Category: Rhyming Couplet

Seasons 

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Season of rain 

Ushers in pain.

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Seasons of sun 

Bring about fun.

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Seasons of cold 

Blankets are sold.

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Season of fire 

Fulfilling desire.

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Season of heat 

Radiated street.

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Season of breeze 

Swiftly moving trees.

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Seasons of spring 

Bluebirds sing.

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Season of fear

Will life endear?

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Season of summer

Never a bummer.

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Seasons of love 

Peace of doves.

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Season of salt 

Dinner’s gestalt.

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Season of fall 

Halloween and all.

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Season of pepper 

Sneezing forever.

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Season of hate

Political debate.

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Season of winter 

Frost, crack, splinter.

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Seasons renewed

No year, subdued.

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Seasons do end 

Let’s not pretend…

-AAA 08/31/2024

Scene of the Crime

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We return to the scene of the crime

Here and there from time to time. 

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Many of us sometimes, must return 

To where and when things overturn.

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To see if there is a different song 

Or reason things went so wrong. 

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Find the causes for being spurned

Glom any lessons to be learned.

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As we do, it’s an extended time alone

Away from friends, staying off the phone.

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Though, combing hard pasts for an answer

Eats away at us all like an insidious cancer. 

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Unless you’re learning something new

You’ll get stuck and start dwelling too.

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Be present be here and now 

Make yourself a solemn vow.

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Find the power of gratitude 

Then adjust your attitude.

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You’ll find peace 

In the very least.

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Do what you can that feels right 

During your days or even at night.

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Reboot your mindset, reach out to friends

Drop the obsession with solving your trends.

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Play to all your strong suits, of course

Share your experience or writing source…

-AAA 08/31/2024

Imperfect Perfection 

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Such an imperfect me 

Far from perfect as can be.

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In conformity, left out in the cold

Feeling as weird as being told.

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Based on harsh words being said 

Gaze in mirrors for a second head.

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Wanting only to belong 

Rather than being wrong.

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Trying to be a social butterfly 

Was truly just a sad little lie.

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Feeling too much is the worst 

Being both a gift and curse.

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Many lie only when their lips move 

Words of deception never soothe.

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Use your gut ditch your pride 

Then you’ll know who’s on your side.

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Be odd, out of step with the world

They’re strait-laced, while you’re curled.

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At days end, you only have you

And self love, is the best thing to do.

-AAA 08/27/2024

We Are ALL Enough 

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Who cares if they stare

Just be you, and dare

As long as you’re aware

Look inside, the answer’s there 

Empathy’s, cross to bear 

Knowing life is far from fair

Alive, because you care

There’s plenty of love to spare

And generosity to share…

-AAA 08/27/2024

My Mountain Stream 

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Stand near a stream 

Watch the waters gleam.

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Rippling by 

Babbling sighs.

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Soft soil gently holds bare feet 

Along with dampness and peat.

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Here up high the scents never hurt 

I even enjoy the mountain dirt.

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Gentle breeze

Swaying pine trees.

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A mild wind suggestion

Adds to this gorgeous procession.

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The sun warms you all about 

From the inside and out.

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The waters, ice cold to the touch 

As the snowmelt does this much.

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Crisp, clear, and crystal clean

Juxtaposed to waters of home, quite obscene.

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A gull flies by, a gentle wish 

To spot the largest swimming fish.

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The sky is blue with no rain in sight 

This day, my little refuge, until a night..

-AAA 08/27/2024

No Tell Motels Say A lot 

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All no tell motels have a lot to say

Given the forbidden lovers visiting each day.

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Passions quenched and desires thrilled

At cost of jilted whose needs aren’t fulfilled.

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Paid in cash checked in as “smith”

Anonymity is all they can work with.

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Dreams come true or nightmares 

Depending on who really cares.

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Cheap linens and rubber sheets 

Make this atmosphere complete.

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Finger size bottles of liquor litter the rooms

Along with a stale scent of spent perfumes.

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All of the bedding is filthy too 

With all the nasties these people do.

