Author: Sonja
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Love Dies
Black ink on blank sheet:Two tales intertwined.Cupid’s cunning calligraphy,Your lettering into mine. Flickering flames fatedTo blaze in an inferno.Solar flares conflated,Luminescence vowed eternal. Thread knitted and unitedCloth knotted and coalesced,Fabric woven, coincided,Quilt once a restful nest. Cultivating an orchard,Flourishing with fruit,Among blooms I wandered,Plump plums unbruised. Torn out and crumpled,Faded forgotten words.Quill cracked and crumbled,Degraded…
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I Am Driven By A Dream
Hit the track runnin’To a gunshot race.Whole world is drummin’Keepin’ up the pace. Jumpin’ in the deependWater in my chest.Divin’ off the steependIn a fierce tempest. I thought I would never find A stillness in this heart of mine. Losing sleep and losing me,Losing friends and family.I am driven by a dreamImagined by a younger…
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The Force of an Artist
Imagination generates creation.Philosophy yields diversity.Artistry births liberty.Poetry weaves a tapestry.Symphonies give way to harmony. A lightning strike reflects without restraint;Brushes glazed in brilliant prismatic paint;A zipping energy through eager fingers;Chords warbled from an inspired singer. Ideas sprout like a fresh green scion,Breaching through caked cracked clay;Warm beams reach from a new horizon,Maternal light feeding into…
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The City
I need clarity from the clouds that shroud My mind with a dense dim sedating fog. Everyday I waft, a muted light in the impenetrable crowd, Face draped thickly in stodgy city smog. I need to scrub my skin raw of tarry oil that clings Like asphyxiating plastic to my pores, Squeezing me like a…
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Single Breath
There’s a fight inside I’m bound to lose, With my neck wound round by a noose. Four boundaries bind me to this battle, My hands tied; my feet in shackles. A thundering jolt delivered to jaw, Crashing me to the concrete floor. All at once I blasted a counter blow, My rival mimed a painful…
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Broken Mirrors
I refrain from being opinionated, Lest I think my thoughts the truth. I’ve watched as friends debated, Once tied, now taking a tooth. To what avail, I ask these men, Do you wish your friend to die? The truth to prevail, said in unison, So his soul shan’t be demonised. If your thoughts are worth…
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Old Friends
I met her eyes nervously; “Hello,” we said at last. Speaking somewhat superfluously, Ignoring the broken vase. “What happened?” She asked, Her voice a ghostly rasp. My gaze darted and nimbly masked, Beckoning to the broken glass. It fell, as things do. Must there be a cause? Things break, it’s true, And barely cause a…
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Who is he?
He is a dreamer, His boundless mind beams Into infinite universes, Imagination bursting seams, Defying this human hearse. He is a thinker, Patiently raking leaves To reveal the ground beneath. Mountains of sand he sieves Leaving diamonds upon the sheath. He is an explorer, Whose fuel for adventure Burns away his fears. Rays bursting from…
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Insanity
Slamming on stone. Knuckles bleeding. Breaking of bone. Desperately pleading. Heart pounding, Stomach reeling. Pulse bounding, Trapped ceiling. Shrill scream Cracking silence. Bad dream Evoking violence. Mama’s voice: “Open your eyes”; Quietened noise; Walls were lies. Warmth and light Lift the veil; The world in sight Melts my jail. Stars align And knowing sets; Clarity…
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Yesterday’s Dance
I dance in a tranceAs my little feet glance.I pray that I’ll stayForever this way. I lift like a swiftAnd thank God for this gift.I hope that I’ll copeShould my wings be roped. I play as I swayIn the warm glow of day.I fight with my mightThat I won’t lose my flight. I soar and…