Young man, young man Soften your centre The palm of your hand need not be hard To form the might of your fist Young man, young man Fighting to know m...Read more
lyra

writing a poem a day in 2026, sharing a few of my favorites. I don't know shit about poetry, I just write what I feel
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Your garden is shaded. Flowers untouched by rain refuse to wither, growing in the heart of barren land, their buds still choosing to bloom. Your ship...Read more
Greetings family! How have you been? We are navigating through a difficult phase these days but we are sure we'll bounce back very soon. There's a...Read more
When I say love, a limpet is what I become snug and steadfast, holding on to our rug, threadbare now from years beneath the weight of devotion fantast...Read more
A weary afternoon. A quiet hill. Beneath the shelter of generous leaves, fallen branches rest like crowns, while evening brushes its colors across the...Read more
One morning, I woke feeling empty and confused. You left the house you never bothered to name. Only then did I realize the sky above it had always bel...Read more
will there ever be someone who listens to the listener, who hears the quiet ache behind my calm tone, who reads the tired truth beneath my soft "I'm o...Read more
"Not hopeless if you are less than 21." - Ezra Pound What is the wealth of my experience? I wonder, with what speed should my heart fall, How man...Read more
dread is peeping. it holds death's hands. he does not scare me. although i think about my love's face if he saw what was coming. would he stand besi...Read more
a stitched wound will still hurt, but it does not mean that it is not healing. it will hurt because a damage was done. even after ...Read more
Today I will dance around like a rag doll to Coltrane. My Favourite Things spilling out of a saxophone as if favor was a liquid. I won't be able to ...Read more
It seems even the moon knows envy. How fortunate, it thinks, to be a creature of Earth. to yawn, to close your eyes, to surrender, to sleep. While ...Read more
when i say love, it's in the kiss that forever lingers on your lips, in the touches that promises not to fade. in my firm eyes, that wavers not. whe...Read more
I still have the picture of me and you The one that little girl drew I wore a hat and you danced in squeaky boots She made you taller than me Funny h...Read more
Stopping people whenever it pleases, three lights taking turns while everyone rushes ahead. It isn't the impatient horns that matter. It's the questi...Read more
The world is roaming around in this rush of pretence. I don’t know about peace, I’m surrounded by confusion and questions.