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Checking on my progress, I’m halfway home
Still enough pages to let my mind roam
I can bounce around, the subject won’t matter
Read between the lines, I’m as mad as a hatter
Oh well, this one will take up another page
I’m taking a break from my regular rage
This is a follow-up to My New Pad I posted a few days ago. Thanks for following along.
 Jul 25 Yashkrit Ray
Nosy
I love you like a wind-
That never breezed
My warmth for you is like a winter
That wouldn't get too cold

A love so kind and caring
Like a bird spreading its wings
And a dog running free
Perhaps a bee that keeps its stings

I love the sun a little more-
When you're around to watch
I love the pouring rain
Or the stars I cannot touch.
 Jul 25 Yashkrit Ray
Malcolm
Sunlight kisses
Morning dew
Shadows stretch
Whispers through blue

Raindrops linger
Branches sway
Insects hum
Time slips away

Footsteps echo
Dreams fade
Gravel cracks
Night hugs shade

Hearts wilt
Eyes close
Memory stays
Silence softly flows
Copyright Malcolm Gladwin
July 2025
When the Quiet Comes
I never knew missing could feel so heavy
Like
Why
Oh why aren't you here
I want you here
Please
Come back
Be with me
I need you
We need you
I want you

I miss you
A little bit
Or a lot

Please just come back
Build a time machine
Don't make the same mistakes
Redo it
Go back
Fix it
Please

I can’t live like this
Not without you
Soms mis je iemand die er nog is, maar niet meer zoals vroeger.

10 july
 Jul 25 Yashkrit Ray
Laura
When pen doesn't reach paper.
I have nothing to say.
Peace has captivated me, and in it I will dwell.
It is like a gentle flowing river, soothing my soul.
Peace, Peace, Peace like a river.
I'm normally caught up in chaos, but today is so different,
Once you gave me

wings to fly,

told me I could

touch the sky.

Why everything

changed so much?

Why did you

burn my wings,

brought me back

down to your knees?
boy meets girl.
like rose petals
brushing her cheek,
he whispers a warning:
don't get too close.
i’m not here forever.

as if it’s a choice.

girl says,
i really like you.
face like the sun,
trembling, she offers
a half-open heart.

he says,
i love you too,
like an unexpected hug
before the goodbye.
then he leaves —
just like he promised.
but he forgets
a part of himself
is now hers to keep.
this one is about us, crossroads, in someone else's journey.
july 24, 2025
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