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 2° 
Autisma
Delusion digs deep
 2° 
Mel Little
You don’t know

That I trace

Three words

On your back

In every language that I know

So that it sinks into your skin,

So that your soul knows before your ears ever do
 2° 
Curtis Owens
to say I am lost would be to imply that, at one point, I was present.
My presence was ignored from the time I crawled the floors,
feelings inside transformed into sores
boring onto my soul scars.
My father, my guide, idolised in mind.
when eyes open and you find monsters, sponsors of crime
doing time for a dime?

I am lost
rather never found, no guide by my side,
going with the tide, building walls, to keep the feelings back,
that torment my mind.
The forges of feelings foundries  have gone cold, Shut away  
barricaded
with un-shaken walls.
So I wander, in search of myself,
I wonder
if I’ll be found or
if I’m bound for a battery of uncertainatity:
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MetaVerse

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 1° 
Salmabanu Hatim
My daughter's friend in masjid,
She greeted me ,
I asked her how she was,
And about her cute daughter,
She was triste for not visiting me,
And promised to do so.
Actually I don't blame her or her good intentions,
I blame time,
It flies on autopilot
Flick of a finger morning becomes night,
Monday zooms to Friday,
And presto!
It's  the end of the month,
It seems just the other day was the beginning of 2025,
And it's already middle of the year.
22/5/2025
 1° 
JJL
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Here I am.
At the edge of all that is real.
Taken over by thoughts.
My lips remain sealed.

I could've stayed,
I was dead ayway.
JJ.
All that you see is free
this one is not
their experiences equal weigh
 1° 
Sherri Woodman
Today I got a hug, out of the blue                                                             ­     
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and it even came with an "I love you''                                                            ­    
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Such a simple kind gesture                                                          ­                                                  
              ­                                                                 ­                               
  It brought me such pleasure                                                         ­                     
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It picked me up when I felt down                                                             ­                       
                                         ­                                                                 ­      
  turned my day totally around                                                           ­                 
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  Just when I thought no one cared                                                            ­            
                                                                ­                                        
someone loved me, someone shared
 1° 
Mateuš Conrad
, ; :
          i see this "god"
in Braille..
         stutter: summon:
i ask for Solomon:
i'm answered with Muhammad!
i didn't ask for!
Muhammad!
phew oh!
gargantuan
phlegm of the the ghetto
of Warsaw or Krakow...
there:
         you want me?! this much
i can stomach
and this much i cannot
fathom....
           satis satis!
 1° 
Juniper
My heart is on a plate
Starting at me
My brain has a desire
A disease that makes
Life hard life not life
Thing or people make
The pain go away
But it always comes back
The pain when you cry
The tears falling on your pillow
The fear of what your family
Or friends are going to say or
What they will do
The doctor will listen
The doctor will help
But it’s the pain that always
Come back
Therapy does not always help
 1° 
Kirzz
Me siento confundida,
un torbellino en el pecho,
decidir si decirte o callar,
matar este sentimiento en silencio.

No encuentro respuestas,
mi mente se niega a pensar,
tus actos me desarman,
me hacen querer dejar de intentar.

Eres encanto en detalles,
y quisiera más que un juego,
algo serio, sin máscaras,
un sentir que valga el tiempo.

Si no es lo que quieres,
con solo saberlo bastará,
porque aunque me gustes,
la amistad siempre quedará.

Espero tu respuesta,
con el corazón abierto,
sin miedo ni prisa,
solo sinceridad y respeto.

- Redactado por Kirzz
You lied with grace.
I bowed with love.

You took my fire,
left me ash.

I saw your face,
and lost my faith.

You left.
Still,
you called me
light.
 1° 
Unpolished Ink
Anglerfish anglerfish
you clever lightbulb dangler-fish
 1° 
Jace Albine
It's never too late to start to care

But it's always too late to pretend to care about

What you do not care about
 1° 
Pouya
Feeling the quiet rise
Of true essence,
Silent power, steady and pure.

Splashing consciousness on my mind
It calms the soul,
And stirs the darkness within
To be seen, not feared.
 1° 
Soul-in-poetry
Flower petals fall
A sweet reminder of death
Of how a flower–
Is slowly rotting away,
The second it grows petals
 1° 
badwords
Emaciated creatures
pace their pens
Erasable features
begin and end

locked in hand
locked by key
Just demand
Dreamless sea

The miasma shrieks
An impulse creeps
Floorboards creak
to disturb your sleep

Now rest well
Empty, undefined
heaven or hell
you decide
 1° 
ayushikori01
it was the rain, when i first felt the pain
it was the summer, when i yearn to shimmer
it was the autumn, when i tried to be sweeten
and,it was october, when i find the night much sober
or
was it that night when there is no sight of love and life
or was it the change and wreck from which i scared to fight
 1° 
Totò
Ognuno 'e nuie nasce cu nu destino:
'a malasciorta, 'e 'vvote, va..., pò torna;
chi nasce c'o scartiello arreto 'e rine,
chi nasce c'o destino 'e purtà 'e ccorne.

