Miraquill
Over the Hills
The birds fly over,
the vast expanse of the sky.
Unreservedly,
From one place to another.
The river flows and gushes,
Without any barriers
From one bank to another.
The wind blows and bellows,
Unchallenged,
In any and every direction.
No passports, no visas, no customs.
No demarcation of yours and mine.
©thefakesheikh_
thefakesheikh_
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Life is
beautiful, chaotic, temporary
©thefakesheikh_ -
thefakesheikh_
23w
Read MoreWe will run out of time eventually, right?
Why not make the most of it while we can?
#toolatec @writersbayWe are the generation
who grew up too soon
one day, out on the streets
flying, dancing, jumping about
the other, stuck behind computer screens
holed up in offices or always
one phone call, one email behind
Now, they say it's too late
Too late for us,
to enjoy the little things left in life
Too late for us,
to joke, to be ridiculously immature
Too late for us,
to have hopes and big dreams
But you know what I say?
I say it's never too late.
©thefakesheikh_ -
thefakesheikh_
24w
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#first @miraquill @writersnetwork
This is the first poem I remember writing.
Please bear in mind that I was barely twelve.effortless
The people, this world, all too selfish
I wish to leave, ah, I just wish
Be yourself, that's all I ever hear
Being myself? That's what I fear
It isn't easy, to live as one wills
A constant ache, in my heart, fills
As I think of who I am and
who I could have been
My present deserted self or
like a forest, green
What will people say, what will they think
Thoughts like these, made me sink
Into the sea of death, the depths of nothingness
They made me drown, ever so effortless
©thefakesheikh_ -
Greek nóst(os): a return home
Greek algia: a combining form meaning “pain”
nostalgia (originally)
a wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in one's life, to one's home or homeland, or to one's family and friends; a sentimental yearning for the happiness of a former place or time
nostalgia (as i know it)
a painful reminder of all that is lost,
a longing that shakes my bones.
your name, tasting like blood in my mouth
a perpetual ache thrumming in my heart
a grief, as a wet blanket, spread over my chest
making it difficult to breathe
©thefakesheikh_ -
my words are equally for
the beautifully battered,
the unattractively scattered
my words are for all those
who see through life, yet continue
to hustle, to strive, to put on a smile
my words are for all of us
who are on the verge of giving up, yet
they find extraordinary in the ordinary, everyday or they take, just one day at a time
anyone who breaks into pieces but puts themselves back together
anyone who knows what it's like to wave goodbye to an empty house in the morning and to
come back to a silence which makes a sound, only in their hearts
my words are for the people who are always on the other side of the glass,
always trying to touch reality but never quite reaching through.
©thefakesheikh_ -
the ink
is drawn blood
from my heart
the words
are pieces of it
the letter, you called
a piece of paper
has love, written
all over it.
©thefakesheikh_ -
who did this to me
as if a single person,
other than myself
is responsible for my ruin
what do i have left
as if counting my blessings,
all countless of them
will somehow, make me grateful
where did it all go wrong
as if retracing my steps
to an inevitable fate
will save me, salvage me
when do i learn
as if making better choices,
being smarter than my past self
will guarantee a peaceful life
why- the most important question
why can't i let go, let myself be human
why can't i accept, surrender
or better yet adapt?
©thefakesheikh_ -
ever been that friend who's
always invited, never included
a bit tolerated, never appreciated
ever think that even ghosts
don't go unnoticed, are somewhat seen
have a presence, are somehow believed
©thefakesheikh_ -
thefakesheikh_
27w
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Went to an amusement park once. That's where the inspiration came from.
#free #wod @miraquill @writersnetworkIt was an out of body experience
I could see myself hanging upside down
Not all the way, but bended more than slightly
Head down, feet up, you know the drill
I could see the colors swirl by
Merge into a circle right in front of my eyes
For a second, I thought it was over, for good
It was a touch and go with death
To exaggerate
I let go, no hands on the rails, no grip on the ground
Just me and my insanity, afloat in the air
Bad decisions, I remember thinking
Always, always the root of my problems
Yet another
Which felt like being pushed off a bridge
Free and floating, a feather caught in the breeze
Or close to flying but with no wings
Ending with a feeling of warmth, coming home
And then nothing
©thefakesheikh_
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theboywiththespecs
168w
There has never been a war that had purpose and solutions to problems. Wars are tools for those who think a sword is needed to cut a reed. People who have gentleness in hearts and kindness in eyes know what wars truly are: an unnecessary evil.
