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“Don’t Weep”

Don’t weep, insects –

Lovers, stars themselves,

Must part.

-Kobayashi Issa

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How many times can I watch the sun chase the moon before I find myself within the stars?

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Kairos

And tomorrow will become my today As yesterday will become a memory, Soon to be forgotten Yet ever so precious.

~Oko

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Living life in a blur, Always feeling unsure Yet gravity keeps Me from making the leap

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My wings were clipped, But I jumped anyway.

~Oko

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A Fallen Petal

Spring has come again, life has grown anew. Dark clouds, heavy with rain, soon to turn the sky blue.

Strong winds shake trees, carrying free petals in the breeze. And as the sun chases the moon, my dreams overflow with flowers in bloom.

~Oko

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Sometimes I can't tell if it's a real memory or a dream

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Darkness declared that light is brightest in its embrace

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Memories permanently etched into my skin, leaving traces of time past. How fortunate I am, to see the blooming flowers planted long ago. A whole garden worth of life and love. Until the final petal falls. ~Oko

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Why is it that the living put their comfort and ease before those of the dying?

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Dum Spiro, Spero

While I breathe, I hope

Alone in the breeze,

Where light cannot find its way,

Silent dreamers burn. 

~Oko

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My love for you will remain until the last dying star burns out.

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Life

To live is to love

To love is to trust

To trust is to hope

And to hope...

To hope is to have faith.

~Oko

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The clock was so loud,

I remember. 

The darkness covered my frozen breath

As hot sweat trailed down my body.

I remember

Whispers and laughing

As a glass prison formed around me. 

I remember

Falling asleep,

Did I ever wake up?

~Oko

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My today may never see my tomorrow.

So as my body drifts off to sleep,

My mind drifts to the day’s ventures.

Such words like if or should’ve remain unsaid,

While I think of all the good. 

Living day by day,

The simple way,

Until tomorrow never comes.

~Oko

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Nightfall covers me in a warm embrace

As the monsters return to the shadows.

I am welcomed into the darkness

As they offer protection from angels.

Sleep overcomes me as demons close in,

Singing gentle lullabies of sweet dreams.

~Oko