I thought this noxious pain would abandon my agonized heart after a while
I thought if I could write better it would ease on me
Maybe my tacks were wrong,
I couldn't find my way to exist, still a character of a juvenile
They mocked my will, my reasons, my need to smile
No matter how old, never will be mature enough
I came the last, cried a bit much, been called the spoiled infant
They refused to see the unpleasant substance runs in my veins
That I was a bit too lonesome, compared to the rest.
I tried to hold onto the little ones, they arrived long after me;
Even my eager attempts were not solid enough for them to see.
Now I found my company, he took my solitude, turned "I" to "we"
All I needed is his camaraderie, only his devotion, love, caring
Still feels too great to ask a little sympathy,
From the ones who stood before me
Never have the right to feel, just a naive employee.
Zinc was squalid and by subtle fingers punctured.
Then, furtively slip into the gold market in darkness
That was pursued by our rare slip of staining it gold.
It was sighted and is now taken to the yard curtness.
Written: December 18, 2021
The mosquito bite
Invites a fierce fight.
J-eopardy
O-f
Y-ucky
A-nd
N-oxious
N-astiness
G-ruesomely
A-pplies
L-ethal
L-ink
A-nd
M-orbidity
O-f
S-pread
Topic: Birthday of Joy Ann Gallamos (June 17)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
R-abidity
O-f
N-oxious
A-ttack
L-ets
Y-ucky
N-astiness
S-ilently
U-se
L-ink
A-s
P-andemic
A-pplies
S-tealth
Topic: Birthday of Ronalyn T. Sulapas (June 15)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
K-iller
A-ilment
I-n
L-ink
A-pplies
J-eopardy's
E-eriness
A-s
N-oxious
R-isk
E-mploys
S-pread
O-f
C-oronavirus
O-utbreak
Topic: Birthday of Kaila Jean Resoco (June 15)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
R-abid
E-nemy's
Y-ucky
L-ink
E-mploys
N-asty
P-andemic
A-s
L-ockdown
E-rases
N-oxious
C-ontagion's
I-nvisible
A-ssault
Topic: Birthday of Reylen O. Palencia (June 15)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
Navigating nervously through our natural neighborhood, our native nest away from the noise and neon nightlights
No need for the numerous noxious normality's named nectars of necessity
Neurotic nightmares of numbers and names; knickknacks, nukes, and narrow-minded ways
Nauseating and never-ending
Noble is the nomad; nimble through the netting with no need for its negativity
A new narration away from normal to the nurturing arms of nature
Neutral and nocturnal, novel nuances for the nameless and the neglected seeking nirvana
Negate the noose nudged forward by our nation and nullify the negative, bare naked in numinous nascent
My mind sheered me to self-doubt,
led me to procrastination,
missed opportunities
No drive; no ambition
you destitute my spirit,
you left me wrecked
Let your mischievous style
gain the best from me,
lost touch with reality
Lost myself worth,
murdered the courage to live
found me in despair
Alcohol became my companion
till it became my foe
drove to multiple personalities
Personalities that took fault,
the fault for my mishaps,
misfortune to inner conflicts
I'm fine! Really, I am.
My eyes may give way
To emotions, but I've found
That hiding them is okay.
No one wants to live with
Their heart on their sleeve.
That'd be just fine if
People didn't care or need.
As it is, no one can
Survive. Not alone that is.
Clinging to one another and
Crying together like kids.
I want to surpass that,
I want to be able on my own.
In many ways like a cat,
I would do more alone.
Sometimes, when I think this
Loneliness pushes it's way in
And it gets so hard to resist
That noxious butterfly's sin.
Sure, I care for others
And want those feelings in return.
People are like wet covers
Weighing you down to get burned.
My feelings, I want to cut them.
To tear them down and rip them out.
But once it's dance has begun
The butterfly will win, no doubt.
No more! Leave me be I say.
You imploring noxious butterfly!
Feelings, I will not hear of them today
There are no rules that life goes by.
But within me the dance continues,
Those horrid things I want to forget.
Some sort of personal revenue
My noxious butterfly, my feelings, kept.
~Reecie
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