In a town filled with the broken
There was a word left utterly unspoken
A hand that receives with no thanks
A chest that strout about the water banks
...
We all have a dark side in us
A man, robed in pink, pointed into the sky.
Look, son - don't shy away from it.
Behold the beauty of the night.
...
You're half-turned towards the light
Leaving maybe, not quite staying.
But the golden hour does you right.
...
'Two decades of silence,
Two decades I bound you in chains.
And I,
the keeper and the kept,
...
These words, scored upon a broken pillar.
It reads;
Lancel across the shoulder,
In filthy rags, a beast lurk,
...
I puffed until my lungs itched.
Sixteen sticks of the unholy sin,
Chewed every bit like my last.
My rods were not seen by me,
...
Three girls run wild in my backyard,
One sweet and loving beyond compare,
Her sister kind and compassionate,
The youngest, fierce as wildfire.
...
You held a knife to my kin's neck,
And I, forced down to watch in fear.
Behold your own word of bondage:
'Accept my faith or eat my blade.'
...
'He said, '
With profound determination and sincerity
'I want to be a submissive wife to my husband,
I want to care for him as much as he does to me,
...
Mo Kangzi
Ghost of the red bridge
A blade that beams with vengeance
Eyes that speaksm in compassion
...
A man set sail across the open water
His ship, his oars, his course
Compassion was all over him
He treated all aboard with love
...
Wrath, my child,
is a blade designed to be wielded by none.
Come near; I will tell you a story.
...
Dear, Gold Bird.
Do you remember when;
I found you where life kisses death
...
I ask you a question, and you have answered me not. I asked 'as we sought to forge a new identity in this world, as we strive to make a mark, what is that essential part of our soul that we are willing to sacrifice? '
Under the cashew tree,
By the yard, I lay on her bosom
...
I have seen death in her many faces.
Once dressed as a child in need
blind, but saw light clear as you.
Her balls clenched between her fists.
...
...nd so, In this limerick, we mourn a bass player's fate,
A life barely known, now sealed by death's gate.
From darkness to light
We'll trace his might,
...
...nd so, In this limerick, we mourn a bass player's fate,
At an all white funeral, an old bass player, his fate,
Thrived on words spoken by soothsayers, great.
...
...nd so, In this limerick, we mourn a bass player's fate,
At his last call, an old bass player's wake,
Whose love life had a woeful ache.
...
1.
Buried deep in own thoughts.
Hath there other worlds away from mine,
Dost they know that which I was taught,
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Seven Vices - Pride
In a town filled with the broken
There was a word left utterly unspoken
A hand that receives with no thanks
A chest that strout about the water banks
In that town was a house with a room
Fragranceful as a walk in the tomb
In his heart, he spat at every of them
Forgetting this flesh never stays fresh
He counted coins that weren't his due
Said 'thank you' not, nor 'how are you'
His mirror loved him, his neighbor feared
He called that power, but it disappeared
One night his breath turned cold as stone
He reached for help and found alone
His tower of pride, so tall and steep
Was just a grave he'd dug to keep
But down the road, on broken knees
A different sound moved through the trees
Not a shout, not a boast, not a furious word
Just one small voice the town had heard:
'I am nothing. But nothing can kneel.
And kneeling taught me what is real.'
That voice was humility.
It had no room, no key, no fee.
It slept on floors, it mended nets,
It bore your insult without threats.
And when the proud man's candle died,
The humble one stayed by his side
And whispered this before the grave:
'What pride could not take, love will save.'
So let your chest not strut the banks.
Give thanks in silence. Break no ranks.
For pride leaves ashes, cold and dumb
But the humble rise when the proud have come undone.
Had it come to mind, that the anticipation of life and awareness of existence holds within itself the certainty of an eventual cessation
'Behind the silk gown, an anvil hid. Wham! ! The rest was history.'
'...So barren holy Màríà, Land so barren...'
'...men like us are wrought with flaw, No hand unmarred, no soul complete.'