the passing seasons - a poem
time ticks by with no respite
days ago it was winter
now summer’s already begun
time ticks on and on and on
summer’s passed and now it’s fall
leaves are orange, brown, then gone
winter’s knocking on the door
time ticks on, clocks won’t stop moving
winter greets with cheerful snow
time ticks on and on and on and
we keep moving, neverending
in a spiral winding tighter
every time it turns around
now it’s spring and now it’s fall!
time ticks on and on and on
seasons come and seasons go
winter's almost now returned
even now i see the summer’s end
- m.k.
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it's not hard to be a stranger
in a place you know so well
biking roads and fields and forests
with the sun up shining bright
i have missed this place so greatly
and i’ll miss it still tonight
- m.k.
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the movies tell you you’re unlovable
they sell you a dream, tightly packed in a coming-of-age title wrapped in This-Spring-In-
Theaters
with a bow of happily ever after
where the sky is full of lens flare and
your friends laugh at your jokes
and you climb the rooftop until
you see the stars
and you hold her hand
and she shows you her heart
and you dance on ratty carpets in the garage to 80s tunes on the radio
(and you quote Keats and Wilde and the Bard
until your throat is sore)
and all your pain and heartache leads to
a finale where everything you’ve done is
summed up in a carefully-crafted monologue
about young love and young minds and the summer sun.
but you are never good enough
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DENIAL - the Five Stages of Grief of Orpheus, part 1
The forest is dark and deep and dense
That’s why I cannot see her face
She’ll call out soon, that she is lost
Her voice ring out, our paths will cross
A tree cannot collapse alone
There is no thing that’s carved in stone
The only guarantee in life
Is that hope and love always survive
I see her hand, I think it’s her
Among the trees, in the dark, it’s a blur
My eyes too weak, my heart’s unsure
Are those her shoes, resting on the moor?
I know she’s there, I’ll see her soon
For now I’ll walk to my heart’s scrambling tune
- m.t.
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eurydice’s lament
That day,
a fresh summer morn’
the trees sung the melody of our love
Wading through the moss
bare feet washed clean by the dew
I heard your lire from afar
As the sun shone through a passing cloud,
casting shadows on green leaves
There you were, sitting amongst a crowd
And suddenly, all dark
The cold enveloped me with its boney arms
darkness hid the world away
but all i could think of was your eyes
those eyes-- closed and thoughtful
open and loving, gentle and smiling
those memories, illuminating the darkness
my orpheus, my bard,
the light at the end of my life
- m.t.
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aftermath
You learn to rebuild
after a hurricane,
patch up the shattered expectations
and fix broken hearts,
clean up the debris,
put the walls back up,
mending the cracks in bricks
with super-strength glue.
You relearn to walk
through the breeze unbothered;
to let the gentle wind
caress your skin once again
- m.t.
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the train tracks
the train tracks the curves and edges of our story
the ebbing and flowing, the lonely, the untold
out the window: our days of glory
on the horizon: our future, undefined
i hope we stay by each other until we grow old
the path follows our trails intertwined
the sun streams in through a gap in the blind
we pass by rivers, deer, forests between each station
yet all i can think about is nature’s best creation
and i’m happy, overjoyed, ecstatic
i’m not exaggerating when i say i’m coming home
though i do have a flair for the dramatic
My heart sings a joyful song
As the train drives on and on
Oh, what a beautiful morn’!
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each morning
i pick out pieces of myself from my dreams
glue back the fragments lost amidst the paperbacks
pour myself back into the veins
drop by drop
until the heart begins to thaw
then sigh, parts still amiss,
and continue forth
- m. t.
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You hold the souls
of all the secret lovers before you
The silent memories
of their hands intertwined
Their names burnt from the chronicles of time
Live on in your acts, exist on your tongue
Your body is a monument
to all they couldn't be
Your existence is their legacy
Each time you walk a taxing path
They valiantly trudged before you
Their ancient hands hold you upright
They're remembered in lieu
Your voice carries all the words
they couldn't speak
Even when that voice is weak
They're Atlas, Prometheus,
All heroes held with disdain
They hold this world on their shoulders
Their boldness and struggles prevail
And though you cry
and though you ache
their hands will reach out each time
to remind you you're not alone
on the toughest hills you'll climb
Their memories, like fire they glow
Their love echoes for centuries
The permanent stain of their memories
Will light the trail you plough
- m.t.
