Category: Quatrain

Cali Shakes Again…

Anthony6 Comments

Here we go again 

Another earthquake 

Will the shaking end 

If not, a lot will break.

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What does the future boast

Will the quakes get worst 

Will inland become the coast?

All these fault lines were cursed.

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Be it Malibu, Bakersfield, or Highland Park

Ontario, Corona, all over the state 

I dislike earthquakes, especially in the dark

Everything will get broken at this rate.

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We call ourselves “earthquake country”

Because of the regularity here in California

On our toes, we always have to be 

Price to pay for such beauty and euphoria.

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Ever since I was a kid 

We get these things occasionally 

Everything in the house would slide and skid 

Momentary instability.

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With everything moving everywhere

I really don’t enjoy them, honestly

It really can put on a scare

With such massive entropy…

-AAA 10/01/2024

Stories Of Old 

Anthony2 Comments

Tell me your secrets of old

Of magic times in distant lands

Before my heart grows cold 

Tell me while I understand.

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Tales of the valiant and brave

Princesses and castles long gone

Plenty of heroes and occasional knave

Sit with me quietly and I’ll go on.

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Magicians and jesters 

And all in between

Evil princes that pester

Great kings that might have been.

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Sorcery and witchcraft ate afoot

Watch out where you move and see

One bad step and your journeys’s moot

You be all trapped instead of free.

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Not all witches are evil or bad

Some cast nice magic spells 

While others may drive you mad

With only time can you tell.

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Swordsman and maidens everywhere

Countless battles and wars fought

Treasure and riches beyond compare 

Life and death as destiny’s wrought.

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Persons poor, humble, and proud 

Beginnings so harsh they’re barely alive

Triumphant trumpet fanfares aloud 

Just open your ears and close your eyes.

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Maidens sporting ethereal gowns 

Knights in armor non-discreet

Dressed for battle, many pounds  

A battle ax, now they’re complete.

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The stories are long and vivid too 

Written over hundreds of years 

Knowing them all are a privileged few

Most have gone on to eternity I fear.

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Giants, goblins, elves, and dwarfs

Have their part in the stories as well

Mystical creatures of every sort

Some heavenly, while others from hell.

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Amulets, necklaces, and rings 

There value one cannot comprehend

Golden bobbles and other things

All these treasures make your mind bend.

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Pay a tribute to the oracles for truth

Only in the currency of gold 

Lacking this wisdom denies you, soothe

Or any other answer they could tell.

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Find a place comfortable and soft

Enjoying all tales and their spin

In a warm bedroom or a cozy loft 

Open the pages, and let’s begin…

-AAA 09/27/2024

Three Things Challenge #M826

Anthony13 Comments

Three Things Challenge #M826

Your three words today are:

WRITTEN

PAPER

ESSAY

DIVORCE SUPPORT 101

She’d written her essay

All the words are down 

She says he says at play 

It’s cringeworthy of a frown.

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The papers are filed 

The marriage is over 

All that misery piled 

All sadness hovers.

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He left to save his life

She watched her lifestyle end

All breakups invite strife 

Resulting in losing friends.

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No one truly understands 

How hard these things are

Unless you’ve lived it firsthand

Only then, would we be on par.

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So if you have a friend 

Or family member 

Have their marriage end

Try and remember 

What I just said…

-AAA 08/23/2024

Stand Still

Anthony13 Comments

Stand still 

This may hurt

Stand still 

Do not blurt.

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Stand still 

Do not move

Stand still

Trying to soothe.

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Stand still

Adjustments are hard

Stand still 

In this regard.

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Stand still 

Hold your breath

Stand still

Feel the breadth.

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Stand still 

Is my creed

Stand still 

Follow my lead.

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Stand still 

Life gets worse 

Stand still 

That’s our curse.

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Stand still

Take pause 

Stand still

Retract your claws.

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Stand still 

This is a test 

Stand still 

It’s for the best.

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Stand still 

Your cross to bear

Stand still 

Life isn’t fair.

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Stand still 

Don’t react

Stand still 

Call off the attack.

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Stand still

You will achieve

Stand still 

Just believe.

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Stand still 

It isn’t the end

Stand still 

You’re not alone, my friend…

-AAA 09/19/2024

I’m Me, I’m Free

Anthony4 Comments

I am the music to your ears

Note by note I’ll always be there 

As my hands wipe away tears

Consistency beyond compare.

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I am creative, occasionally aloof

I am king of my own castle

My life and sign are definite proof

Being another way is such a hassle.

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I am me and it’s taken a time

To best figure who I am

Loving yourself is not a crime

So don’t expect to get a sham.

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I am the song in your heart

A pleasant melody to hear 

Only pure love will I impart 

So you have, nothing to fear.

