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Wasil Apr 16
Predator’s fangs
stained red once more.
The scent of my failed escapes
draws in the beasts of prey.

I reek of fear.
Breadcrumbs trailing behind me —
I want to be found.

Stillness echoes through my ribs —
the answer is clear;
but I’m a painter of ache.
Wasil Apr 11
Vigorously shaken
until every leaf is riven,
spinning through
the force of a typhoon;
whirling beneath the moon,
and you might glimpse
a novel sight,
hidden within the night.
Wasil Apr 7
Skating on the solidity of granite
A red frog’s delicate hop
Skipping on the pebbles of rhythm
Moments become melody
Humming away
The persistence of a pink smile
Forgotten as it happens
A bow to the present
Wasil Apr 3
Eyes from the sahara
As the world grafts onto my twin
A cloak of the untrue
We sip from the same water
Yet the fluid differs

Eyes from the eclipse
As blindness molds my phantom
Left stained by the garden of grants
Pressed from the same fruit
Yet not the same flavour

Eyes from the cataract
As the lens distorts myself
Suspended upon the bridge of ephemera
Blessed with the whole
Yet shifting beyond their gaze
Wasil Feb 12
Sound of knocking,
an invitation to stay.
My dear guest,
waiting unannounced.

Today,
I shall open the door.
Warm breeze
Or chilly wind.
Tomorrow,
I shall find out.
Wasil Feb 9
A man shouting at the distant sky:
ridicule the futility of such an act.
Witness untethered anger,
for a cloud begins to pass through.

Hear weeping as the cloud departs,
its loss unnoticed by the sky.
Confused at the insanity displayed,
ignorant to the rhythm of nature.

Mock the one who mocks,
blind to the drifting sky within.
Shed tears for his scattered echoes of frustration,
caught in his own storm, yet unaware of the calm.

Mumbling a prayer,
a man may save his fleeting breath.
Blind to the rhythm nature weaves,
one day, your voice will ride the breeze.
Wasil Feb 8
Resurrect the tomb of the past.
The urge to stay stagnant grows near.
Leave the glimmer buried deep within,
Extinguish the fragile flicker of change.

Shaded eyes - nothing must be seen.
Muddied ears - nothing must be heard.
Cling to the prison you proudly made,
Its walls built by fear
And unspoken pain.

Overtaken by the sinister fire,
Its searing heat I thought extinguished.
The glimmer to bloom – reject the hollow shell
And destroy the prison you proudly made;
Witness the gaze of the people who dare.

Stare closely in the empty
Be shattered by its form
Fear of the unknown –
The shadow looms
Whispers of a promise,
To my cosy tomb
– yet a glimmer remains.
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