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Poet, Beyonder,Amateur Painter/Artist...

Canada
Joined August 2024
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#vss365 #elated Before the world had learnt to call itself beautiful, the earth was already turning. Water finding its way through stone. Roots reaching into darkness for rain. And somewhere, beneath the weight of all I had learnt to carry, something was waiting. Then morning— a spill of gold across the floor, a bird lifting its song into the air, the green of leaves so bright they seemed to pulse. I stood among these small astonishments and felt the old world stir within me. The same blood that had travelled through generations. The same breath moving through grass and feather, through the unfurling of a flower. How had I forgotten? The sky had never stopped being vast. And I— I had been here all along. Then the rain came. Sudden, silver, alive. I ran into it, laughing, my face turned towards the heavens, my feet striking the earth as though the ground itself were keeping time. And something rose in me— not a thought, not a prayer, but a joy older than language, a wild pulse that asked nothing of the world except to be within it. I wanted to gather the morning in my hands. To sing with the birds. To feel the wind rush through me and leave nothing untouched. For that moment, there was no distance between my heart and the living world. Only the rain. The light. The earth darkening beneath my feet. And slowly, the laughter fell quiet. The rain softened against my skin. A bird called from the trees. Somewhere, a leaf released its trembling hold on the branch. I stood with my face turned to the sky, breathing. The world was still the world. The trees held their green. The river kept moving towards the sea. And within me, something remained— a warmth without a name, a pulse older than memory, the quiet wonder of being here. Elated.
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Tonight I am running in the madness panting at the moon Remembering unrestrained laughter reserves me a locked padded room Soon I will be dancing with the shadows dreaming with the ghosts At home with controlled imagination and a man full of mirth #poetry #poetrycommunity
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In the sum of past action a #poet memorializes joy retrieves love's merits preserves comforts voice tries to understand reactions reflects on observations and sometimes provides transit from an ugly world to an exquisitely beautiful universe #poetry #WriteMap
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Helen Surina retweeted
In the Wind’s Reverie These days, mirrors do more than reflect us; they draw us in until we lose ourselves. Love travels from screen to screen, yet the warmth of a touch remains behind the glass. But I, in the wind’s reverie, paint the laughter of a kite set free across the open sky. I pour the weariness of my mind, drop by drop, into translucent bubbles and release them to the wind, so the sky may reclaim its lost face. I want to be so weightless that gravity cannot tether my dream of flight to the ground. I want to cross the borders of dreams, to where even birds need no wings to fly, and the earth, far below, is only a fading memory of falling. — Golnaz Aliyari #InTheWindsReverie #WhereBirdsNeedNoWings #BeyondTheMirror #WeightlessDreams
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#MidJourney365 #旅の途上365 (日本語版は下に) Mid-Journey—— after the rain, the traveler mistook the stillness of the harbor for the weight of an anchor. But when the tide turned, his boat began to drift. There was no iron beneath him. At the end of the pier, a woman hesitated when someone called her second name. Both names were hers, neither entirely. Beside her, a man turned two keys over and over in his palm—— two rooms where he was loved, neither a place he could stay. They spoke of ordinary things—— the late ferry, the coming rain, the sweetness of an orange she peeled and passed around. Across the water, harbor lights unfolded in red, amber, and green, their colors touching without becoming one, their boundaries trembling with every passing wave. When the ferry finally came, its wake pulled the boat away. The woman caught his drifting rope and held it until the water stilled. Then she opened her hand. For the length of a single tide, their shadows met upon the water, each keeping its own darkness, each sharing in the light. By morning, the traveler was drifting once again. The faint scent of orange still lingered on his fingers. He had found no shore to which he could fasten his life. But somewhere behind him was a harbor that had held him without holding him still. 旅の途上の旅人は、雨上がりの港で、静まり返った水面を眺めながら、錨を下ろして停泊しているつもりでした。けれども、潮の流れが変わると、舟はゆっくりと漂い始めます。海の底には、舟をつなぎとめる鉄の錨など、最初からなかったのです。 桟橋の先には、二つ目の名前で呼ばれると一瞬ためらってから振り向く女性がいました。どちらも確かに彼女の名前ですが、どちらの名前も彼女のすべてを言い表すことはできません。その傍らでは、一人の男性が二本の鍵を手のひらで何度も転がしていました。どちらの鍵も、自分を愛してくれる人がいる部屋のものです。それなのに、どちらの部屋にも留まることができないのです。 彼らが語り合ったのは、ごくありふれたことでした。遅れている渡し船のこと、これから降りそうな雨のこと。そして、女性がむいて皆に分けてくれたオレンジの甘さについてです。 港の水面には、赤や琥珀色や緑の灯が広がっていました。それぞれの色は、互いに触れ合いながらも、一つに溶けてしまうことはありません。波が通り過ぎるたびに、色と色の境界が静かに揺れていました。 やがて渡し船が姿を現すと、その引き波に押されて旅人の舟が流され始めました。女性は水面を漂うロープをつかみ、波が静まるまで握っていてくれました。そして、そっと手を開いたのです。 一度の潮の満ち引きの間だけ、彼らの影は水面で出会いました。それぞれが自分自身の暗がりを抱えたまま、同じ光を分かち合っていたのです。 朝になると、旅人の舟は再び漂い始めました。指先には、昨夜のオレンジの香りがかすかに残っていました。自分の人生をつなぎとめられる岸辺は、結局見つかりませんでした。 それでも、旅人の背後には、一つの港が確かに残っていました。 旅人をつなぎとめることなく、旅人を受け止めてくれた港が。
