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 Jun 2017 NV
Withoutwords
I insist that today you will be happy.
Despite it all, you must be happy,
I insist.

I insist that today you will be good.
Despite it all, you must be good,
I insist.

I insist that to day you will be brave.
Despite it all, you must be brave,
I insist.

I insist that today you must go on.
Despite it all, you must go on,
I insist.

I insist that to day you must love.
Despite it all, you must love,
I insist.

I insist that to day you must forgive.
Despite it all, you must forgive,
I insist.

I insist that today they will not win.
Despite it all, they will not win,
I insist.
 Jun 2017 NV
Traveler
COLLECT CALL
 Jun 2017 NV
Traveler
Relax
And just breathe
I wasn't really
Going to leave
Tomorrows come
And love forgives
Besides, I have no
Where else to live
And in these days
Of reasonable doubts
Of who we are
Despite ourselves
I'll still be here
In words that rhyme
Trying my hardest
To make you mine
................
....
Traveler Tim
 Jun 2017 NV
Dark n Beautiful
I did not mean to write about death on a Sunday morn
He said that he didn’t mean to dial my number at 6 am
this awoke me from my dream
I was dreaming of being in California
Waiting to board a bus that was leaving at 2 pm
It was headed to New York City:

Poems can be amazing topic to ease the pressure of the day
Recalling an odd glimpse of a dream can be so puzzling
The dearly departed is never going to come back to us: unless
They are a part of a soap opera story line:
Somehow this mortal man ought to go and joined them

I wish that ***** would have called someone from the grave
And woke them up instead of me:

I just saw a not so love president in a recent photo
Standing alongside his daughter on graduation day
He too, look like he wish someone, hadn’t interrupted
His busy schedule, to pose for that photo session

I read a poem a day for inspiration,
How do you get your inspiration?
The poignant scent of this write....
 Jun 2017 NV
paleastheday
his eyes are small, deep, disquieting - as if it would make everyone wonder if you're stuck in some sort of distorted labyrinth; but his smile says otherwise
his smile struck me - almost an afterthought that he is just plainly gorgeous
the deadly siren started to fade as i hear his monotonous laugh - as if it has become a default lullaby of mine
as if on cue,
in deep stare, i conclude;
the aftermath of my own tragedy has finally come
 Jun 2017 NV
Meenu Syriac
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 Jun 2017 NV
Meenu Syriac
...
My thoughts weigh me down
In the middle of the night,
When distant rumbles
And flashes in the sky,
Wake my dreaming mind.
Tyranny rules our bleeding hearts
And this song is all I have.
A touch of humanity lost to a war cry,
All our words, forged in fire.
You strike, I retaliate,
And now we're falling apart.
Can you sleep? I can't.
I lay awake listening to the screams
That drown the silence of the night.
I count the stars that dare to shine
Even through these dark clouds.
We're lost, in time and space,
Waging a war we don't understand.
My kindred, my blood and flesh,
What are we fighting for?
© Meenu Syriac
 Jun 2017 NV
Holly luby
Into the arena
Their starving eyes await
Prepared for your recital
As if you were their prey

Bottomless breaths
You focus ahead
Two hands, six feet
A commanding duo

Movements like a swan
Strong yet vulnerable
Demanding power
But eager for compassion

Goosebumps cover your skin
Beads of sweat on his brow
Pristine, polished, practiced perfection
A mesmerising performance
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