Letter unknown
Under a yellow lamp I wrote a letter,
Poured my heart on a paper,
The ink I used was my own blood,
A red crimson on a white pearl,
I placed it under a purple envelope,
Fold it with great adoration,
Let me pour the hot wax and seal it with precious florals
It was adorned with jems and stones,
The
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Categories:
unknown, fate, hope, longing, lost
Form: Rhyme
Fighting alongside the enemy
Disposable.
Just like the bodies scattered
As unimportant as the soldiers blood splattered
A black man stands watching violence unfold
Not to the enemy
But those who fought close
Those your supposed to trust
Comrades
Yet somehow
The black man
Is on the receiving side of the bullets
Not by the opposition
But by those claiming to be on the same
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Categories:
unknown, discrimination, prejudice, race, racism,
Form: Free verse
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:
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:
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:
unknown, fairy, faith, fantasy, fear,
Form: Rhyme
In the shadow of silence, when the soul sings of unknown longings
In the shadow of silence, when the soul sings of unknown longings,
An ancient song rises within me, like an incantation,
In which lines of stars float, caught in the threads of the night,
And the dream envelops me like a wave of infinite, ungraspable.
In the blue of this universe, where time flows slowly,
Whispers of wind and drifting
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Categories:
unknown, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
In the depths of silence, where shadows whisper their unknown secrets
In the depths of silence, where shadows whisper their unknown secrets,
I want to be the one who breaks the walls of your silence with the voice of love,
The one who lets the rivers of your words flow, free and unrestrained.
And if some words refuse to flow through the cracked walls,
I want to be the one
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Categories:
unknown, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
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:
unknown, memory,
Form: Blank verse
From the depths of forgotten sleep, the shadows of unknown dreams rise
From the depths of forgotten sleep, the shadows of unknown dreams rise,
On the paths of the night, our steps are guided by nameless stars,
In the cosmic silence, the whispers of destiny that traverse us are heard,
Every hidden thought becomes a window to the inner light.
Through forests of memories, the heart seeks its way to clear
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Categories:
unknown, fantasy,
Form: Free 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:
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:
unknown, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
what is happening is unknown
what
seems to be
happening is
unknown
appearing as
known~
the appearances
are apparently
not satisfying
pushing searches
for what is already
unknown
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Categories:
unknown, desire, i am, words,
Form: Free verse
Unknown Poet
I'm a poet
And I don't know it
My rhyme destroys
My pen is poised
To trickle out
Some tale about
A butterfly
Or sunset sky
As sweet as jam
With rhythm slam
Dunk in your tea
My soliloquy
I'm a poet
Happy to show it
So on your bike
As I drop the mic
You may have guessed
If you passed the test
As you peruse
This
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Categories:
unknown, passion, philosophy, poems, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
Bruises of Unknown Origin
It was the first time
I heard the dove’s low call—
three minor notes
stretched thin across
a motionless prairie
on a shimmering hot afternoon,
the kind where even shadows
try not to move.
I felt like I should be
in mourning too—
but for what, I didn’t know
or had forgotten.
Black Cats and Roman candles
found no customers that day,
just heat, and a solitary
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Categories:
unknown, 7th grade, firework, memory,
Form: Free verse
I live life more than ever, with my soul open to unknown horizons
I live life more than ever, with my soul open to unknown horizons,
And I die for You more than ever, for You are the source of my restlessness,
I, my heart, and You are present here, in this suspended moment,
So why do you keep your gaze down, like a dream that unravels upon waking?
I have never
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Categories:
unknown, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
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