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This is not a draft
I don’t want to mask my poetry
I want you to understand me
Curse your perfect rhythms, rhymes, haikus
Your lyricism, your literary
When I try to adopt it, I turn mute.
Something channels through me
(I’ve never really found the root)
A demanding stream of consciousness
That cannot stop to breathe, let alone
Wait, conceptualise, draft, redraft
I can’t!
...
Monday 7th October 2024 10:25 pm
I: skeleton
Face like stone
Hard to read
I find myself taking pride
In my totem pole
Of expressions, I can hide
Masterfully deceptive
Every bit secretive
All heart without sleeves
Makes it easier to breathe
But being naked
Really stripping off
And just letting everyone watch
That is true strength
True power
Is knocking down this tower
Being bare
Just a sk...
Monday 11th September 2023 7:56 pm
Unbothered
I am the unbothered
I am the lava flowing beneath the Earth's crust
I am the ocean's currents surging in the depths
I am the jetstreams circulating throughout the atmosphere
I am the steel blade forged upon the anvil
I am the steady heart beat inside a monk's chest
I am the booming laughter of a child at play
I am the cat curled up in your favorite arm chair
I am the win...
Monday 31st October 2022 6:38 pm
Bold
Once I looked before I leapt
It was best to feel my way
Keep your wits about you
Be careful what you say
Cheeky is your second name
I never knew a girl so bold
You made a new man of me
Your ways have taken hold
Now I'm impromptu and off-hand
Knee-jerk and quite automatic
I just follow your lead blindly
I don't care if you're autocratic
Cheeky is y...
Monday 14th September 2020 10:35 am
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