mirror
my nemesis
shows what I'm not prepared to see
like the one owned by Snow White's evil queen
revealing bags, and sags and spots
and veins and misplaced hair, and bumps
but worse, behind staring eyes
an empty space once held by dreams
and the subtle, quiet despair
of a beaten man
NEMESIS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
You are my nemesis,
a shadow lurking in the margins,
your whispers curling like smoke
around the edges of my thoughts,
taunting the ink from my pen,
a thief of inspiration,
a thief of peace.
You may loom,
a giant shadow over my page,
but I gather my verses like fireflies,
each flicker a testament,
to the beauty of struggle,
to the art of survival, and
to letting the ink flow despite you.
routine is my nemesis
schedule is my enemy
I like to change directions in mid flight
being wildly free appeals to me
I do not like to be caught in time restrictions or webs
I enjoy journeying where my feelings take me
repetition and rules I threw out long ago
My days are my own, and I love it so.
No one suggests, directs or manages me.
I am wild and free, so wild and free.
I will lick Limerick – do or die,
As my nemesis tortures, I cry.
Many tongue twisters short
And some frosty retort,
But the train has left the station ~ 'Bye!'
Written By: D. Collins 5/29/25
With no magnetic field nor atmosphere.
Wouldn't radiation rain down everywhere?
What physics are involved with explosions in space?
And what would be the outcome of the human race?
Would it completely throw our moon out of whack?
Causing major tsunamis or have they thought about that?
I'm no genius but I have simple common sense.
Explosions in space will make something happen.
That irrational greed for the power over all.
Most likely would become our final downfall.
I can't be sure if out there other life exists.
If it does, I'm sure they're having none of it.
Yesterday’s ours only to muse
On, the morrow, to win or lose.
To those not knowing this,
Time gives a passing kiss--
O it pays well today to choose.
_______________________
Happenings |14.02.2025| political, pride
Note: AAP party’s chief ruled Delhi for ten long years with a strong majority only to be undone in recent elections. Reason? Hubris. He failed to learn this truth from not-so-old history: Sheela Diksheet and Indira Gandhi of Congress, even war hero Churchill, and many, this ditty seems to say.
Bound by the curse arise from inception,
Tethered was my fate,with this ruthless salvation_
Despair got this hand through the reality' shade;
Despite being apoplectic your glint never fades..
Redirected were your sights, only on this influence
While the rumbling glares got healed through your calm incandescence_
"Hey god", if you can feel the sanity of my heart!
Then confront this query of mine, why keep us apart?
A voice filled with allurance, ringed through them,
Out of his sympathy,his words commenced_
Distanced by your fate,will reunite through love;
On that eccentric night your souls will descend
Let life be witness,when hands annex above.
The thread with you bound by will come to an end..
Along with the compromises,the pact had been made
They both did agree with what the god said,
Point off the window the child interrogates-
Mom, can you tell me why the moonlight fades?
Mother answered,"That's what we call a lunar Eclipse!",
In which those two bodies meet defying the nemesis.
Your past always comes after you
When the future starts coming to you
Some call it conscious
Others calls it demons
Most calls it karma
What go around comes around.
Close to the finish line of all goals
Nemesis always prevail
It's vengeance of thy Law
Which is the Lord
Thy Lord is love
Giving back in return doubled all your dealings.
Nemesis that patient gangster
Creeps into your heart voicing past deeds
Illuminates your deeds hidden in the mind
Programming your brain
According to what you feed it in the past
Opening your eyes to know life laws.
Oh my goodness, unbelievable fun,
Ordeal for my nemesis has begun !
Dreaming a favourite dream?
Must be my wishful thinking!
Am I his sole saviour, or he has none!
Nemesis bird eludes twitcher
That darn wanton bird
magically escapes my gaze!
'Tis a supernatural curse
that keeps it unreached.
Emotions about to explode
Engulfed my chest with might
Breathing deeply ensuring to remain out of sight
But anxiety shall claim its territory for it refuses to abide
Shivering hands lose control
Darling I wish I hadn’t been such a fool
I scream in silence to let my nemesis know
A wretched heart may curse a thousand times more stronger
My claws tearing through my skin
As a sense of reality strikes again
I have to let my evils go
For they will return again and let my nemesis know
If you look into the depth of my eyes
You would see how long I've lived
Scrapped and healed
Over and over again through the years
The nemesis keep repeating itself
It never ends
I always yearn for better days
But no one can contain my selfish self
Just like a kaleidoscope
I color so many life's
With love and cheers
But it wasn't enough, they want a bit of me
A part of me, I can't share
Some secrets I hold dear
Even in a game of truth or dare
Never will I share them
Sponsored by: Brian Strand
A Brian Strand premiere No 1217 poetry contest
Date: 05/18/2023
I'm your villain,
And I guess that's okay.
You might never understand
How much I looked up to you.
You probably can't understand
Why I don't remember your name.
It doesn't matter.
I didn't get to choose my faults, my neurodivergence.
You thought that because I could read a book
I could read a person.
The truth is,
I thought of us as almost the same.
I thought of you as brilliant.
I'll never understand
How you could make me feel so inspired
While cringing at my disruptive behavior.
It hurts, believe it or not,
That I have known you for decades,
And I can't remember your name.
It hurts that I see your face
Hear your voice
I think of you as good, smart, and kind
But I can't remember your name,
You brilliant, beautiful soul.
So I guess I better be okay
Just being your villain.
You could give a look to slay
those that choose to disobey.
You could choose sticks and stones
and warn your enemy with crossbones.
You could trick, trip and roll your eyes,
bid the traitor to a duel, say your goodbyes.
Still, when you are not in one accord -
The pen is mightier than the sword.
It draws a line in the sand, with ink,
into the mire of words your enemy will sink,
and not alone, but with his or her treasury of friends
as they view themselves through your vocabulary lens.
Like a volcano, earthquake or cyclonic spout
your nemesis can’t help but hear your shout.
3/22/2023
Every six years in the month of July, a female masked nemesis returns to the human world. She comes back for revenge against evil men like the gangsters who raped and killed her and her sister when they were still alive. She only disappears after six days of wreaking havoc on sinful and pervert men.
Many mean people have failed fighting the masked nemesis. Only until after two centuries that her stubbornness halted when she forgave her trespassers. She never wanted to be bad to anyone, but she promised to return again and again if the world will be doomed and covered with lust and perversion.
The masked nemesis' sister appeared one last time, reminding her to subdue her hatred for men. Only peace can save a human soul through forgiveness and contrition.
If you are living and leaning on the good side, you need not fear the masked nemesis.
All evil works come to an end.
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