STAY
...Come near do not take your gaze from mine
The heavens have nothing on the stars of your eyes
If you're willing take my hand. let our destinies entwine
If not then fear not for your company will gr...
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Categories:
unachieved, emotions, longing, lost love,
Form: Rhyme
A Voyage To Unknown
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Birds twitter, birds croon to each other,
I watch life moving at a lulling slower pace,
Rose bushes leisurely sway, breeze converses
With the rustling leaves, clouds float languidly
In endless ...
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Categories:
unachieved, death, life,
Form: Free verse
A Time To Reflect
..."we are
All pawns in the chessboard of an
Unknown skilled magician..." (By Poet)
On a calm tranquil afternoon,
When playful chirping and cooing
Of birds lavishly entertain my throbbing sense...
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Categories:
unachieved, journey, life,
Form: Free verse
Unplayed Strings
...What good is the wave, if sails,
It awaits no means, destination.
What good is the tide,
If it rises and falls over sights of unpleasant expectations.
What good are words,
If it's origin comes f...
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Categories:
unachieved, hope,
Form: Free verse
A Letter To Life
...Oh! life, how sweet how bitter
have you been to me
sometimes you treat me better
sometimes so mean
There were days of salty tears
also days of sugary smiles
They were night to hard to bear
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Categories:
unachieved, death, life, old,
Form: Rhyme
The Journey Home
...Restless
how slowly life seems to flow
in youth, ever in a hurry and on the go,
rushing toward the coming of age
living quick and fast on a passing stage
finding out nothing truly lasts;
sud...
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Categories:
unachieved, age, journey, life,
Form: Rhyme
KAREN
...When I walk down the paths that wind
Through the canyons of my mind,
I find mystic scrolls of wishes and dreams,
Floating on Destiny’s streams.
Never shall these dreams and wishes
Be abandon...
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Categories:
unachieved, lost, lost love, love,
Form: Rhyme
Can You Hear the Quiet
...Listen
strain your ear
when neither wind nor traffic break the quiet,
there is a silence pounding in the heart
calling out a hush below a whisper;
there in the depths of every beating heart
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Categories:
unachieved, america, silence,
Form: Free verse
Perseverance
...I close my eyes to old ends and open my heart to new beginnings;
For beginning is the most important part of any work.
I struggle, persevere, toil and wrestle,
I spare no effort to achieve the una...
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Categories:
unachieved, appreciation, character, inspiration, motivation,
Form: Blank verse
Old Dreams
...Old Dreams
In the evening when the moonlight;
Gently falls on land and sea.
Old dreams come like wolves at midnight;
Come to howl and torment me.
Dreams of youth their glory ended;
Fall beh...
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Categories:
unachieved, anxiety, care, conflict, dark,
Form: Rhyme
Sober Reflection
...SOBER REFLECTION
As I was considering human actions,
My mindset was geared towards repecaution,
Replacing the position of gladness with saddened motions,
I once asked father ''what was the c...
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Categories:
unachieved, adventure, deep, grief, life,
Form: Classicism
S-Ruth Ncede,MANTAKWENDE!
...Laughter filled our home
Sweet voice anchored our home
The finger that was always pointing
Sucked finger made a lifetime mark
Elegance was her middle name
Confidence was her best friend
Humou...
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Categories:
unachieved, appreciation, best friend,
Form: Free verse
No Longer Unknown
...Uninspired
Undesired
Unadmired
Unstable, unable, unemployed
Unbelieved, unbelieving
Unachieved, unachieving
All this - Undisputed
But was he Unhappy?
N...
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Categories:
unachieved, assonance, happiness, sad,
Form: Alliteration
This Side of the Mirror
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This Side of the Mirror
I feel lost within the mirror’s eyes
Those charming narcissistic pools
As vast and blue as endless skies
Glittering like two polished jewels
As I lo...
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Categories:
unachieved, beauty, crush, desire, funny
Form: Rhyme
Song of My Love
...The song of my love is heard
It travels over Seas and mountains
Bearing cadences that make the fishes dance
It frolics over hills and oceans
With rhythms that adorn the eyes of the sun
Sniffi...
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Categories:
unachieved, africa, beautiful, devotion, feelings,
Form: Blank verse
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