Stones are the bones below our feet,

Who weep for a distant memory,

Like the far off shades of dreams

In the distant mountainside

Here in the bog of time we reside,

Between the meadow and the seas,

Tangled wood beside me,

Frozen in eternal sleep.

The Cries of the Dispossessed,

Katie Anderson

On the Shore

Here on the water's edge

We met for the last time

Where the drops from the seaspray

Could conceal all my tears

Here on the sandy shore

I said goodbye to you

The waves hid the silent words

That screamed loud between us

You'll think that I loved you

No more than a minute

As the pain of our dying

Is dissolved in my song

My reasons are solid

My heart pulses hollow

And the sadness will grip me

For the rest of my years

I bid the nature hear my plea,

Take these tears away from me.

Cast thy waters safe and clean,

Although I know it would be a dream.

Death is in the wood, fallen on the ground,

Waves flow towards the shore and rains come down.

I stand here wishing the world will survive,

Sometimes I think the earth is barely alive.

© Cynthia Clark

💫My circle 💫

In time of sadness.

Continuous thing leads me to madness.

Where is my happiness?

Anything except shadiness!

Can't see nothing.

Only my circle is gazing.

My circle.

Can hug can girdle.

In its middle I'm safe.

No scare from any dark cave.

Here I release my fears.

Behind me an ocean can fill my eyes with more tears.

This is my place.

Towards I always run in any case.

Wish my circle to witness.

My happiness as it witnessed sadness.

✨Marwa ✨

17/9/2018

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Tragic Plea

Tragedy, stalk me no more in this life.

Mock someone else with your sneer.

Love that I thought was to last all my days

Left me to cry my last tear.

Tragedy, stalk me no more in this life;

Take not my last shred of hope.

Bleak is the path that is set ‘fore me now;

Certain not that I can cope.

Tragedy, finish me now I do plead!

Drab are the colors I find.

Woe is the day that I took that first step,

Only to lose my own mind.

i ask her,

“mother nature,

why do you weep?”

wordlessly,

she looks around

at everything

in her creation

and suddenly,

and sorrowfully,

i understand.

— cc, 2018

Beauty Within the Beast

Once upon a time, beyond societies portrayal, There lived a beast of harmony, and a lie he would not tell, Full of love and divinity, yet sadness dwelled within, This beast was kind, he wanted peace, just wanted to fit in. But waking days, were not astray, of mountainous abuse, Mobs with pitchforks, nasty words, they spewed their vile views, His nappy hair, his fangs and ears, brought him pointed stares, Provoked by words, tormenting gestures, and many frightened glares. Until one day, he said no more, pain will this beast take, He stayed indoors, and never left, his heart was cold and ached, On the floor, devoid of warmth, a stranger to this place, His mighty body shook and shivered, tears fell from his face. Do my looks; absolve my right, to live, my right to be, I'm not aloud, to wonder round, to live amongst society, Do I not cry; when I am pained, bleed when I am pricked, You mock me with, your judging eyes; a monster is your verdict? I am saddled, with this curse, I'm nature's dirty secret, How The Fates, have cursed on me, no longer can I take it, Then suddenly, a flash and bang, an angel then appeared, She wore a gown, held out a wand, and had a halo in her hair. I'm your fairy godmother, your pain I'll take away, The path I show, is based on faith, so follow what I say, Go on a journey, traveling north, beyond the fiery trees, You'll find a castle, made of glass, and the knowledge that you seek. For countless days, he traveled north, all around the earth, Illusions came, to mystify, and test him in his worth, Self belief, propelled him as, he reached his destination, He went inside, yet found nothing, this filled him with frustration. You surrendered to me as, you made your fateful way, Now here you stand, before my eyes, a voice began to say, Stand before the mirror beast, ask what you desire, Behold the truth, the inner you, the knowledge you require. Mirror mirror reveal to me, the true beauty inside of me, The surface glistened; a picture beamed, and a beast he did not see, The beast fell down, on hands and knees; and did nothing but cried, He said Who I am is not the flesh, I’m the light that's deep inside.