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I am writing as we speak

Kind words are coming fourth

Many lovers search and seek

All to find the purest source.

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So if you see me I won’t be loud

As I’m constantly writing prose

My determination make me proud

Of such many things I suppose…

-AAA 09/19/2024

New Poetic Forms, My Norm

Anthony2 Comments

New poem style mastery

Is challenging when your done

New tools in your battery 

Makes writing quite fun.

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First, study the history

And learn all the rules

Remove all the mystery

Then obtain new tools.

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The process is enchanting

Twists and turns are there

Not a careless smattering 

Of words without care.

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So hang up the telephone

Distractions be gone

All noise must be overthrown

Then and there you’re on.

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So practice, be consistent

This is something new 

So keep at it, persistent

The best you can do…

-AAA 09/19/2024

All Work and No Play…

Anthony6 Comments

People work themselves to death

Never ending daily grind

Tasking each and everything

Lest falling far behind in a major bind.

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Starts at fifteen or sixteen

In their youth, little regard

Seeking out the greatest time

Not quite the effort for working very hard.

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Time flies and the years rush by

Laziness will not abide

Learn the value of money

Then accomplishments, the wealth of healthy pride.

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Scales now tipped another way

Work becomes out everything

As we mature we work hard

Security and prosperity, now king.

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Those two extremes in our lives

Balance needed that’s the truth

Work and play must coexist

As my life and lessons, are the living proof…

-AAA 09/19/2024

The Word of the Day Challenge

Anthony2 Comments

Answer

Today’s Word of the day is Answer.

THE ANSWERS ARE THERE, INSIDE

There is answer to everything

You just have to search inside 

You can accomplish anything

Just set aside all of your pride.

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Be open to all change

No matter how drastic

Adjust and rearrange

Life will be fantastic.

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Evolve yourself anew

Grow from each downfall

Change your point of view

Or you’re not living at all.

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Many new things can be scary

Just be brave and take them all on

It only takes a little dating

Then all your fears will be gone.

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So when the going goes vertical

It’s not unbearable like a cancer 

Challenges are not impossible

As inside of you are the answers…

-AAA 09/18/2024

Take Some Chances 

Anthony8 Comments

Just be brave 

Don’t let life shake you 

The world won’t behave 

Don’t let it unmake you.

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Take a chance 

Try something completely new 

Go to that dance

Sit near that person in the pew. 

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You just never know

What the world has in store

Take a chance, go

Lest your life be a bore.

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Grab that new job 

Try a different food

Or else you might rob

Yourself of some good.

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Venture far away

From your comfort zone

You might extend the stay

For what you’ll become.

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Keep moving forward

Whether it’s raining or snowing

Even if that road is curved

Just keep on going.

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This is a critical lesson

I’ve found it rather nifty

If could make one concession,

learn it at 25 instead of 50.

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Life is very scary 

But you must try 

Be a little less wary

Before you die…

-AAA 09/17/2024

When Will We Learn?

Anthony10 Comments

What do you do 

What do you say

How do you feel 

How do you pray?

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What do you know

What do you see

When will you act

Will you be free?

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What is your cause

What are you for

When is the time

After or before?

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When will it start

When will it end 

Are there remarks

Are you my friend?

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When will the fighting stop 

When will the hatred cease

When will the world unite 

When will we cure disease?

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What does the future hold

What are the cards in play 

When will we finally learn

Lessons we repeat everyday…

-AAA 09/17/2024

When Inspiration Starved, Try a New Form 

Anthony8 Comments

How many poetic forms can one use?

There are hundreds out there to be tried 

More than twenty- five, I choose

As writing makes me feel alive.

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Quatrains are common for many to use 

Just like this one I’m writing right now

The words come together just like a cruise

Completing the work, a solemn vow.

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When do you choose to try a new form?

When the words will not come out 

As you weather a writers block storm 

Then inspiration will scream and shout.

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Words now come quickly, too fast type

As many new ideas fills your mind

Such a rush of creativity, ideas are ripe

No longer in your artistic bind.

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So never worry when the words won’t come 

When you can try new exciting poetic forms 

Fresh inspiration, where once, mere crumbs

Challenging, refreshing, is your new norm…

-AAA 09/15/2024

Getting Through Thursday

Anthony11 Comments

Can’t keep my eyes open

I’m in dire need of a nap

Up early, and I’m still coping.

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I feel slow and thick like tree’s sap

Only caffeine can get me through

Feeling dried out like a pen without cap.

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A latte or Monster Energy will do

Wake up juice is needed now

After consuming this magic brew.

