Writing Me Up

Writings by me, for me. Forgive me.

Tag: Poetry For Life

  • Goodbye Little Brother

    Goodbye Little Brother

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    rak
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    Time Just Slips Away We burned my little brother yesterday. It was almost appropriate that he went up that chimney after all those hookey fags. That was what killed him, (the smoking, not the burning). We gave him a good send off. He would have enjoyed it, the silly song at the funeral, the words…

  • Alive Or Dead

    Alive Or Dead

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    rak
    in

    In The Moment living or dying this being or nothingness there is nothing else Photo by Teddy tavan on Pexels.com

  • Life Comes Quietly

    Life Comes Quietly

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    rak
    in

    Buds Burst My Heart the buds are coming life is a quiet wonder i am part of it Photo by Karolina Grabowska on Pexels.com

  • An Acceptance Of Nothing

    An Acceptance Of Nothing

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    rak
    in

    Nothing To Accept thinking in the night knowing and accepting my life meant nothing Photo by Maria Varshavskaya on Pexels.com

  • Die On A Bad Day

    Die On A Bad Day

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    rak
    in

    Live For The Good Days a dreary, dull day cold, wet and miserable a good day to die Photo by MOHAMED ABDELSADIG on Pexels.com

  • Throwaway Lives

    Throwaway Lives

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    rak
    in

    Lost And Not Found an afternoon walk a nice, quiet country lane needles on the ground Discarded Needles

  • Waving Goodbye

    Waving Goodbye

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    rak
    in

    Taking Leave That will be my last memory After the faces of everyone I ever knew Those few I have loved And the many I have not After all the places I have been All the lands and seas All the wonders of this world I have seen Skipping over all regrets All sorrows, the…

  • The Wet Garden

    The Wet Garden

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    rak
    in

    Fresh From The World dew-sprinkled spring grass mist over good, worm-chewed earth sunlit from heavens Photo by Jochen Breuer on Pexels.com

  • Monstrous Gods

    Monstrous Gods

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    rak
    in

    Devilish Creations this is a truism all of our gods are monsters we made them that way Photo by KoolShooters on Pexels.com

  • Unbearable Beauty

    Unbearable Beauty

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    rak
    in

    So Fleeting a bright spring morning such unbearable beauty all life is so brief Photo by Simon Berger on Pexels.com

  • All Of Our Gods

    All Of Our Gods

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    rak
    in

    Made By Mankind they all came from us every god you dare to name born in mortal minds Photo by AXP Photography on Pexels.com

  • It All Adds Up

    It All Adds Up

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    rak
    in

    All Of The Time all the little moments of our lives those childhood Christmas mornings the first time you saw your own blood how you shamed yourself that time how her lips first tasted how wet she was seeing the newborn open its eyes how scared you were when they were late home the warmth…

  • Being Alive

    Being Alive

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    by

    rak
    in

    Be Here Now Breathe. A misty morning, Spring, cool. Voices far and near muffled in the vapour. Nascent sunglow diffused by fog, in fret beneath hidden heavens. Breathe. Intake of cold gold. Outswept brume of my ether, adding to all that is already there. The taste of steel on the still air, hometown flavour. Breathe.…

  • Those Words Unsaid

    Those Words Unsaid

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    rak
    in

    Are Unheard Forever what I never said not in time, before the end was that I loved him Photo by Yaroslav Shuraev on Pexels.com

  • So Weird

    So Weird

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    rak
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    Weird Is Normal we’re all a bit weird if you weren’t just a bit weird that would be so weird

  • The Gone One

    The Gone One

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    rak
    in

    Gone But Not Forgotten the sun shines brightly how I wish he could see it I wish he was here Photo by Download a pic Donate a buck! ^ on Pexels.com

  • the creative imperative

    the creative imperative

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    rak
    in

  • A Good Man Gone

    A Good Man Gone

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    rak
    in

    A Brother Like No Other he was a good man the brother I lost today just the best of us

  • a golden oldie

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    rak
    in

  • Dead Or Alive

    Dead Or Alive

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    rak
    in

    It All Carries On living or dying neither really matters much the world keeps turning Alas…

  • The Road To Nowhere

    The Road To Nowhere

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    by

    rak
    in

    A Road To Paradise black river of road cars sailing by beneath me a view from a bridge Photo by Joey Lu on Pexels.com

  • The Measures Of Dying

    The Measures Of Dying

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    rak
    in

    T4a And N2b such little measures T4a and N2b death begins so small Photo by Tima Miroshnichenko on Pexels.com

  • A Godless Man

    A Godless Man

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    rak
    in

    Thank God I Am these are the hard days all this suffering and death no god can help me

  • After The Last Night

    After The Last Night

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    by

    rak
    in

    The Longest Day bright morning sunshine an empty hospital bed a whistling silence Photo by Saulo Zayas on Pexels.com

  • The Dead Calling

    The Dead Calling

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    by

    rak
    in

    The Cry Of The Wind the sound of the wind moaning at the window pane the dead are calling Photo by Cau00ea Balevita on Pexels.com