Life is a lottery
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We live in a matrix of unpredictability,
your fate randomized at best
by numbers shouted out by a bingo caller.
B for birth marks, qualities and defects.
I for inherent or sudden health issue...
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Categories:
unpredictability, analogy, appreciation, life, time,
Form: Free verse
Blurred Edges of Us
...I still think of that day,
rain pitter-pattered gently around us,
clouds were the color of gravel.
Your smile broke through shadows,
and our laughter mingled like gold.
Paint splattered...
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Categories:
unpredictability, beautiful, devotion, emotions, feelings,
Form: Free verse
collaborations
...When it came to love
I had no real plan
I know I wanted to connect in an intimate way
with experimentation and playfulness
I was short on experience
there was a pandemic
I’d had few ‘at-bats’...
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Categories:
unpredictability, boyfriend, first love, humor,
Form: Free verse
In your head
...Is she dancing in your head like stars that twinkle in your eyes
Making false memories of a once short time
I question are you thinking of her while you stare into my eyes.
Do you wish I was her l...
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Categories:
unpredictability, allusion, angst, anxiety, depression,
Form: Free verse
A STORY OF LOVE
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Love is not blind but because of it’s unpredictability and it’s elusiveness
It can, at times, be a little difficult to see.
Other times, however, it is as palpable as can be
We can feel it in ou...
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Categories:
unpredictability, love,
Form: Rhyme
Buoyed as nothing
...Surprise
Unpredictability
An arising newness
Without connection
Appearances seemingly
Buoyed as nothing......
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Categories:
unpredictability, boat, words,
Form: Light Verse
Utopia
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“If you actually succeed in creating a utopia, you’ve created a world without conflict in which everything is perfect. And if there is no conflict, there are no stories worth telling – ...
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Categories:
unpredictability, appreciation, community, humanity, people,
Form: Rhyme
Spontaneity
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Written: February 23, 2024
Rumi Quote: “There is a voice that doesn't use words. Listen.”-
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Line of i...
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Categories:
unpredictability, analogy, appreciation, light,
Form: Rhyme
THANKFUL FOR DESTINY
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Today I’m thankful for the unpredictability of destiny…
You see, I’m not sure how much I partake…
in determining all my opportunities…
in all the choices that I make.
For instance:
Was it ...
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Categories:
unpredictability, destiny, thanks,
Form: Rhyme
Be
...Be not blind
Open your eyes
And see this world for that
Which it is,
A temporary stop upon
A journey through the cosmos
Be not selfish
Open your palms and let the colours
Of good vibes flow...
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Categories:
unpredictability, life, psychological,
Form: Free verse
ChEaTeR wife beater --
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wife beater
cheater
a man whom commits domestic violence
against his spouse
or long term female partner in house
Physical abuse by husband or male companion No good cheat...
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Categories:
unpredictability, abuse, allusion, analogy, anti
Form: Dramatic Verse
Throw Me To the Single Wolves
...Somethings are a slow burn
Somethings fade slowly overtime
Somethings burst like a repressed volcano
And somethings drag the match across the skin
Until a map of our intrusive thoughts are wr...
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Categories:
unpredictability, betrayal, conflict, corruption, how
Form: Free verse
An Elegy For the Hunted Dove
...In a nest of straw, a gentle dove once dwelled,
Seeking peace amidst the urban's frantic maze.
With tireless toil, she fashioned dreams untold,
Her sanctuary rising amidst chaos' haze.
Her eggs...
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Categories:
unpredictability, bird, cry, emotions, england,
Form: Elegy
Peel Away My Layers
...Keep peeling away my layers, my dear,
Unveil the depths beneath my soul,
But accept me, hug me,
In the rawness of my existence,
Not through the lens of your desires,
For I am more than your proj...
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Categories:
unpredictability, allegory, allusion, bird, creation,
Form: Free verse
One Day
...One day not so long ago
I walked
Never alone
For the world
Is always my home
It was a late
Spring snow
Yet I felt
Invisible red roses
Offering sweetest perfume
To my nose and soul
Th...
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Categories:
unpredictability, humanity,
Form: Free verse
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