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I feel light and airy in my brow 

Really getting my second wind

Moving with determination and how

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My tiredness earlier doth rescind

Meetings and projects, so much to get done

As I finished them all, I happily grinned.

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Knocking out task lists is always fun

Satisfaction, at the end of my day 

Now once and for all, my work is done

I’m not a Jack, dull, boy, it’s time for play…

-AAA 09/12/2024

1/0 = ?

Anthony5 Comments

How long is infinity?

Can we drive there?

The existentialist affinity

With nothing to share.

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Is infinitesimal far?

I can’t count the miles

Surely, you can’t use your car

Journeying all the while.

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Can ginormous be calculated?

My computer can’t compute

Its circuits get exasperated

As the endless is a brute.

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Try as you may to divide by zero

You’ll never get the answer

If you could you’d be such a hero

But the larger numbers, hamper.

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When will the end be reached? 

I doubt we will ever know

With the sands of time besieged

Ebbing endlessly, to and fro…

-AAA 09/11/2024

Marianne Martian and The Space Cadets 

Anthony4 Comments

When my sister was eight

She’d earned a new nickname 

Marianne Martin, which was great 

With each song, she’d play a game.

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Many singers long ago 

Really slurred their words

Minus the lyrics, no one would know

And the songs would sound absurd.

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My sister sang what she thought she heard

My aunt and I would laugh and listen

As she made up nonsensical words 

And Martian and the Space Cadets were christened.

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My aunt and I were the loyal space cadets

Our number was only two

We made a trio instead of quartette

But that’s what we had to do. 

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When Marianne martian sang a song 

We’d do our best to accompany her 

Even if the words are lyrics were wrong

We’d sing them all wrong for sure.

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So if you ever passed a brown mustang 

In the late nineteen seventies for sure 

No, you you were not going insane

We were just starting our world tour…

-AAA 09/10/2024

Colors And Precious Stones 

Anthony6 Comments

Amethyst touches 

Periwinkle notions 

Chartreuse causes

And gray devotions.

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Purple candor

Azure skies 

Beige contemporaries

And violet lies.

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Yellowing injustice 

Caught by righteous brown

Silver hi-jinx

The off-white brings down.

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Pink establishment

Red rose of glory

Opal as the midnight 

And jade ends our story…

-AAA 09/06/2024

Bills to Pay

Anthony1 Comment

I can’t stay 

As I say

I must pay

No delay.

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Away far 

With my car

It’s bizarre

I’m on par.

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Pay my bills

Far from thrills

Through the mills

I need pills.

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Then return 

And not spurn

Nor will burn

What I yearn…

-AAA 09/06/2024

Affirm Your View of You

Anthony9 Comments

Does anyone else see

The beauty you have inside

So gentle, calm, and free 

Solely to kindness, you abide.

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You need to see it too 

No matter what at all

In everything you do

Or you’ll fail yourself and fall.

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Gifted and great you must be 

Never minimize all you do and touch

Look in the mirror and you’ll see 

That to many you mean quite much.

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You work a lot and help others 

Keep it up you’re doing great

Many unrelated sisters and brothers

To this there is no debate. 

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So give yourself a break 

Realize you’re better than good

With each new work you make

Living your life as you should…

-AAA 09/05/2024

Work and Play

Anthony2 Comments

Life is hard 

So they say

Despite work

All, love play.

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Pay your dues 

Nine to five

Work quite hard

To survive.

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Then punch out

Job well done

Tasks complete 

Now for fun.

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On the town 

Walk with friends

Hope the fun

Never ends…

-AAA 09/05/2024

Happily, Parting Company 

Anthony4 Comments

You have no right

To recuse me dear 

Bark was worse than the bite

I call your bluff, now and here.

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Your words don’t carry 

Do give it all up 

You’re no longer scary

Just leave with your cup.

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You are so insane 

I truly pity you 

With a damaged brain

And you’re toxic too.

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Don’t ever seek me out 

No goodbyes were needed

Stand pat, serious and stout 

All warnings are heeded.

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Far away from me 

Just go live your life

Deranged as can be 

Another sucker’s wife…

-AAA 08/31/2024

Feast or Famine

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Some lovers dreamt

Whilst others wept.

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Some share their love 

While others push or shove.

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Some grow stronger 

While others take longer.

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Some find peace in each other

While some are still under cover.

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Some live their very best lives

While others are ex husbands and wives.

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Some linger and grow 

Others lose all control.

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Some have fun all day

While others are far away.

