Delight abandoned her Disappointment embraced her Falling asleep in despair Waking up in melancholy Photography by: Actionvance
Tag: Poem
Until It’s Won
A part of me wants to give up To stop Wave the white flag in the air and fight no more Surrendering seems quite appealing Doing good is difficult Doing the right thing is laborious Everyday can be a struggle to not give in To stop following the rules Resign from the fight Why keep…
Your Place
The past is over The future has yet to begin Remain in the present It’s where you belong Photography by: Judeus Samson
A Sickness of Man’s Creation
An illness is ravaging the land Spreading not by coughs or sneezes nor by the touch upon skin This sickness is dispersed by words Constructed from faulty ideals Reinforced with erroneous theories And solidified askew doctrines This pathogen doesn’t tire the muscles or inflict one with a blistering fever But it has slaughtered many because…
It’s A Mad, Mad World
She was once taught to discern the essence of a person by how they treat the people around them If they treat people with respect then they are respectful If they treat people with love then they’re loving If they treat people with spite then they’re spiteful If they treat people with hate then they’re…
Spring
Life is being refreshed New beginnings swirl in the pollen-infused air Some relationships are energized with the brighter days and warm temperatures While others are still in turmoil from the mayhem winter enacted. Photography by: Krystina Rogers
A Solitary Being
She was strange don’t you see… In this Tinder age Swiping for a good time Setting up a profile to hook a good match She’d been foreign to it all A touch. A kiss. A heart longing for another. She was an alien to intimacy An onlooker to infatuation and passion Was she a weird…
Fruits
People are the fruits they produce. Kindness or hatred Love or malice Generosity or greed Photography by Joanna Kosinska
A Library of People
I was taught to never judge a book by its cover Read the prologue Skim through the pages Peruse the first chapter And maybe the beginning of the third Pay attention to the title headings It may give you some insight. That’s probably why I view people as books Stacked in the library of life…
Dwell Less
Dwell less on a person’s size. Care little about someone’s hue Be more concerned with their qualities as a human. Dwell less on Tall…Short Skinny…Fat Black…White Poor….Rich Urban…Suburban Vegan….Carnivore See the true essence of the person Compassion, generosity, kindness Things that the soul feels and the eyes can’t realize Photography by: Tobias Zils