Io, per esempio, nun mme metto scuorno:
che nce aggio 'a fà si tarde ll'aggio appreso?
Penzavo: sì, aggio avuto quacche cuorno,
ma no a tal punto da sentirme offeso.

E stato aiere 'o juorno, 'a chiromante,
liggénneme cu 'a lente mmiezo 'a mano,
mm'ha ditto: "Siete stato un triste amante,
vedete questa linea comme è strana?

Questa se chiamma 'a linea del cuore,
arriva mmiezo 'o palmo e pò ritorna.
Che v'aggia dì, carissimo signore;
cu chesta linea vuie tenite 'e ccorne.

Guardate st'atu segno fatto a uncino,
stu segno ormai da tutti è risaputo
ca 'o porta mmiezo 'a mano San Martino:
'o Santo prutettore d'e cornute".

Sentenno sti pparole 'int'o cerviello
accuminciaie a ffà mille penziere.
Mo vaco 'a casa e faccio nu maciello,
pe Ddio, aggia fà correre 'e pumpiere.

" Ma no... Chi t'o ffa fà? " (na voce interna
mme suggerette). "Lieve ll'occasione.
'E ccorne ormai songhe na cosa eterna,
nun c'è che ffà, è 'a solita canzone.

'O stesso Adamo steva mparaviso,
eppure donna Eva ll'ha traduto.
Ncoppa a sti ccorne fatte 'nu surriso,
ca pure Napulione era cornuto!".
 1° 
unnamed
he did some magic
pulled a quarter from my ear
told me I was cheap!
 1° 
Kurokumi
Her laughter and smile still taunts me
So warm and bright
I still hear her footsteps, wanting to flee
Trying to flee, into the broad of daylight.

I sometimes think i see her, still there
I can’t tell if it’s a reflection with red
Because if i glare,
I remember that i’m staring at imperfection with dread.

“It’s alright, i’ll come back soon”
She would say with a warm smile.
I don’t believe her, it was already June
Come back, it has been a while.

“You’ll see me, but i can’t promise i will be okay.”
Those were her promises that she made before going towards the light
I pray and pray
But she didn’t give a sign of life.

Pure red, like a healthy child has
It flows with a breath and nutrients
But with a flash
Her flow breaks out of its placement
 1° 
Malekai
Life must be a joke,
Feelings must be a joke,
Having a good heart must be a joke,
My life must be a joke because everyone just laughs, stairs, and judges me.

I guess my life must be a great Joke.
 1° 
Ash
no
they said it
and its over
i am done
and i am leaving
to a place i can be freely
i am dancing upon
the waves of pains
a single girl forever
unloved
unheard
unknown
unspoken
i recently just asked someone if it was over or if we could start over?
he said we are done,its over.so here i am single again
 1° 
Sia Harms
I let the pool widen at my feet,
The vanity of myself leaking
From my body, gathering at
My ankles, forming an ocean.

One day, as I no longer relied
On my own strength, I saw
I was walking on the water
Of Grace.
 1° 
A Vryghter
“When I die,
return me to nature.
I don’t want to be in a wooden hug,
that’s as dead as I’ll be.
I want my hands gripping grass,
and my lungs filling with dirt.

Don’t give me flowers,
if they’re not planted
on my last blanket.

One day I’ll die,
until then, I’ll enjoy
every second of being.”

A.V.
When I’m wrapped in vines, my death will come.
 1° 
jeffrey conyers
I can talk about you all day.
And nothing would change.
You have the warmth of the sun that shines within.
You just that special.

And when others see you, they understand the same thing to.
You just that special.
Yes, in various kinds of way.

I never imagine someone coming into my life.
But there must be a reason you came my way.
Yes, you special that way.

Some blessings are meant to be.
I guess you was sent to keep me happy.
 1° 
Jimmy silker
It's that heavy happiness
When you're listening to Leonard
So simply expressed
Though you know he knows the big words
He'd rather talk to many
Than the cognoscenti
See there I just did it
Shame on me
Get salted through with Cohen
the beauty elementary.
Sommeil, fils de la nuit et frère de la mort ;

Écoute-moi, Sommeil : lasse de sa veillée,

La lune, au fond du ciel, ferme l'œil et s'endort

Et son dernier rayon, à travers la feuillée,

Comme un baiser d'adieu, glisse amoureusement,

Sur le front endormi de son bleuâtre amant,

Par la porte d'ivoire et la porte de corne.

Les songes vrais ou faux de l'Grèbe envolés,

Peuplent seuls l'univers silencieux et morne ;

Les cheveux de la nuit, d'étoiles d'or mêlés,

Au long de son dos brun pendent tout débouclés ;

Le vent même retient son haleine, et les mondes,

Fatigués de tourner sur leurs muets pivots,

S'arrêtent assoupis et suspendent leurs rondes.


Ô jeune homme charmant ! couronné de pavots,

Qui tenant sur la main une patère noire,

Pleine d'eau du Léthé, chaque nuit nous fais boire,

Mieux que le doux Bacchus, l'oubli de nos travaux ;

Enfant mystérieux, hermaphrodite étrange,

Où la vie, au trépas, s'unit et se mélange,

Et qui n'as de tous deux que ce qu'ils ont de beau ;

Sous les épais rideaux de ton alcôve sombre,

Du fond de ta caverne inconnue au soleil ;

Je t'implore à genoux, écoute-moi, sommeil !