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Its feast or famine

In the rules of love

People must examine

Who fits them like a glove…

-AAA 08/21/2024

Dreamer of a Reality

Anthony11 Comments

Originally Published 04/28/2024

I can taste your color

And it appeals to me

You are like no other

That I have ever seen

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My heart flutters

When you are near

I’m melting butter

Each time you appear

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Come closer to me

So I can see your face

An endless sea

Of beauty in place

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Beautiful hair that’s heaven sent

And stunning eyes that stop my heart

Knowing now what the ‘others’ meant

Truly sets your uniqueness apart

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I pinch myself am I awake

Or maybe you are just a dream

Feeling you makes my insides ache

Perhaps it’s somewhere in between…

-aaa ❤️‍🔥

Job Well Done

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A task is assigned 

So you get to work 

Everything entwined

As challenges lurk.

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Ideas flow out 

Of your busy mind

They are all about

To become refined.

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So you jot them down 

Organizing thoughts

As you go to town 

Creatively wrought.

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Don’t mince any words

Your mind takes over 

Nothing looks absurd

Don’t run for cover.

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All comes together

Faster than it seems

Light as a feather 

Almost like your dreams.

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Then the finish line 

Is within your sight

It’s all going fine

Dark tunnels, yield light.

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No need to meddle

Or shuffle your feet

Tap the brake pedal

The project’s complete…

-AAA 08/20/2024

The Narcissists’ Reward

Anthony4 Comments

Here are the facts 

As you have them set 

You have no tact 

Or any regrets.

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You do as you please 

Without any remorse 

Your hyperbolic squeeze

Keeps you on course.

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You think of only 

What serves your need

You’re never lonely

Just filled with greed.

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Whomever serves your will 

You keep near you bed

But once you’ve had your fill

They’re as good as dead.

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So sing your own praises

As your world revolves around you

I hear rhetoric in your phrases 

As you have not  got a clue. 

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You think you know best 

As your world turns 

Though I must confess

You have a lot to learn.

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So go ahead and laugh 

While you play others, hard

For one day photographs

Are all that you’ll regard…

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So take my me at my word

As I grasp all I can hone 

Yes, you think me absurd

Maybe not, when you’re all alone.

-AAA 08/18/2024

Divine Timing Love Happens (Just not Right Away for Some)

Anthony5 Comments

Originally Published 04/21/2024

One day we’ll grow old together

Put our pieces each in place

Share many years through all weather

And each the wrinkles on our face

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Finding adventure each unfurled

Dancing to our very own beat

Many travels all over the world

Excitement lies before our feet

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No matter the time your eyes are the same

Your smile hasn’t changed at all

I’m smitten that is to blame

And every day in love I fall

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I manifest your existence

Each night in my dreams

My true love persistence

Is more than it seems

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One day our story will come to be

And we’ll be the envy of others

A new standard for all to see

When our dream life uncovers

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Holding hands on porch swing

Watching the evening pass

Fly high on passion’s wing

With many great times to amass

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We’re never too old to find a love of our lives

I’m 52 and I’m well on my way

Despite my two and a half ex wives

All my lessons learned and used here today

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Synchronies daily often appear

11:11, 1:11, 3:33, and 2:22

All conformation a great future is near

And these numbers portend, well, you

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When this happens, brightly clear

A divinely timed union we’ll be

As it happens I’ll blog it right here

Giving hope for all the world to see…

-aaa

So Long and Goodbye

Anthony4 Comments

What can I do 

What can I say 

I knew we were through

On that winter day.

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Our love has long gone 

For the both of us 

From day one we were wrong

I guess we missed our bus.

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There were no goodbyes 

No fond farewells spoken

We did our separate cries

Since we were irreparably broken.

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Innocent others 

got caught up in our mess

Children, sisters, and brothers

Were hurt, I confess.

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They didn’t understand 

That she and I were wrong

The ending was at hand 

The end of our song.

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Breakups are messy things

We go our separate ways 

Feeling all of those stings 

Which go one for days.

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Thinking of a better tomorrow

Is all that we can do

After we clear the sorrow 

And new things come into view.

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So anyone who’s hurting

Needn’t worry about the past

One day all get their deserving

When all is done and passed…

-AAA 08/15/2024

Sweet Sleep Surrender

Anthony4 Comments

Originally Published 04/26/2024

Feel me, I am near you

Whisper and I’ll hear you

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Share those secrets with me

Then let go and be free

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Time will slow down, you needn’t worry

The universe doesn’t make us to hurry

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Let’s enjoy our silver lining

Meeting in divine timing

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The wait we endured has been too long

Any longer and our story would be a song

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Through thick and thin clichés galore

Do stay longer and I’ll think of more

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Just hold me tight and never let go

Even if the advanced hour tells you so

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As the night deepens, you finally rest

Laying your soft head on my chest

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I feel my heart start to soar

As you gently snore

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Breathing soft and safe at last

From the horrors of your past

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I finally close my eyes and drift away

Before the evening turns to day

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I won’t move an inch as you gently sleep

For I know its relief is peaceful and deep

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Blackness now surrounds this bed

As I drift away and lay back my head

-aaa

ANXI

Anthony2 Comments

Originally Published 04/20/2024


Art by Missy Daugherty
http://madmissywork.blog

Clutching you when you least expect

Coldness like a Zombie’s hand

Little to do or even protect

Fear waves its toxic wand.

