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After The Rain The Pebbles Too Glisten

after the rain
dews still cling on the leaves
glistening,

the pebbles too, but lifeless
still, my heart feels

sympathy, for those in the cold
immobile, wanting to change

but cannot, vision filled,
all unrealized, anticipations

smothered wishes, choked
ambitions, breathless, dead

nerves, numbed existence,
unfeeling, used now

to the brim, unspoken, desires
fettered.

poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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The coldest of the cold?

A greedy person’s Cold ambition
Or could it be Cold windy nights
The pureness of Cold clear water
Or the alien aspect of Cold neon lights

The careless Cold shoulder
The unfeeling Cold heart
The curse of Cold nature
Cold hands held apart

Could it be Cold feet
Could it be cold fears
Could it be cold weather
Or icy cold ears

Even above cold blood…
Even above… being apart
My choice of all, above, Would be
the unfeeling…of a cold, cold heart

poem by David Whalen
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Waiting for undying love.

Wanting,
lusting,
to be held,
to be loved,
to feel warmth,
to feel your beating heart.
Wanting to be sheltered from the cold,
heartless winds.
Falling into invisible arms;
into an abyss of love.
Wishing,
hoping,
that my desires will be filled;
my desires of loving warmth.
Wanting to be held,
comforted,
loved.
Dreaming of passionate embraces,
of tender kisses,
loving words,
romantic nights.
Waiting for undying love.

poem by Jayesh Patel
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This Candle

there is this candle in my heart
and it is burning
like my yearning
that is empty and wanting
to be filled
like a basin wanting
to have water
from the rain

there is this void
that can not be filled
there is this mouth
that speaks about
my beloved

i like this candle
i like this fire
and see, i am burning with
desire
i like too the rain
that falls on my basin
see
i am a candle burning
with desire
swimming on the water
never dead
never quenched
never stopping

see, you are with me
never sleeping
wanting some more
see, we are dreaming
we are alive

we are these candles
burning
turning into a wildfire.

poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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Smoking

Burning desires,
Burning face,
Burning eyes,
Burning lungs,
Burning heart,
Burning existence,
Burning world,
Everything is burning and burning.
Fire can never soothe a burning mind,
It will burn more and more
And reduce to ashes
Thy wishes,
Thy ambitions,
Thy vivacity,
And even thy life
Thy ruin is imminent.

poem by Mohammad Akmal Nazir
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S7

early morning eyes
fresh from their dreams

the mind recalls
the heart confirms

all the emotions still contained
vivid images in technicolor

the hands summon the fingers
write, write, write

strike while the iron is hot
cliche, cliche

now the thoughts rush like a flood
from the forest mountains

the fingers are adept at all these
one with the mind and heart

and so here we are again
slaves of our art

redeemed risen anew
maybe still cold and perhaps even frozen

thaw
melt only to be solidified again when the sun comes

irony of the mind
paradoxes of the heart

listen
to you i am saying nothing

it is for me
in the labyrinths of my confusions i am trying to find my way out

trapped fly in a bottle
buzzing for its wish for freedom

genie
wanting someone to rub its ancient lamp

if you let me free
you may have four wishes

and that is not just a promise
it is a contract

morning thoughts
tunnels without end lights yet

there is yet no exit
and so you still find me here in my own shadow

fog and mist
trails filled with tall grasses

up there is the house of my intentions
a figure waits but i do not know yet who

surprises surprises
anticipations of life

these are all the reasons
hazy as a refraction of light bending upon a glassy vision

poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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In Wanting To Be A Stone

in wanting to be a stone
an island is formed
rising from the river
a mountain is born
the shores expand
the banks traveled
like a viral disease
wanting to fill the
sea with nothing but
a wide expanse of
sand and pebbles

the feet feels like
some hands touching
a stem filled with thorns

not forgetting the rose
like the way i carry my
loneliness
my emptiness
with my bare
hands

poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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Hearts Like Ice

A Heart like ice
Lies cold and untouchable
Wrapped in a protective shield
Hiding from pain
It feels nothing at all

A Heart like ice
As unfeeling as a stone
Locked in a cage they created
Emotions are muted
Feelings of love are gone
Her heart like ice stays cold

poem by Autumn Winds
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The Rainwalkers

An old man whose black face
shines golden-brown as wet pebbles
under the streetlamp, is walking two mongrel dogs of dis-
proportionate size, in the rain,
in the relaxed early-evening avenue.

The small sleek one wants to stop,
docile to the imploring soul of the trashbasket,
but the young tall curly one
wants to walk on; the glistening sidewalkentices him to arcane happenings.

