October is macabre in many ways, it is not just the witches and ghouls
there is a goblin who climbs out of the dark shadows
posed as a faerie, with welts, sores, spiders, and insects
she takes delight out of the air,
replacing it with dank, dour, disturbing thoughts
getting us ready for the freezing unfriendliness of November
I do care about you by Davieo, David Rothchild
I care about you
Yes, you, I care
When no one else
Seems to
I care about how
You feel
When things
Sometimes seem unreal
I care about
The thoughts
That hound your
Secret mind spaces
I care that
They follow you
To places where
You try to hide
I care when
You try to find
Relief from yourself
The unfriendliness of being
I care about you
When it seems
You want to stop
But can't just because!
I care when you
Are filled with self doubt
When anguish and fear out
Your distrust of your own instincts
I care about you
I care because I know you
You can get there
You can be the best you there is!
I care about you
You should too
Just because, when we both care
There is nothing that you can't dare!
by Davieo, David Rothchild
I don't fathom how love could ever hurt.
ECHO - Exert
What is simple in this lysergic exosphere?
ECHO - Fear
Can I be mentally ill or as vicious as an eel?
ECHO - Genteel
Why man is cursed by his fellow man
ECHO - Clan
Can I find solace in profound emptiness?
ECHO - Unfriendliness
what is this mysterious precipitation?
ECHO - Nation
Do you live where noise can be heard?
ECHO - Misheard
Can you silently pull from the cloud?
ECHO - Loud
What is the right of the powerful?
ECHO - Fearful
1ST Place Contest Winner
Written: January 07, 2023
Brian Strand Contest No 1167 Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Brian Strand
ECHO VERSE: Echo verse has a pretty simple rule: Repeat the end syllable(s) of each line. No other rules.
Walls,
Great fence,
You give us
Disunity
By building divide.
You show unfriendliness,
Bringing the mountain to climb.
It is so nice to watch you fall.
It's high time that you must be torn down,
So that more bridges will be constructed.
Thinking amicably is an ability that a man thinks to help others
time passes away peacefully of all as a man thinks of his affairs wihout bother.
All are equal that all has to think and unfriendliness seldom thought
and we live together with all man and inequality, injustice and inhumanity always fought.
There's a wind that hauls yon
It's like a thin rope I step on
A fragile path I,alone can see
Despite my limbs, yet to be free
Comes a tidal assault
As wild as the lightning bolt
The water's extreme unfriendliness
Sends me to my weakest tenderness
But with my core embedded and guarded
Raging with fire cannot be defeated
I live like the earth's body
And this love for you is that fire within me
Behind the seven great mountains with sugar tops on
There lies the valley where there is only love and happiness
There are not many who know these mountains
and rather few people know about this valley
The birds are singing so beautiful all year round
The flowers make themselves attractive to all the bees
People live in a wonderful harmony with love
No unfriendliness, no jealousy, no hard feelings
This valley is like a little mini paradise, where everyone is happy
In happiness and love grow only the best of the best
I've been searching for this valley all my life without finding it
If we all were looking together maybe we will find a better world
22.01.2013
A-L Andresen :)
Seeing the troubles that fill the earth
He bestows upon them no rage
Love He shows not to His created
Who die daily of hope's unfriendliness
On them the battle of life holds well its grip
This they have blamed on the Maker's choice
Death has come is their precious thought
Defeat at last being their lovely hymn
How the mortals question the Immortal
When the world puts on not her usual smile
Has He stopped to be good?
Has God stopped to be God?
i feel so ugly inside
it feels like i lost my mind
it feels like i'm so mean and dumb
i don't even feel like i'm someone
i'm a monster at my best
creating yet another mess
lying, cheating, causing stress
hating, deceiving, unfriendliness- nahh
for my troubles, i have only myself to blame
it's all in my head, i'm the only one playing
but this is life. this is not a game.
i'm so gullible when you start naming names
for seeing your mistakes, i'm obviously deranged
psychopathic and out to blame
clueless in a life so perfectly sweet
it wasn't my fault people saw you two meet...
my troubles are small, but i want to say something out loud
keep walking around all haughty and proud
get caught up and tangled in your pleasure
cheating will help you lose, what it is that you might treasure
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