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  The Haunting Search for the Lost **************************** Beneath a sky paved  bruised and heavy stone,   I walk the fragile light rope all alone.   The night may whisper doubts like winter wind,   Through forests where the silent shadows grow.   ***  Phantom weeds that choke the paths below,   I seek the ghosts of those who chose to flight.   Leaving my soul an ocean in the night,   A silent tide that no one dares to know.   *** My inner screen unmakes the dust of years,   I see myself, a child devoid of fears- Before the reel was warped by biting grief,   Like winter frost that kills the budding flower.   *** The bitter cold of loneliness may bite,   Yet in that cold, I find my guiding light.   Some memories decay like rusted steel,   Leaving a hollow ache I cannot heal.   *** While others cut like diamonds in my che...

  The Yoke of Empire ********************* Beneath the shadow of a foreign flag, The heavy chains of silent stories drag. With tired hands and broken dreams they weep, In lonely graves the world forgot to keep. *** Upon the shoulders of the weary man, The master sits to rule his fleeting span. One carries pride, and one must bear the chair, A frozen picture of a world unfair. *** The master wears a coat of shining thread, The servant walks where only shadows tread. Like deep roots trapped beneath a frozen clay, The common people bleed their lives away. *** The hands that built the mighty ocean fleet, Are left to die in dust upon the street. They stand like ancient banyan trees in the gale, Though bent by storms, their spirit will not fail. *** The ruler speaks of law and golden light, But builds his palace in the deepest night. A mother’s tear, an empty, barren field, Are painful truths that power tried to shield. *** The tyrant claims he owns the open sky, Because he trapped a bir...

I remember the days when you were my world, when every moment with you felt like a dream unfurled. Three years of love, two years as a pair, we promised forever, we promised to care. But somewhere along the way, we lost our light, our words became fewer, our hearts filled with fights. We lived under one sky but walked different ways, lost in our silence, lost in our days. I don’t even know when we started to fall, when “us” became distant and love felt so small. We only knew one thing, standing apart- “I can’t live with you and walk my on way” said both of our hearts. So we walked to the court with a decision made, thinking goodbye was the choice we had laid. Yet every time I saw you standing there, the anger was gone, there was something still there. Then one day I asked, “Shall we have some tea?” A simple moment brought back the old me. We sat and talked like we did before, and slowly we opened the forgotten door. We laughed about memories, the silly things we did, the love we once s...

 Die Another Day ***************** I count the passing days upon the sky, Like drifting stars that wander slowly by. I miss the laughter that we have not shared, The quiet moments destiny prepared. *** I carry memories that are not born, Like winter fields that wait to meet the dawn. But deep beneath this solitary flame, There lives a quiet fear without a name. *** For while I dream of your desired embrace, A darker vision takes its sudden place: The day you turn your back and walk away, And steal the golden sun from every day. *** How strange that love can hold two restless seas- One filled with hope, and one with silent pleas. One wave that brings you gently to my shore, One wave that takes you back for evermore. *** We die in moments, hidden deep and small, In dreams we lose, in tears that never fall. The person that I was just yesterday Will fade like mist and quietly drift away. *** And if our tangled paths should fade away, If heavy night should steal another day, Remember th...

  The Woman Who Bloomed In Winter ************************************ She was a flower born for the golden spring, But life placed her under an endless, weeping rain, A promised garden of velvet roses Left her with only the thorns and the pain. She wore her grace like a heavy crown, While beneath her ribs, a quiet ocean threatened to drown. *** She fed the little birds in her sheltering nest, Even when no one cared for the roots of the tree, A lantern consuming its own oil in a dark room, She gave away her warmth, wild and free. She spent her light ensuring others could safely sail, A solitary lighthouse standing stark against the gale. *** Her nights were filled with heavy, shifting shadows, Her brightest dreams were buried deep in the dust, The hands that were meant to hold her gently Forgot the sacred language of love and trust. She was treated like a deep well in a desert place- Treasured for her water, but forgotten in the drought's embrace. *** She carried mountains wrapped ...

She walks alone where the waves meet the shore, Listening for footsteps she waits for once more. The evening wind carries a whispering tune, A song of the ocean beneath the pale moon. Her eyes follow boats that disappear in the blue, Searching the horizon, still dreaming of you. The sea keeps your memories close to her heart, Though miles and silence may keep you apart. The waves come running to touch the land, Like a lover reaching for a waiting hand. They leave with the tide, they wander away, But return to the shore at the break of day. She learns from the ocean, patient and true, That love can survive when hearts are two. For even the waves that travel so far Still find their way back beneath the same star. The storms may rise and the nights may fall, The sea may answer with a distant call. But her love remains like the endless sea, A timeless song of what you mean to me. And when the moon shines over the shore, She feels your presence forevermore. For love is not lost when the wav...