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iqjyot
168w
So something is in trend nowadays...you are labelled as anti nationalist when you demand for peace...thousand mouths will abuse you...they will spit out everything that is in their heart...guys we are also Indians like you...having your hands on the keypad and asking for wars....busy in your everyday routine and laughing while discussing the matter...creating havoc in the name of nationalists....How many of you even thought of the people residing near border areas ?How many of you thought of the families of these soldiers who die in everyday ceasefires?How many of you can realize how it feels to run far from your own native lands and be afraid 24/7 , not only for your lives but also for those houses which took whole life to be build?
Demanding for wars is easy only when you are comfortable in your areas, only when you don't have anything to loose, only when it's only about debates...How different the world would have been had there no war, no hatred...
©iqjyot -
"Within seductive skies
love flamingly flies
Colours of romantic rainbows
Creating melodic meadows
Cascading colors divine
Soaking in fabulous wine
As lavender surrending sunrise
Displaying ecstasy through eyes
Blue, violet and scarlet red
Our palette of love is divinely fed"
©tomorrow_is_amazing -
I saw a friend one day, she says “I read your poems yesterday, I liked them a lot but I find them kinda dark and depressing . Are you ok? I’m worried.” And I smiled and stared at her sincerely in the eyes and whispered in her ears “Don’t be scared when I write. Be scared when I stop."
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narrador
180w
Read More#wordoftheday #trivial @mirakeeworld @mirakee @writersnetwork @readwriteunite
#life #qoute #thoughts #mirakee #pod #writersnetwork #writerscommunity #readwriteunite #witers #writersofmirakee #mirakeeworld #writersofinstagram #writersblock #lines #quote #writers_den #writerslife #amwriting #author #authorlife
#sinsSINS
There is nothing like trivial sins. Alhough every sin is different in its extent of severity, the motivational logic behind every sin is almost the same.
©narrador -
I walk down the streets,
of cracked concrete,
And the hustle-bustle of existence,
has been replaced by a silence,
A silence so menacing,
that it pierces my ears,
affecting my thinking,
as not a single being,
comes to my sight,
I walk in daze,
The walls of cranium,
getting pounded
by curiosity's pandemonium,
Questions popping,
but answers fading,
As I come to the deserted square,
where the boy once sold newspapers,
Now his spot remains bare,
So does the apple seller's,
I continue to wonder,
what happened,
And I am now left to wander,
as a vagabond in despair..
©the_inhabitant -
branthan
206w
Read MoreNature Is Speaking #1
June 5, World Environmental Day.
Look at what we've done in 3 seconds, to our home. Home to 7.6 billion people, 8.7 million different species, trees, rivers, rocks, mountains and more.
Earth, perfectly spaced tiny dot in all the cosmic chaos, giving birth to us. Keeping us safe, helping us to grow and dream, to explore the vast emptiness in the sky. We are looking at the stars to find the meaning to all of this. The sky is the limit they said, but here we are building spaceships to take us to the places we never even dreamed of. Building space station in Moon and Mars to asteroids, helping us to find a new home. Wait, aren't we forgetting something? What about this home? The one, where it all began. Oh yeah, we are killing it piece by piece. Killing the planet or killing ourselves?
You all know the story, the big bang, gravity, earth, evolution, Darwin... Bang! here we are. And if you don't know the story, then I think it's time to stop staring at other people's life on social media and start reading for a change.
Some may say that the planet is dying, I don't think so. Its "US", we are dying. We are too blind to see it, even after all these warnings. The funny thing is, there is a huge number of the population who still thinks that all this is a big conspiracy to stop development from happening and you know exactly what I'm talking about. Build a billion dollar wall to stop a few illegal immigrants, let's see what it can do when hurricanes hit, or an earthquake or a tsunami. Not just this, there are other PMs, presidents and influential people who are totally ignorant about the current scenario about pollution.
There are 7.6 billion people on this planet. And we have enough resources to feed them properly, but there is a huge imbalance in the resource distribution. The rich are getting richer and poor poorer. From multinational corporations trying to take away our right to clean water, who knows, maybe one day we'll end up paying money for breathing air.
We are way too busy fighting over nothing and choose to cover our ears and eyes to run away from the truth. How long are we going to run and hide away from our doings? We polluted our planet, filling our air and water with chemicals. Pure water and the air is everyone's right. Not just for humans but for every single being on this planet. Yet, the global climate change is at its peak. Carbon dioxide footprint in the atmosphere is increasing at an alarming rate, resulting in making our planet more warmer. Polar ice is melting, sea levels are rising, if this keeps up, all major cities will be under water within a few years. The aftermath of global warming. It's easy to ignore this and pretend we are having a great time, but we are not.