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Heart is racing beating faster

You take deep breaths to try and cope

Your body turns to rigid, skin alabaster

As you grasp at slipping notions of hope.

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It’s taken you now you’re frozen in place

Triggered and frayed like a live wire

A icy gaunt look on your face

You suffer deep in anxiety’s ire.

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Its Crippling debilitating

And takes a big toll on

Endlessly contemplating

Until happiness is gone.

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Many a victim doth it take

Chaining them to over thought

Trying to avoid a break

From a disaster that may be wrought.

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Stand in strength and hold on fast

Strength inside far more than you know

This internal nagging will not last

Take this opportunity to grow.

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Take control you got this now.

Your mind drifts back to normalcy

Taking command of your fears, wow

It’s the strongest you can be…

–aaa

Sekenglif (feelings) 😀😊😔😢

Anthony3 Comments

Originally Published 04/30/2024

Art Work by Melissa Daugherty.
https://www.deviantart.com/madartwork42

A perfect sphere surrounds us each day

It’s our reality of everything we see

A myriad of emotions, are at play

And many affect both you and me

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Outside the sphere, feelings abound

And each its own unique face

Happiness, sadness, and others are found

Surrounding people of every race

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Which we choose or rather chooses us

We often have very little choice

Confronting our feelings is a must

When talking in our inner voice

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We might as well roll with it all

There’s no need to lose control

Feelings, inside of us rise and fall

Learn to ride the ebb and flow

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So how do we deal with all these thoughts

How do we gain an upper hand

Dealing with the past, you’ve wrought

Helps you draw boundaries in the sand

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Then one day, you create a space

Between what you see and what you feel

Putting self control in place

Preventing overreaction, a bad way to deal

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So as the realities challenge with strife

Remember, you are in control

Of your reality and your life

Don’t let your feelings take a toll…

-aaa

Fun At Last Paid for in my Past

Anthony6 Comments

Originally Published 04/29/2024

I have been to hell and back

Upon the most treacherous course

My life and memories in a virtual knapsack

Navigating my life, post divorce

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I don’t know where I go next

But I know it’s going to be fun

My past days of being hexed

Are all finished and truly done

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Endless adventures await my life

I’m enjoying the unknown of each day

Over are all my days of strife

And now it’s time to enjoy and play

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Tomorrow isn’t guaranteed

So each our lives, we must not waste

For the hazards of our pasts we all must heed

To thrive inside our happy place

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Endless days and laughing times

I look forward to enjoy

Sharing experiences with friends of mine

With hard learned lessons, I employ

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Who knows next which way I go

Not even I can answer

But I’m enjoying the ebb and flow

Just like that of the dancer…

-aaa

My Newest Molar 

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Hello little toothy

Welcome back to my mouth 

You’re my newest molar 

That I lost a few months south.

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I promise not to mistreat you 

In eating, work, or play

So that you’ll never leave me 

As you did that day.

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I will brush and floss you 

And handle you with care

So that I won’t further lose you 

And have a mouth that’s bare.

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So today I got to the dentist 

To add you to my teeth 

My mouth’ll be a little fuller 

Much to my relief. 

-AAA 08/09/2024

The Uninvited 

Anthony13 Comments

This is for people who aren’t invited 

Whose names don’t make others excited.

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The ones at the top of their classes 

Socially awkward and wearing glasses.

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Wanting above all else just to belong 

But being treated like they’re wrong.

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Incessantly picked on and mocked out loud 

Because they don’t fit in with the crowd.

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Being unique isn’t at all bad 

But it drives the unoriginal mad.

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Persons that are smart, eccentric, unique 

Get relegated as losers or freaks.

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I’m proudly among those few 

Cast aside and set askew.

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Happy to be my odd duck self 

Even if I was left on the shelf.

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Our minds are free and artistry true 

It’s the only thing that we can do.

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I say this happily braving every snub 

Wholeheartedly a member of the loser’s club.

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Dances and parties that others would share 

Most of us were uninvited, unneeded, not there. 

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Later in life though, our value is known 

When we eventually come into our own.

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So never count out  n this motley crew 

In this current day and age 

For we all know what to do 

When we’re released from our cage…

-AAA 08/08/2024

Writers Bloque

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Originally Published 04/26/2024

Don’t worry the words will come

Keep writing them all down

Using all fingers and thumbs

This isn’t your first go around.