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So after you check in and before resting your head 

Place thick plastic on the pillows and bed…

-AAA 08/24/2024

Sugar, My Cure My Curse

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Originally Published 08/28/2024

Sugar sugar please don’t be high

But if it’s low, ill never cry

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A sip of Apple or orange juice

Always lets my numbers loose

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Candy cookies yummy things

Fresh French fries and onion rings

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Kettle chips and puffs of cheese

Never ever fail to please

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Sickly sweet and honey taste

I’ll never let it go to waste

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Soda Pop drinks and punch

Always raise my sugar much

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Prick a finger stick and touch

Hoping the digits won’t be much

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When it’s low I feel complete

Because I get to eat and cheat

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If too low an alarm will sound

Or I’ll face plant it on the ground

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Too high of sugar is a goal that’s missed

And Never fails to make me pissed

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Just give some space and I’ll be fine

And raise my sugar from 69

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Diabetes it’s really the worst

Sugar, it’s my cure and curse

-aaa

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

Passions in the Past

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Originally Published 04/16/2024

Portent eyes that pierced my heart

And warm smile from the start

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Soft skin velvety so sweet

Made my senses feel complete

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Soft scent of coconut all over

I took in her every feature as I’d hover

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Shapely legs strong and firm

A shear perfection, the very term

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Pursing lips I often miss

Soft and ready for a kiss

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Toned body that reigned supreme

All her features are a dream

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Laughter and passion while sharing space

Two fingers softly traced her body and face

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I cannot forget the greatest part

Her brain, and passions for music and art

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She slowly slipped away from me

We’re separate souls on an endless sea

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Now a friend an acquaintance of sort

Reading my posts, a past cohort

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Through her exit cut like a dull knife

I’m grateful for her indelible touch on my life.

-aaa

Bananas , My Favorite Fruit

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Bananas have a great appeal 

Adding rich goodness to any meal.

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Barely yellow after green

Or somewhere in between.

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Creamy and sweet 

Such a joy to eat.

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Whether in front of a meal or back 

Bananas make a delicious snack.

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Eating one half or more likely whole 

Great atop rice cereal and milk in a bowl.

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Covered in rum, butter, and sugar is a treat

After cooked, topping ice cream can’t be beat.

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Covered in chocolate and frozen hard 

Delicious goodness in own my regard. 

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High in potassium and fiber too

They might prevent cramps before we’re through.

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Run to the store, before dinner or lunch 

To grab yourself a nice big bunch…

-AAA 08/19/2024

Patience With Intention

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Originally Published 04/26/2024

Standby and steadfast.

Do not get caught up in the past.

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Be vigilant be brave.

It’s a soul you gave.

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Step slowly but consistent.

Change is hard, challenging resistant.

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With each movement raise the bar.

Lesser versions of you afar.

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Lessen your focus at progress slow.

Or easily frustrated at the pace of the flow.

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Be present be here be now.

Enjoy your journey anyhow.

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No one can ever take it away.

From today to your dying day.

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Stand tall look how far you’ve come.

It’s all of the journey not the sum.

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For one day, you’ll arrive at journey’s end.

And be actualized, whole, complete, my friend….

-aaa

100 Ghosts

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Originally Published 04/25/2024

Art by Melissa Daugherty
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100 ghosts are haunting me

Not fifty, seventy-five, thirty, or three.

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Each one takes up its own space

With different expressions upon their face

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A snarky smirk or frown for a while

A look of anger or crooked smile

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Why are they here what do they want

Can’t they find another to haunt

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I’d ask them all but they don’t say

Why they never go away

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I should hire a medium to take a look

Or tell me why they continue to spook

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But the spiritual world is a closed book

And as a mortal I’m afraid to look

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So I found my answer in the end

Rather than fight them, embrace them friends

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As my logical conclusion is here

The ghosts all start to disappear

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First smirky, fearful, then happy and mad

Next nervous, thoughtful, then silly and sad

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Each ghostly apparition leaves

Taking along their gown and sleeves

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As they’re gone I realize the key

Each of the ghosts was an aspect of me

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Emotions can be scary but never fear

There’s a hundred feelings for everyone here.

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So next time when adversity has you thrown

Think of those chalky friends and you won’t be alone.

-aaa

Missy’s Mad Challenge #002!

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http://madmissywork.blog/2024/08/12/missys-mad-challenge-002/

Your Prompt for the week

  • Suddenly everything became blurry and dark…

Foresty Park

I made my way through the foresty park 

Suddenly everything became blurry and dark.

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The trees blew left and then to the right 

In the prevailing winds throughout the night.