Increasing rain. The old bareheaded man
smiles and grumbles to himself.
The lights change: the avenue's
endless nave echoes notes of
liturgical red. He drifts

between his dogs' desires.
The three of them are enveloped -
turning now to go crosstown - in their
sense of each other, of pleasure,
of weather, of corners,
of leisurely tensions between them
and private silence.

poem by Denise Levertov
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Within Hailing Distance

i heard your piercing scream;
you stroke the center of my heart with bellows cold as a welldigger's ass,
you freezed my innefable core,
you put me through the mangle
intergrated the intersection of our different state of existence.

breathless in an unreal moment,
i crumpled to the ground,
i crawled towards echoes of your vociferation
through the dead night i ran naked
only to find you there no more!

i know you've long died Marry
and i've put your memories as a seal upon my heart
now that you came back for me
my soul is cleaved to your faded existence
the logical platform of our unending love God knows;

poem by Mpho Leteng
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Why Me?

When the hopes are hassled
And relationships are rattled
Naïveté asks, why me?
When wishes are whacked
And dreams are dashed
Naïveté asks, why me?
When fantasies are fettered
And blessings are battered
Naïveté asks, why me?
When desires are demolished
And ambitions are admonished
Naïveté asks, why me?
When temptations are traumatized
And passions are pulverized
Naïveté asks, why me?

Strangely,

Naïveté with influence
And naïveté with affluence
Never asks, why me?
Naïveté with name
And naïveté with fame
Never asks, why me?
Naïveté with health
And naïveté with wealth
Never asks, why me?
Naïveté with fiefdom
And naïveté with wisdom
Never asks, why me?
Naïveté with beauty
And naïveté with booty
Never asks, why me?

poem by Hitesh Sheth
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No! Keep It

Why are you smiling so broadly?
It is clear you have been prevented,
From achieving your wishes and desires.

'Really?
Gee, I didn't know that.
And which wishes and desires,
Am I being prevented to achieve? '

I uh
Only you would know that.
Maybe those who are trying to prevent you,
Know that too.

'You might have a point.
Who are they? '

The ones preventing you from achieving!
You know
Your wishes and desires.

'Oh!
So
Maybe I shouldn't smile so broadly,
To have anyone detect
My wishes and desires have already been met.'

No!
Keep it.
Let them believe you are crazed.
They think it anyway.
But lose that skipping down the street business.
That will really throw them off.

'Hmmm
Maybe you have a point.
Maybe I'll go back to my arrogant strut and swagger.
You know
The one they associate with pretentiousness? '

poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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Feels Like Rains

Here I go again
Hanging on to the bitter end
All alone
Nothing left to lose
Don't want to face tomorrow
I can't sleep tonight
Blame it on the weather
Till I get over you.
Chorus:
Feels like rain
Feels like I'll never fall in love again
There's a cold wind blowing every cloud my way
And it feels like rain today
Taking down every picture
Hanging on every wall
Broken dreams, painfull memories
Like the times I never listened
And the times I didn't try
It's gotta be the weather
'Cause you're not here with me
Chorus:
Feels like rain
Feels like I'll never fall in love again
There's a cold wind blowing every cloud my way
And it feels like rain today
Regretting every minute
Since I watched you walk away
Cause it's not the same without you
And now the clouds are hiding
Every sunny day
I guess I'll stay inside again
Cause it feels like rain today
Feels like rain
Feels like we'll never fall in love again
There's a cold wind blowing every cloud my way
And the clouds are hiding every sunny day
and the storm is coming so I'm here to stay
'Cause it feels like rain today
Yes, it feels like rain today

song performed by by Peter Cetera
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Flies Fly

Broken promises smothered -
To have a heart -
One that bleeds love -
Lies stolen by what was spoken - Blisters the lips with a kiss -
Unspoken to be the truth -
Dark i am to be honest -
Unharmed -
Black is the present past -
Felt by the ice cold flames -
Vile to bleed what is my blood -
Rivers runs the poison which venoms my veins -
Choiced to live until I die -
My screams render to fill -
Which displays the crack in my dreams -
I close my eyes, i do not want to wake -
Why -
Why -
Why -
I cry, my rot eats chocolate as decay -
Soon I will be cannabalised -
Precisely before noon -
Flies do fly -
But as for my wishes -
They never touch the sky

poem by Unic Cjonr
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Descend into Despair

Darkness covers all of me
The blackness is so deep, i cannot see
Shadowy forms float in front of me and my back
It feels as though i've fallen into a dark sea, i'm fading into the black
Deep in this dark sea everything turns to grey
It feels as though my being is fading away
MY mine and body feel broken, there's a taint on my soul that i cannot bare
I'm falling even further into my despair
One foot in the grave, a moment closer to hell
I'm close to bidding the light farewell
Surronded on all sides by this cold and heartless world, filled to the brim with malice
I'm being boxed in by my aching loneliness
I can't hold on, i feel weary within
Despair has nested in my heart, all my joy is at an end
No one understands this pain that i'm feeling
From constantly seeing all this hurting, bleeding, crying, and screaming
I've withered away now, my existence is no longer presently there
Cause i've fallen into the dark sea, I've Descended into Despair

poem by Harrison Fairchild
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The Butterfly Is Dieing