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in a better world
our teeth don't hurt
when we bite into the rotten apple
the sin of adam doesn't touch our bodies
otherwise made for pirouettes
our pain doesn't equal our existence
our pain doesn't make us whole
in a better world
we're divine
we bathe in rivers in the moonlight
we don't grow armour around our chests
we let our hearts and minds roam free
we don't submit, we don't succumb
we believe, we become
the blazing fires we've always meant to be
in a better world
the witch doesn't burn on the stake
our knowledge is a blessing to the universe
not a curse
we see the flesh for what it is
not for what it could be
the mirror never cracks in half
when fiction and reality don't agree
in a better world
we don't dream of
a world where we are free
to walk the earth with our heads held high
to walk an earth where
the F means freedom
and no one bats an eye
in a better world we thrive
in this world, we are barely alive
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creatures of the forest,
take me home
i am so weary
yet hungry for more
creatures of the forest
help me fly away
up to the horizon
further and further away
creatures of the forest
may the sun swallow me whole
fill the darkness with light
let it console my soul
creatures of the forest
oh, what must i do
to have you steal me away
to where i can start anew
creatures of the forest
i’ve never felt such hunger
for the magical worlds
i dreamt of when i was younger
creatures of the forest
i offer you the fruit of my labour
it isn’t much, just a poem
but i hope it turns the odds in my favour
creatures of the forest
ancient friends of mine
how much longer must i suffer
till i reach the borderline
-m.t.
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we’re all dying in the fire
tomorrow, but tonight,
tonight we are reborn,
tonight we’ll get what we desire
even if it’s forlorn
we raise our voices to the night
hope that the moon can hear
and deep inside our beating hearts
there is no place for fear
only a gentle touch of hand
can startle our steady minds
for only higher powers of the skies
will be allowed to command
- m.t.
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The sun rose with the applause of metal against metal. Swords clashed, shaping holy crosses, wedging between presents and futures. The aroma of destruction hung in the air, among the fog, alight with an orange hue, and warmth settling onto the ground like a blanket on a heavy sleeper.
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i’m too tired to think
the words curl up in crooks in my mind
they lie under leaves and overgrown vines
they sigh with content after a long day at work
and drift off to sleep, peaceful and home
- m.t.
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white and gold
paint yourself white and gold
straight teeth and straight back
straight thoughts and a smile
look straight ahead
do not glance to the side
lest you see a world
so much different that our
follow straight lines
on the map-- wholly true
do not question a think
that's not “straight” of you
and if you pursue
an askew life path
you will lose all your gold
will you survive the aftermath?
- m.t.
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The air crackled with electricity, as a bright blue light in the shape of an orb began to form about two metres above the cracked concrete. It grew, pulsating, and giving off a sound like a gunshot in reverse, pitched up and slowed down. The air around it rippled. A faint smell of lavender drifted out of the orb (which was now about one metre in diameter.) An actual piece of lavender followed it, chucked out of the orb. It looked as of it was singed off by a burning blade at the stem.
The orb tightened ever so slightly, then expanded, an electric current busting a nearby power box, and a human-like shape flew out of the light, face first into a nearby hedge.
It was a man. He was of average height (though it was hard to tell when half of him was embedded into a hedge), of average build, and of average age (around thirty-five, forty at most). He was, in most senses, moderately average. Even his tweed suit, paired with light blue sneakers and a maroon messenger bag slung across his shoulder, looked basic.
He pulled himself upright, tugging leaves out of the mess of hair on his head, and came face-to-face with a stone-faced teen girl.
"You've got a spider on your suit," she said, pointing to his shoulder with a sharp nail.
Her voice sounded bored, the sort of voice teen girls put on to make the world pay less attention to them.
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an ex-lovers' duet: a poem
- m.t.
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