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gently on the shoulder
i found you naked
in my bed sleeping
so quiet and i snuggled
up next to you
kissed you gently
on the shoulder
and told you
i love you
i woke up alone
a note on the pillow
saying thanks, you
need to buy some
toilet paper
i laughed and then
realized what you
used that towel for
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thirty some years ago
you ever remember
the time we kissed
under a bridge on
a rainy night thirty
some years ago
how all loneliness
left us
two souls determined
to take on the world
sharing cigarettes
at three in the
morning
two weeks later
you would be gone
to some other place
i never saw the
world the same
again
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in science class
earth shaking like never
before and some idiot
thinks it is the wrath
of god
and soon the sun will
give in to the moon
and some genius will
take it as a sign from
god to shoot up a school
or rob a few banks
it is pretty easy to see
who was actually paying
attention in science class
and who was busy
daydreaming about
a life they could
never ever achieve
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slowly come to terms
tears race down
my face as i slowly
come to terms with
my inevitable demise
i've squeezed more
talent out of apathy
than is probably
allowed
be thankful they
allowed you to
go this far
most of your types
end up in institutions
or cemeteries
i have a modest
urn in mind
ashes to be spread
in the pacific ocean
lord knows i'll
never make it
there while alive
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a proverbial box
shooting stars have
no wishes attached
to them
fear is a disease
that can trap any
soul in a proverbial
box
sometimes i think
it would be better
to burn the fucker
down than figure
a way out
J.J. Campbell (1976 - ?) is stuck in the suburbs, plotting his escape. He's been widely published over the years, most recently at The Beatnik Cowboy, Lothlorien Poetry Journal, Black Coffee Review, The Asylum Floor and Horror Sleaze Trash. You can find him most days on his mildly entertaining blog, evil delights. (https://evildelights.blogspot.com)
Unemployment
To keep body and soul
People need jobs
A good job, a great joy
Improves man's morale
But when a man lacks a day job
His joy vanishes throughout the day
A dependent he becomes
Brooding all day long
Long period of joblessness
Long period of joylessness
A psychological distress
That wrecks psyche
Massive unemployment
Attracts pervasive poverty
And escalates crime rates
Evils hide in unemployment
A struggle to get a job
A positive move
That can save man
From the pains of poverty
If you're jobless
Get tangible activity, legit
For your daily bread
Steer clear of idleness
Idleness attracts lawless acts
Cottony Clouds
The winds of winter push
cottony clouds
before the moon
in the dark of night.
I remain,
missing more pieces
than I can gather.
The air is numbing cold
and my shadow
has
disappeared into
frozen snowdrifts.
January
is an unforgiving month,
like
a lover in distress
who sacrifices
reality for a dream.
There are always doubts
about
whether great love
equals great pain.
There are always doubts.
I am nostalgic and yearning
for the warmth
of an afternoon sun.
I long for summer
I long for July,
lovely July
when
I was whole
and your smile
danced around me.
I remember
the heat
and I remember
the crisp white sheets.
I was that lover
who sought
but never saw.
rain earth cold but once the summer sun and your eyes plus birdsong I remember (for Tara)
all the time through both the nocturnal wild and the structured parts also. cold, wind, ice, and sleet. grey, dark, opaque, and even rueful. the old church and its tombstones the roof crying on the sides and the tears not flowing but racing down to the cemetery earth. poor old field mouse is probably even saturated w/that and also sadness. where did the summer and the sun of the summer go to?- once I think, there were purple and yellow wildflowers that lived on the edges of fields,- fields verdant and inside the woodland passageways great healthy vines sometimes climbed trees old and full, so full of character and warmth, of nuance and energy, robust w/the stories and spirit of the good things of the countryside.
I think, also, that your eyes were brown and spoke of many things, things of now and of ancient continents. the other souls,- well their eyes only appear brown from a distance…something to do w/the light or angle. but their eyes are green and blue and grey, things the world lauds and celebrates,- but the world is wrong, the world has everything backwards, for it is your brown eyes that are above the rest and that make the world settled and whole, no? yes. of course. I can see. you tell me about the owl and the birds and look upwards much of the time. and the birds. they always sang for you. against reason and logic I would say they never sang for me like that when i was there alone. birds and butterflies, little streams and water washed stones. I think we stopped there and watched everything and the living dream of the world was much better than it is today.
On A Beautiful Spring Day
I met you on a Sunday, on a beautiful Spring day
You watched me from the back of the church
I just walked by you and never uttered a word.
Everything was blooming and you drove by me
You asked if I'd walk by the lake with you,
On that beautiful Spring day, I smiled and nodded, "yes".
You picked me flowers and I cherished those wild flowers...
Time went by and like flowers, so bloomed our love
A year later on a beautiful Spring day, we married
Holding a bouquet of Spring flowers, I whispered, "I Do".
