PrideEd (8 Poems)

The only thing I strive to aspire to is to become a great writer before I die. This is my last surviving wish in life...

[wispy orbs]

wispy orbs
afloat in the sea
buoyant jewels

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The Ritual

Tribal Valkyrie;
from blood she arose
at a witch-doctor’s behest!

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Our love is like the stars;
we’ll always burn ourselves out,
wishing that things were a bit
different.

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a graying, yellow ribbon
tied around my neck;
fraying daffodils in bloom.

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a daisy sprouts out my eye,
and yet another
out my side…
are their other
corpses as vibrant
as mine?

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crestfallen plumage
opaque in darkling willow

unlit happiness

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Illusions,

because I’ve long adored
the wishful thoughts
of living the rest
of our lives
happily, and together…

Even if only in poetry.

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bent rose stems
an apology
not taken

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