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audrey Dec 2019
How is it that
after all of this
I still find myself dreaming
that you would come back?

Perhaps if I looked
like your tamed beauty
you would have stayed
here with me.

Hiraeth creeps up on you
once more
and lulls you to sleep
with tears in your eyes.

And in your dreams
you are once again
in the land you loved
so dearly.

And you see me,
the ingénue who
you loved
more than anything

The faeries sing
their melodic tintinnabulation.
This inexplicable moment
has gifted the mute with voices

The rain has ended.
The storm has passed.
And the world is new,
coated with petrichor.

And I wonder
if you’ll join me,
and I wonder if you also think
that you and I are sempiternal.

With you and me
here in the woods,
would you agree
to one last dance?

I would hold on tight
and refuse to let you go.
I won’t ever let
that happen again.

But then you would inevitably wake
with that dainty beauty beside you,
with wrinkles on your fingers,
and with a wringing in your heart.

And when morning comes
you will arise from your tear-stained bed
and remind yourself
that you can never come back.

Do you regret leaving me?

But I would die happily
if I were able
to live that ineffable moment
with you.
mysa Nov 2019
i feel like a tiger
pacing in a cage
it is not poetic
in the way that
if the bars were opened
i would burst out
like a firecracker
it is instead in the way that
i would lie down where i stood
unable to leave.
wrote this back in october
Diadema L Amadea Aug 2019
uwu
stay tiger at heart.

but, aim for panda lifestyle
look cute, eat, sleep, repeat.
jangan lupa nonton we bare bears ya, dicariin ice bear dan kakak kakaknya.
Arisa Aug 2019
free spirit bound tightly.

the equivalent
of keeping a wild tiger
as a house kitty.

you may gag my mouth
you may bind my wrists
you may stimulate
you may penetrate

you may humiliate

but though i am your slave
I am still my own master.
Aa Harvey Jul 2019
Tiger


From the darkness comes a sound.
A heavy footstep on the ground.
The Earth it shakes and twigs are heard to break
And all the animals quickly run away.


From the shadows there comes a growl,
From a beast so deadly foul.
It moves so slowly as it prowls,
In search of something to ****; its face a picture of scowl.


Within the trees it is camouflaged.
It blends into the background
And from the jungle there comes an “arggh!”
A man to death is eternally bound.


The claws that rip and tear at skin,
Before the teeth sink deeply in,
To such soft flesh; the touch of death
And at the end there is little left,
To ever say man stood at this point.
The bones skinned bare of muscle on joints.
All that remains is the sleeping tiger, next to a pool of blood.
He is the lone survivor, for this is his neighbourhood.


Later as the tiger leaves,
The remains remain hidden behind the trees
And all that was, is no more.
All that is left are the prints of the paws,
That lead away through leaves of green.
A broken path is all that is left to be seen.


(C)2019 Aa Harvey. All Rights Reserved.
Snow Wolf Jul 2019
I crawl all over the ground,
In the middle of the night,
Darkness and prey are both abound,
And I'm hungry tonight.

I've got stripes all over my body,
Everyone runs away at the sight of me,
But you're the only one who stands in front of me,
As if I'm an actual somebody.

I hear you cry,
In the middle of the night,
But I don't care 'cuz I'm hungry tonight,
Don't I care? - Please don't let me try.

We're both hurting,
And we're both crying,
But the fear's still lurking,
And I'm still trying.

Don't let me see you run,
Don't let me hear you scream,
'Cuz the urge inside is strong,
And I promise
The chase will not last long.

I've got stripes all over my body,
I choke myself at the sight of me,
I can't stand myself 'cuz I'm a nobody,
Oh I should just end this misery.

But then you stand in front of me,
Even though I'm hungry tonight.
You don't run away at the sight of me,
Even though I want to eat you alive.

I crawl all over the ground,
In the middle of the night,
Darkness and prey are both abound
And I'm hungry tonight.
mjad Mar 2019
Tigers are dope
I want two tattooed on my back
Oh snap...
Really?
I want one on my thigh
**** that's wack
Copying me
No no it's not for you it's for me
Right just like my so called stupid heart emojis
Why are you mad I just like the idea
You like that idea and a million more
Such a ******* ******* *****
Don't snap on me for something so small
So I send heart emojis, you're lucky I text you at all
It's an argument
George Krokos Mar 2019
Embrace tiger, return to mountain
and get refreshment at a fountain.
In solitude and meditation
doubts are cleared by realisation.

The cares of the world are so many
one can't afford to bring back any;
although they help when called to do so
with what for others they have to know.

As yin and yang play their parts so well
those stories of the old one's do tell.
They're never alone in this struggle
and must also know how to juggle.

Advance and retreat each time they go
to share that knowledge of the Tao.
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Written early in 2017. Based on my study and thoughts about Taoism.
IncholPoem Jan 2019
tIGER  fIGER.


Tiger  was  the
old  name  of
forest  king.

Figer  is  the  new
digital   name
more   dangerous   and
powerful  than  
  tiger  and
FIRE.
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