That’s life.
Run among the Autumn leaves. Run among your cascading bruises. The skin that is swollen now, the eyes which are full of jaundice, even if fingernails fall. Run.
Beneath the tree, under the valley, rub your scars, screech, shout, rub your scars again till you faint , naked facing the mirror of life.
To die or not to die, we all came to buy the bourbon once. The stale cracking lies you hold, the mask that you spit each day, dark, humid drums.
I carry in my mind, the eyelids yearning to be opened now. The electricity of sugar and salt concoction.
Take a pause. Survive. Ascend, Descend. Burn the walls like floating miseries.
Fall in Love with the fireworks inside your mind. Defeat. Put fog inside your collar bone, powder your dreams. Choose colours again. Red, mauvy red, Magenta.
Splash the cold water, like opening poetry lines, oh now you get me?
Run, Discover. This is life.
Beautiful. Simply beautiful. Thank you for writing this!
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Glad if this helped you in any way!:)
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It did. Keep writing.
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… and I think it’s quite beautiful because it’s just… life…
Wonderfully said my dear! 🌹🌹🌹🤗
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Thanks my dearest.
We need to move on after all.😊
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I like dark touches of sarcasm! Well said… I look forward to your writings!
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So kind of you sir.
Many thanks.
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These days your poems are different & strong…
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Perhaps, I have experienced a lot off late.
And thank you, that is surely a great compliment, Sangbad.
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I loved this poem.A ray of hope is seen in this.Like life you started poem with bruises and all.But you even told to go through them how bad they may be.The words tell to fave the worst. ” Rub your scars till you faint ” wow..soo good.And then electricity of Salt and sugar..which says both sides of life.And the next paragraph is where ray of hope begins,it says to pause and start all over again.And this whole paragraph “Fall in Love with the fireworks inside your mind. Defeat. Put fog inside your collar bone, powder your dreams. Choose colours again. Red, mauvy red, Magenta…bliss..loved a lot.It’s kind of synopsis of entire life.I lie how you play with word show you tell simple feelings with vocabulary and imagery.
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Sometimes I try writing the positive facets of life too that including how this life circle or cycle works. A process of getting bruised and healing simultaneously. This is exactly what you have summarized through your words.
Loved the fact that you enjoyed this as well.
Thank you Kalyan for showering your kind words yet again. You are surely a genuine reader.
Thank you for all your time!
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Thank you for taking your time and effort to give me a replacement.you would have just said ” Thanks a lot” but you are not like that
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If you have given a detailed read, why shouldn’t I respect that!
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That’s the golden heart of you.good night sweet Dreams.
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Same to you.
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Indeed it is. Life.
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And we gotta Run!
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Wow,… Simply wow
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Ah, what a wowy comment.
Thanks dear one!😊
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Your diction is soothing! It sounded so sweet on the tongue – I just wanted to read it again and again. You paint a vivid and honest picture of life with your words!
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Thank you Rulla.
I will be pleased if you can enjoy it as many time as you read it
😊
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I wanted to show which quote i loved the most but then it turned into a cascade. All of your picturesque words orbit around me, like concentric circles of beauty.
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Your words are so precious to me. And I pretty much love your gestures.
And that can be a new title for my poem”circle of beauty”..
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Looking forward to seeing it 🙂
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🙂
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All things we experience in life, come full circle – once an adult, twice a child, so to speak. Your poetry brings full circle the experiences of life. I love the image of rubbing scars and fainting in front of life’s mirror – we really do reflect life and life reflects us. Beautiful poetry, Devika.
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So glad you found my words worth reading.
Thank you, Alex!
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I do, Devika, and you are welcome.
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Well done! Brava! The dark poems are illuminating.
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Pain in Beautiful words and image.
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🙏
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Beautiful poem
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🙏
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“Fall in love with the fireworks of your mind” love all the words
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I am so pleased to hear such warm words.
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“Inside”. Sorry 🐿
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Significant words…👍
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Thank you brother.
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So good. Reblogging for you.
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I am honored.
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You have painted the whole circle of life so beautifully Devika.Something I wrote a while ago.Read it when you have time
https://meghasworldsite.wordpress.com/2017/09/30/the-circle/
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Sure, I am on it dear friend.
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oh the colors and images you painted here! super
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Hey love! Hope you are well.
And thank you so much for this beautiful comment.
Much love!
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You’re welcome! 🙂 I am well! I hope you are too!
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Beautiful👍
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Thank you Prashant.
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Keep writing ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
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This so beautiful! Keep writing ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤.
https://nyphewrites.wordpress.com/2018/02/21/never-forever/
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Thanks.
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I felt the dark fury of your words and also a hint of sarcasm within its composition.
Fantastic writing at its best. 🙂
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Yes, exactly!
Thank you Charlie for reading my work.
You are truly genius, although!
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You welcome my awesome talented friend.
Your work has been getting very surreal and the way you use your wordage is beyond brilliance. I’m proud of you and so glad we’re friends.
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I’m liking this change from you lately, more prose. Intriguing
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Despite the change in writing style, you make the feelings come out true and strong 🙂
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“To die or not to die, we all came to buy the bourbon once.” -splendid line Valiant.
this makes me want a house with a big tree to shed leaves every fall and play in.
congratulations, you threw me in a leaf pile; are you happy now? lol
well penned.
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Your thoughts bath my soul in a liquor of inspiring emotion. Thanks for the swim. -rwt-~ poet
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So beautiful thinking ❤❤❤
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💙👍
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I love all of the lines, but this one is particularly amazing: “Fall in Love with the fireworks inside your mind” Love you!!!
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Thank you my dear Floral ❤️❤️
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You words are so tenderly bold, they sweep me off my mind and lay me down to rest on cloud nine.
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I am truly honored.
Thank you for stopping by.
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This truly is a life and we live it in circles. All emotions culminate, some at the same time, and this is how it is meant to be. If we think of it, without sadness in life there would be no happiness because we would have nothing to contrast it with. I love how your mind works through snippets of human existence.
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Thank you very much for this powerful motivational piece MVS
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Oh, I am happy if this motivated you.
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Certainly. And coming from my favourite blogger 👍
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Beautiful! ☺️
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Thanks
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Joy & tribulation of life depicted well 👏👏👍
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Thank you.
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I would love to be able to write poetry with a voice like this.
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Oh thank you.
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The circle of life beautifully described with all your metaphors of salt and sugar and the crushed dreams and scars which never heals and get scraped again and again so what you do, you get up to face your fear and run again only to get exhausted, falter in your steps and fall to get bruised. Oh, I love this piece.
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This is phenomenal 🌟🏆
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🙏🙏
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Absolutely beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
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Hey thanks mita.
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