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4 February 2021 by
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Thinking Out Loud
Crumpled wrappers discarded in the gutterEvidence of a use no longer required A purpose served A mission completed A moment of significance passed Cast away the winter coatneed dissipated in this godforsaken heat I need you no longer Uncertain ground feels less solid beneathThe what was declared with an immediate whenThe where was defined as […]
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29 January 2021 by
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Thinking Out Loud
YOU ARE Words can hammer a blow to the heartWords can cut deeper than a steel bladeWords can indiscriminately maim and disfigureWords can create wounds that do not heal In the living of your life, remember, your words are weapons that can… Obliterate hope Decimate possibility Destroy perceptions Massacre dreams Annihilate self-worth Butcher prospects Execute […]
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21 January 2021 by
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Thinking Out Loud
Then What? Diamonds fade over eonsTheir value reflecting their scarcity Then what value desire? Manuscripts perish in the sunlightTheir words lost for all time Then what value words? Dreams can dissipate with wakingLosing their substance through forgetfulness Then what value imagination? Honesty can be hard to find in dark timesSolitude may slip into loneliness Then […]
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11 January 2021 by
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Thinking Out Loud
Limbo We speak in the common parlance of the veilWhere the skin is thin between the worlds We hear it on the breeze We glimpse it in the shadows We feel it in our bones Twilight Half-Light Evening Gloom Nightfall Sundown We have built many words into our language to describe the […]
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8 January 2021 by
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Thinking Out Loud
Out of placeDiscordant timingDissonance with mostCrowds are not for me Solitude is a preferenceA cast of two my ideal playSo much to say to the right onesSo little to say to the rest Platitudes pass for conversationForgettable snippets of speechNo interest in pointless small talkFutile meanderings of wasted breath The feeling of being alone is […]
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5 January 2021 by
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Strange Shorelines Torrents flow and carve through stoneCreating valleys that shape our worldTsunamis’ of potential are waiting to crest,in the waves of emotion, I swim in Treading water is not my chosen styleBut I feel as if I have been holding my breathThe undercurrents have had me in some troubleBut the waters clearing, as the […]
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1 January 2021 by
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Thinking Out Loud
Earn it! You cannot chastise meFrowning with displeasure or disdainWho are you to judge or pass comment?You are nothing but a legend in your own mind I seek not to please you or meet your standardsI have my own and they are of greater valueI am no jigsaw piece for you to placeI am not […]
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27 December 2020 by
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Thinking Out Loud
300 Leonidas holds no sway hereThe Persians hordes did not pass this wayThermopylae echoes in a different landThe immortals guard no God-King at this spot Titles can indeed send the mind off in a myriad of directionsSearching for meaning and understanding before readingAttempting to unpick the poets’ mindTo steal a yard of comprehension Move Xerxes […]
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24 December 2020 by
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Thinking Out Loud
Tide’s Out! Right place, wrong timeRight time, wrong placeRight words, wrong rhymeRight skills, wrong face Right goal, wrong moveRight move, wrong goalRight beat, wrong grooveRight face, wrong soul Right day, wrong minuteRight step, wrong wayRight push, wrong limitRight minute, wrong day Right coat, wrong coverRight feet, wrong shoesRight love, wrong loverRight punch, wrong bruise Right […]
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23 December 2020 by
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Thinking Out Loud
Truth is… Life – Evolves The past is a – Library Pain is – Inevitable Suffering is – Optional Memories – Fade Moments are – Fleeting Yesterday is – What was Tomorrow is – What could be Today is – What you make it Love is – Yours to give Hope is – Yours to […]