Je t'aime, ô doux sommeil ! Et je veux à ta gloire,

Avec l'archet d'argent, sur la lyre d'ivoire,

Chanter des vers plus doux que le miel de l'Hybla ;

Pour t'apaiser je veux tuer le chien obscène,

Dont le rauque aboiement si souvent te troubla,

Et verser l'***** sur ton autel d'ébène.

Je te donne le pas sur Phébus-Apollon,

Et pourtant c'est un dieu jeune, sans barbe et blond,

Un dieu tout rayonnant, aussi beau qu'une fille ;

Je te préfère même à la blanche Vénus,

Lorsque, sortant des eaux, le pied sur sa coquille,

Elle fait au grand air baiser ses beaux seins nus,

Et laisse aux blonds anneaux de ses cheveux de soie

Se suspendre l'essaim des zéphirs ingénus ;

Même au jeune Iacchus, le doux père de joie,

A l'ivresse, à l'amour, à tout divin sommeil.


Tu seras bienvenu, soit que l'aurore blonde

Lève du doigt le pan de son rideau vermeil,

Soit, que les chevaux blancs qui traînent le soleil

Enfoncent leurs naseaux et leur poitrail dans l'onde,

Soit que la nuit dans l'air peigne ses noirs cheveux.

Sous les arceaux muets de la grotte profonde,

Où les songes légers mènent sans bruit leur ronde,

Reçois bénignement mon encens et mes vœux,

Sommeil, dieu triste et doux, consolateur du monde !
 1° 
kate
I am a resilient seed in the eye of the hurricane.
Once the storm calms, I will bloom and nothing can uproot me.
I don't care if every other plant is wiped out.
I don't care if I am the last one standing.
I refuse to care anymore.
You failed as my haven.
god
i prayed to god to destroy you

it was my only way out

but now

i need to pray to god

to bring you back in my life

it's the only thing I have
 1° 
Breann
Today the weather mirrored me—
gray thoughts hung low, heavy and wide.
I lay in bed, heard leaves brush secrets,
heard the wind howl what I hide.

I peeked through blinds, saw flooded walks,
rain pouring like it never ends.
A world soaked through in quiet grief,
no rush to break, no need to mend.

I stepped outside—my shoes went dark,
each step a soft and sinking sigh.
My hair, once dried from morning’s rinse,
now clung like truths I brushed aside.

Cold traced fingers down my neck,
the air was sharp, the silence loud.
But somehow, soaked and shivering,
it felt like standing in a crowd.

It hasn’t rained in far too long—
just like I haven’t cried for days.
But now the sky and I agree:
we flood in our own sacred ways.
 1° 
Sam S
Part II

(The Spell’s Source)

The witch spoke a name, dark and sweet,
and bees forgot the flowers’ beat.
Their buzzing ceased, a hollow sound,
a kingdom lost beneath the ground.

In the black forest’s heart, it grows…
a flower no bee remembers.
Its petals drip with twilight’s poison,
a bloom that calls but never knows.

The bees have flown from memory’s edge,
lost to whispers and fading light.
And in this place where darkness reigns,
the forgotten bloom waits in endless night.
 1° 
CyberInk
Weariness infects my soul
Randomness deflects my struggle
Years of sacrifice and compromise
Yet met by a cosmic probability
Where time and place have the final say
Whereas I was yielding in the air
The train for the lucky has departed
 1° 
lia
I say I’m fine,
It’s just easier that way,
No questions asked,
No truth to betray.

I smile and nod,
While I’m breaking inside,
Too scared to speak,
So I run and hide.

I’m tired of lying,
Tired of pain,
Wishing this silence
Would wash away like rain.
I can’t keep it in anymore and I know it. But I just can’t speak out the words.
 1° 
AC
i am growing up
i do not like it but yet
i am growing up
have I found my soulmate
it's too early to tell
but I know that I love him
maybe I'm rushing it
but I always fall hard and fast
it can be my downfall
but I experience unadulterated love
 1° 
Leila adel
Hidden from the view
Laid down within a white shell of spiral
Commenced
a new chapter of life
Looked at the burning sun
Through these tiniest pores
Looks were a call through the oceans
Fishes were invited by the shell
To narrate each party evening
Of the little white pearls
In quiet dark, in silence.
 1° 
Schuyler
They stop me in funerals, in reunions and
say to me, “You did it. You broke the cycle”
My fingers twitch, a deep pit in my belly
A knife twists, the memory of her last words
With fentanyl-stained lips twisted into a smile
she kisses me one last time, a sharing of poison
As her breath leaves, a body with no brain
And I say, “But did she have to die?”
i miss her
 1° 
afrota
Do not rewrite the past.
No hand can erase
what time has carved
in wounded skin.

Let your oldest notebook
inscribe the first line
of a new tale —
written in fresh tears
and the sweat
of becoming
a future still unfolding.
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