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      When We Were Animals

      you said life could be so perfect when we were animals like children in the sand we didn’t know what we had and life wasn't as miserable so tell me how to look you in the eyes knowing you’ve been consumed by lies don’t tell me...

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      • Powerfully penned, Nick. This was an incredible write my friend. I can relate. Appreciate you.

        Damian

      • I think keeping a bit of innocence can help guide us. I’ve lost family members and friends who all have similar stories. When they were younger they got into bad habits. Kept pushing it, convincing themselves they were invisible. And then they became a mess until they died. I also remind myself that I could of ended up that way if I didn’t make better choices.

        Thanks for the read, friend.

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      Menticide

      I Indiana Jones’d my depression withfake smiles and aggression. No spores of joy in sight to teach me counter lessons. To hell with the common. I lost interest to follow the herd,please sell me to the devil i’m about to summon. Nothing to...

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      • Powerfully penned, Drieks. This is a deep and profound piece my friend. Incredible write. Appreciate you.

        Damian

      • G’morning, Drieks 🌤️

        What a creative title, and that photo choice (with your pen name attractively laid) is sheer eye candy, perfectly setting the ambient mood for what’s to come.

        “To hell with the common.
        I lost interest to follow the herd,
        please sell me to the devil i’m about to summon.”

        Sometimes, nothing much appears to be what it seems … so, why not throw caution to the wind, live it wild ‘n free, the way so many would love to be!

        I truly admire your creative metaphors – with their vibrantly-vivid, emotive impact, and what conscientious poetess or poet could help but admire your spot-on line-breaks, the way you’ve utilized soft and exact rhymes to set rhythm and hold the reader’s interest with fascinating imagery throughout … obviously, NOT your first poetic rodeo.

        How relatably beautiful your pen’s voice speaks to the captive mind’s-eye, Drieks.
        Wondrously shared, Dear Poetess! ⁓ Richard🖌️

        • Hello Richard,

          Thank you so much for your beautifully worded response to my poem.
          It truly brings warmth to my heart.

          I hope to be just as talented in using the English language as you are one day!

          Again, thank you Richard.

          • Aw! 🤩

            Hi, Drieks,
            You’re so very welcome … it is my pleasure to read you, and I happen to seriously admire your own unique English turns-of-phrase.

            Hugs! ⁓ Richard🖌

      • The metaphor of “Indiana Jones-ing” through depression is brilliant, painting the struggle as a reckless adventure where survival is uncertain. The imagery of webs, eight-legged freaks, and sanity creaking creates a vivid sense of entrapment of a mind pushed to its limits. What stands out the most is the refusal to conform, the rejection of the common, the questioning of perfection. It’s a voice screaming against expectation, demanding to be understood rather than advised.

        • Thank you Paulo, for shining your light on this piece.
          You summarized it perfectly.
          Depression is a never ending adventure no one signed up for.

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      A Most Briny Ink

      Funny how I always seem to drinkNothing but a most briny ink,While everything that I finally seeSinks to the depths all around me. For life is not “like” a simile—Well beyond “to be, or not to be,”It is truly a...

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      In Cadence of Rhyme

      In Cadence of Rhyme I am always so less demandingAfter crossing the bridge of understanding,Where I can meet myself on the other side,Folding in upon me just like the tide. For what a mixture that makes—Me, myself, and I, all our...

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