Give me such grief, O God
...Ere I die, such a life give me, O God,
That I get unaware of me, O God,
So that my heart’s pain hover not on tongue,
Lifeless helplessness so heavy, O God,
That, on gulping oceans I go quench...
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Categories:
quenchless, irony, life, prayer,
Form: Ghazal
And I gave her an easy catch
...Let me try, spoon-feed me nor ever teach,
My big mouth said, help me reach to my bridge
Like olden-day gurus who would not preach,
Help me smooth out if you find a rough ridge
That allowed lit...
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Categories:
quenchless, humor, wife,
Form: Sonnet
Indulge Me, do
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Enormous I’m becoming. I am greed.
The neighbor’s car and house and lawn I want.
And even more than that becomes my need.
Know this. If I’m not fed, I’ll then grow gaunt.
Since some can have ...
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Categories:
quenchless, evil,
Form: Quatrain
Each Day And Every Day
...Resistless, sweet chirping of the first bird at my window
That resembles the quenchless, quest-filled divine vocation.
The dew and the sun that sweeps it are in a friendly show.
Truths, in the for...
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Categories:
quenchless, creation, life, people,
Form: Sonnet
Sky On Fire; Far-Horizoned
...Brilliant lit, but no light
Divine, souls breach.
And but as quick, quenchless, to mock
Mercy's outreach.
No serene-faced seraph's
All fears dispel!
Its counter-look! Of violence.
Reflecting...
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Categories:
quenchless, fire,
Form: Rhyme
Reason
...This quenchless thirst for
Your look
Lock in embrace
Passionate kiss
Our gaze
Conversation
Song
Dance
Relaxation
Is what has been preserving me...
Or else
This life of mine
Love for exis...
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Categories:
quenchless, life, love,
Form: Free verse
Fans and Swindlers Issues
...It barely vanquishes my quenchless spirit of inquiry.
To what exactly reason have I sledded so wildly?
Boasters and swindlers sprang up a treaty vigorously.
People are queuing to sw...
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Categories:
quenchless, analogy, anti bullying, anxiety,
Form: Rhyme
Through Purposeful Zeal
...Oh, Lord, imbue me with gratitude and zeal.
Much as the red burst trailed the glistening steel.
As a possible sequel, yielding divinely may reveal.
There is no laziness but an appar...
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Categories:
quenchless, analogy, appreciation, beauty, caregiving,
Form: Rhyme
Lust
...lust
seeking
completion
irrational
selfish in her search
caring for no one else
she goes after what she wants
leaving sad people in her wake
unappeasable and determined
she’s always quenchle...
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Categories:
quenchless, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Nonet
Unleash the Desire Within
...The desires within me, the endless ones
Few fulfilled, few unfulfilled
Me, the uncontended, the unhappy
Still filled with boundless ones.
Who am I? I ask myself
Am I the uncontended one?
Am I ...
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Categories:
quenchless, desire, how i feel,
Form: Sonnet
Submission
...Cowardly efforts of a worthless soul
Rages, this low murmur of lazy surf;
Mind and body beaten, bruised, losing control,
An enfeeble struggle of a timeless sleepy curse.
Surges wave of open i...
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Categories:
quenchless, bird, dark, drug, emotions,
Form: Narrative
Flames of Dawn
...Flames of quenchless fire
brightens the morning dawn
Languid shadows cast about.
The morning breeze spreads
a fragrant scent
Flowers awaken from peaceful slumber
revealing untamed majestic g...
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Categories:
quenchless, creation, day, environment, fire,
Form: Narrative
Elements Part 4: Fire
...Flame of our passionate love,
Irresistible quenchless heat,
Rapture so divinely sweet,
Eternally we would pair like a dove.
And then in Nature's blissful aura,
Gently glide along the leaf-sh...
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Categories:
quenchless, beautiful, feelings, fire, heart,
Form: Sonnet
Vincent
...'...quenchless canvasses of twisted fire,' Mervyn Peake
Your vision was a beacon
gracing us with golden sheen,
your heart was dark and heavy
with redemption rarely seen.
You plumbed t...
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Categories:
quenchless, tribute, writing,
Form: Quatrain
Time Was I Was a Wand'Ring Star
...Time was I was a wand'ring star,
With a restless quenchless soul,
Time was I had an unquiet heart,
And from dream to dream I'd roam,
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Categories:
quenchless, absence, miss you, missing,
Form: Lyric
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