After the fall
I am left cold, shivering, a mess
And as the leaves crawl
I am naked in winters cold breath

After the dive
That left me breathless, unspoken
There's nothing left to revive
A heart that used to flutter is broken

After the chase
I lay myself at your feet
Batting my wings against this small cage
Refusing to admit my defeat

After the dusk
I'm curled in what's left of desire
Trying to capture an evaporating lust
Your smile has soured-always the regretful buyer

After the question
I posed-thinking the answer I knew
You forced me to swallow my lesson
The only love here was the love I had for you

poem by Aria Siren
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A Rock Garden

in my present garden
i put rocks and pebbles
some sands
added dusts

they ask what do i grow
in there?

i put a chair and sit there
alone

barefoot i put my hands
in the open

i gaze
feeling like the sun
to some
planets

the stones as i walk
for a while
grate
as though they have
teeth

then back to where i sit
they begin
to grow silence

silence is a lotus
it is a pond too where
a dragonfly is
hovering

there is this stillness of a
little universe
the space is emptiness
of imaginary
stars

there is no moon here
no one is lost

there are no leaves
no pretensions of stems and calyx

the stones are faceless
like everyone that i meet in the mall

the rocks stand like gods
unchanged unaffected by the chaos of
my thoughts

i gaze
transfer my eyes to those that remain
intact

immutable hardness
fixed situations

they only sound when you take a walk
they do not rearrange things here
for they are heavy
and always
unchanged, unaffected
steady, firm

lifeless, unfeeling
stubborn, solid,

tonight darkness sleeps with them
its coldness seeps in every stone

lifelessly
always unaffected, unfeeling

and much as i wanted to stay
i can't

i have life out there
a door to open again and again...

poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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Cold is The Heart

Cold is the heart of the man who lets no one into his life.
Cold is the heart of the woman who has lost her love.
Cold is the heart of the girl who is better than everyone around her.
Cold is the heart of the man who fights only for himself.
Cold is the heart of the Teenager who needs and wants no one in his life.
Cold is the heart of the cocky young man.
Cold is the heart of the Criminal who is not forgiven for what he has done.
Cold is the heart of the Widow who is left alone in this world.
Cold is the heart of the woman angry at love.
Cold is the heart of the angry young man.
Cold is the heart of the one who does not laugh, and will not smile.
Cold is the heart of the woman who feels no love, and feels no pain.
Cold is the heart of the Businessman who claws his way to the top.
Cold is the heart of the child who feels left out while the others play.
Cold is the heart of the man who denies his emotions freedom.

Coldness in the heart is an absence of love.
It is the feeling of Loneliness,
The presence of Anger,
The lack of Respect,
And the loss of emotion.
It is found in the joyless,
In the emotionless,
And in the inhospitable.
It is a trait of the passionless,
Of the unconcerned,
Of the unsympathetic,
And in those who deny the truth.
But through love any heart can be warmed.

poem by Trever Barlow
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Bohemian Folk-Song

(From the French)
The moon was in the sky,
Pale, pale her light had grown
I went into the forest
All alone.

All alone,
My heart was well-nigh glad,
But when I thought of thee
Grief came and made me sad.

It came with the winds of autumn
When the dead leaves drop from the tree,
Because thy heart hath forgotten
Thy lover afar from thee.

It came with the rain fast falling
Through the dead leaves again,
Because that over a dead love
The heart must weep like rain.

poem by Arthur Symons
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Breathless

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh!!
My control
That's what you take from me
Damned my soul
And you won't let me be
Stop me in my tracks, there's no looking back
I can't see (no)
It's much too late
I feel great
You take my breath away
You leave me breathless
You got me helpless
You take my breath away
You leave me breathless
You got me helpless
You take my breath away
Inside-out, that's how she turns my head
All my doubts are never put to bed
She's got me runnin' blind, never think I'll find sanity (oh)
Hyperventilate, nothing's a in her place
She takes my breath away
And leaves me breathless
Yes I'm so helpless
She takes my breath away
You leave me breathless
I'm so helpless
You take my breath away
You take me if I breath
And never let me know
You cast a spell on me, and you don't let me go go go go go
You leave me breathless
You got me helpless
You take my breath away
You leave me breathless
I'm so helpless
You take my breath away
You leave me breathless (oh, oh)
You leave me breathless
I'm breathless, breathless
You leave me breathless
Leave me breathless!

song performed by by Quiet Riot
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Dead Life

She's invisible to the ones that make her that way
A mask is worn over her
Her eyes are a dead black
And no one dares to look into them
Lifeless and Numb, sorrow stretches through her
Yet she still captures air
Red ice pumps through her veins
There's no sympathy for her heart
Lonliness fills her soul
As it is plucked from her
She rests beyond the grave
Where the souls of dead live

poem by Candy Lemons
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