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  Sep 1 Khoisan
Malcolm
A marvelous beast is the giraffe,
Whose neck seems to stretch by the half.
He nibbles the trees,
While swaying with ease,
And makes other creatures just laugh.
1 September 2025
The Giraffe 🦒
Copyright Malcolm Gladwin
Khoisan Sep 1
A rainbow appeared
as an Epitome of grace
Like the Holy grail
BLT's
Merriam Webster word of the day challenge
Epitome.
Khoisan Sep 1
An eclectic parade
1st of spring their days are made
butterflies engage
September 1st dawns spring here in Southern Africa
Absolutely Awesome.
☮️&1❤️.
  Sep 1 Khoisan
Blue Sapphire
"Take care of me
   and
I will take care of you."
  Aug 31 Khoisan
Damocles
Draw me a bath,
Infinite in its fathoms
To drown me under
Til the blue becomes black
And nothing illuminates
It’s all still and cold.

Let time escape
Like air bubbles rising
Catching the surface
To pop with all my screaming
As peaceful tepid currents
Tumble through and wash.

Call upon me,
At the altar of your sorrows
And as your tears fall like raindrops
I’ll drink you within my tomb,
Until the day I can breach the surface
And be as you have begged for,
A gilded blade to puncture all that harms you,
It’s in my blood to obey.

So flood me like Atlantic,
Loudness fades to white static
Anything to get me to sleep…
Will be gone for a weekish, to recharge and refocus my mind. ©️ Dominick B 2025
Khoisan Aug 30
Still undeciphered
Cuts on skin tells a story
Like Hieroglyphics
  Aug 29 Khoisan
Abbott J Hardison
I am now a natural gem,
A mix of murk and clear,
Different colors or shades.

I am now a healed piece of earth,
A patch of glow over the ashes of disease,
Diverse as I breathe in fresh air.
The water comes and brings the earth,
The earth turns to ash as the fire rolls in,
The fire's ash turns into the wind,
The wind brings the water again.
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