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 Jan 2017 Angel
maxime
Bird Set Free
 Jan 2017 Angel
maxime
Today, I have become a bird set free.
My wings have spread and I have flown high.
The sun shines warmly on my feathers,
and I smile. A joyful tear comes to the corner of my eye.

I do not know what I left below me,
and I do not care to look back.
All I know is that I left misery for life.
I left before I could permanently crack.
 Jan 2017 Angel
Tom Blake
DIVINITY
 Jan 2017 Angel
Tom Blake
A
Small soft hand took hold of mine (adult).
This, to my eternal gratitude, has happened
Manifold times throughout My life.
This time
Was
Different, more of a connection...
I
Would call it
DIVINE!

When I looked down at the little one's clutch...
It was
My own
Infant hand in mine.

Circle complete.

I am ready
For
The
Infinite... Always was since my inception...
I do not look up to anyone! Similarly, I do not look down on anybody! We are all equal! Remember that!
 Jan 2017 Angel
Beaux
Making the sweat gather upon my brow
Like dew on a spring morning
Reminding myself I'm human
A condition of my nature
Heart is only good as it beats
Parading around my brain
Like a newsboy with the latest threats
**Read all about it
 Jan 2017 Angel
blue mercury
sometimes you just need someone to
tell you that it's worth it,

that living isn't a game
only played
to lose.

i lost everything in moments
i couldn't count on my fingers
and toes.

all my blessings are coming,
i'm sure,

but i'm so blind
that i don't really see them anymore.

sometimes you're sad for no reason
and people ask you
why?

and you cannot answer.
 Jan 2017 Angel
Jair Graham
My arms are open and waiting for you to find a road that leads back in my direction.
I'll kiss you;
With starry eyes I'll hold you.
You'll kiss me;
And I'll be held by your brown eyes.
 Jan 2017 Angel
Daan
Care less
 Jan 2017 Angel
Daan
Outcomes used to rule,
inconvenience smiled,
they reconciled in the unsafety
of a pool, used me as a tool.

Eager, desperate for compatible
masses, as time passes
in this changing state.

Games, denied of their existence,
yet with undoubtable resistance
against persistence took away
the passion solely based in joy.
From now on
life will be my toy.
Grip.
 Jan 2017 Angel
maxime
I watched her play with a knife last night.
It twirled beneath her fingers,
letting the moonlight glint off of the metal devilishly.
It seemed tempting.
Something so elegant couldn't possibly cause such desperate violence.
Something so refined couldn't possibly cause such dreadful wreckage.

I watched her play with a knife last night.
It tapped upon her desk,
creating invisible scars that cut deeper into the wood each week.
It seemed ridiculous.
She could simply put down the knife and she wouldn't be in pain.
She could simply put down the knife and her scars could heal.

I picked up the knife last night.
It darted between my fingers,
daringly darting and narrowly missing the edges of my skin.
If I slipped, I could be just as scarred as she is.
If I slipped, I could finally feel something other than fear.

Oops.
 Jan 2017 Angel
Virianna Gallardo
Meanings mull within mulish minds

Letters like lingering halitosis

Words waft with each exhale


Sentences,

swirling, sliding, sighing

Phrases pant per pulmonary systems


Tumbling through teeth,

Vocabulary resonates outward

Into the stagnant air


Permanence spills over tongues

Word ***** condemnation

Speak your life sentence
Poem based on how our words are/can be our own crucifixion
 Jan 2017 Angel
samantha neal
It's nearly 6 a.m.
and I'm still awake-
My head pushed against your pillow, because mine's fallen to the floor.
You're still slightly snoring,
Still snoozing softly,
and I am filled and I am happy.

It's dark outside, I'm waiting on sun to seep through your blinds
I suppose it's going to be cloudy today-
But I can still see your slumber;
The way your chest rises and falls with my breath,
Your eyelids flutter slowly in tune to the dreams dancing across your head.
I stroke your hair and your fingers twitch gently against my arm.
I never want to fall back asleep,
I am entranced by your dormancy.
Looking at you makes me feel everything I've ever wanted all at once.

The alarm clock sounds
and I'm just starting to doze off
But you're rolling over-
Arms wrap around me, pulling me closer
and I can't tell if I'm smiling at you or in my dream
But I am so happy in our small moment.

Please press snooze
I need you to sleep with me now.
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