I have a will to survive

I have a will to survive
29 October 2022

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I had a will to survive
My hands rising in rebellion
I knew that I was alive 
For my heart beat in unison

The will in me was so weak
No one can bear witness to this
My tongue cuts me as I speak
The blood of my blood wore such bliss

In vain the pursuit of sense
The pupil my pupil dilates
View of my rivers so dense
Leading mind that flood celebrates

I have a will to survive
The teacher brands me a lesson
Into the essence I dive
Like angels falling from Heaven

Reading of the poem:

Solitude – Billie Holiday

Through impossibility

Through impossibility

9 September 2017

Courtesy Marie Claire (Grace Neutral)

 

Talking birds

Flying through monsoon

Quick to swoon

Under moon

Her pallor accentuates

As the heart dilates

 

Wayward herds

They speak survival

Revival

Of rival

Plan simple black against white

Inclination fight

 

Unknown nerds

Working for planet

No regret

None to fret

Through impossibility

Align humans free

 

Reading of the poem:  

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From Yesterday – Thirty Seconds to Mars

Arrival

Arrival

4 June 2017

Courtesy Werner Hornung with gif by George Redhawk

Revival

Embedded white code

To explode

As they rode

In sunset of the bloodlines

Reeking through the vines

 

Survival

Banished from abode

Sunny road

Where they goad

The heart in field of the mines

On grey matter dines

 

Arrival

Power of anode

Heavy load

To erode

The limitless shakes confines

Following the signs

 

Reading of the poem: 

Courtesy Werner Hornung with gif by George Redhawk

Death in June – The Enemy Within

As Brotherhood stared

As Brotherhood stared

8 January 2017

Courtesy Christian Schloe

 

Six plunder

Jewels of the crown

Nightingale

Turned to clown

Move sixty-six feet under

Forts that knock sundown

 

Legend thief

Moving up the wall

I inhale

In deep call

The dying fish of the reef

Survival cost all

 

Melt me skies

Now EMP squared

I’ll tell tale

How we fared

Through the meltdown of the lies

As Brotherhood stared

 

Reading of the poem:

Courtesy Christian Schloe

The Elektrik Sky – Diane Arkenstone

 

 

Tabula rasa

Tabula rasa

17 July 2016

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Brutal happenings

Dissolution of a life

Identity swept

 

Right off the gridlines

Not a temporary stance

A move off the dance

 

Five six seven eight

The exercise continues

Replacement dons shoes

 

Four three two and one

Count no more for it is done

The clock ticks onward

 

Irretrievable

The resolutions taken

In past extensions

 

Pour me a nightcap

Resolutions lack resolve

When ceilings cave in

 

Oceans covered din

Thunders of a hundred waves

Sealed the leaking tap

 

Trains and boats sink fast

The fish venture unabashed

Reverse aquarium

 

Meek summer nights stall

My quaking communication

A guilt to recall

 

The water the fall

Can you see what I must see

Blinding waterfall

 

Disconnected straits

Bridges of desolation

Pathways for the dead

 

They crawl slow around

Inconsolable white light

The sob heaving chest

 

The city crushes

The will of bleak emptiness

I yearn for forests

 

Within the jungle

Only one kind of law rules

No constricted schools

 

Unmanned the learning

When the forests are burning

All animals flee

 

When all are equal

In problems solutions lie

The friend in rival

 

Give me the blind eye

Let me treasure ignorance

That seeps as I sigh

 

Humanity’s pains

Grit my teeth shatter my bones

Survival in clones

 

Twirl me a new leaf

Grant me renunciation

Turn me the tables

 

Tabula rasa

When all is said and undone

Back to the square one

 

Reading of the poem: 

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μάνος χατζιδάκις – Ερωτική άσκηση για 2

μάνος Χατζιδάκις Σ’ Αγαπώ αλίκη καγιαλόγλου

Manos Xatzidakis – Gioconda’s Smile

Will you miss me when I’m gone?

Will you miss me when I’m gone ?

25 August 2015

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Shades of us shone bright

Articulate dark on lights

Playing with eyesight

 

Century split half

Moving toward our shadow

A bright future lit

 

What happened behind?

Hindsight now failed me always

As did memories

 

Arms spread out seeking

I had searched for you all days

A lifetime thus spent

 

Seeing you never

Though my being you pervade

Etched in all my thoughts

 

Sun-kissed paths we trod

Walking towards each other

Blindfolded and mute

 

No touch did we need

Imprints in our very soul

Spoke more than could flesh

 

You gazed upon me

Seeing me best with mind’s eye

As I perceived you

 

Abandoned to you

My soul kept for your soul watch

You knew as did I

 

Time would take its toll

On our hearts that beat tireless

As tunes in ears rang

Courtesy Favim on theyesgirls.com

 

The World disappeared

No loss would I ever fear

Our Love infused all

 

Words locked in embrace

A blessed recognition

We held on steadfast

 

Time flew relentless

Stars opposed but move on

Bow to depths we hold

 

Careening through Time

Like dances of Golden Age

That all hurt soothes

 

This body fails me

Though soul keeps it standing still

To hope’s tunes we seek

 

Your voice now alit

With energy makes me whole

Restoring body

 

With renewed respite

Will you still reach me in time?

If only I knew

 

Grim is the reaper

In darkness still he awaits

As days slide silent

 

Grief to hope skips slim

Boldest instinct: survival

An uneven chance

 

Mind soared to morrow

Will you miss me when I’m gone?

I will forever

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