Five Words Thread

[artolmaeus]

harrowing, charred, gutted, bleak, hope

the narrowing of human potential
how harrowing it is
from the charred remains
of a well scorched earth
and the horizon is a view so bleak
how I can understand
the fight of man against man
will only be won
with the weapons of love and hope

Rework,span, trance, undo, void

[aims]

Rework, span, trance, undo, void
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Undo my life,
sometimes I wish I could
void the cost of every mistake;
okay maybe just rework!
Here's the quirk
would I still remember standing in France
in a trance
in awe of my surroundings
or holding my baby daughter for the very first time,
my thoughts turn on a dime,
giving that last one up would be my crime.
No,
I've no choice but to embrace it all,
lest it be my hellish downfall
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Clay, mold, old,surreptitious,progression

[artolmaeus]

Clay, mold, old,surreptitious,progression

****one of my favorite Dead Can Dance songs is "American Dreaming" and he uses the word surreptitious****

I surrender to be formed in some mold
as I watch her walk towards me
and she has that surreptitious stare that lets me know
she hides her sorrow for my sake
and though the inquiry gets to become rather old
she needs to hear me ask
in all the progression of love and time
I find myself a vagabond in her open fields
where often I have the company of the wind
to talk to, for all the silence we hold dear
sometimes it is the pauses we have together
to just be without the noise
no matter how much I could wander off
no matter how the loneliness is broken seldomly
by intermittent moments
there is so much meaning in all things unspoken
and though it is not a test of patience
there is a plan somehow to wait
that my feet have become clay
firmly kilned where I stand

___--____--____--____--____--
sonambulistic maniacal conscience honesty crown

[Cat Plant II]

-- somnambulistic maniacal conscience honesty crown


I had a dream one night that felt quite absurd
Up in the clouds, I flew like a bird
Until suddenly all I could see
Was the ground rushing toward me

When I woke, I laughed somewhat maniacal 
Glad it had only been a spectacle
Rather than a real-life occurrence
But still, it seemed to haunt my conscience. 

I pondered the dream for days on end
I couldn't tell why, nor could I pretend
This dream of mine had encapsulated
Every moment I was awake or sedated

It was the seventh night it came again
The clouds welcomed me like a dear friend
Until again, I dropped and fell down
Right about to hit my crown 

I gasped awake, or so I thought
I couldn't tell the difference
But as my limbs felt heavy, I realized
My somnambulistic presence

I awoke again to find myself in the kitchen
The milk in the cabinet, cereal in the fridge
And again I couldn't help but to laugh
At the nonsensical situation I was in.


-- Memory, meaningless, morbid, quiet, light

[aims]

-- Memory, meaningless, morbid, quiet, light
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Quiet morbid ruminations
on things dredged up from
pestilent imaginings.
Meaningless?
Quite!
Except for the sorrow
they birth in my heart,
my mind,
that block the light,
they feel familiar
like something
from memory
tendrils
dragging me back down the rabbit hole of the past,
a cold dark loveless place
where I had. . .
not even myself
for comfort.
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scribble, curse, craven, triumph, persistence

[aims]

scribble, curse, craven, triumph, persistence
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Craven of confrontation
she, seething, scribbles a curse.
No doubt hoping what she lacks
in bold insistence
she'll be propelled to triumph
through dogged persistence.
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caustic, toxic, moxie, tribulation, tincture

[aims]

caustic, toxic, moxie, tribulation, tincture
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
I am unfazed and unimpressed
by your caustic
sarcastic
toxic
condescending
faux praise
and its twin
your false concern for me.
Did you really think I would mistake your self-centered,
badly acted,
bullshit,
for sincerity,
for some healing tincture???
Enduring your presence in my realm,
is a tribulation,
but in no wise the first,
but rather the latest in a long line of which
I grow weary,
but which cannot extinguish the moxie
that has kept me on this earth for 63 years
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
critical, pretense, solid, ethereal, clinical

[aims]

critical, pretense, solid, ethereal, clinical
№################$$$$
Clinical,
Yet somehow ambiguous. . .
Ethereal that's the word that sticks in the imagination when that soul satisfying face sticks in one's heart and mind!
Critical . . . I'll leave that for someone more cold and calculating!
In fact solid,
it is not the state of my being when thoughts of her overwhelm my consciousness!
Pretense, . . . . That is my game and my defense, when face to face.
++++++++++++++++++++++++
Dole, call, tribulation, sex, falter

[aims]

Dole, call, tribulation, sex, falter
÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷
This is the call
wake up
evade the great tribulation bearing down on you,
don't helplessly wait until misery is what hate mongers dole out gleefully!
Don't stand there stunned,
when you realize that the days you dreamed of sex or money or possessions,
were the good old days
compared to where you find yourself.
Don't stand there stunned,
the same faltering move you made before this fresh hell!
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Salt, pride, see, fabricate, comprehend

[aims]

Salt, pride, see, fabricate, comprehend
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Pride, proclaiming self,
before other people,
So self-involved
it sees others as tools
to be used for gaining satisfaction.
Seeking to fabricate a story
as to why others should believe
this is what is in their best interest.
Some are not fooled
but rather comprehend
That neither you nor I
are the Salt of the earth . . .
WE are!!
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wild, sacrifice, collective, cynical, perverse

[anirbas]

wild, sacrifice, collective, cynical, perverse

Wild sacrifices of my youth
have left a collective perverse
taste in my mouth I am cynical
jaded and beyond redemption
I am tired of the effort of living
For death I wait with open arms

~*~

selfish* mild* singular* innocent* blood

[donnabarber]

Jun 14, 2024 15:52:54 GMT -6 anirbas said:

wild, sacrifice, collective, cynical, perverse

Wild sacrifices of my youth
have left a collective perverse
taste in my mouth I am cynical
jaded and beyond redemption
I am tired of the effort of living
For death I wait with open arms

~*~

selfish* mild* singular* innocent* blood

The selfish shellfish went completely wild:
Most certainly he was not the meek and mild
Specimen of his type; a singular
Exception to the rule, red in tooth and claw,
And as the innocent child played in the sand
His bite drew blood from the unsuspecting hand


Quiet, lazy, joyful, dark, glowing

[anirbas]

Quiet and often lazy
I am most joyful
when sitting in the dark
watching the glowing
face of the moon

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