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Time Shall Tell We behave like Pharaohs,   Living as if we were demigods Feeling above everything and everyone.   We place ourselves forever above others,   Worshipping materials, forgetting   The Father of all material things.   Each day passes like an autumn leaf falling from the tree.   We don’t see the danger in time;   We rush, hoping to outrun it,   Only to fall asleep,   Unaware.   So what are we Wise, or foolish? I looked at the cardboard shelf   With neatly arranged dishware:   Cups, plates, bowls, trays Glass, ceramic, wooden, plastic,   Molded metal, even iron.   Each piece is a masterpiece  Beautiful.   Each one with a unique shape, a purpose.   But not all can withstand the turbulence of life.   Some end their purpose early Doing one thing, then gone. The glass plate falls It’s over.   The ceramic plate falls It’s over.   The wooden plate falls It survives.   The iron pl...

I was told it was beautiful When I found mine, Everything would make sense. I was young, So I didn’t know what it was, Or what would be. I grew, clinging to the beautiful, The happy memories you created. I dove into the water again and again, Hoping it would wash you away But you stayed, a birthmark that grows with me, unchanged, but fighting dirty. I was fine when he came. I wanted things to stay like that. He was your eviction. But also your echoing nightmare. He wasn’t supposed to happen, But he helped me heal. Many tried, but my looks alone brought them to their knees. The doctors said my mind was locked somewhere with you. I wanted out, but I couldn’t even when you let go. They all wanted to be you, but better. But you are you. They are them. He didn’t impress me. Not at first. He drove me through madness, showed me something new, and led me out of my mind. I heard you were looking for me Somewhere in a city where the sun never sets. I wrote all the poems I could, And I hurt...

  You care? yes, Do you understand me? yes, Do I love what you do? yes, There's something about you that pulls me to you. Your smile fits your face perfectly Your eyes are deep and beautiful. I like And I love to look at them whenever you are not aware, so I don’t look weird to you Sometimes I would stare at your pictures, finding something that’s not there or that I wish was Your face, my hands wish to hold and cherish I want to hold them from night till the mornings, you will wake and smile at me Your lips, sinful, I'm drawn to them from afar Sometimes I wonder why life puts us apart Sometimes I wish I were yours, waking to the sound of rainfall together and locking into each other Sometimes I wonder if I am in your space too much Sometimes I want out of your life, and sometimes I want in It's crazy how we have so much in common Yet, our wish is forbidden

Family bonds, a complex web we weave, Some threads are strong, others frayed, and some we can't conceive. Born into a family that raised me with care, But others, who share our name, showed no love or repair. Mommy's sacrifices paid our school fees and more. Raised us with love, while daddy was absent, forever in store. Other dads provided, but ours was never near, Leaving us to fend, without a father's cheer. Now grown, some "family" ask, with sly intent, "Has no one come for your hand?" Their eyes on our inheritance bent. Waiting to sink their claws into our pockets so deep, And smile like demons, as they leave us to weep. But little do they know, I am me, a force so true, Who only cares for those who cared, and sees through their brew. I hate those who hate me, with a passion so strong, An extremist, who's grown alone, and faced life's wrongs. I've toiled on this earth and stood tall, Ready to finish the race, with or without them all. For...