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OneSimple May 14
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To the one who awakened courage in my heart,  
Who lifted the abyss from my mind,  
Sending it to the heavens of your heart—  
Like an apple from the tree, let it fall.

To the one I gave my heart,  
We let our demons dance each night.  
But none could tame their wild dance—  
Piece by piece, we lost it all.

A love we cradled in our arms  
Melted daily,  
Like ice beneath a scorching sun.

To the one for whom I cried,  
Like the rain in July,  
I wonder now—  
Do you recall?—The thin smoke of our late nights.

To the one I dreamed in my mind,  
Illusion was my guide.  
Blinded by your autumn eyes,  
I linger still on the edge of your smile.

To the one and only I loved more than life,  
Both of us, patients in the mental hospital,  
A sorrowful journey for our hearts.  
We each battled since the start.

To the one reciting poems every night,  
Your words still echo in my empty halls,  
Pain and love, same side of the coin,  
Grasping one, you take both.  
You, dear lie , you paid the rent,  
One room, one bed,  
Forever inside my tent.
OneSimple May 14
Money, oh money,  
A blessing and a curse,  
A coin with two faces, friend and foe,  
Poverty knocks at the door—  
Don’t answer, it’s ego’s lure  

When you don’t have it,  
You crave it, deep within the soul,  
Grasping, it slips like sandcastles’ fall,  
When you hold it,  
You hunger to fill the void,  
A chasm carved eons ago  

The riches that blind, an impostor,  
Greed smiles and lurks in dark corners,  
Stalking like a predator,  
With wealth you are invincible,  
Till reality cracks your core,  
And you ask, what went wrong  

To lose the energy you worked for,  
Swept away in a hazy storm,  
As fast as it came, so it was gone,  
You stand, staring at the door,  
Waiting for a sign, a song,  
To build again, stronger than before  

Yet heed this truth to prevail:  
Without it, find peace in your soul.  
With it, don’t chase endless more.  
Be content with what you hold,  
For wealth may not endure.  

Wait for signs and songs,  
Soon they come, swift and sure,  
Sturdier, better than before,  
Money, my dear old foe,  
Make peace within your soul
OneSimple May 14
Oh, life
Why me ? Why so serious I ask
You rose like the spring
Unannounced and mysterious
Bringing life and death
Upon a cell in cosmos

Oh, life
You who shines with love
Like the summer sun, straight to the core
Warming the carcass of a lonely skeleton
Breaking walls around my soul
To feel the fire of my source
On my pale skin and icy soul

Oh, life
You came and go
Like the autumn washed in colours
Signaling thy soul
How to keep pondering upon
An empty illusion of the soul
To grasp the string of life
That holds the truth
Behind the mask

Oh, life
Sometimes warmer
Sometimes cold
Like the winter merciless and uncolored
You cracked the life of thy soul
Like a shot in a bird
Leaving myself all alone
Suspended in time without choice
To feel the fall on the way down
Like a meteor upon the floor
In a snowy shadow of what was before
The life I once hold
Ruthless but gentle
Joyous with pain
I don't know how
You keep slipping away
Like the fog over hay

Oh, life
No fretting now
No tears to fall
No deep despair
Cause I'm still standing here
Akin a cucumber
Akin a serpent tree
Fragile, yet strong
Facing the seasons to be reborn

Oh, life
Here tonight
Just myself and my cold night
To grasp the hope that doesn't shine
But to feel it
Like the beat of thy heart
Oh, life , dear life
Wash away the chaos in the mind
For the order to survive

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