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A musty smell filled the air 

The promise of rain so I must prepare 

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I zip up my coat and fastening  the cowl 

Greeted by the hoot of a nearby owl.

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I stumbled through brashes and thickets 

To the continuing chorus of male crickets. 

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Moving on I’m feeling very weary 

The rapid  darkness feels quite eerie.

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Rustling leaves in an all directions 

The cooling breeze offers little protection

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Occasional flashes start to appear

With distant rumbles perk my ears.

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Leaving soon is my greatest bet 

Unless I desire to get wet.

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I figure out my bearings and find my way 

Back to its entrance I saw earlier that day.

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I gather myself like a old bound tome 

Then I make my way back beyond the entrance towards home…

-AAA 08/15/2024

You Got This

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Originally Published 04/25/2024

Hug yourself super tight

Everything will be alright

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Feel the warmth inside

Love yourself with pride

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It’s not so bad to be alone

Deep inside your always home

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Do all things that feel right

That you love day and night

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Always embrace your inner weird

Its where your efforts should be geared

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Who cares what other people say?

You’re still you at the end of the day

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Take my advice and follow it well

Or else your life will be a hell

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Even if you’re alone, be what you feel

Eventually, all will know that you’re real

And then you can finally heal…

-aaa

Dirty Diana

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Of all the Diana’s and their claim to fame

You’re the far dirtiest with that name.

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You truly don’t know where lowest low is 

But I must tell you, you’re there sis. 

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Lying, deception, manipulation, and greed 

I hated myself and you planted the seeds.

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Low self esteem, misery, I was on a roll 

All the more easier for you to control.

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As a result, my health took a nose dive

You couldn’t care less, if I were dead or alive.

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Zero intimacy not even near misses 

Since another, got all your kisses.

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Home from work, but I couldn’t vent

Lest you would tell me to go “get bent”.

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You took my money and destroyed my credit

You should be thankful there’s no ‘Women’s Reddit’.

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You even got alimony from me for two years 

And all I got from you were tears.

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You said cruel things and had a lot of nerve

Karma will find you, granting what you deserve…

-AAA 08/13/2024

Reality Quest

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Originally Published 04/28/2024

Whatever will you do

When fairy tales don’t come true

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Wherever will you look

Chucking every book

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Abandoning each new plot

As something that we haven’t got

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Searching for a relevant story

Not the drama insanity or glory

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Rearrange the plot to make it work

Morph into a hero instead of a jerk

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Be the man you were meant to be

In every way so the women can see

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Just how great you really are

Then my friend you’ll be, a star

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Top of their lists and gaining their call

Because you’re the one that is it all

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Showing a light that beams from your soul

Will gain the trust that can bury the holes

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Don’t give up as you are the best

As this is just another test…

-aaa

The Uninvited 

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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

Passions Alive

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Please, place your left hand in my right 

We’re not sleeping until late tonight.

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To my room and in my bed 

Not to rest our pretty heads.

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Kisses deep all over for you and I 

There’s no limit to where we’ll fly.

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Sharing desires and shedding clothes

Where we end up, nobody knows.

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Closer and closer, we’re both aware

Legs entangled but we don’t care.

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There’ll be very little light, but we will see 

All of what passions are meant to be.

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You give your trust and I’ll give mine 

And everything will end up fine.

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Nothing but time and plenty to waste 

No need to approach this with haste.

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After hours of passions supplied 

and we are mutually satisfied.

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We turn off our phone’s morning alarms 

Then fall asleep in each other’s arms…

-AAA 08/08/2024

Be You’re Best

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Be positive be bright

Don’t dim another’s light.

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Be brave and be great

You needn’t hesitate.

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Be smooth and be you

Anything else, would be untrue.

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Be generous and due be kind

Much of the world is kindness-blind.

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Be happy and genuine too

Others will want to be around you.

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Be loving and be sweet

With good qualities you’re complete.

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Be silent and be pure

Good listeners will endure.

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Be the best you can be

Then you’ll truly be free.

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Be at the right time and right place

Divine timing for all the human race…

-AAA 08/05/2024

Love is Arithmetic ❤️ + ❤️ = 💞

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Love is Arithmetic

Zero plus zero is none

Let’s add ones for fun.

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One and one is two

Just like me and you.

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Two and two make four

Enjoying good times more.

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Three and three are six

We always get our kicks.

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Four plus four are eight

As we never hesitate.

