Long Rosewater Poems

Theme: Vulnerability

Saviour Complex - Free Verse

In the absence of love,
a childhood is shaped by the stars,
but when black smoke is the only impression in the light,
sorrows peel in soundless motions - slow burning.

When fate is...

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1 John 1:9 KJV - If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

THE DEPTH OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 

a shame to not know...

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“I don't paint dreams or nightmares, I paint my own reality.”
Frida Kahlo“

In the absence of love,
a childhood is shaped by the stars,
but when black smoke is the only impression in the light,
sorrows peel in soundless...

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A tepid breeze delicately descends,
embedding a sphere of embers engulfed in saffron flames,
but intrinsic illuminations cannot soothe somber sorrows.
Splashes of persimmon and periwinkle horizons,
turn indigo, before twilight disappears into ebony hues.

Nocturnal pondering drifts to magical...

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I cover myself in rosewater,flower myself with petals
My hair goes down my shoulders while giving an aroma of lavender
Do you think I’m pretty?
I curl my lashes, wash my hair, I can’t wait to see you
Do...

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When nothingness of a blank canvas
is smudged by glossy crayons of a child,
a messy picture chuckles in a new carnival.

When thoughts twinkle stargazing the sky
unfurling a drama in splendor of limerance, 
an enchanted soul chimes...

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Her world is a paranoid marketplace.
Fear is the zeitgeist and panic her shame.
She’d married her psyche to a dog whistle pimp
Who’d promised her he’d drain the swamp.
And sure enough, he did. 
Drained it right into...

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Swain…
I wanted you to stay with me forever.
Swain…
I wanted you not to go there
where I left my heart ache.
Till the end of life, I want you to be mine
Put up with me till the dark…

Swain…
...

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Years my father nostalgic for my mother.
She'd set the Shabbat table
Guess the white cloth the flu vegetable land
 Let the fine flour, put the meat
Put the tomatoes and garlic
She could cook.
It tasted feed came from...

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Epaulets of schmaltzy eyes set to be so loose
Given a glass of rosewater, its perfect booze!
This cattish damsel in the planetary alignment of swank
Regularly chichi, sometimes bltchy
Never mind, always kind, two-up for a Blanc.
A scene...

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What is my conception of love?
Now that I let me straw hat rest 
On the rocks of Moses’ teachings
 Now that I behold robins pick my seeds

What is my conception of love?
Love is an old...

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knew him as he walked in
A Port boy by the size of his grin
That went from ear to ear
And we shook hands like old friends dear

There was sea water in his veins
And a story for...

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This boat is full
a vessel overflowing
     a shoal 
     afloat
in bitter mist 

Dream boy, dream—
     drab gloom
      ...

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Expecting a flood of love letters
as scribbling on a sheet of rosewater
the fragrance crushed earthy scent
a thornless moonlight rose
an aesthetic storm is brewing
beyond spiritual vitality flows.

Breaking down obstacles
It's because I don't fit into stereotypes
I intend...

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O BELLADONNA AMARYLLIS!


Lovely petals in bloom
A bride and a groom
A honeysuckle room
a tiny seed

Gathering the sheaves
Greenback leaves
For her folded sleeves
a watered seed

Rosewater wife
Healthy strife
A perfect life
a split pea

A former bach*
Time tick tock
Pregnant frock
naked ladies breathe


~...

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