Occupying Poems - Poems about Occupying

As a submissive and passive lad

...As a submissive and passive lad...

and boyish looking sexagenarian
with similar disposition,
I revel(ed) reading in general
(and spent carefree idle summer days
squirreled away with tomes
of ...

1993

...A generation to ask why.
Peaked and taught a world is nothing but themselves, not even to be.

Occupying nothing but digital spaces offered to prior persons and parentage.

From here, where are ...

Emotional Shrapnel

...Continuous cathartic resonance of black bashful veil,
imposing the darkest recess and its tangled tantrums amassed,
phases exist without problematic manifest intrusion illusory but for a while,
th...

What hangs in the balance

...A moon hanging low amidst the glitter of stars,
my heart's aflutter with dire anticipation.
Together we cast golden coins in a fountain,
the darkness of the night oozing with mystery.

My heart'...

Afloat

...I am simply trying to stay afloat 
In an otherwise sinking land
An escape between past and future 
An island of pain 
Treaded up 
Barefoot in the sand 
Grains of memories stuck in the creases 
...

What Changed

...The world, our world, our nation
The yearning for love world
filling and occupying each memory
passed, and hidden
yet found 
unremorseful towards each.
What has happened to our world?
The prou...

Orangutan Dermatologist

...Assorted shades are walking down the street and it is not fashion week, the mongrels are walking around the town selling bake goods and delicate cookies to the people they meet, then they  put a broc...

My Words

...
My Words
Miracle Man
1/13/2025

This writers thoughts
are word embryos waiting to be delivered.

Born as a whisper, they’re nourished
by sight, voice, or as ink on a sheet of paper....

Zen mode

...souls occupying form
in a state of amnesia
go about their business
conjuring imaginary scripts
propelled by heart’s desires

what then is compassion 
but accepting all as they are
engaging as...

Unfinished portrait

...I walked the winding way down your memories.
We live in the age of perpetual documentation - 
a blessing for the socially inept.
Every abstract gives insight,
but I crave the full portrait,
you ...

The Poetic Arts

...
Terminology:

Crystal booths in a nocturnal snow.
significant downpours of shedding stars.

This said, feel free to scatter, scrabble or mash.
Words are fungible,
many still believe that poe...

Deconstruct Me

...Your pen moves like silk slipping slow 
Across my body expressing a glow
Each word a touch that I can’t resist
Teasing of promises in every twist

I feel the pull from your every phrase
Like fi...

Selfishly Artistic

...And one day
Out of the blue I wondered, 
about those million little sacrifices that have been made
Because of which, the desires burning inside
Had no option other than to fade
How many times, t...

FORGED IN THE FIRE

...Looking back, I’m ashamed of what I was,
Of the decisions I made, and the promises I broke
I regret everything,
From the words that I never said,
To the wrong words that left my lips.

I regret...

Lady Hope, harbinger of bliss

...When Mr negativity comes and you open the door,
you find his friends along with him occupying your mind.
Mr. Negative, Mr.Despair, Mr Despondency all are thieves
They steal happiness and peace and...

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