All those factory chimneys used to be a prestigious symbol of the industrial era, but now they are our constant reminder of a fucked up greedy development methods. We are cutting down the forest, polluting the water bodies with chemicals and plastic wastes. The ocean is a big wastebasket for us now, from plastic wastes to oil spills.
We all know what happened in Chernobyl, Bhopal, Deepwater Horizon to Minamata disease and itai-itai disease. Even after all those environmental disasters, we still haven't learned a thing.
There are about 1 billion people in the world who does not have access to safe drinking water.
About 500 people die every day from drinking unclean water.
Pollution kills more than 1 million seabirds and 100 million mammals every year.
150-200 species of plant, insects, birds, mammal extinct every single day. That's 1000 times the natural rate. This rate is alarmingly large, greater than the world has ever experienced since the vanishing of dinosaurs 65 million years ago. YES, THE NEXT MASS EXTINCTION IS AT OUR DOORSTEP.
Smog, acid rain, drought, flood, unpredictable weather, new diseases, genetic disorders, cancer, destroying the whole economy, poverty, war, social conflicts... Everything is different symptoms of the same disease, US. I don't like where this is heading now, even there are different laws and regulations to keep the pollution down, I don't see anything working out. We all know how Kyoto protocol has worked so far.
But I have hope in humanity. Millions are awakening, a new generation more united and stronger than ever before is coming out from the shadows of greedy corporations. It's empowering to know more and more people from all around the world are working together to create a better world. It is our duty to write a perfect history of our planet, our ancestors created a mess, but we can build a better world for our children. Everyone has an equal right to food, water, and air. In order to make it a reality, we have to work together. We need artists, politicians, leaders, engineers, doctors, teachers, everyone to make it a reality.
I need you and you need me, like it or not we are a family. We are connected genetically, we want the same thing. Like the Goldilocks theory, we are not a mistake, we are perfectly placed cosmic wonder. Let's kill our ego and greed and stop killing each other. Mother nature does not care about your color or religion or your politics or whether your rich or not, if the big extinction comes, it'll take us all. It's late but not too late for a change, so be the change this time, not like caring about our environment only on an environmental day, but take it as a lifestyle.
Let's do justice to our name this time, Homosapiens, wise men.
#natureisspeaking.
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allbymyself
207w
Read MoreIf you saw me on a rainy day, sitting at the window, watching the clouds turn from white to grey, you would say I loved the rain. And maybe I do.
What you wouldn't know is that I lost my parents in a storm. And everytime I walk in the rain, I never carry an umbrella. It makes hiding the tears, just a little bit easier.
If you saw me smile to myself, with earphones stuck to my sides, you would think that my favorite tune just came on the playlist. And maybe, you are right.
What you wouldn't know is that the song I am listening to reminds me of a time in my life which I can never go back to. Memories which I can never relive.
Sometimes I pay visits to my mind, solitary sojourns taken at the chime of midnight or the crack of dawn.
It's not a particularly welcoming place, though not overtly hostile either.
When I look around, I see faded scars. Remnants of old bruises which have never really healed. I see unfinished laughter, straining to break out of iron bars.
I scrape for happy memories. They are not always easy to find, but on rare occasions, I uncover a song or a photograph from an album, which reminds me of childhood skies and lakeside picnics.
I have set fire to many nightmares in this palace. Sometimes I find ashes scattered all over, and the darkness comes calling once more. Often, I am able to keep them at bay.
But on some days, the sun burns too bright, and try as I might, I cannot locate the shadows. The winds take me away, to dreams that I would rather not relive.
Sometimes you will look at me, and think you know what I am thinking. Maybe, you are right.
But mostly, all you will see are the parts which I have wrapped in technicolor, and secrets which are shielded by swords of steel.
You would think you know me. You couldn't be more wrong.
- Avitaj
@hoshi @strikhedonia @nightwriter_i @divokost @kairos_ @embracewabisabi @sanyogita @carousel_Visits
I am a visitor in my own mind, and if I don't catch my breath, I will burn up and blow away.
Skye Miller, 13 Reasons Why -
roseclifford_
257w
I'll be as lonely as the sun during the day,
And as crowded as the moon at night-
One day I hope to find a middle ground,
Between the sunsets and the stars.
-Rose Clifford -
theboywiththespecs
234w
If it ends, and you don’t want to cry over it anymore, darling, that’s when it really means it has ended.
- Nandha Kriskar