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Five and five are ten

Let’s meet all over again…

-AAA 08/03/2024

Zero plus zero is none

Let’s add ones for fun.

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One and one is two

Just like me and you.

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Two and two make four

Enjoying good times more.

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Three and three are six

We always get our kicks.

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Four plus four are eight

As we never hesitate.

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Five and five are ten

Let’s meet all over again…

-AAA 08/03/2024

E-Dating Disaster

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Originally Published 04/26/2024

Not quite here or there

Not quite anywhere

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Different than most of the guys

Wishing one was easier on the eyes

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Moulded out of a cast thrown away

Feeling more and more like it every day

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Looking for Yang to the yin in the stars

Always coming up short as who we are

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Dozens of girls chats and dates

Always leaving with empty plates

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Excuses fakes and stories abound

Can an honest woman be found?

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Eharmony and Yahoo dating too

Is anyone real looking for you?

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Cook, pay, wine and dine as we meet

Yet finding a match is more like a fete

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Frustrations abound eyes water and sog

Maybe just give up and get a dog

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Most men on these sites just want sex

Leaving dating potentials emotional wrecks

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Looking for a ‘hookup’ is all they want

A roll in the hay and sexual jaunt

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So not only just chew the fat

But also prove to be better than that

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With weary hand to wetted eye

Hands to face the frustrated cry

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It shouldn’t have to be this hard

Finding love with them on guard

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But until remain like a frustrated muggle

In a world of magicians, a constant struggle

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Migraine

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Originally Published 04/27/2024

Jagged flashing lights on peripheral side

A warning is here you must abide

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The shocking hurt will be here soon

Unconsciousness your only boon

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Pressure crushing like the bottom of an ocean

Dizziness and nausea with each motion

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Never want to leave the bed

Pulsing throbs inside your head

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Close your eyes and pray to sleep

Never felt pain could be so deep

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Front and back right side and left

Wishing this was all bereft

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Suck down aspirins 3 at a time

Praying the pain will end this time

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Wake up in the morrow and it didn’t end

First to greet you is that throbbing friend

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Off with the lights embrace the dark

Relief to your eyes from daylight’s spark

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Reading impossible it’s hurts too much

Nothing to bridge the gap or crutch

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A silent prayer just to yourself

That this ends, a relief and wealth

-aaa

Flavors of Danger

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Originally Published 04/27/2024

Rapsae and Aquitic live on a lopsided hill.

Always in search of their latest thrill.

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Rapsae like heights and Aquitic dark caves.

Taking on adventure in infinite waves.

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Rapsae is petite and loves flying in planes.

Aquitic tall and lanky but lacking in brains.

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Many the times for Aquitic are tense.

Due to minimal common sense.

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Exploring caves with no idea where they end.

Lands him hot water with his petite girlfriend.

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But Rapsae is also dangerous to the core

Climbing sheer ledges and looking for more.

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The ebb and flow from high to low.

Between this two is a nail biting show.

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Flooded caves and slippery ledges.

One careless move and fall off the edges.

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What is the cause are they just crazy?

Too much stimuli so don’t get lazy?

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Where’s the catch what is the cause?

As they often compliment each others flaws.

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Anyone observing might make a wager.

Over Rapsae and Aquitic’s love of danger.

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Who will fall first place bets that fit?

A long fall to earth or a bottomless pit?

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Living on a hill there’s fun to be had.

Then inertia and gravity won’t be so bad.

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Carts and bikes, scooters and skates.

Combinations endless with safer fates.

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Knee pads, helmets, pads and gear.

Testing their hill without any fear.

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Rapsae and Aquitic share a deep love.

Fitting their dangers together like a glove.

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The risk of death now lower for each.

Their hill’s steepness just within reach.

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Sure they’ll be some broken some along the line for each.

But less likely an untimely death off a ledge or precarious breach…

-aaa

Fair Weather Lovers

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It’s fine just fine

The hands of time

Keep us in line

Definitely fine.

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It’s no use just no use

Don’t be obtuse

There’s no excuse

Just no use.

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It’s unfair just unfair

You never cared

I wasn’t aware

That’s it’s unfair.

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It’s cruel just cruel

Played for a fool

Under your rule

Simply cruel

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It’s mean just mean

That I was unseen

The way it’d always been

Very mean.

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It’s the end just the end

My selfish friend

No compromise or bend

Goodbye, my friend.

