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“Aphrodite, subtle of soul and deathless,Daughter of God, weaver of wiles, I pray theeNeither with care, dread Mistress, nor with anguish,            Slay thou my spirit!” Sappho – Ode to Aphrodite TodayYou looked DivineJust likeA GoddessShouldAnd I stoodThereGapingAt You shinePretendingBeing in a moodPretentious moron“Just doing my duty”Saving my colonInstead of Jumping inAnd simmerAnd indulgeIn Your BeautyI was … Read more

“I don’t know How to love HER What to do? How to move her? … She’s a girl She’s just a girl …” Paraphrasing “I don’t know how to love him…” from Jesus Christ Superstar I don’t haveAnythingOf worthAny qualityYOUShould RequireFrom a manA bitOf life experienceSome knowledgeSome patienceSome kindness(Maybe)Some wilingessAnd desireDesireTo lookInto Your EyesEvery sunriseAnd … Read more

“Some say the world is a vale of tears, I say it is a place of soul-making.” John Keats If only,I could spare YouGoing throughYour“Vales of tears”If only…I have learntHow to openThe doorsOf my fearI have masteredThe courageTo look In the eyesOf The BeastHidden In the backO my Brain stemPlusSomeOf those onesPlantedIn my heartBy someCarelessFalse … Read more

“If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew     To serve your turn long after they are gone,    And so hold on when there is nothing in you     Except the Will which says to them: ‘Hold on!’” Rudyard Kippling – If Music here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7t5cRm2CIts I hadOther human’s bloodOn my handsMany timesAnd on … Read more

“God grant me the Serenity To accept the things I cannot change Courage to change the things I can, And the Wisdom to know the difference” Reinhold Niebuhr – “Serenity prayer” later adopted by Alcoholics Annonymous God grant her,All I can’tAnd probablyWon’t be ever ableTo provideYou are myWitnessThat I am willingStronglyAnd passionatelyWith all the mightOf … Read more

“At the center of the Earth, in the parking lotOf the 7-11 where I was taughtThe motto was just a lieIt says, “Home is where your heart is, ” but what a shame‘Cause everyone’s heart doesn’t beat the sameIt’s beating out of time … I read the graffiti in the bathroom stallLike the holy scriptures … Read more

“Every finger in the room is pointing at meI wanna spit in their faces, then I get afraid of what that could bringI got a bowling ball in my stomachI got a desert in my mouthFigures that my courage would choose to sell out now I’ve been looking for a savior in these dirty streetsLooking … Read more

“Per me si va ne la cittàdolente, Per me si va tra perduta gente. Giustizia mosse il mio alto fattore:   fecemi la divina potestate,   Dinanzi a mi non fuor cose create   se non etterne, e io etterno duro.   Lasciate ogni speranza, voi ch’entrate.” My Poetic Translation:“Through me leads the path to … Read more