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A flock of birds flying in freedom,
with squirrels living in a tree,they call home,
The winds drumming in unison, running around together,
The flow of the rivers nearby,
The leaves racing each other to the grounds,
The beaming of the glorious sun,
The chatter of woodpeckers building a home,
The sunflowers dancing to the glory of the sun,
The flutter of the colourful wings of beauties called butterflies,
The calmness the path to the woods emits,ah peaceful,
The soundless marching of the soldier ants,
The teasing sounds of man's invention,
The rhythmic visit of the glorious sun,him quite handsome,
The low-key chirping of crickets at night,so wonderful creatures,
The loud cry of the faraway night owl,'hoot' 'hoot',
The shining beauty of the fireflies,so gracefully,
The twinkling songs of the gems spread across the dark sky,
The songs of the bullfrogs in the creeks,'rebeet' 'rebeet',
The glades of the Moon like waves flowing to the earth,I do so relish her gift,
The march pass of the clouds with the command of the winds,what a mysterious pair,
The songs of the morning birds,the crow of the cocks,a signal to him arrival,oh glorious sun,
The oranges,reds and pinks the morning sky reflects,like a palette of colours,what an art,
The sounds and laughter of another day,oh life,
Ah the blessings of mother nature,alive,
Life is a heartbeat.
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Flow away,flow away
Flow away my river flow
I dream of a river,my river,flow
I dream of a boat,I built,flow
Man the station, man the station don't get lost,flow
A gentle breeze,a slow poison
Don't fall asleep,flow
I dream of a river,my river,flow
I dream of a boat,I built,flow
Man the station,man the station don't get lost,flow
Sailing down my river,flow
Flow away river flow
Ah the sky,the sky a deep blue,a blue so deep,flow
Clouds like cotton,cotton like clouds,flow
It looks peaceful up there,the clouds they move in uniform,flow
A gentle breeze, a slow poison
Don't fall asleep,flow
Man the station, man the station don't get lost,flow
I dream of a river,my river,flow
I dream of a boat,I built,flow
Flow away,flow away
Flow away my river flow
I drift down my river,a peaceful but hard task,flow
Man the station, man the station don't get lost,flow
The journey unknown,unknown but known,flow
Let the gentle breeze watch over me,flow
A slow poison,a slow poison,don't fall asleep,flow
I dream of my boat,my boat I built
I break my boat,I patch my boat on the journey,I built,flow
Sailing down my river,flow
Flow away,flow away
Flow away my river flow
Take me on my journey,flow
Guide me on my journey,flow
Man my station,my river man my station,flow
On the journey of a gentle breeze,a slow poison,a slow poison,don't fall asleep,flow.
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Pray for the birds,
Racing to survive the harshness of mother nature,
All in a desperate fight,
Yielding to relish the essence of life,
Forging emaciate energy,
Oh survival is hard,
Radically hard with time,
Time withers,
Hath time not withered?
Effortless it hath,
Bring thy hands together and pray for the birds,
I rest not,thou rest not and pray for the birds,
Racing to survive the harshness of mother nature,
Duly they fight,
Satisfy them.
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Drops of snow gliding down in the ever so cold breeze of winter,melting away,
........."oh how I wish my sorrows could also melt away",
I long for her though,
........."please come back"
........."Don't leave this young soul for maturity",
Puff of white air I exhale in sigh,
My reflection,she be a healer,she be the sorrow,
Sitting on the old dancing tree with time,
......."oh time how I remember you",
You were tying the knot of a hope,but you grew up and also burnt it,
......."She and I grew apart",
........."Changing",
........."And she became my sorrow",
........."But I long for her",
Your cruelty to me you justify,
........."Don't forget I am a young soul",
........."Don't be too harsh" I plead,
Time.."But why do you long for her?",
......."She is but your sorrow",
........"we took the path to forget her together",
........."She is nothing but a mere mirror now,a reflection",
........"Your reflection",
I dare not smear her,even if I want to,
........."She is my reflection after all",
........."I came from her",
........"I fear her power over me",
......."But I long for her love for me",
Time.."Don't say her name", *calling*
........."Her name is from the olden days of your young",
.........."Hot ashes and cinder burn your tongue"
........."Stay voiceless",
........."She is to be remembered,but forgotten",
.."I shall be your companion and your journey",
....."I shall breed you and heal you",
......"My children will also accompany you",
......."With their gifts",
Must I go on this journey?,
The road seems long,
This journey's gifts,blood,sweat and tears,
Would your children mind singing me a song,
......"She always sang for me",
I'd like to hear their echoes running to the mountains and back,
........"play with me oh children of time",
........"So I may not fall down again",
........."We are taking a journey",
........."Running from her",
........"Running from her so I maybe free? ",
........"Freedom and I,what a lovely couple",
But even if I'm free from her,would I be happy?,would I be loved?,would I live?,
......."Can you give me that?".