-AAA 07/28/2024

It’s No Longer All About You

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This poem that I write

Isn’t for you tonight

I write about me

About being free.

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No more lies and frustration

No more games and manipulation

No more playing your crazy

And being accused of being lazy.

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So now that you’re far away

I’m a happier person today

So have yourself the greatest life

Now that you’re no longer my wife…

-AAA 07/26/2024

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

❤️Quantumess❤️

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Originally Published 04/25/2024

If I saw you right now what would I say.

If there were song for it what would I play?

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If time were under control how would we clock.

If music were our favorite how would we rock?

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If light is a relative thing how do we shine.

If hearts are to hold why not mine?

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If challenge of change makes me burn 🔥.

Is the price of wisdom worth the spurn?

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If the heartbreak was required.

Why wasn’t she mired?

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If love is for the all.

Why wouldn’t she fall?

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If growth is great and fear is small.

Did you just master walking tall?

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I think it’s worth the price of purest gold.

To perfectly align with half of a soul… ❤️

-aaa

Together At Last, My Ideal Manifestation

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Originally Published 04/09/2024

I know you so well I know your taste.

That ecstasy contorted look on your face.

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I know your beautiful scent.

Destinations we came and went.

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New adventures of pleasures await.

Passport for passions with an ideal mate.

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Covered in kisses if you desire.

Bodies entwined in instant fire.

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Any request that you want to make.

Fulfilled with as much as you can take.

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Share with me a deep embrace.

Not a single moment goes to waste.

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Chasing dreams just you and me.

The way it was supposed to be.

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We met on a random distant shore.

Understanding how it didn’t work out before.

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Karmic lessons of our pasts.

Relationships that didn’t last.

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All don’t matter wow.

As we’re together now.

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It’s all no sudden wonder.

That we manifested each other.

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Now silently together in a soft bed.

I caress a weary head.

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Your breathing is very deep.

We drift together off to sleep.

-aaa

Tempest Tryst ☔️💃🕺☔️

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Dancing together like a single form.

Keeps emotions infinitely warm.

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Thunder provides a steady beat.

To the rainy overture as dancers meet.

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A flash of lightning brightens in light.

Providing a strobe for the duet tonight.

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Dipping a partner in the growing breeze.

Winds wisp violently among the trees.

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Hold each other in the potent deluge.

The soft inviting arms, a temporary refuge.

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Kissing deeply in endless sheets of rain.

Serious doubts that either will complain.

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Soft lips quenched drenched in moist dew.

Quickly stealing an embrace or two.

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In an increasing maelstrom they twirl around.

Until resting together on dampened ground.

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Passions increased, no care that it’s wet.

Seeing how much closer they can get.

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Very dank clothes will get in the way.

Quickly removed as the dancers play.

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Caressing hair, gently touching faces.

Warms insides, near, and faraway places.

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Soaked to the bone, the puddles run deep.

Saturate two bodies in intimacy’s keep.

The end of the dance they dress in the rain.

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Sweet and tender skin almost too much.

Goosebumps appear where their lips touch.

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Their own fury matches that of the storm.

Now a dance on ground, again single form.

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In water-logged clothes, none can complain.

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Last a retreat: dry clothes, cottage, and fire.

A bed warm blanket, the dancers retire.

-aaa ⛈️ ⛈️⛈️

Originally Published 04/08/2024

Self Affirmation

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Pick yourself up out of the mud

You are so amazing, not a dud.

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Don’t let the women of your past define you

Learning and aging well like fine wines do.

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Put it all together and you’ll see

Just how much you are free.

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Living a life of which you’ve dreamed

Make the impossible, possible it seemed.

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Making it all happen, and never vexed

Looking forward to the exciting life next.

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Have an adventure, take that trip

Go to places that’ll make you flip.

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So fasten your belt and tighten your shoes

The days are long over for singing the blues.

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Your lessons learned and now you’re living

Receiving blessings instead of just giving…

-AAA 07/19/2024

Recipe for a Life Fulfilled

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Mean what you say and say what you mean

There really isn’t any in-between.

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Be your true self and maintain your wits

Lest you be among the hypocrites.

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Share your truth and don’t hold back

Those that judge you, are full of lack.

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Pay it forward with a selfless deed

Help out others that are in need.

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Charitable acts will set you apart

Doing and saying from your heart.

