooping around for help, where none avails, my hopeless persuit.
Thought Earth was fun to be but mountains in my way, keep escalating, sometimes light in my tunnel run off with my strength, look for objects to lean on but all I have are these blade shoulders of mine, all as casualties from my survival war.
Trying to nurse my faith, the pressure sitting in so strong, breath in my lungs delapitates, beeping sound of my pulse, waving in dissipating sequences. This coffin I was brought to Earth in and today is not yet the day I give in.
All I'm is a child of the soil but this soil try all means to consume the last of my least presence, if dust demand me back, never shall my struggle claim this victory
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 of the night, my happiness fades away, slowly dissipating in an agonizing and painful way. There's no blood, but I'm hurt; there are no bruises, but I feel pain… what is happening? Well, if I knew, I don't think I would be in this situation, since I would know how to deal with it. Maybe it's just karma, this would be my punishment and the price to be paid for becoming who I have become.
— Akira Lewis.
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 disappearing?
Pull me out, that I might find my reckoning
My feet grow weary of all this merciless sleepwalking
Deafening, I hear my heart softly breaking
Wandering through this maze; pining thoughts, forever aching
Pains past now present, a conclusions threading
Through every year, no cords cutting; my dreams were fruitless and fading
Am I found incorporeal, shy of dissipating?
The weight of sorrow is fully capable of suffocating
Falling out of love is hanging me by strands unyielding
Yet, in the blind, I continue seeking out light still glimmering
Searching for a flawless dawn; where my heart finds its healing
In this broken cardiac state, I find my reflection staring
Apricity
golden, burnished
smiling, sunning, tanning
Sauna, Humidity, Fever, Mirage
fleeting, dissipating, darkening
frozen, shadowy
Melancholy
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 frame your grin.
The same nose that harbors several insecurities, but is perceived as beautiful through my gaze.
She looked just like you.
Her voice was clearly different from yours.
Yours soothed me in the times I needed to hear you. It became my favorite song.
Her stature varied from yours.
You towered over me, but I felt colossal in your world.
Her scent was dissimilar.
Yours encased memories I would give anything to live again for the first time.
She looked just like you.
I will likely never see her again, like I won’t see you.
Both figures dissipating into a life that has no place for me. Walking along paths that won’t cross with mine.
I find peace in knowing that you are following the trail created for you. As I am doing the same.
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 unapproachable
where misery's chained
living life unlivable
and love has long remained
hospital walls close in on my fears
sanitized stench of inevitable demise
dreadful trek of dissipating years
hospital walls close in on my fears
smothered by woozy breaths of tears
lanolium as dull as overcast skies
hospital walls close in on my fears
sanitized stench of inevitable demise
hospital walls close in on my fears
dreadful trek of dissipating years
smothered by woozy breaths of tears
sanitized stench of inevitable demise
lanolium as dull as overcast skies
shrouding the hope of eternal ties
Once the fire goes out
it never comes back
The heat dissipating
all light to retract
Tomorrow in darkness
the future untold
To wander inclement
— left out in the cold
(The New Room: August, 2024)
Knowledge of the future
memories of the past
Caught within a final vacuum
dissipating fast
Wanton disbelieving
eyes are liars still
Perception changed then rearranged
sensation thrice distilled
The philosophy of physics
logicians burn and melt
Time but smirks as gravity flirts
judgment prior dealt
Memories of the future
knowledge of the past
Once you slow the ebb and flow
— the moment is recast
(Dreamsleep: August, 2024)
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