I Stay
...Emptiness
That is what has been filled inside of me these days
A second feels like a minute and then eternity feels short
I'm slapping on a smile, I really am good at it
Nevertheless, is it reall...
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Categories:
millisecond, longing, love, sad love,
Form: Free verse
The Paradiddle of Being - Book One: The Struck World
...I.
In the beginning was the Single Stroke Roll—
left-right, left-right, the primordial heartbeat
of existence itself, each alternation a binary choice
between being and non-being...
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Categories:
millisecond, childhood, identity, introspection, loss,
Form: Spoken Word
Quickly
...Quickly
Being A Jay-Bird
Even For A Millisecond,
Is About All The
'Exercise' I Can Handle.
Huff Puff
Huff Puff
Huff Puff
No No...
THAT Was It.
Huff Puff Huff Puff Huff Puff....
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Categories:
millisecond, life,
Form: Free verse
Lost and Confused
...My mind racing…
swift thoughts constantly chasing…
every single millisecond.
a new one appears.
forced to be in places i don’t want to be
people, places, things that aren’t good for me,
oh how...
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Categories:
millisecond, anxiety, faith, growth, longing,
Form: Rhyme
Wary of coitus interruptus
...She cried out, “Coitus interruptus!?
That don't work unless the pulling out precise and abrupt is!
But you always tend to be a millisecond too late!
And if we get child number eight,
that would t...
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Categories:
millisecond, angst, humorous, lust,
Form: Light Verse
Tears of soul
...I want to cry away my soul
Slowly and painful
I want to feel every drop
When it's touching the floor
I want each tear that drops
to be every minute till moment ago
I want it to be slow and ...
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Categories:
millisecond, anxiety, conflict, cry, freedom,
Form: Free verse
Scares An American Sonnet
...Tons of pineapples and mozzarella,
the perfect side for a scary movie;
Pie built out of two handed slices,
my mouth is already watering;
Stuck waiting nearly thirty minutes,
I could have sworn...
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Categories:
millisecond, emotions, food, horror,
Form: Sonnet
The Millisecond
...There was that millisecond of a moment,
when i caught your eyes staring wonderly at my blank-clueless face,
and in that moment I lived a lifetimes worth of love and pain....
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Categories:
millisecond, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Radio Burst
...Eight billion years
it has taken the fast radio burst
to travel from an unknown where
to here.
A millisecond of energy
that defies rational explanation.
The universe may be microwaving
a bowl ...
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Categories:
millisecond, journey, life, universe,
Form: Free verse
My Fellow Machinists
...Many are the edgy tool forms shaping this piece
The lathe has turned for millennia with no cease
Milling takes place in immense illumination
Those sharp edges move; in darkness saturation
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Categories:
millisecond, appreciation, beautiful, friend, friendship,
Form: Rhyme
What Is It Part Ii
...What Is It, Part II
The mind, a cloud of neurons
Packed snug within the deep grooves of the skull
Tiny worlds reaching out to all their neighbors
Across great gulfs of the brain
Communicates ...
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Categories:
millisecond, dad, emotions, father, psychological,
Form: Free verse
Even Your Truths Are Lies
...You're a worn-down puzzle, missing every other piece of you
You lie so incredibly much - you believe every single one is true
For someone who brags at how "real" they are
You sure do love to bring...
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Categories:
millisecond, boyfriend, break up,
Form: Rhyme
Unpardoned
...Years of grace
Moments of stamina
The GATE was finally in place
The lock wielded
The key in hand
Finally, choice had a face
Ready for guests to come
The garden grew wild
As she awaited her ...
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Categories:
millisecond, love,
Form: Rhyme
In the Blink of An Eye
...What happened while
I was away,
with my eyes closed
momentarily,
just for a millisecond,
in midst of my blink.
Did I miss something?
What did you pinch?
What did you hide?
Did you smile?
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Categories:
millisecond, emotions,
Form: Free verse
Orpheus
...Slang..
Chick-fil-a = the best place ever
jade =
brooke = gorgeous
mishin = the boss, as in “You aren’t the boss of me.”
Orpheus
We’re on vaycay. School is OVER, COVID is over. We’re...
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Categories:
millisecond, humor, mothers day, new
Form: Free verse
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