joy posted a new Poem titled THE KIND OF LIFE 21 weeks ago
May we all be blessed to live the kind of life
that
after we are gone
for years
and years
and years
people will remember us
with a multitude of smiles
and
a sprinkling of tears
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joy posted a new Poem titled HOW SHE WOKE 21 weeks ago
She woke this morning confused…feeling both happy…and sad
unable to remember the dream, last night, she had.
She tried and tried to recall her dream…desperately trying to seek
the reason for the smile on her face…and the tear upon her... [read more] |
S74rw4rd-13d posted a new Poem titled + 1ST ORTHODOX POEMS: Δόξα τῷ Θεῷ πάντων ἕνεκεν! 21 weeks ago
I say, with Chrysostom, Glory to God for all things:
even for my disabled legs and the pain in my side.
No matter how I am tortured by this affliction's stings,
it cannot alter the promise and hope in which I abide;
the promise and hope that are... [read more] |
redbrick posted a new Poem titled parallel universe in truth 21 weeks ago
Parallel Universe in Truth
In one universe, despair repeats, the same old speech with nothing new. In another, we laugh at its persistence— not because it is small, but because we are still here.
The room was quiet after the... [read more] |
elliot_jordan2003 posted a new Poem titled The Chains Will Break 21 weeks ago
[Verse 1]
They feed us lies through the static and screens,
Bleeding the people while they fatten their dreams.
Paper crowns, dripping greed in disguise,
But I see the poison burning in their eyes.
[Pre-Chorus]
They silence the truth, but the... [read more] |
redbrick posted a new Poem titled stars and silence 21 weeks ago
Stars and Silence
The night does not speak,
yet every star is a syllable
burning in the dark.
I listen to the silence
as if it were a map,
each pause pointing
farther than light.
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Savvart posted a new Poem titled The Gift of the Light 21 weeks ago
Even though the road was rough with thorn and cry,
And nights fell heavy on your weathered brow.
Still, morning leaned its gold against the sky,
And dared you to begin again somehow.
The storms have carved their truth upon your skin,
With... [read more] |
Teytonon posted a new Poem titled If you see her, say ‘aahhh’ 21 weeks ago
How was your weekend?
I went to the beach
Nice. I see your tan
A, my tan?
Yes
I'm not A, my tan!
Ok
You read Amy Tan?
A, my tan not red
You just said..
My tan brown!
Ok
So, you had a good time at the beach?
I met a girl
Nice. What happened?... [read more] |
nasheed posted a new Prose titled جراب المحبين 21 weeks ago
العكاز، أنبوبة الأكسجين، عقار الاكتئاب، شريط الأغاني القديمة، الظنون المُحابية بعض ما في جِراب المحبين لحظة يسألون.. ويواسون.. ويضحكون.. للهِ ما أروع الأصدقاء!!
مريم
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S74rw4rd-13d posted a new Poem titled + 9TH POEMS: At LXX Psalm 50, *Passim* 21 weeks ago
My own predictable failures and self-inflicted flaws
are, taken together, the efficient and powerful cause
of this spiritual and unwavering sentence
that I can only discharge daily with daily repentance.
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S74rw4rd-13d posted a new Poem titled + 9TH POEMS: At LXX Psalm 18 21 weeks ago
Who am I to even dare to worship You, God, Whose Name and Nature are Love?
Your infinite glory fills the Cosmos and the vast starfields around and above
this Earth You have made and chosen for the Christian people, Your own,
to be their City of... [read more] |
redbrick posted a new Poem titled how I go on 21 weeks ago
How I go on
Some days I carry stones, some days sunlight.Both belong to me, and both keep me walking.
Loss presses down, memory lifts up.I live in the middle, held by both.
I ache for what is gone, I glow with what... [read more] |
clutchforbalance posted a new Prose titled Vincent van Gogh 21 weeks ago
was it an act of self harm or was it a self-fulfilling prophecy?
is there a connection between the choice of cutting off his ear and his fear of criticism as an artist? why his ear unless he feared what others would say? did his fear drive him to... [read more] |
joy posted a new Poem titled DAILY GRATITUDE BRAVERY 21 weeks ago
I am grateful I’m able to see
how the link between success and failure…
is courage and bravery.
Bravery is the courage to walk away from a failure
from a doomed…ill-fated deed…
With the hope and determination in you heart
that the next... [read more] |
joy posted a new Poem titled BRAVERY 21 weeks ago
May we be blessed to understand this about bravery:
It’s one of the things about bravery I adore…
How it is does not always rumble and crash like thunder…
How it doesn’t always, like a lion, roar.
Sometimes it is more subtle…
Like the... [read more] |