🤯

Exercises and brainstorms

Still, they do not come

Stretching your brain clear it of worms

You’re still brilliant, not dumb.

🤯

Yet the paper is empty devoid of prose

Lonely and sad and without content

The right thoughts are just under your nose

Yeah, each one is crooked and bent.

🤯

The hours get later and later

And still, nothing arrives

Your frustration leaves a deeper crater

But your perseverance survives.

🤯

Now a mere trickle

Things start to come together

The block and mental pickle

Hopefully gone forever.

🤯

Your work is nearly complete

You never thought it would arrive

Writers block is never discreet

As some works, never survive.

🤯

The end at last, the time is now

You’re written work is finished

And You make a silent vow

Thank God your talent has not diminished…

-aaa

Married and Divorced to Ms Cruelty

Anthony1 Comment

She wouldn’t inflate his ego.

It just wasn’t her to be that kind.

She’d rather see him fall down.

As flat on his face as possible.

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She wouldn’t let a single soul talk down to him

At the first word, she was a furious defender.

He mistook this for love and care.

In reality, putting him down was only her indulgence, and no one else’s.

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She wouldn’t be intimate with him, ever.

She’d give every excuse from fibromyalgia to menopause.

He felt she was simply only attracted to his money.

He was right because she saved all her intimacy for her ex husband.

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She’d instigate many fights at the expense of his dignity.

She’d mercilessly push him to his tipping point.

Then get mad at him for his reaction to her barrage of incendiary statements.

Then when he’d walk away to end the argument, she’d fire off another volley, a parting shot, “go pout”.

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She didn’t care whether he lived or died.

His illnesses and complications from Diabetes were his problem.

Any symptoms or issue he experienced was all in his head.

She had the bedside manner of steel wool and the warmth to match.

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Even when he left her she refused to be human.

Using the Ex grandchildren as weapons in her arsenal of cruelty.

She fought him tooth and nail for alimony.

Until he relented and paid her, a worthy price at any amount to be put of her life forever.

-08/04/2024

Symbiotic Adoration

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Originally Published 04/24/2024

Mighty Sarafiona approached the crowd

Of many anxious awaiting fans

Prepared to give her their laude

Among a multitude of esteemed courtesans

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She steps up to the podium

Placing hands upon a microphone

Scanning a prepared speech for idioms

Just her before them all alone

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A silent pause before she speaks

The crowd anticipates and quiets down

Some camped outside of here for weeks

For privilege of hearing the lady in the gown

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Her throat is cleared and she’s ready to go

Deafening silence greets her first word

After it the rest all flow

Sounding anything but absurd.

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Cheers and applause

Greet her with explosive bursts

Each time she takes a pause

From pages of her prepared words

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They have such adoration for her

Hanging on each syllable spoken

The moments pass by with dizzying whir

With their synergy never broken.

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The end has come her speech complete

Tears and cheers from everyone

Standing tall all in the street

Her grandiose statement all now done…

-aaa

I am a Martian

Anthony10 Comments

Originally Published 04/26/2024

I am one of a kind

Unique is the rule

No one to bind

As I’m a fool

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Far from my planet

I’m all alone

I take nothing for granted

A billion miles from home

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Sensitive to all that feel

But none of them feel a thing

Truly alone is my real

As I feel often loneliness’s sting

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My plight is all mine

And mine all alone

Nobody to match me is a crime

That’s hurt me to the bone

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I have a giant third eye

It’s my greatest power

I can feel it when you cry

Or when you’re glowing like a flower

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No antennae on my head

I’m not sporting a green face

No what is ever said

I’m scorned by the human race

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Being so weird makes me sad

I never do quite fit in

Many frustrations to be had

Despite the effort, I never win

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So I gaze low eyes to the sky

As I sit here all alone

Ever hoping a saucer will come by

And return me to my Martian home…

-aaa

Mutuality

Anthony5 Comments

Know me?

Know my words

Show me

And you’ll be heard.

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Like me?

Just say so

Hate me?

Just say “No”

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Need me?

I’ll be there

Heed me

Because I care.

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Feel me

I feel you

Heal me

I’ll help you too.

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Write me

I’ll write you

Sight me

As I see you

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Show me

That you care

I can see

You are aware.

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Get me

I get you

Fit me

I’m your friend too.

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Help me

We’re a tribe

We’re free

All to be alive.

-AAA 07/30/2024

Consider The Source

Anthony5 Comments

When someone calls you stupid

It’s right from the mouth of a horse

They’re just being quite vapid

So you should consider the source.