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Lead by example not exemption

This is leadership’s perfection.

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Act from your conscience, then you’ll do best

When life puts you to the test.

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You will pass with flying colours

If you always think of others.

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At the end of the day, don’t be a creep

Then you won’t be missing sleep…

-AAA 07/17/2024

Feelings, The Poet’s Muse

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Art: Poet And Muse – By Valentine Tusai

Love and heartbreak are my muse

In my writings and my truths.

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To feel those extremes and feel them hard

And put them in words with careful regard.

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To share the purest and darkest of feelings

With life’s happiest and saddest dealings.

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Is a privilege and not a curse

Processing emotions and not feeling worse.

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Finding common ground with all around

Relating your words in your blog abound.

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I keep writing, day and night

Trying to get the rhythms, right.

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And when I want to break my norm

I try out new poetic forms.

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I like the technical aspects that apply

Just fitting in words and figuring out why.

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In the end when it’s time to share,

I make my edits and choose with care.

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Lest my poetry goes off the rail

Which would be an epic fail…

-AAA 07/11/2024

WordPress Wisdom

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WordPress wisdom I must find

Patience of another kind.

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Glitches, clicks, and occasional crashes

Slowness and my smart phone flashes.

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Adding subscriptions is the rule

And growing your subscribers too.

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Scheduling drafts for publication release

Writing and pictures and adding with ease.

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At least I don’t get “no internet connection” now

They have remediated that bug, wow!

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Jetpack too, is what I use

Sure bets web browser abuse.

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In the end, WordPress beats writing a letter

With each rendition getting better and better…

-AAA 07/10/2024

I’m sorry, I’m not your Tata Anymore 💔😭💔

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I’m so sorry I’m not your Tata anymore

For others who don’t know, I was your grandfather before.

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I know you cried and didn’t understand

Leaving you was not, on purpose or planned.

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I know you thought I didn’t care

When you needed me, I was no longer there.

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Your nana and I were in misery without love

So we divorced like so many have done.

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Sometimes, marriages will go wrong

And someone has to leave that doesn’t belong.

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All you knew was I was suddenly gone

Without explanation, you had to carry on.

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I moved to Cali and she stayed behind

As our messy marriage did unwind.

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I miss holding you as you fell asleep

Watching Disney+ or Clifford’s keep.

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Your curly hair and bubbly way

Brightened up my darkened days.

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I remember returning from work all and its joys

Playing with you and all your toys.

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Drums and lights and music mash

Making their noises and lights would flash.

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Later on when I was mostly left alone

You’d still visit me in my master bedroom home.

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I told this often as I wanted you to know

“Your Tata will always love you, no matter where he goes”.

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I wish I could’ve remained, I miss you all the most

But now to you and the others I’m now just a ghost.

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I know you’ve been poisoned against me

I wish you could remember all the truth, and see.

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Maybe someday you’ll read these words

And now I continued to love you and it’s not absurd.

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So play with your toys and grow up super slow

Because this life can and will be cruel you know.

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Have fun times at school and with friends

I pray your childhood fun never ends.

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As the tears well up I now say, “adieu”

Dear sweet Charleigh, “Tata loves you”…

-AAA 07/09/2024 ❤️❤️❤️

Change Your Lense

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Take the lense and turn it round

Then look back and see its sound.

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All The horrors of your past, aren’t so bad

As time has healed you, no longer sad.

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They’re all just lessons that bared repeating

To assure, that you won’t be fleeting.

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In a happy future that’ll never cease

Living life with endless peace.

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Twist that lense and watch it turn

Past flames that will never further burn.

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Take it in stride as your life flows higher

Earlier adversity now you’re admired.

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Take those lumps that were dealt to you

And the remove them from somebody new.

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It kind of makes it all worthwhile

Coming back from times, you couldn’t smile.

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Just take it from me I know the score

Though there’s pain in life, there’s a whole lot more…

-AAA 07/09/2024

Butterfly

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Butterfly

Don’t flutter by.

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Butterfly

Stay nearby.

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Butterfly

Hear my sigh.

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Butterfly

Now in the Sky.

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Butterfly

See me cry.

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Butterfly

With misty eyes

I say, goodbye…

-AAA 07/08/2024

Affirmational Counting

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Count 1,2,3,4,5

So glad to be alive.

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Count 6,7,8,9,10

Now living a life of Zen.

