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    Blurred Reflection

      As she sat down on the bench in front of the vanity, she found herself in an unfamiliar place. How long had it been since she had sat here? Who was this reflection looking back at her? Had it...

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    • We remembered this time, hahaha. Thank you Lady this one took it’s toll of us, but we got it written

    • I have seen similar situations. Habits can manifest into monsters. Change people into someone
      you don’t recognize. By the time you realize what happened it’s too late, too many bridges burned.
      I believe as long as you’re alive you can change but at times people feel it’s too difficult. They prefer what is familiar.
      This write really reminds me of friends who get lost in finding themselves. They don’t remember how to look beyond that mirror. Great reflective write.

      • Not only does misery love company, but at times both Misery and her company are unaware of it. Thanks Lady

    • What a story, Me. She got herself together one more time and did the routine before she can move on.
      It’s hard for some. It would be for me.
      You presented this well.

      • Hahaha, maybe she got herself together once again and went out, before returning and dying beside her soul mate. Just a thought, Thanks Lady

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    If only

    If we could only hold hands of each otherWithout asking for fameCareerMoneyJust hold our handsAnd run naked through open fields.

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    The Man Who Sold The World Replies

    THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD REPLIES There is no dream on Walden’s Pond where once blue-green waters lapped the shores noisily in the liquid swirl of an October wind. Long gone is Neruda’s verse, the vision of the isle he called home; the salty...

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    • This is very good. I even went back and read it again, to absorb all that it offers. It’s well thought out. Quite an accomplished write. I love that it held my interest all the way through. Well done.

    • Compelling throughout & what a novel concept you have introduced me to .. Story poems so become you .. and consequently awarded x5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐plus the prestigious Nev’s dubble 👍👍

    • I liked how this poem came out. I never saw them (Obsession and this one), as Part 1 and Part 2, though I realize that’s what they are. A part 3?? not sure, it’s been 20 years since these 2 poems were written, but I will think about it.

      Thank you ‘HER’. I am glad you enjoyed the read.

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    Love Sonnet LXV

    Love Sonnet LXV     On your tongue, I taste the bitterness, the pain of oblivion. On your lips, I feel the fire of vengeance, stroked by oppressions’ flame, and   garnished with a silent scream. There is no safety on Walden’s Pond, nor healing in the woods...

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    • I chose the Lauren Daigle song, not for its religious implications, but because I wanted music that gives HOPE, and most of this song does exactly that.

    • Good stuff. Empowering with its message to the masses that can take the time and embrace it.

    • This would be my favorite sonnet I read from you so far. So powerful, so moving, and unfortunately true… Though, we women struggle more around the world, but I couldn’t help but see this as the test any human would have. I have to admit that I’m one of those who could/can not lose Faith no matter how much I’ve went/go through, I have to admit too, that it’s NOT easy when everything screams the otherwise. no one can live without having a certain belief in anything, and I’m not only speaking religiously here. You put all your emotions here, from anger to despair to empathy and compassion to HOPE… Great poem my friend, Thank You 💕

    • When I think about this oppression, and see how real it is, it becomes too hurtful, too much to take. Two issues that have fueled my revolutionary desires and dreams for a different and better world are the oppression of Black people and the oppression of half of humanity that are female. Your short comment is deeply felt, thank you.

    • Thank you Light. I took and appreciated very much the depth of what you have said. I think everyone has a “faith” and belief, even if it is just a negative self centered one. For me the question is how do we use it? Do we use it to change the ugliness around us? Or do we use it to hide us from this ugliness? I write poetry that is aesthetic and yet make the reader feel, feel alive, feel hope, feel that we humans can affect everything around us and this can spread far beyond the space we occupy at any given time. Oscar Wilde once said, “We all are living in the gutter; but some of us are looking at the stars.” I think he should have added, “And those of us who can see the stars find the ways to allow others to see the stars as well.”

      I am happy you found this poem and left me this beautiful comment.

      • Good Evening from here my friend✨

        It’s now that I read your response to me, first Thank You 🌺 second, I love your own added words to Wilde’s one, they are the truth that matters, we humans find comfort and company when we think that there are other humans who walked/are walking this experience called life. This reality keeps us sane when the world is getting crazy, make us feel we are not alone when everything is falling. We are still limited in our 3D body world, we still know little about what’s going on the either sides and worlds.

        I enjoy talking and exchanging thoughts with you😊 wishing you a very very good Day 🌻

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