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Movies were the dream merchants of America As people flocked daily to their local big screen Envisioning life in those celluloid images Seeing themselves come alive — and redeemed (Dreamsleep:…

Times are changing The wind blows hard Swiftly spinning Changing And I can’t keep up. Times are changing, The world is a whirlwind I lay at the center Thrashing and crashing Into every wall Each…

Where the navy blue mountain bares more colours and views I was reunited with an old destination, an old friend, and now old news As closer as I got more colours drew my view What was now yellow and…

You are a majestic piece of art, Made by every soul that exists, And existed on Earth. You are made with lots of competition, Many scars. When I stand in front of you, I feel overwhelmed, By the…

What hurts you today will heal you tomorrow Today's laughs can be yesterday's sorrow Wherever the bad goes, goodness will follow On cloudy days the sun's still present On darkest nights perhaps the…

It may not be all men but it is always a man and it IS all women every single woman has some kind of story consent that was never given a man who claimed the glory a "no" that went unheard a moment…

It is not all men, but somehow, it is always a man. No— not even men. Boys. Because real men could not imagine doing what they did. And still, we are not mad enough. Seven boys. Seven hours. Seven…

This house is not the same. It was once filled with love and a very happy couple. And though they did not live together or experience waking up together. They loved each other like any other. Their…

When will I be good enough? When will I be chosen? Because I keep traversing The never-ending mountain Trying to hold on to a ledge Waiting for a hand to come down For Zeus to say with a booming…

I cannot remember The first book I read. The first time I felt Alive. That's what it is, always has been To me. A story, a narrative, a journey, More real than the hand holding the book. I open a…

As I look back, I realise My journey through time, Has been a blur of fear, Pain, exhaustion, and grime. But this isn't new, More my default catchphrase, So I sit and delve deeper, And see light…

I get a little bit older, but as we sing these songs, those memories from far away drift back… I see snowflakes falling, so delicately, onto those frosted windows alight… With the tree decorated with…

Love God deeply, He'll place the world at your feet.

If I talk to the right people If I create the right identity pretend to be more than I am I could just get in Cosa Nostra is a brotherhood this sister can be an associate they'll never know of my…

And maybe I would go back to the times way before I was even born 4 or 5 generations back when my own blood just came here way down in Brooklyn and maybe I still wonder why we even left that beauty…

I dropped my cross… Oh, my son. What have you done? I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to… But you did it. I didn’t mean to. Why didn’t You stop me? No one listens to the One behind them I was at my lowest… I…

Welcome to my weariness, to the burning burdens brought upon my shoulders. Shout your surprise at the surface of the shadow, the darkness delving deeper into the darkness that is sorrow. Take a look…

In life you will fail, love will pick you up.

Whatever you’re trying to forget, don’t, you’re supposed to remember

A fetching title can save a poem Like a fiery maestro can free a song Its marching orders endorse each line And beat a cadence that words define To set the page and clear the way It stakes a claim to…

Free impractical hands to their expression. Your intelligence is overrated.

Sa bawat patak ng ulan, tila kasabay nitong bumabagsak ang bigat na matagal ko nang kinikimkim. Tahimik akong nakatingala, hinahayaan ang ulan na itago ang mga luhang hindi ko kayang ipaliwanag.…

Against all odds, i still want to drive, running on fumes, burning what little i have left just to reach whatever comes next. As if the miles could gently pull the thread from the knot in my chest.…

I think not in pictures But in sound Words Feelings I think in sound In musical lyrics In voices I like Like a bundle of noises that flow together I think in words Poetry is a wonder Big words,…