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Count 11,12,13,14,15

A non-stressed life, with no past sifting.

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Count 16,17,18,19,20

Enjoying the abundance and the plenty.

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Count 21,22,23,24,25

It’s better to live than to merely survive.

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Count 26,27,28,29,30

Slow down, friend, don’t be in a hurry.

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Count 31,32,33,34,35

Happily a member of your own tribe.

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Count 36,37,38,39,40

You’re the author of your story.

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Count 41,42,43,44,45

You know all these counts don’t jive.

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46,47,48,49,50

Hoping you found affirmational counting nifty…

-AAA 07/08/2024

To Write or Not to Write

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To write or not to write

Surely a dilemma day or night.

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To rhyme, in free verse of haiku

Just not sure what to do.

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Finding the words that fit the best

Always puts us to the test.

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Just like braving a wild river in a raft

With little else to fall on but our craft.

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Syllables, rhymes, beats in mind

Putting them together can be a bind,

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Shear determination is the rock

In the battle of writer’s block.

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Just keep going, working hard

Hoping it’s met with high regard.

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Ending lines, make them clean

Or else your poem will never be seen…

-AAA 07/04/2024

Overnight Elations

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Sighs and snores as we both rest

Suddenly, warm hands touch my chest.

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Reaching out softly in the dark

Creating an ignition, a spark.

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Wager lips will find their mark

Upon a body, they will park.

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Mutual kisses all around

Matching energies can be found.

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Bodies close and breathing fast

Hoping forever this will last.

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Synergy and sharing we will earn

As our fires of passion burn.

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Goosebumps everywhere there’s touch

Add to the building moments, much.

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The hands on the clock travel fast

All too soon our moments passed.

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Exhaustion, we’ve succumbed to one another’s charms

Falling fast, back, asleep in each other’s arms.

-AAA 07/04/2024

Distant Star (So Far Away)

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Star so far away it is blind

More than us, it left behind.

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Hanging in a lonely night

If only it could shine more bright.

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And not be so very far

From everything, and who we are.

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So distant we can’t detect its heat

Though it would make us more complete.

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If only it could know our plight

And reassure us every night.

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Star, as light years away as can be

But if we use a telescope, we can see.

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It isn’t as unreachable as it seems

Just like all our heartfelt dreams.

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Close your eyes, relax your stare

There it is, just shining there.

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So if others don’t give love, or care

Remember like that star, it’s still out there…

-AAA 07/02/2024

Together At Last, My Ideal Manifestation

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Originally Published 04/09/2024

I know you so well I know your taste.

That ecstasy contorted look on your face.

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I know your beautiful scent.

Destinations we came and went.

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New adventures of pleasures await.

Passport for passions with an ideal mate.

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Covered in kisses if you desire.

Bodies entwined in instant fire.

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Any request that you want to make.

Fulfilled with as much as you can take.

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Share with me a deep embrace.

Not a single moment goes to waste.

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Chasing dreams just you and me.

The way it was supposed to be.

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We met on a random distant shore.

Understanding how it didn’t work out before.

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Karmic lessons of our pasts.

Relationships that didn’t last.

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All don’t matter wow.

As we’re together now.

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It’s all no sudden wonder.

That we manifested each other.

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Now silently together in a soft bed.

I caress a weary head.

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Your breathing is very deep.

We drift together off to sleep.

-aaa

William The Conqueror

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William conquered in his little war

His battles are brief since he’s only four.

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He setup his toys on opposing sides

With a few reserves he craftily hides.

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He sounds off a “charge”

And sounds a barrage.

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The toys fight and fall

As William carefully crawls.

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Narrating the battle as it rages on

Until all his stand toys and reserves are gone.

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Examining the battlefield he squeals out “Yes!”

Then he opens his closet and toy chest.

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Picking up the carnage he puts them all away

Until tomorrow, with a new war he’ll play…

-AAA 06/29/2024

Newport Beach 1977…

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The bright ocean spray

Has always blown me away.

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With the warmth of the inviting sun

We thoroughly enjoyed beach day fun.

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As transistor radios blast

Running into the waves fast.

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Gulls fly over this salty Eden

Unattended foods will be eaten.

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Surfers ride the crests of the waves

I watch from the shore as the sun laves.

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Being young, I learned to love the sea

At age 52 it now feels like a part of me…

-AAA 06/28/2024