CRAFTING A CHAPTER OF LIFE ON CANVAS

Dancing paint brushes, palette knives, and paint scrapers, Amid a canvas await its awakening, Nearing the empty palette are sealed hues of paint. Introspecting and interpreting ideas, Enthusiastically expressing emotions, Leaving no vacancy, just creative clutter. Gathering around to see the artist’s...

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WHERE DID TIME GO?

When did you have the right toRob all my resilience,Trade all my tenacityAnd steel my security?Why did you think that you couldReplace my character withIlls of your inner demons,Agonized anxietyFilled with disturbing demands Of maddening mindless thoughts,Or relentless restlessnessAlways knocking my...

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WHEN’S DAY IS JUST NOT ANOTHER DAY

The day started like any otherUneventful day at the office,Came home deciding on what’s dinnerWhether to eat in or to go out?I opened the fridge a dozen times Managed to scrape together enough,As I made dinner from leftoversFilled my plate with some of this and that.I finished dinner and cleaned my...

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COME ON IN, JOIN ME FOR A CUP OF GRATITUDE

Perhaps it was faith, but not a coincidence,At the moment we first met many years ago.My first sense, I felt if I already knew you,Even when it was minutes into our first chat.Little did you realize, I prayed every night,Asking for His guidance, looking for direction.Just when I thought it could never...

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SPOKEN IN SCREAMING SILENCE

It was not my intention to hurt youNor was I aware of my behaviors,Contributing to your unhappinessBut I was lost in my own world of thoughts. I didn’t know how and when to tell youThe physical pain I was enduring,Or emotional luggage I carriedFrom the moment I walked out my front door. I haven’t found...

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CLOSING ANOTHER CHAPTER

By today’s end, I will have closed another year, Chapter 39. I know, I am the dinosaur in the room. Nearly extinct, I am often asked and ridiculed about what made me stay put for so many years and not explore and venture outside the comforts of my realm. Before, I continue writing, this is the FINAL...

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YIELDING TO FINDING MY INNER PEACE

It’s where the sky meets the earth, Blending at the horizon Seamlessly becoming one Just like me, walking my path. From the time of my own birth, I remained with my eyes on Searching until I am done, Without causing any wrath. With everything I now know, I let go of all my thoughts, Enjoying the brief...

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BATTLING MY NOCTURNAL DEMONS

The ticking of the clock, Like my heartbeat in fear, Keeps escalating up,As the night conquers day. There’s ought a way to block, The darkness as it nears, All I get is a snub, Without a word to say. I toss and turn around, Only to see mere minutes, Not hours slowly pass, As I began to pray. Time is...

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LIFE'S LESSONS IN REVERIE

Sometime soon after I close my eyes, I will eventually fall asleep, Closing another chapter of me. The man I see, I don’t recognize, I’ve gotten older within a leap, With not even a chance to be free. Like never ending stories filled with, Many charismatic characters, Performing comedy and drama....

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CLASHING CLUTTER OF MY MIND

Lift my voice and I’ll be heard, my soul will release Those carefully orchestrated words of wisdom, Held within so long, waiting the right time to please, Stirring up lost emotions to regain freedom. Hearing my inner voice of promises unfilled Whispering just one more thing with each passing year,...

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THE STORY BEHIND THE SMILE

Visiting her always brought a smile, Even in my darkest days she found light. Reflecting her own life, she shared stories, About her journeys, filled with optimism. The tales she shared took me back in time yet, In many ways connected to my life. She soon became family and always Celebrated her faith...

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THE DASH

My anxious parents, Filled with excitement With my arrival Just a week before Christmas and the page Flipped to the new year. From my first smile In my infancy, To my first few steps As a new toddler, And each milestone Falling in between. Then I took my first Separation steps, I started preschool,...

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