Picture this: dunes, boy, unquenched thirst.
Eyes blur; distant waters tease tongue.
Wind whispers secrets; sand shifts beneath.
Vulture’s shadow crosses death’s scorched stretch.
Airy cry calls “turn around, child.”
Footprints merge, sand swallows; path unclaimed.
Never tweet with a trollIt takes such a tollChipping away sanityStained by crude profanity Never tweet with a trollIt’s so bad for the soulKindling hot flaming hatePlease, don’t take the sweet bait To avoid online strifeAnd maintain a calm lifeKeep this one wired goalNever tweet with a troll
Denial doesn’t absolve guilt; it only hides it while harm spreads. “To stay silent is to stand with the oppressor.” — Desmond Tutu That’s Not UsThey mock migrants,call them a wave,an invasion, a threat.We click, and sigh,That’s not us,then swipe next.They take children,stuff them behind steel bars,silver blanket sleepers.We whisper, That’s not us,but still dress…
Go ahead: Be a rebel. Break the rules. Be unconventional.
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The Drifter Chasing horizons across endless skies,I follow spirits flying high above twisting roads.Every sunset disguises misstepsAnd whispered sighs of slow surrender. The Seeker Probing mysteries hidden in oceans depths, I cast my futures with the fishers’ nets.My secrets hold tight in yesterday’s shadows,Obscuring light once sought, but lost. The Wanderer Traversing lands where mountains…
When technology failsAll we can do is rebootResetThen testAgainAnd waitWaitWait … … until the bufferingstopsand it all startsworking again. Starting Over Sometimes the only thing we can do is stop, reset, and try again. Test Test is a small poem about a familiar frustration, but it’s also about something bigger: the pause before renewal. That strange…