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I am satisfied to feel rain sprinkling on my eyes cool refreshing water I tip my head back satisfied I am alive. I am satisfied to dance my feet flit and twirl in time to the magical music satisfied I am alive. I am satisfied to laugh bubbles rise from within tiny wrinkles crease my…
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You came from out of nowhere no warnings given earth collapsed, buildings shattered lives lost no time to hide bodies buried beneath rubble children scream among debris babies wrenched from mother’s arms houses crumbled, roads destroyed people frantically dig, search survivors emerge dazed, bloodied traumatized questioning this senseless war families displaced nowhere to go their…
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Light a candle say a prayer for all those children suffering. streets are busy traffic moves fast no time to listen no time to care. doorways filled to the brim with bags of clothing bodies, stiff and still. syringes and needles lie everywhere careful or careless no one cares. what happened? to these kids of…
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Swimming in my endorphins like a dolphin. In a half zombie like state I ate halves of my brain they called it a stroke. The Fairy-tail finch asked: “Why, scratch at yourself?” The mallee of hair felt, the complex of wisdom in this question. And pondered.
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The Mental Health System in South Australia stands on quicksand, sinking into the oblivion of the ‘too hard basket’. The light at the end of the tunnel flickers. The gale of apathy and ignorance echoes hauntingly. The light is weak from constant assault. It is a fact that twelve fragile eggs cannot be kept safe,…
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I walked alone through the Jungle within Walked alone searching for a friend. I stopped – and for a moment – just a moment, I heard the wind whisper in my ear “Look Within” Yet – still day by day I sat in the full darkness of the sun I stood alone – in a…
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I see things that – you do not see I hear things that – you do not hear My world – does not fit your rules my thoughts, my ideas, my reality – does not fit your reality does that – make me – any less than you ? Do – you have the right…
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If life is a poem when will my stanza end? I have to break the line what follows is new. If I am whole, cut from concrete. Lapis lazuli sky embraces sunny yellow paints the grass green, an easel of words flow on a turpentine breeze. If I crack, adrift in the beauty…
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I am in a wasteland that place – between four am snores and alarm clock convulsion nerve crawling disruption. I call up the stars to shine their ancient fires onto my beating life. I need a full beam moon to guide me, illuminate this shadow land. Thoughts in the cavern are bigger than…
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