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I hold this
Tiny flame
Close to my
Heart.

To burn it.

To wound it.

And,
I don't share it.

Unless,
It's too
Dark
To see.
At my brother's for Christmas dinner
Sitting there for a moment I felt suddenly like I was the turkey
I thought they were all looking at me kinda funny
It was like they were licking their lips
And saying "Doesn't he look delicious, a lovely big juicy looking bird
It was like I thought they were thinking
We're not likely to win the lotto (the lottery) at our age
We've never been very lucky that way
The best chance of us getting a windfall of money would be
If dear old Uncle Bardo was to suddenly kick the bucket
Then we'd get his house and all his money
We could give up our day jobs and go holidaying for the rest of our lives
We'd be sliding down Easy Street singing like a bunch of sailors
Wouldn't it be great ?
I thought I better watch out, better watch what I'm eating, what their
  giving me
Next time I better bring a food tester/taster along with me
You never know, life is strange.

I suppose it works both ways though, my brother's always a bit reluctant to come down to my house
He doesn't think I'm very hygienic, he says he's always afraid he'll get food poisoning.

I guess it's all just...just in the family.
In the family like in the Mafia LoL. "I know it was you Fredo".
Self-love is a sacrifice,
Do it.
When clouds chase my thoughts through the corridors of day,
My soul seeks its truth in the sun’s burning ray.

They murmur of realms where the veils are undone,
Where shadows are born from a brighter display.

Each drop is a flame in a robe of disguise,
That falls from the sky like a tear in delay.

I searched for still air, but the winds would not cease—
The tempest instructs in its own sovereign way.

The Self must arise where the silence is loud,
Where gold is not found but revealed through decay.

So let them pursue me, these clouds trimmed in fire,
Their chase is a summons I dare not betray.

O’ seeker, who wanders beneath the sun’s eye,
The blaze is your trial—be forged, not afraid.
The Chase of the Day 09/08/2025 © All Rights Reserved by Jamil Hussain
There are many ways of looking
at a glass

but in this case
it comes down to two

a refusal to accept

or a deprivation of all that  you have
coming to you
I dare to be wrong
knowing I'm not always right:
this will testify whether
I'm morally weak or strong

how sure is the crowd
how loud they beat their gong
aside I stand to watch and reflect
but to them I can't belong
Easy to remember
hard to forget
this is the human lot-
the result is endless regret
People don't respond to reason
much more to their mood:
know how to read them
lest they turn unreasonable or rude
This man
   in my imagination :
    he loved not
    nor was he loved
    lived alone
    in the distant remote
    tilled a tiny farm
    troubled no one
    the world he gave up
    questions he didn't ask
    to him happiness
    never entered his mind
    and such
   he cared not to find

   one day a terminal illness
   fell suddenly on him
   and to himself he said:
   I'm about to depart
   who would take care
    of my farm?
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