Drive Straight

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…area to walk across 

If you’re a cyclist, keep going 

I don’t want to cooperate  

My version of sharing space 

Everybody does their thing 

Stalled at the intersection 

Rough days 

You can honk at me or ask me what my problem is while I stare in silence 

I can text or talk on the phone all day if you can still pass me 

Am I at fault?  

I don’t have only 30 seconds to cross if there aren’t any lit up signs for pedestrians 

If it’s nighttime, I try to be cautious 

Sometimes I try to be courteous and race…


By Samantha Merz

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There is a Tomorrow

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…we have seen 

Stories we have heard 

Some parts we have played 

And others we were its result 

 

Things happen, our opinions weren’t needed

Things change, we were never sort 

We wish we steered affairs 

So sometimes we feel we ain’t treated fair 

 

Like a seed, you sprouted 

Amongst lots, u geminated 

You had a chance 

Others wish they may just see some light 

 

You have made it this far 

Not to just complain 

Not to prolong the bane 

You have made it this far 

For like all, you also have a part to…


By Hamza Hajj Ayub

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Generation Rant

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…are the generation of the unseen realm of emotion, unseen but felt

Lured by liquor and love we laugh but hesitate to communicate. And if we did talk it would be the split second of a waking moment

We judge without knowledge and we curse without thought, as if it was meant to be this way

But until the sun is down and we lock our selves in our rooms, that's when we are truly afraid. Trapped by our own thoughts now only because daylight and human interaction was our distraction. Lack of satisfaction because material products would give a…


By Anonymous

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Black Dog

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Collaborative end-rhyme poem with poet Karlo Sevilla, whose work was previously published here in Grey Thoughts: he wrote the first stanza, and the second was penned by yours truly, a non-binary creative.

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…dog doesn't bark; I've heard it already.

Black dog doesn't bite; the marks are still here.

What black dog does is peer

six feet above me.

II.

black dog tousles up the sheets it ain’t allowed on

black dog keeps me up at midnight, gets its loud on

black dog, white tricks, gotta teach em daily

black dog doesn’t bark, six feet above


By Henrie Diosa Jimenez

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Unconditional

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A love poem dedicated to Leonardo I miss you more each day and every day.

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…damn sure is something to love and be loved unconditionally. 

It instills a peace 

in both parties. 

It instills a calm that, over time, intertwines your souls; even in the midst of chaos and turmoil. 

It connects the minds and hearts, even when both realities are falling apart in incredibly different ways. 

It’s like... when you can’t tell if what you’re seeing and hearing is real or not.... but the moment your eyes connect... the voices fade away. You feel a safety net. That typical…

By Faith

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Where Blossoms Dance

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…rolling hills

That flow like waves

Are distant mountain peaks

Where blossoms dance

Along the banks

Of swiftly flowing creeks

 

Windsongs gently

Rustle trees

Sunlight warms

The upturned face

There, its iridescent

Morning sky

Like a clarion

Calls me to this place

 

This place, we shared

Just you and I

One early springtime morn

Bathed in its scented majesty

My soul became reborn

 

We walked along

A gravel path

And lolled

On grassy hills

Until tympanic clashes

Chased us past

Meandering rills

 

Shelter found, we cuddled

And played out the afternoon

We dined and watched

As raindrops fell

Like petals…

By Sharon Cunningham

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Cleaning the Ceiling Fan

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…dust falls for

Things that sit still

Turn filthy just by being

Snow,from hot winters

Falling as former shadows

Embodied here upon my palm


Surely it cannot be cleaned!

Yet

As yesterday’s dust falls

I sense how tommorow 

Occupies everything-

It does not move

And yet moves everything


By flickering switch 

On clicks a revelation-

Each moment by itself

Is intact as unshed snow

Just a coalescing crystal

Just an idea felt in air

Just as sure as the sun

Just as lapsing

I see in shifting light

Seconds snowing.

Second chances

From Heaven

My hazy eyes wink

With…

By David Fladger

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The New Song

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…words he sings in his new song

Speak of a journey, long and hard

He said his whole lifetime, it seems

He has been chasing

Played-out dreams

 

The vision only he could see

Was not in his capacity

But he ignored the subtle signs

And traveled down those age-worn lines

 

Until it became clear to him

His dreams had been based on a whim

He sat to reassess his life

The one shared with his kids and wife

 

It struck him then; they were his dream

That life with them had reigned supreme

That dream he chased was his…

By Sharon Cunningham

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The Truth

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…truth is I'm tired 

I'm tired of going through the day with this ol used up worn down smile I plaster on my face 

Only to return back home to deal with all the emotions that I displace 

The truth is I'm tired 

I'm tired of going from point A to point B without ever knowing what the rest of the alphabet has in store

I believe I gotten to the point where I can't even cry no more

The truth is I'm tired 

My emotions have grown dull and my reactions ain't the same as they use to…


By 'Wərd,plā aka wordplay

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This Is How Life Is

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…is celebrating happiness

Whereas someone is suffering from sadness

Someone is surfing passion

Whereas someone is submerged in depression

This is how life is

It isn't fair 

But it makes everyone go through nightmare

 

Someone is trying so much

Whereas someone just gets it

Someone is in pain

Whereas someone enjoys the bliss

This is how life is

It isn't fair

But it makes everyone go through tear

 

Someone devotes time in getting love

Whereas someone just takes it for

granted

Someone dies to make you live

Whereas someone lives to see you die

This is how life…

By Moin Uddin

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