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They hate themselves and all around

So they want to share the love

Nothing positive can be found

When push comes to a shove.

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Lowering others to raise themselves

Is their standard operation

Negativity they have in wealths

Leads to such shared consternation.

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So don’t let it bring you down

Their ugliness is just showing

Have a smiling not a frown

Since some shrew can’t stop your glowing…

-AAA 07/30/2024

Hey There, Watson

Anthony5 Comments

Originally Published 04/26/2024

Hey there, Watson what did you do?

Where has life landed you, friend?

Tell me tales of what you’ve lived through.

And how on earth they all will end?

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I traveled deep into the darkness.

And I found light on the way out.

Most of my lessons far from harmless.

But that’s what my journey was all about.

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Countless persons, experiences and such.

Formed the lessons I referenced before.

Love and strength were my only crutch.

Venturing past each slamming door.

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What can I tell you my dearest friend?

Of what this world has given me.

Realities harshness doesn’t end.

Or a sweet reward of liberty.

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Loving hard is not enough.

For person’s not worthy of a love.

No peace or beauty can be rough.

When all they do is push and shove.

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Changes happened at this point.

An adoration for me I did find.

My gifts and talents I anoint.

As strength and power fill my mind.

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The answers all kept coming.

To the questions remaining in my life.

With all my passions continuously summing.

I found the courage to leave my wife.

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Toxic narcissism was her art.

From the beginning of our life.

Only when we were apart.

Did I realize I never had a loving wife.

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Moving to a far away land.

I began the changes that never end.

Feeling empowered and really grand.

Starting affirmations I became a best friend.

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A new career, no longer a phony.

I started writing for a living.

Helping me pay my alimony.

And providing me was sorely missing.

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Purpose, usefulness, and daily challenge.

Or a steady part of my career.

This is how I get my revenge.

Building a future not muddled, but clear.

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Final words my friend for you.

We can drop a needless fuss.

The brightest future now in view.

Succeeding example for the rest of us…

-aaa

No Room for Piousness

Anthony11 Comments

*Introduction*: I have nothing against Christianity organized religion. I myself was born and raised. Roman Catholic and I still have many of those beliefs and others too. I just don’t like people judging other people for any reason last I checked none of us are God!

Please don’t be offended by these words or just my idea that we need to get along and not judge each other. I have a real problem with people thinking they’re better than other people. It’s not right it’s not what Jesus wanted. It is not what God wants. It’s not what anybody wants. We need to find a way to get along in peace in this life and stop worrying about the next life or we’re all doomed, in my humble opinion.

It was religious/ethnic hate, and prosecution that led to my great grandparents both being murdered in the Armenian Genocide of 1917. My great grandfather was a Greek orthodox minister in the church there. It’s from their brutal deaths that I learned to love all and judge none from a young age and I think we all need to learn this before it’s too late. Thank you all and I hope you continue reading. ❤️ -aaa

No Room for Piousness

Coming down off their cross

Judging all others

Puts me at a loss

You’re not my sisters or brothers.

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Christ taught love and understanding

Now chastising people

Your piousness not withstanding

Go back to your steeple.

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I have nothing against anyone’s belief

As long as they do not hurt someone

Causing many, unneeded grief

Is not the love of anyone

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Different views make the world go round

Embrace all that we can be

That where commonness can be found

Then the love and light we all shall see.

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So please don’t try and impart

All judgments upon me

Though you know the Bible by heart

Try mastering common decency.

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Please help the helpless

And give hope for the hopeless

That where we are the best

And this I must express.

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In the end we are ALL the same

Members of this human race

So don’t place opposing beliefs or blame

Or kindly quickly leave this space…

-AAA 07/25/2024

In your Right Mind

Anthony2 Comments

Originally Published 04/19/2024

It’s time to share a some thoughts

For those who’ve had hearts broken

It’s the ought to and ought nots

To whom that I have spoken

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Take a deep look inside

And tell me what you see

If you’re not beaming with pride

You’re stuck and still not free

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Look at all you’ve done

And all that you’ve survived

Not all of it was fun

But you’re here and still alive

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Don’t worry about the future

Don’t dwell upon the past

Living in the present will suture

All the wounds you have amassed

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Take lots of chances

In any opportunity to change

No more missed advances

Embrace your inner strange

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Move forward on your journey

But know just where you are

If you’re twenty, fifty-two, or thirty

You are a shining star

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So pat yourself right on the back

And have some pride, my friend

For your journeys been on a weary trek

But the worst of it is at an end…

-AAA

Negativity’s Minions Depart!

Anthony1 Comment

Darkness don’t envelop me

Move far far away

Across an enormous sea

Keeping you at bay.

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Sadness get away go now

Leave while you have the chance

I’m no longer negativity’s sow

So find another place to dance.