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Baskets of straw holding beautiful flowers,
My lone heart in flore street,oh how I miss the flower boys,
Floating in flower fields with the butterflies riding the winds,
How I miss the boys,the flower boys of flore street,
Rose boys,lily boys,daisy boys,sunflower boys,
Beautiful they were,each unique in his own,
Winter came- I long to see the boys,the flower boys,
What happened to them,what happened to the boys,
The cheerful and colorful boys,
I remember in the far distance of my jogged up memory,
How they play on flore street.... Or how they used to play,
Growing up is addicting,
But fear consumes me without the boys,
Growing up without the boys,
..........Flower boys of flore street,
Rose boys,lily boys,daisy boys, sunflower boys,
Baskets of straw holding beautiful flowers,
How I miss the flower boys of flore street.
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Lovable he was when I first met him,
Also shy but savage with words,
His smile is something I've never seen before,
I was mesmerized,
You could call it love at first sight,
Or is it admiration,
Talent I've seen,but non like his,
Attraction he wields,
Longing I feel,
A ray of light,
A courage to fight,
A friend for life,
A love of a life,
A fire untamed,
Yoongi min is his name.
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Rainy days are fun, except for me who catches a cold,
Rainy days are winter's best friends, they fit like a mold,
Droplets in rhythm, I long for a flood,
I get a shower,but end up in a fold.
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Foul mouthed he was,foul mouthed he was called,
A beast with words,an obsession he wards,
South is his tone,without a fear to his baritone,
A grave his tongue digs,for him he'll only sink.
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Your eyes tell me a story,
A story With you,
With you a story so pure,
Name a wish by wishing on a star,
A wish,like a first love story,
A love story so far away like Seoul,
Seoul,the place we met,two lonely hearts,
Closer with each other,we took an interlude-dive,
A promise,a forever epiphany of togetherness,
A dream,a land covered in snow flowers,
Hug me to forget,Hug me to remember,
Let's be each other's piece of peace,
Let's be drunk in each other's love,
We took this journey,a reflection of our promise,
Set me free,Set you free,
Like dreamers flying to a blue side,
Interlocked hearts,stay,
A forever rain,stay alive,
Tonight under elixir stars,we run,
We run like friends,free spirits,free youth,
We are each other's home when we feel lost,
Young hearts,Young forever,
When the leaves die,we will bloom again, another spring day awaits,
I wish you a sweet night,
My Angel,
Calm your hectic mind,
Life goes on,
We are our safety zone,
We are lights awake,
Good night,
For a brand new day is mine and yours.
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We are poets,
Word intellect runs in our veins,
We are poetry,
We are worlds of fantasy and reality,
We bare the marks of marvelous pens,
We run with wings of paper in kingdoms of ink,
We are kings and queens of many forms,
We are a palette of one colour painting different pictures,
We are song birds singing songs to the world,
We are means of sharing our inner worlds,
We are sons and daughters of poetry's longing for itself,
We are knights with sharp swords of wit,
We are worlds of our own,
We are powerful beings of creativity,
We are a language not all can understand,
We are dreamers,
We are imagination in itself,
We are poets.
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