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Ylzm Jul 2024
a thousand options or two
are all but irrelevant
I need no choices but One:
of my arbitrary will
created perfectly, in
wisdom and potent power
that if not shall be and is
thus truth for it is thereof;
gladly I enslaved myself
to my very own then be
enticed and just as enslaved
to choices purportedly
for my good—or make my foes
cry—if believed piously
but unseen its that same One
of strange self serving powers
and their arbitrary wills
and truths in a post truth world;
alas we totally lack
knowledge, fed and believed lies
of freedom, choosing by will
to be proud and gladly slaved.
Zywa Jul 2024
I'm afraid, free will

is rare, it's a luxury --


for the happy few.
Novel "Frankissstein: a love story" (2019, Jeanette Winterson), Methinks, wrote Byron

Collection "Loves Tricks Gains Pains in 10s"
Zywa Jul 2024
The speaker pauses,

he is impatient, but can --


force himself to wait.
Novel "Frankissstein: a love story" (2019, Jeanette Winterson), The mind is the matrix

Collection "Loves Tricks Gains Pains in 10s"
My Dear Poet Jun 2024
I only weep
when my tears say so

I only bleed
when my heart says “flow”

I only think
when my mind says “know”

I only die
when my life says “go”.
The irony of free will
Amanda Kay Burke Apr 2024
Will heart be in love?
Next time you meet somebody
Just never know when
The next person you are introduced to could be 'the one'
snipes Apr 2024
The only imperfection is the mirror.
The only way the reflection is the same
is if you believe it.
Being afraid will only fray you down.
I know this because I’ve been unwoven.
This life has its monsters and heros.
Villainized and caped.
They’ve been appointed their wills.
But what you, the story’s maker, can find
is the interpretation.
SANA Apr 2024
WITH THE WORD "LOVE"
YOU KILLED ME INSIDE
Zywa Jan 2024
Reluctance wants to

be alone, unobserved not --


doing what you want.
Poem "Over de weerwil" ("About reluctance", 1970, Gerrit Krol)

Collection "Willegos"
Vaniexe Kafka Jan 2022
i want to love myself
but i don't know how
drifting in and out
     between the reality and my delusions
trying to search for that vigor
that will to be alive—
to be excited of the sunrise
and feel calm
     soaking under the afternoon sun
and love the changing hues
     of the skies at dusk
and wish the moon a good night
     never fearing the dreams to come
then adore the peeking light at dawn
     reflecting the days waiting to be lived

but then it's gone
all that's left was a monotonous black
accompanied by a crippling silence
followed by the surge of doubts
     storming down my confidence
     its lightning striking
as i look into the mirror
     staring at my silhouette
     with its pieces shattering one by one
just as how, piece by piece
     i slipped into the pit
freefalling
and finally losing
     the will i tried so hard to keep
leaving me with nothing
but a void
i wrote this when i felt really really down, somehow it helped me release all that negativity within. i think i am better now. will be dumping my poems because it's been a while since i've posted
Lost fortune on wheel
Turn here, this hustle must win!
Loss forced to unwill
Convert the waste
And feel it's weight
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