The Poetry Marathon

Hour 23 : Veronica Decides to Die

 

Not succeeding in a suicide attempt

The girl finds herself in an asylum

With her heart damaged

Unsure of a life

 

She waits for death to come

As she sees life with a different perspective

Admires the beauty of nature from her window

The grey Ljubljana mornings

 

She endures the changes within

Nearing her extinction

Unaware of her gut feelings

Her survival instincts holding up

 

She has a lovely life

Family, friends at the beck of her call

Lacking a direction in life

She seems so lost

 

She thinks only about life

As if life is unfair

Trying to find her niche

Deciding of the dark thought

 

As the story unfolds

She is hopeful of much more from life

Strives to listen to her own emotions

Bringing alive the urge to survive

Hour 23: Sandman

Buy.ology (hour 23)

One of my fav books, Buy.ology

explores the biology

of why

we buy

the things we buy.

 

Hadn’t thought about it before Buy.ology

the book opened the eyes

to many a surprise

of why

we buy

the things we buy.

 

Had thought sex sells before Buy.ology

the book debunked

that belief

and another

and you shudder

at why

you buy

the things you buy.

 

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Beloved (2022 Poem 22)

Somewhere you sleep, perhaps across the ocean
Dreaming beautiful ideas to life

Living your best life, as you are meant to
Fully in the present, wasting nothing

Shining light into the darkness
Bringing joy and comfort to the fallen

Tempering your strength with kindness
You consciously create each moment

Perhaps one day when I have found you
Our two souls will both be ready

(Prompt: Use the word Tenderness as this hour’s prompt.)

Hour8

I am impatient to be in your arms,

to fall in love with you again and again!

Will we pass reality’s test, my virtual lover?

Are you eager to hold me and to keep me?

Hour 11. Atlas Shrugged

Getting something for nothing is the norm of the day/
Each one wants to win, who then will pay for it?
Burden of many rests on a few sturdy shoulders/
How long will these Atlases keep the world up?
Orwell’s bulls are shedding blood, sweat and tears/
The more equal pigs are laughing away to the bank/
Not for long will this state last
The bleeding giant soon will shrug
The world will roll and may be will land in an equitable universe.

No. 24: Note to Self

I entered, I ran, I finished
I pondered, I doodled, I wrote

Out of 24 poems submitted
Maybe two are to my satisfaction

I wrote to complete the race
I didn't compose to complete me

Note to self: practice

Not So Free -(Magic 9 Poem) Poem 23/Hour 23

Not So Free ((Magic 9 Poem))
By: LuvMiFreely 

 

The world has caused a lot of uncertainty
Planting seeds of doubt
Nothing that’s happening makes sense to me
Government continues to lie
Parents are struggling to fed their babies
But they’re worried about abortions
When will they open their eyes to see
That they are slowly taking us out
What happened to our freedom, our democracy? 

not in vain (prompt 15)

several years ago scientists were able
to create a beating human heart
with a spinach leaf

the vascular systems found in this plant
resemble our own so intricately
it can be layered to create cardiac tissue

so I will not be told
that magic isn’t real
no doubts that we are all connected

it is beating and pulsing with viscous life
passion mapped electric and conscious
all that I’ve wanted is proof

something substantial to support my claims
to validate my dreaming nature
my lust for life

Ambience

Ambience

Star studded ethereal chandeliers
brilliantly hung in the middle
exuding magnificence all around
a man underneath holds his breath
as if what mystery to unravel
beyond the walls and ceilings

Hour 23

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