  Memories in My Eyes ********************* Some memories sleep inside the heart, Quietly holding a forgotten part. A smile, a word, a moment gone, Still feels like a beautiful dawn. *** Some memories make our eyes well up with tears, Bringing back love from the passing years. Old feelings whisper through the silent night, Like a fading star with a gentle light. *** Though time may carry the days away, Some emotions forever choose to stay. The heart may change, the world may move, But memories remain with the ones we love. *** In the quiet corners of the mind, Lost moments are still left behind. A touch, a voice, a precious embrace, Still lives forever in a hidden place. *** Some memories never truly depart, They bloom like flowers inside the heart. And whenever my eyes begin to see, Those memories come alive in me.

If I had wings, I would become a lonely soul chasing the horizon, flying beyond these endless skies, searching for a place where someone waits with loving eyes. I would build a little home of palm leaves, a shelter of peace, a corner of my own, a quiet anchor in this restless world, far away from the loneliness I have known. I would carry my heart through every storm, a locked chest hiding my sorrow inside, hoping someday someone would whisper, “Stay with me… don’t fly away.” I have crossed so many seasons alone, a silent shadow watching the world move on. Many faces surround me, yet no hand has reached for mine, no voice has ever said, “You belong here… you are not alone.” Will someone hide my tears in the warmth of their embrace? Will someone protect the dreams I buried in a secret place? Will someone hold my hand when my journey is through, or will I leave this world with no one to remember me too? When my final breath disappears, when darkness arrives at the end of my d...

  The Weight of Honesty !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Honesty is a quiet flame, A light that burns without a name; It shows the road where shadows lie, A steady North Star beneath the sky. *** It builds the bridges hearts can cross, It saves the soul from hidden loss; A word kept true, a promise bright, A candle held against the night. *** Trust is a mirror, clear and deep, A fragile treasure we must keep; A single lie may leave a scar on heart, A wound that travels from afar. *** For honesty is the silent vault, The solemn vow that bears no fault; The scale that weighs the legal measure, The guardian of another’s treasure. *** It wears no crown of gold or stone, Yet sits beside the sovereign throne; It buys the peace between two brothers, It joins the hearts of distant others. *** It locks the chest and keeps the key, A fragile grace we grant freely; It patches wounds of time and pain, And mends the cracks of history’s chain. *** Yet honesty alone cannot plough, Nor feed the hung...

  The Ledger of My Hearth ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I have learned that honesty is a treasure, The root from which my home has grown, The quiet place where I can measure The life we’ve built, the seeds we’ve sown. !!! It is the vow I hold through weather, The open heart, the trusting gaze, The unseen thread that binds together Our separate nights and shared-out days. ~~~ Yet I have found that love’s devotion Is not in every word I say; The tide of endless, raw emotion Can wear a gentle bond away. !!! For when the floors and dishes call me, When weary hands have carried on, I hide the storms that rise within me Until the sharper winds are gone. ~~~ I do not speak each passing sorrow, Each tired thought, each moment’s ache; For some small truths are best to borrow The grace that kindness chooses to make. !!! I soften words and quiet anger, I let the little battles cease; Not from fear, nor from surrender, But from my longing to keep peace. ~~~ For if I showed each hidden shadow, Each rest...

  To the Man I Haven’t Met Yet ************************* I sit beside the window, watching the rain, Listening softly to its gentle refrain. The world outside is covered in grey, But my heart is dreaming of a beautiful day. !!! With every drop that falls from the sky, I wonder about the man I’ve yet to find. A stranger somewhere, living his life, The one who may become my future, my light. !!! I wonder what your eyes will say, When we finally meet someday. Will you see the dreams I hide? Will you understand the heart I keep inside? !!! Will you hold my hand when the storms arrive? Will you stand beside me through the highs and the tides? Will you choose me when the years pass by, Not only when love feels easy and bright? !!! I don’t dream of a perfect fairytale, A love where nothing ever fails. I dream of a heart that stays true, A soul that says, “I’ll walk through life with you.” !!! I dream of a man who respects my name, Who keeps our love alive through joy and pain. Someone who...

  The Primitive ************** I remember the world before it had a name, Before the green was broken by the plow, When fire was a wonder, not a weapon, And the sky was all the ceiling we’d allow. ->~<- We tracked the deer by heartbeat through the thicket, We thanked the river for the life it gave, We had no locks to keep out one another, And no one dug a brother for a grave. ->~<- No name was carved upon my skin, No walls divided me from you, No lies were dressed as golden words, No masks hid what was true. ->~<- A sharp stone became my first tool, A flame became my guiding light, I fought the cold, I faced the dark, And survived another night. ->~<- Then came the age of iron and of angles, When men began to measure out the mud, To call a mountain "mine" and fence the valley, And sign the deed in ink, and then in blood. ->~<- We traded in the starlight for the lantern, We traded in the silence for the gear, We built our towers higher than the re...

