What was here — before the Nothing —
Before the Breath was tried —
Before the Clock — in timid brass —
Confessed it ever Ticked —
Was Silence but a folded Thing —
Within a Larger Hush —
Or did Eternity rehearse
Its syllables — as Dust —
The State — with careful, mortal Hand —
Extinguishes a Flame —
Yet cannot certify the Dark —
Nor docket — Whence it came —
A Scaffold — is a punctual Act —
The Soul — a rumor — wide —
No Statute binds Infinity —
No Warden halts the Tide —
If Life — be all — how fierce the Blow —
If more — what Court convened —
To trespass on the Invisible
And stamp it — “Closed” — between —
Perhaps — before the Nothing — stood
A Door — without a Frame —
And Death — the shy Attendant — waits
To whisper us — our Name —
lightning
ignites
euphoria
in
progressive
gestures
of
synthetic
spheres
reality
overwhelms
&
extinguishes
utopia
a spectacle
inherited
paraphrased
yet
still
envisaged
fascinates
oscillating
an
individual
sense
of
the profound
trembling
boundless
&incessant
My drinks enticing and sweet
On a chair in the middle of the street
My little floaters been dinged
Toiling waves the edges singed
The wood alive with roaring flame
Waters pulsing like a broiling brain
The cars flow downriver like syrup
I float on my raft with an empty cup
My chair can't sink among the heat
Since it's not the damn drivers seat
So I travel the world and surf
My cup will never touch any turf
Arms reach out from the ocean waves
They hold tight, the current fails
They want saltless delight im sure
I lift the parasol, sugar is the cure
I reach down and share the fluid
The current takes it, people included
It's no matter, I can surf without it
So I crouch on the boards and sit
Then lie and bask in the sun
And even the hands cant ruin the fun
They still reach and pin me
From below the board they see
Grab my cup and take it
I laugh and spit
I let them take it where it belongs
Bubbling under the wooden walls
And I still have the suns fire
It extinguishes the waters pyre
The lapping waves cant burn
My raft of wood will never turn
Everything is so warm and free
As long as my drink is lifting me
Your hands are silent executioners, each finger a hungry guillotine,
Let them glide over me slowly, like penance flowing as a slow river,
Let them cut every last fragment of restraint that still binds us,
This is not seduction, but a butchery of desires hidden beneath the skin.
I want your breath to be a burning pyre in the deep night,
Your mouth to become a tombstone, a sign of eternal silences,
Your hips to be the event that extinguishes worlds and creates chaos.
When I unravel beneath you, let it be a cataclysm of the senses,
Not a silent confession, but an explosion of worlds shattering within us.
“Why are you friends with someone like her when you could be friends with popular people?”
Someone like her.
Someone who doesn’t stand out
Not with looks
Not with personality
Plain girl doesn’t talk to boys
She doesn’t wear makeup or buy the right clothes
She spends her free time doing homework or writing poetry
If she's beautiful, it’s the kind nobody sees
At least, they don’t see past her flaws
the way she collapses into herself while in public,
Crossing her arms and hunching her shoulders to be as invisible as possible
They won’t look past the anxiety that extinguishes any confidence
Because plain girl isn’t worth the effort
She’s just there.
Who was there to answer you when the night spread its shadows over the city,
Who listened, like a silent tree in a storm, to all the untold stories,
Who wrapped you with caresses like a warm blanket in winter,
Who stood unwavering by your side when life's winds scattered your path?
Who held you close, like an anchor in a turbulent ocean,
Who lifted your spirit in the darkest night, like a guiding star?
I was there, my love, like a light that never extinguishes.
But if my love was like a shadow to your eyes, I will not run,
I will not cry, I will not beg you to stay in a place where I am not seen,
I was your mirror, but if you did not see my shine,
It is time for me to continue my journey toward new horizons.
I thought I was enough, but if you did not see my worth,
I will find someone who sees and cherishes my light.
'light '
extinguishes
darkness
each new day
'light'
illuminates
at night
moon and stars
to guide
& navigate
'light'permeates
into every crevice
of our being
to en-'lighten'
make manifest
expose
& make clear
our sight seeing
from Jesus
the kingdom
we come to know
the
' light'
required
to grow
What’s that fulfilment,
which extinguishes desires
and releases us from fear?
Once head melds with heart,
union of polarities,
results in bliss unending.
each candle contains a Flame
life abounds within its Light
Fire when these Flames unite
and banishing the darkness
warm comfort flows from within
drives away the biting cold
the wind of division blows
extinguishes one candle
where once each formed The Fire
individuals, yet one
this missing Light makes all less
less Light, less warmth, comfortless
tears of grief fall on the wicks
Flames sputter and dim but stay
keeping at bay the darkness
forever missing your Light
You are the power of knowledge,
you are the source of inspiration,
you are the path to the goal,
you are the ambassador of special qualities,
you are the light that extinguishes the darkness,
you are the sculptor who carves the stone,
you are the form of Ganesha,
you are the incharge of Saraswati,
you are the backbone of achievement,
you are the source of learning,
you are the power that teaches to unfurl the wings and fly,
you are the route to grow to peak height,
o my master, o my master,
millions of thanks to you!
Alert the authorities
Everybody properly dresses
Dependents are priorities
Pilot light distinguishes
Ready pets safe
Chemical fire extinguishes
Clear out exits
Examine any irregularities
Everybody out safe
a
gentle gust of wind
from
the
sacred wings of
the
owl moth
extinguishes the
candlelight flame
with
its
bamboo wings
inside
the
Buddhas temple
My soul eternal
wrestles the devil infernal
he waits in ambush
perpetually, for me
to forget, and disconnect
from God Almighty
then rushes in to ruin and wreck
extinguishes in a sec, the Light
God gave me to spread throughout the world
leaving my conscience submerged, deeply disturbed...
Unsettled conversation
in a backyard
filled with untested solutions
On the surface,
he extinguishes the only guiding light they had to share
Now he faces them, headstrong
“Fear not my only children
mistreated souls will always venture on”
In a backyard
filled with untested solutions
holds an unsettled conversation,
lacking mediation
Forgive me father,
how could I rise to occasion
without a compass in my hand,
begging for exploration?
I ask of the night why it slips into my bedroom and
extinguishes Earth's light,
He replied softly "I'm a jealous lover and my shade
of evening lies down beside you, as we bid the
augustness of the sun adieu."
I laugh and weep at the same time,
as I'm in love with the four season's soirees
he enchants my heart with.
Many years ago, walking slowly hand in hand
with my lifeguard lover on the sands of Fire Island,
I thought love's charms would last,
his fire with starlight, jewels of moonlight,
and kisses-
with summer's wane he faded into September's
wooing embrace.
Yet glorious eventide was always there,
and, as he filled my eyes with the swallow's flight,
he whispered breathlessly, "You are mine to keep."
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