I am a child of the earth
Raised by the stars in the sky
Tended by the moon as I sleep
Scars of the world clothe me
Her wounds rich in history.
I am bathed by the tears of the clouds
When it rains, the wind howls-in my ears
Apocalyptic....
When I cry-the earth soaks up my tears
A piece of my soul
Turning to dust;
And like dust, I rise
A storm of stardust
On moonstruck madness..
The sky calls out my name at dawn
Sparking the sun on my breast..
I am a child of the earth
The darkness and the light
The truth, the lie
Sorrow and joy
It's all there in the
Pen that I wield.
#free verse
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And this time I got the sub-blog correct: those who know only Commentary, Outrages, Poetry and Prose deserve to meet this wondrous artist whose words whorl wrapping and unwrapping becomes yet another half-faced look at ourselves across a quarter-million thirty-minute strolls through a moon’s passage to her guilded suitor sun. I have sleeptroubles enow being both morn- and eve-person with so many tied strings saying “what-about-us? The noons and mids compete like periwinkles at the tides, filled with fraught over soups or perhaps a tern’s quick beak and you help me make a vow to live forever each instant come-and-never-gone until one day I am and am not at once.
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🤗🤗🤗🤗
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Feels like you wrote my thoughts down.
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Thank you for such a wonderful compliment!
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I love this one
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😊 thanks.
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This magnificent poem is beautifully composed ❤❤
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Yes, thank you very much. ❤️🙏🏼
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You are most welcome indeed
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😏
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Don’t try your emojis on me, Charles lol 😂
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What more can I say? You took me on a journey of acknowledging the natural beauties all around. The skies, sun, stars, you name it! ☺
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Thank you, Ngozi., what a beautiful comment ❤️🙏🏼🤗
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Pretty. My suspicion is that most poetry represents a longing. A longing for the sort of things you write about and the feelings those things can bring. Sun, rain, moon, beauty. Reality has a way of intruding and poetry and writing can, in some senses, allow us to escape from the harshness of daily life in our very imperfect society on our very damaged and abused planet. In a sense then, what we write represents not necessarily what we actually feel or experience but what we wish for, what we long for. Or at least that is how I view my own writing.
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You are so right. Totally agree. Poetry is my way of dreaming.
More like therapy , I think. A kind of shared unburdening that happens , in a very aesthetic way.
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These lines may or may not be mind-blowing – but I can’t tell because my mind has been blown.
🤯
David
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Wow yassy this is beautiful ❤️ Am lost with you in the cosmos with these amazing words. Thanks for sharing more of the beauty that’s of your soul ❤️😊🌹
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Thank you, Amirah. You show the beauty of your soul in your thoughts that spill on my page. The cosmos put us here together in this blogging family. 🙏🏼
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Such a beautiful poem….that flows & floats ❤️
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Thanks, Navin.
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You’re welcome, Yassy
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Great poem.
I read your work n am like “Damn, i have a long way to go with my poetry”
All the same, i love this, made me wonder off in thought and imagination.
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Thank you, Enoch. That is very kind and magnanimous of you. Bless your generous heart.
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I think the same, like wow what’s contained inside her soul is beyond all possibility 🙂❤️🌹
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We are all of the same ilk 🤗🌹
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Simply– Beautiful! Very descriptive verse, Yassy.
Art
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Thank you, Art—Yasmin.
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Wow… This is amazing👌👌
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Thank you 😊
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Applause! This is amazing in every way!!!
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Thank you, Benjamin.
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Welcome!
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Good one ☝🏻
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Thanks, Poet.
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Beautiful work!
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Thank you 😊
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Beautiful!
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Thank you 😊
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This is beautiful!
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I love everything about this. We need to chat. This echos so many conversations I’ve had this week. From one fellow moon child to another, your poem speaks to me.
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Thank you 😊.. thank you 🙏🏼
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Beautiful Poem!
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Thank you 🙏🏼
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I feel this one as if I wrote it myself. Very good work. Texture and tone is familiar to me.
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Thank you, Brian.
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Great!!!
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Thank you 😊
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Reblogged this on M_SSUNDERSCORE.
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Thank you for the reblog ♥️
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My pleasure! Thank you for this art ❤
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I am honoured 🤗
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Amazingly penned and the title is also fascinating !!
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Thank you so very much 🤗❤️
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This is so very good, love this
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Thank you, Kevin. I so appreciate you reading and commenting.
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