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 Jun 17
JAMIL HUSSAIN
When thy lips did kiss, I questioned not,
Nor sought for wine, nor heaven’s thought.

A tremble stirred through time’s still face,
And reason fled without a trace.

What need have I of chaliced gold,
When breath of thine makes rapture bold?

I spoke no verse — the world grew dumb,
One sigh from thee, and stars were numb.

They call me mad, by flame possessed,
Yet only ash has truly rest.

Thou kissed — and night forgot its name,
The moon turned pale, the sun grew tame.

I dwell in hush, where echoes sleep,
Half-living still, in silence deep.

A kiss — and silence found its cry,
Its voice unloosed beneath thy sky.
Thy Breath, My Cup 17/06/2025 © All Rights Reserved by Jamil Hussain
 Jun 17
Bekah Halle
Ice
Slices through heat 
Similar to "Singer" sewing scissors on lace
Destabilising --
Equilibrium 
With a casual, cool, calm, collectedness,
As if nothing could 
Pierce its particles;
Ruffle its feathers,
Unsync its code.
 Jun 17
Bekah Halle
Sunrise, breaking
Is like a distant friend
Returning
From a long sojourn.
 Jun 16
Erenn
She was 'Autumn'
warm, but always leaving
A soul stitched from golden light
and goodbyes she never stopped grieving

He was 'Winter'
quiet, distant,
carving silence into the world
like someone used to resistance

They met
in the blur between late November
when leaves forget to hold on
and snow begins to remember
She smiled like the last fire in a cabin
He stared like someone who knew
the cost of warmth
and what it meant to lose it too soon

She spoke in colors—
scarlets and golds
words that cracked like twigs
but healed like poems never told
He answered in stillness
like frost on glass,
afraid that every touch
would make him shatter at last

But even frost can soften
Even storms can learn to stay
And slowly
she didn’t run
and he didn’t push her away
He let her fall apart in his arms
like leaves too tired to pretend
and she let his cold truth hold her—
not to fix
but to mend

They didn’t belong—
not in the way seasons are told
but somehow, in the ache of each other
they began to unfold

And there
in a world where nothing was meant to last
where autumn leaves and snowflakes
both belong to the past—
they built something quiet
something unknown—
a rhythm,
a whisper,
a heartbeat for a home.



Erennwrites
 Jun 16
Elena Rosi
Tree tops, tree tops,
Air swinging back.
Driving, driving,
Until water pops.

Fallen and dying trees,
who lived to help.
Wood that stands
With sticks as hands.

Hands that stay still,
As you go downhill.
The world follows
This oblivious drill.

Yet you drive and drive
Until water you find.

You’re an evergreen.
You don’t take to survive;
You’re a shelter for life.
If you drive and drive,
I know water you’ll find.
I went camping recently, but we couldn’t find a river. There were so many dead trees, as well as beautiful evergreens and open fields. As always, I came up with something✨✨
 Jun 16
Bekah Halle
The coffee dripped
Into my mouth,
little droplets of life;
The rich, dark roast
Layered my tongue
Like velvet;
So sensual —
I could wrap it around my shoulders like
Helen’s, my Nan, foxy-red fur coat,
From the 1920’s and 30’s,
I am back there with her now —
With each drip,
And the zoot, zoot, zip
Of the trumpet
Bleating out
As dancers flapped about.
 Jun 15
Cné
In the twilight’s hush, where shadows play
I’ll hold your words, and cherish every way
You weave a tapestry of love and time
A bittersweet reminder of life’s rhyme

Memories of whispers, laughter and tears
Echoes of moments, through all the years
The velvet curtain, a gentle farewell
A promise of remembrance, that will forever dwell

In the realm’s beyond, where love remains
Our bond will whisper, through joy and pains
Though mortal frames, may fade and decay
In memory’s garden, our love will stay
 Jun 15
Victor Marques
A meus queridos pais

Meus pais me deram a vida e me deram um amor infindável que me fizeram florir como a mais bela rosa dum campo nunca antes semeado.

A eles e a Deus tudo lhe devo . Sempre grato a meus antepassados procuro força e coragem para enfrentar os desafios de uma sociedade débil, que nos rodeia e deixa por vezes sem sentido para a própria vida.
Por essas aldeias de Portugal tantos idosos,  tais como minha querida Mãe procuram conforto nas asas de uma borboletinha que de vez em quando nos aparece!

Obrigados a se adaptar, a conviver e porque não encontrar novos amigos em centros acolhedores em que lhe são servidas refeições e tem alguém para lhe dar um pouco de carinho.
Deixar as próprias casas parece ser o fim da vida.
Mas continuar na solidão não é remédio,  pois ainda existem locais onde nossos ente queridos podem ser assistidos, visitados e assim manter acesa a chama da vida.

Vida mais ativa parece ser a única alternativa em locais onde eles possam conviver e ter alguém para os ajudar nas quedas e no passar do tempo que se perde no próprio tempo.

Sofrimento e dependência para eles e para nós é uma realidade que se vive e sente em nossos queridos :primos, pais,  tios ,tias,avós ....

Quando nossos idosos começam a ficar esquecidos, confusos ou bastante repetitivos faz nos pensar que estarem sozinhos nunca vai ser a solução!

A independência enquanto jovens pode ser um benefício,  mas quando idosos se torna muito comum ser uma espécie de isolamento, de lutas consigo mesmo em querer fazer o que no nosso intimo os proíbe de fazer...

Victor Marques
Pais,amor,solidão
 Jun 15
Traveler
I have no desire to see the
bully get beat down..
I just want the bully to quit bullying.

It’s time to pull the plug $
on the war machine!
Traveler Tim
 Jun 15
JAMIL HUSSAIN
O’ eyes! You bore the echo of the Throne,
And gazed as if the stars were all your own.
Majestic eyes, whose silence made me whole —
You gazed, and in that gaze — you kissed my soul.
You Kissed My Soul 15/06/2025 © All Rights Reserved by Jamil Hussain
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