The Unknown and Lying It Scares People
the truth is a drunk in the corner
nobody wants to look at
because he’s missing teeth
and smells like the gutter.
people like their stories neat—
swept floors, white smiles,
the lie folded in like sugar in coffee.
you tell them the world is falling apart
and they’ll laugh
until the ceiling drops on their heads.
the unknown sits outside the door
in the rain,
smoking
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Categories:
the unknown, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
In the mystery of the unknown, where thoughts flow like a river
In the mystery of the unknown, where thoughts flow like a river,
my being seeks innocence, unknown even to myself,
I am free, at last, to be silent, to bathe
in the quiet of your promise of promises,
like the pear tree in the garden, which feels beauty,
but never asks why such splendor is here.
On monsoon days, full of
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Categories:
the unknown, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
KNOWN TO THE UNKNOWN
I was well known
When I was alone
What was the necessity for you to come into my life?
To mess things up with no sign of strife?
You were the sweet dream that made me sleep a little longer
You have become my nightmares that made me a sleepwalker
My happy world is broken into bits and
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Categories:
the unknown, fairy, faith, fantasy, fear,
Form: Rhyme
The Unknown Room
I walked into a room and did not know it well
yet, feel I should, for I have been there many times,
not a liminal space, though sometimes this is so.
But this time, oddly, somewhere I should know and be.
Should I recognize those strange eyes that gape at us?
Some duty that I should as duty stares at
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Categories:
the unknown, memory,
Form: Blank verse
Loving the unknown
I use to fear the unknown
I use to stay in my comfort zone
Right now I’m loving the unknown
I don’t know where life is taking me
I can’t say I know exactly how everything will go
I don’t fear it anymore
I embrace it
I’m excited for what’s to come
I’m for certain that bigger and better things
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Categories:
the unknown, life,
Form: Free verse
Under the somber cloak of twilight, where shadows whisper secrets of the unknown
Under the somber cloak of twilight, where shadows whisper secrets of the unknown,
I wander through the corridors of thoughts, my mind a vast ocean, uncharted by memories and dreams,
Reflecting on the enigmatic dance between body and nature,
Where mysteries lie hidden in our veins and blood, in the pulse of our being.
I ponder going to the
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Categories:
the unknown, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Fear of The Unknown
~ akin to dangling precariously on the edge of mystery. ~
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Categories:
the unknown, analogy, fear, mystery, perspective,
Form: Monoku
I wanted to disappear like smoke into the unknown air
I wanted to disappear like smoke into the unknown air, where lines aren't drawn and nothing is known,
Into a realm where rules don't bind us and failures leave no shadows in the tried soul,
But this world is a vast ocean of beauty drowned in a community with a feigned smile,
Where our minds are drained by
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Categories:
the unknown, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
The Juniper Prize: Between the Known and the Unknown
“The Juniper Prize: Between the Known and the Unknown”
That man built a house
of straw and sticks
and the stories that burned within -
all consuming the titled prize;
like a bird
sings a song
the metre repeats and sticks.
yet, another banner,
belies an untitled grimm feast
for sore hungry eyes -
ravenous writers
devour their characters
easily mindful, with or
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Categories:
the unknown, muse,
Form: Narrative
Whispers of the unknown
People say we should face our fears,
but how do I face mine
when the path leads only forward,
never back?
That wild journey called death—
a story with no storyteller,
a door with no return.
Is there light beyond,
or only endless dark?
With each passing day,
with every fleeting celebration,
I hear time whispering, ticking,
pressing against my skin.
Will I forget it all,
or will my
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Categories:
the unknown, absence, allegory, allusion, angst,
Form: Free verse
The Unknown
They fear to be alone
I am the unknown,
unknowingly fearing the
unknown for i am thee,
I've come afar to plant
a seed in thee.
Come forth as the rapture
has begun, for the battle
has yet to be won. I pray
amongst the weak to parish
in their sins. I pray the strong
will bury beneath me and
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Categories:
the unknown, anxiety, fear,
Form: Rhyme
Dancing Into the Unknown
The old year fades, its echoes drifting light,
A newborn spark ignites the midnight sky.
We laugh, we drink, we dance into the night,
A fleeting wish, a dream that longs to fly.
Resolutions sworn in candle’s sight,
Yet whispered vows may fade as days go by.
But in this hour, with hope and love we glow,
The past
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Categories:
the unknown, new year, new years
Form: Ottava rima
In the labyrinth of time, our hesitant steps sketch the path of the unknown
In the labyrinth of time, our hesitant steps sketch the path of the unknown,
Each moment, a drop of mystery trickling into the ocean of possibilities,
We are actors without a script in a play whose acts are written as we live,
The curtain of uncertainty rises slowly, revealing scenes that take our breath away.
Life, a dance on
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Categories:
the unknown, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
The Unknown Cave
The unknown cave within,
Built by don't know what
From it emerge tendencies,
Seemingly out of control
Made up mostly by influences,
And the sensitivity of brain.
Fear is one of them
Such a slavery it is,
What am I to do?
How do I break free?
Either repeat the blows,
But there is no end!
A single path nobody shows,
And I am left to comprehend.
-17-02-2025
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Categories:
the unknown, anger, anxiety, art, beautiful,
Form: Free verse
THE UNKNOWN MARTYR
THE UNKNOWN MARTYR
Though short life he lives
A lot of blood he takes a lot of comfort he gives
A sheet of pure white
Shine between legs day and night
Hug him between warm thighs
To make you happy and feel nice
Soft and smooth he is
Discomfort and tension he ease
Though for long he can’t stay
Another one will be for
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Categories:
the unknown, discrimination,
Form: Rhyme
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