joses tirtabudi Poems

Pieces of me, pieces of you, consisting of others
Teachers, friends, coaches, mothers, and fathers.
The older we get, the more we see
Pieces of others, that make up today's me.
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Magnificence
Omnipotence
Creator of man
God of all land
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“Sticks and stones may break my bones, but word may never hurt me.”
Said a wise man in a faraway land so many years ago.
So tell me why my heart feels so torn apart if all she did was speak,
I think we should see someone new; the problems are with you (I forget about mine)
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Here I am, I’m the squirrel!
I store nuts in a hole,
Before it gets too cold.
I scurry from tree to tree,
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Small bags big bags
Black bags white bags
Suitcases hey hey hey
For work and for play
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To run: To run and hide
Afraid to face the giants that arise
Strong man, strong man
Now too weak to stand
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In the bottom of a stream;
In water so pure and clean —
I live, an animal so strange,
Sensitive to every little change.
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I found it in my box today,
A photo that I tucked away.
It had a pretty smiling face
In another even happier place.
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The lifeless flutter of dull eyes defies the cries that defy the mountains that rise
The bird has flown, and the fuel tank's blown. As now the greatest enemy we find is our own
The powerful guns now fall under. The cannons cease to thunder. We behold and wonder, as we slip under
Smoke, it's scent burns our senses, as we feel a collapse of our defences because of our to inevitable lapses.
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There's a really pretty girl I know,
Twas talking with her not too long ago.
Now she's seems quiet as can be;
But today she really startled me.
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