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Dust to dust

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“In secret we met—   In silence I grieve,That thy heart could forget,   Thy spirit deceive.If I should meet thee   After long years,How should I greet thee?—   With silence and tears.” Lord Byron – When we two parted We enter A new set targetWell …It’s not that freshRe-heated dishTo divert our tasteFrom the rottenApplesA new goalWhich will give us A … Read more

Insanity

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“An angel! Nonsense! Everybody so describes his mistress; and yet I find it impossible to tell you how perfect she is, or why she is so perfect: suffice it to say she has captivated all my senses.” Goethe – The Sorrows of a Young Werther Absolute Genius Musician today https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7MoOFpzACA In some brief spellsOf realityNot onceIn … Read more

Arianne

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“And there, on the island of Naxos, lay Ariadne, her beauty unmatched, her heart broken by the betrayal of Theseus.” Homer – Odyssey I glance You onceHolding a penArianneDrawing a lineSort of sublimeThe lineAnd you thenArianneAs wellThat rang a bellI senseThat quest for symmetryIn your mind Is tenseHenceThat poetryCause I’m not blindTo the thingsOf beauty … Read more

Still here

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“A LILY-GIRL, not made for this world’s pain,With brown, soft hair close braided by her ears,And longing eyes half veiled by slumberous tearsLike bluest water seen through mists of rain:Pale cheeks whereon no love hath left its stain,Red underlip drawn in for fear of love,And white throat, whiter than the silvered dove,Through whose wan marble … Read more

Aphrodite

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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

Love

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“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

Walk Alone

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“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

I Will

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“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

Serenity

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“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

Forgiveness?

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“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