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Misery your company I don’t need

Pack your bags and get out of here

Never again on my soul will you feed

So kindly make tracks and store your gear.

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Self loathing, you and I are now through

Join your other lame friends and leave town

There’s nothing further you can do

So leave this place and take your frown.

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Uncertainty, you once one a great foe

Now your just a feeling I discard

Join the others and simply go

One foot then the other, it’s not hard.

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Self-pity there’s no room for you

You’ll also have to make some tracks

Find a place, and grab a brew

Leave while you can as I have the facts.

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Desperation the last to leave

You were the biggest pest of all

Limiting myself to what I could achieve

Now you’re the one who takes a fall.

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I tread a new road without my old friends

They say negativity loves company

And that’s where my company ends

Now I become the best that I can be…

-AAA 07/24/2024

Thank You

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Originally Published 04/21/2024

Thank you for teaching me what love is not

Thank you for poisoning my every thought

Thank you for continuously using me

Thank you for emotionally abusing me

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Thank you for not being generous to me

Thank you for taking advantage of all that you’d see

Thank you for mental slaps with a white glove

Thank you for teaching me I had unconditional love

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Thank you for showing me all your hate

Thank you for showing me my own strength and faith

Thank you for doubting my every word

Thank you for demonstrating to me the absurd

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Thank you for weaponizing love and sex

Thank you for empty accounts and bouncing checks

Thank you for the emasculations you gave

Thank you for the respect you’d never save

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Thank you for not being in my life

Thank you for no longer being my wife

Thank you for the dog and pony

And thank you for that alimony…

-aaa

Imaginary Lovers, so it Seems

Anthony1 Comment

Did you exist

Were you real

You broke our tryst

With little appeal.

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You unceremoniously were gone

With little more than “goodbye”

Feeling the loss I was thrust upon

Made me sigh and deeply cry.

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I hope your new man is the best

Better than me, in the very least

If not, it’s your loss, I must confess

Since our fun exchanges ceased.

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So many questions

Left unanswered

Infinite suggestions

Hurt my ego like a cancer.

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In the end

You left me in the dark

Rather than a friend

You’re just a question mark…

-AAA 07/19/2024

Kiss Me Anywhere or Everywhere…

Anthony2 Comments

Kiss me in the dark

I don’t care where we are

In the movies or in a park

Or the backseat of my car.

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Kiss me in the day

On a lake or by the sea

Be that as it may

As long as you’re close to me.

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Kiss me in the rain

Gentle drizzle, or monsoon

It’ll never be in vain

As long as there are stars and moon.

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Kiss me in the shower

At the beginning or the end

I’ll open up like a flower

And I’ll never pretend.

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Kiss me when the times are hard

Your soft lips will bring me peace

I hold you in the warmest regard

Just like winter’s sweater, fleece.

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Kiss me till the end of time

It will never be to my dismay

Until the moment, I turn back to slime

I’ll be feeling the exact same way…

-AAA 07/17/2024

Salty Kisses 3 Quatrains)

Anthony2 Comments

I can taste the salty sea

On her warm tanning skin

Such a sight of beauty to me

And everything she is, within.

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I see her smile in a darkened room

I can hear that gentle laugh

Sweeping her off, I am the broom

Doing my best not to appear daft.

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Running fingers through her hair

I hear her sigh, a happy sound

Nothing ever will ever compare

To all the fun that we once found…

-AAA 07/09/2024

Emerge, From Your Cocoon!!

Anthony5 Comments

Break the chrysalis

Smash the shell

Freed with emphasis

And happiness as well.

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You’ve journeyed hard

You’ve quested far

Now clear regard

For all that you are.

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The future is today

Not tomorrow

Set your past at bay

And lose all the sorrows.

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It’s go time

Your day has arrived

Your doing fine

Pleased that you survived.

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Spread your butterfly wings

And fly high and away

The satisfaction your hard work brings

Means more joys when you play.

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So sing your songs

With the music, dance

You’ve righted all wrongs

When you have yourself a chance…

-AAA 07/08/2024

Neglected in Love

Anthony13 Comments

Chew me up and spit me out

Drop me like an afterthought

This is what your love is all about

Leaving someone to fester and rot.

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Take and take and never give

Selfishness your middle name

Not a happy life to live

When the relationship is like a game.

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Lure me back when I fade away

Making me thing you just might care

Manipulations led us astray

When you’re caught all unaware.

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No amount of love given

Will alter this torturous course

A life of misery is what you are living

Wondering if it can ever get worse.

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The only thing to do

Is bring this all to a final end

Loving yourself through and through

Will assure this never happens again…

-AAA 07/05/2024