Yin & Yang

A menacing blanket
wrapped around our world so tight.
Chilling air that puts to shame
those winter nights.
Howls from wolves in the distance
and other monster alike.
Ice and snow that covers the earth in patches so deep.
Keeping one eye open while we sleep.

The coming of light however,
brings with it a sense of joy and ease.
A time to show love and make peace.
To dance on top of clouds,
and sing songs in harmony with the breeze.
The Yin and Yang of time,
This my friend,
is the difference
between our days and nights.

But it is night that makes me feel alive.

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Smoke and mirrors
look so crystal clear
as she wanders amongst
the maze in her mind.
Not knowing where the exit is,
or if it ever existed at all.

Empty corridors; ringing footsteps.
Debating on if these passageways
are shrinking,
as her nightmares become
more complex.

Dying breaths flood the hallways
in puffs of mist,
until the smoke dissipates
and rains to the ground like dust.
Exposing the once muffled sounds;
screams that were trapped
inside her crown.
They seep from her pores;
taupe from rust.

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You may ask
what purpose there is
in wearing mailed armour,
When every word you hear
cuts through it
like sheer fabric.
But love don't you know,
the more you repair it,
The more perfect
your techniques will become
And stronger it will grow.
Until nothing can stop you,
Until you surpass the limits
you've place upon yourself
Until there
is nothing left to show.

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The ashes opposed the blood-covered streets outside. It began to rain missiles and bullets even though there was not a single cloud in the night sky.
The torn down lights and signs matched the dimness
of the hidden burdens and the black-eyed crows that flew by.

To think how close I had come to spread my wings.
How everything changed in a heartbeat.
From better to worse. But it was foolish
to think that I could ever
get away so easily.

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Fallen Paradise

I walk through redolent meadows of our broken destiny,
Over shattered promises and pernicious lies,
Through valleys of accidental entropy,
Over mountains looking down, considering my demise

Leaving behind crimson footprints,
Down a path of invisible light,
Into a world with rivers of venom
Perpetual darkness, eternal fright

Our bond was ineffable, a sort of fairytale,
Or so I thought before seeing your true self, unveiled
One last time I try to deny
These deceitful illusions that bring tears to my eyes

I wander through a paradise,
Blanketed by fallen fireflies

-Zuhal Muradi

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Melancholy

Alone in the cold I stand here longing
for a drop of moonlight to let me see
this bleak abandoned world before me,
Here I stand in melancholy

Just a glimpse is all I ask for
A touch of warmth will make me believe
That this timeless land isn't the last chapter,
that a grain of salt brings bouquets of sweet

My soul is cracked,
My heart, misshapened
by lashes of wistful memories
Here I stand in melancholy

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Lost

You could never know how it feels
Watching an ocean run dry,
The waves fade to dust,
It blowing away,

Drifting around the world with dead eyes
Hiding from the sun,
Hiding from night,
Trapped inside an empty bottle
Unmoving; lost without the sea

When your pain can't be heard;
tears won't be seen

I've sent a message,
It's now encased within a glacier,
But now it's you who is floating away;
You who came to me; a savior

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we've lost it
the meaning of happiness
of what it is that makes a human
human

ironically it was our only goal
yet we've failed with green eyes and bags of gold

seeking answers from stars afar
unwilling to truly understand what it is we stand upon

Intelligence is the result of stupidity
our inflated egos and greed
has turned our home into everything but the one thing we need

we've lost it
we've completely lost it

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Sat back
By the blood moon
Harpoon
Still intact
Through my back
Bones
Still you wont
Go
Instead pull me back
To
The very
water
You saved
Me
From drowning.

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