• I Blame Ye Not (Song to Brutus: Part Two)

    At least you, child,Had the decency to kiss the daggerWith which thou rent my Heart.I have much time, to think about things now.I could notice every hungry stare at my Crown,But not the sheer Trickery played by those Carrions on thee.Surely, they would have persuaded you their cause was Just,Using the Honour thou cherishes mostAs…

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  • A Caged Songbird

    In my Heart there lies a Songbird caged,Yearning to sing in the breeze.Yet it is trapped in Human flesh,Far too heavy with sorrows.And each day that passes,It drowns a little more in the blood of Human veins,Far too poisoned, more than any Heavenly Choir that inspired it. – Desdemona

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  • Caesar (Ghost)’s Song to Brutus

    Forget me not, my darling,I pray you forget me never.Mimosa pudica I may be,Though my bones exalt in reverie,Don’t forget our love,As pure as an ivory dove.For you were friend andBrother to my bones,My forgotten soul remembersThe laughs we’ve shared From times old.Though as poison ivyYou hath struck me,Purpled and venom-tongued, envenomed,I shall but wither…

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  • Bad Haircut

    Once, I didn’t know what to do,So I tried a bad haircut.I wasn’t sure why I did so,But I felt more in control then.My hair was an actual disaster,But I was proud of it. – Arsh

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  • Strangers Again

    We will never be strangers again,There is too much history here.But if one day, we meet again,And we don’t recognize The person in front of us,Is that not the making of friends to strangers? – Arsh

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  • Legacies

    We write our storiesIn pages we never see,Permanently mark livesIn ways we’ll never know,And yet, as humans, we still worryAbout the impact we will leaveOnce we are gone. – Arsh

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  • This Too Shall Pass

    Stop! What are you doing?Your life is ebbing away,And here you are, ever idling.The world is still spinning,The sultry Swallow’s birdsong still sounds,The flowers still bloom,And Life moves on.Your labours shall last forevermore,Your worries shall never end,For as you live and breathe,You shall be troubled yet.For that is Life, my friend,Full of beauty and sorrow…

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  • The Jester’s Sinful Privilege

    “I jest ye not,I only know what I see,And that is a Fool on Our throne.”A peasant once said,Only to find, the very next day,His entire family dead.The man himselfWas hanged for treason,When in reality,There was not one,A proper reason.A jester that day,Made the very same claim,In hopes that his fate,Would end without much pain.Yet…

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  • Ghosts of Time

    I am haunted,Haunted by ghosts.’Could have been’, ‘Should have been’,’Could be’, and ‘Should be’ Are their names.Alas, it is only these fourThat fill my lonesome days.’Could have been’,’Could have been’,How pitiful you are!Your grandiose wishesWere crushed byCircumstance and chance.’Should have been’Shushes all others,A pearl among the gems.He lies like a carcassHewn for the hounds, helpless.’Could…

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  • Worst Case Scenario

    It’s not difficult to think of plans,Of contingencies for every scenario,But we plan only for the worst ones.I’ve heard that the brain reinforces your thoughts.Positivity is built, and negativity, amplified.I wonder what happens when you only think of the worst case scenarios?

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