One day you got ill on a beautiful Spring day
With all the beautiful flowers blooming, you passed away
Years later, I stand here on a beautiful Spring day
All the beautiful flowers blooming now remind me of you
Maybe on a beautiful Spring day with the sun shining
You'll be holding wild flowers for me at Heaven's gates.
And together we will walk again, Forever...
On A Beautiful Spring Day....
The Wings of Love
When I feel you near, at times I can't breathe
Your presence makes me sigh, and my eyes close
trying to compose my feelings that can't be denied
No doubt that even after death this love will not die
The wings of love surround us on this beautiful night
and will lift us up above the heavens to meet the moon
This memorable evening never to be forgotten and
one that will go on and on through the passages of time
I find you even in the most unlikely places of my heart
and I have new eyes that see only the most Beautiful You
I am the sky that fills you arms and heart tonight
as we dance beautifully together between the stars.
Where Love Resides
Where golden strings play songs so sweet
and the many colors of red reside
there also resides my love
When the song of a sparrow touches my soul
and the signs of Spring show off their colors
So also shows the colors of my love
If the rains come and clouds shadow me
and if my tears fall like the drops that stream down my window
they cleanse my heart so love can shine through again
And, what comes my way, whether happy or sad
I know tomorrow will bring a brighter day
For I look to the heavens and know, the greatest love resides there
Kristy Raines was born in Oakland, CA, USA.
She is a poet and prose writer. Kristy is also an advocate. for the Rohingya refugees living in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.
Kristy has five books getting ready to publish this year. One with a prominent poet from India, Dr. Prasana Kumar Dalai, which will launch soon called, "I Cross my Heart from East to West", two fantasy books of her own called, "Rings, Things and Butterfly Wings" and "Princess and The Lion", an anthology of poems in English, "The Passion Within Me" and her autobiography called "My Very Anomalous Life."
Kristy has received many literary awards for her unique style of writing.
Abdul Raheem, who used to be an autorickshaw driver in Kerala, reached Saudi in the first decade of the century. He was hired by a family in Riyadh to take care of a differently-abled teenager along with driving duties. The boy used to breathe and eat using the help of a device attached to his body.
One day, while driving with the 15-year-old, the boy assaulted Raheem for stopping at a traffic signal. While trying to calm the teenager down and protect himself, Abdul Raheem ended up pushing the medical device on the boy's shoulder unintentionally. As it fell inside the car, the boy became unconscious and passed away, Onmanorama said in a report.
In 2018, Raheem was sentenced to death as the family refused to grant amnesty. The Kerala man's appeals were rejected and the Supreme Court upheld the verdict. However, in 2023, Raheem received a ray of hope as the family reconsidered and decided to accept diya (blood money) instead. They demanded 15 million Saudi riyals, approximately Rs 33.24 crore, which was to be paid within six months from the deal's signing on October 16, 2023.
With the deadline fast approaching and Abdul Raheem's fate on the line, people across the stratas of life in Kerala joined hands to crowdsource the money. Until last week, the crowdfunding effort could only manage to find Rs 5 crore. However, as the deadline loomed, an aggressive campaign was launched via social media and the volunteers managed to find the entire amount in just four days' time,
Why I mentioned the real story of Kerala ?
It is a movie that trying to halt the prosperity and love between religions and cast
The Kerala Story is a 2023 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by Sudipto Sen and produced by Vipul Amrutlal Shah.[1] It stars Adah Sharma, Yogita Bihani, Sonia Balani, and Siddhi Idnani. The plot follows a group of women from Kerala who are coerced into converting to Islam and joining the Islamic State .[5][6]Marketed as a true story, the film is premised on the Hindutva conspiracy theory of "love jihad",[7] and falsely claims that thousands of Hindu women from Kerala have been converted to Islam and recruited in the Islamic State.[8][9]
So Kerala didn’t have story like this, so this is not the real.
Today we seen how the Keralites treat every one
A tiny oversight cost him his life.
18 years spent incarcerated
No aspirations, no desires
Seven days remain before death.
The tears were shed like spring.
The mother, in despair,
thought of her cherished son.
34 crores for one life.
No money, no forgiveness
The remnants of humanity
The insight of society with an aspiring mind
The civilization that was portrayed as
radical and narrow-minded shown true humanism.
Saved him with four finger days.
Tiny branches that are connected
by various boundaries
The genuine world's lifesaver
No hue, no faith
Neither wealthy nor impoverished Combined,
providing the shed
The Humanity Day
The day of God's pardon
Dreams as actuality
The modern era's angles
With the courteous customs
and principles proud of every second.
It feels like we were born with
human emotions and died as human beings.
The real Kerala story
Not just one, more than the blood money
Written by Sinanbinumer