In this beautiful journey beneath the endless sky, We meet many souls as the moments pass by. Some bring us comfort, some bring us pain, Some arrive like sunshine, some like rain. ~~~~ Some hearts are candles in the silence of night, Burning with love just to offer their light. They give their warmth though their flame grows small, Asking for nothing, expecting nothing at all. ~~~~ Some souls are clouds that travel above, Carrying kindness, compassion, and love. They pour down blessings on the earth below, Helping lost dreams and tired hearts grow. ~~~ And some are like fireflies dancing in the dark, Carrying within them a beautiful spark. They do not need stars to prove they shine, Their little glow makes the night divine. ~~~ A firefly does not compete with the sun, It shines because shining is what it has begun. A gentle reminder through the silent night, Even a small soul can create light. ~~~ But some hearts are black holes in space, Taking our love without leaving a t...

I am the woman woven from the night, A silver mirror of forgotten sight. The world admires the beauty that I show, But never sees the storms that rage below. Sometimes I vanish from the crowded sky, Not to be lost, but just to wonder why- To find the pieces that I cast aside, And heal the wounds I usually must hide. For so long, I remained a perfect sphere, To shine completely and conceal my fear. I strove to give without a pausing breath, As if a fading phase were like a death. I wore a mask to prove that I was whole, And locked away the shadows of my soul. But in my own reflection I could see: Who am I when no eyes are watching me? I dropped the mask and found a quiet space, The dark became a fertile, healing place. It was the soil where sleeping seeds could grow, The only home my truest self could know. My crescent phase has taught me how to wait, The hidden moon gave courage to my fate. The full moon taught acceptance of the past, To know that nothing is designed to las...

Wedding Morning ***!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*** The sun rose softly that morning, painting gold across the sky, while a little girl inside her heart wondered when the years went by. *** The house was filled with laughter, with footsteps, songs, and light, but somewhere deep within her soul, she held a silent night. *** Her hands wore shades of crimson, her eyes held dreams and tears, a thousand little memories stood beside her through the years. *** Her mother’s loving whispers, her father’s gentle smile, her brothers’ endless teasing - she carried every mile. *** The jewels upon her table sparkled bright and new, but none could shine as brightly as the love she always knew. *** Today she’d leave the doorway where her childhood used to stay, walking into someone’s world on her own wedding day. *** She smiled for all around her, hiding storms she couldn’t say, for a daughter becomes a bride while her heart learns to fly away. *** And somewhere in the silence, beneath the bridal ...

  The Refining Fire ~~***~~~~***~~ I entered this world with an open, bare hand, A stranger arriving in a transient land. Yet I grasped at the trophies, the praise, and the gold, Forgetting I borrowed what I never could hold. ~~***~~ I built up my kingdoms, I argued, I fought, Chasing brief illusions that the daylight had caught. But the clock never pauses, my hour will chime, To strip all my attachments from the hands of time. ~~***~~ Death is no shadow, no thief in my night, But my mystical guide walking into the light. The quiet companion who stays by my side, To show me the ocean beyond this brief tide. ~~***~~ My wealth will divide, and my arguments cease, As I shed all my armor and step into peace. My memories will fade like the mist on a stream, As I, the deep dreamer, awake from the dream. ~~***~~ For life was the forge where my spirit had to go, To learn from the friction, the sorrow, the blow. Like iron once plunged in the heat of the pyre, I am being made sharp by the re...

  The Road Beyond Shadows *** ~~***~~*** ~~*** ~~***  Shadows may wander and drift away, Yet one companion is bound to stay- Silent, patient, beyond all claim, Death remembers each of our names. ~~***~~ He comes not early, nor lingers near, But arrives in the hour both solemn and clear; A mystic guide with an unseen hand, Leading us toward an unknown land. ~~***~~ Once upon his chariot we ride, Past memory's shores and time's fading tide, The stories we carried, the joys and the pain, Dissolve like mist in a gentle rain. ~~***~~ We entered this world with empty hands, And leave the same, as destiny commands; No treasure follows, no title remains, Only the soul beyond earthly chains. ~~***~~ Time has tethered life with cords unseen, Woven from deeds and all that has been; Yet why do we quarrel, why strive and contend, When every journey approaches its end? ~~***~~ The wealth we gathered, the things we adored, Are measured and shared by those left ashore; What once seemed lastin...

  The Monsoon Frog ~~:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::~~ After the long and merciless summer, when the fields lay thirsty and the river dwindled into a narrow ribbon, we waited for the monsoon with the patience of farmers watching the horizon. ~~::::::~~ The sun ruled those days without mercy. Our few shirts and trousers hung on a rope, fluttering in the scorching wind. By noon they were stiff and dry, baked by the fire of summer. ~~::::::~~ The whole village knew our poverty. Some saw our worn clothes, yet few could see the hidden wounds- the tears swallowed in silence, the hunger burning in the belly, the worries smouldering in the mind. ~~::::::~~ But childhood had its own wisdom. We carried our sorrows lightly, tucking them away among games and laughter. ~~::::::~~ Then one afternoon, dark clouds gathered above the coconut groves, and rain burst upon the earth. The scent of wet soil rose from the ground- an old song returning after years of silence. ~~::::::~~ I ran with my friends...