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squirrels chase the wind souls feel invisible snow hearts hug their pillows #haiku #poetry
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Awoke to mist and fog a gray dawn a morning monologue Strolled through itemized boredom masquerading as progress relentless Identity threatened by digital address unknown trolls Internet shadows Wealth is the afternoon sun #poetry #poetrycommunity
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danger has become an aphrodisiac charm a weapon of choice thinking needs to be abstract from a wasteland of theories into a universe of mysteries survival has a voice #poetry #poetrycommunity
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Our bond fragmented fragile fractions scattered singularities memorialized moments A mosaic of remnants You surrendered to a cause I put emotional me on pause #poetry #poetrycommunity
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Spirit liberated by a last warm wind Flesh rooted waits for winter to begin Hope secretly plans for romance Internal energies start their dance Love's flame burns bright Realized truths release pure light #poetry #poetrycommunity
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silences have #become heavy laughter is sounding forced what passed for eccentric is now crazy plans have no purpose adrift on an ocean of #doubt tolerance has replaced love #vss365 #WriteMap #poetry
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I’d love you with the intensity of a thousand suns, until the heavens wore to embers and the ages came undone. And when the last of all that fire lay cold upon the blue, I’d draw you closer in the dark, as I have always longed to do. My lips would find your waiting hands, your fingers lace with mine; and there, beneath a starless sky, I’d love you past the end of time.
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Forgiveness lasted for awhile A smile never returned when your name was mentioned Escape remained the intention mile after mile Trying to undo the #commitment consumes my time Soul searches every #memory for a sign An answer to the why why the cruelty #vss365 #WriteMap
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I love you as the sun must love the moon— forever burning toward a fleeting kiss, condemned to find you fading all too soon, yet rising still, for even this is bliss: To spill my gold upon your silver skin, to leave my warmth where I may never lie; to watch the night receive you gently in, then spend my life pursuing you across the sky. And should the heavens grant us one eclipse, one breath in which the centuries fall still, I would surrender fire beneath your lips and let the heavens darken as they will. For what is light, if I must shine alone? Let stars keep count of all the years we miss. I would burn through every life I own to turn eternity into a kiss.
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#nervous rains the falling of a sky's tears the sun's rays golden, abetting all my fears no longer am i nervous darkness of storms neutered my nerves by the filtering rays settled nervousness by the darkness extended my calmness by following the light, ended #vss365
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A bit #nervous but ever patient I await your touch Always cautious a focus constant I value your trust Each time our lips meet we find the love we seek A union joyous minus complications impossible to corrupt Perfection is us #vss365 #poetry #poetrycommunity
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To live long safe true arise to the infinite through layers of blue plateaued stilled all parts of the imperative Freedom requires truth the courage to follow through once embraced by the source determined on its course How love directs forever above suspect #poetry
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#vss365 #nervous (日本語版は下に) Mid-Journey—— at a small airfield, the last light caught on the rivets of the wing. Beyond the window, its tip quivered in a wind I could not feel. My nervous fingers gripped the armrest. The engines woke; their low vibration climbed through the floor and settled beneath my ribs. Even the strongest metal trembles before it rises into the sky. Then the runway markings streamed past, faster than I could count. For one breath, the wheels held on—— and then the earth let go. Neither the wing nor my heart had stopped trembling—— yet both were flying. 旅の途上の小さな飛行場で、夕暮れの最後の光が翼の鋲を照らしていました。窓の向こうでは、旅人には感じられない風を受けて、翼の先端が小刻みに震えています。 緊張した旅人の指は、肘掛けを強く握りしめていました。エンジンが目覚め、その低い振動が床を伝って昇り、胸の奥深くにまで響いてきました。 どれほど頑丈な金属でさえ、空へ向かう前には震えるのです。 やがて滑走路の白い標示が、数えることもできない速さで流れ始めました。ほんのひと呼吸の間、車輪はまだ地面をつかんでいました。 そして、大地が機体を手放したのです。 翼も旅人の心も、震えることをやめたわけではありません。 それでも、どちらも空を飛んでいたのです。
#vss365 #prompt #nervous There is an inevitable moment when something we are about to do makes us nervous. It's a universal feeling. Let's share our experiences with this. For me, standing at the start line of any race.
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Not a melody. Not a promise. Just the rain against the window, the shade after the heat, the quiet certainty of being somewhere your #nervous heart no longer has to prepare for the worst. Some souls don't become songs. They become the stillness that quiets your chaos, the presence that softens your fear, the silence where your nervous soul finally learns it is safe to be home. #vss365
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