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The Man in Black
The first time I met the man in black,
I was in a line, awaiting my turn,
When the woman in front moved aside,
I dropped a flower into a pit,
And watched it fall into the darkest spot lit,
A pair of shaky hands held me in place,
To spend a silent minute before we moved away,
Not before glancing back,
To wave bye bye to the man in black.
The next time I met the man in black,
Was behind the neighbor's door lock,
Who was among the adults,
Sitting beside a couple with tissues and red, swollen eyes,
I was ushered into a room filled with young, familiar smiles,
Spending the time exchanging jokes and laughs,
Our door was open but I felt the
Block separating us over the adults' side.
Over the years, I met the man in black,
But always from afar and through a screen,
Who stood beside portraits of others,
Or besides a body that's far too white.
The next time I met the man in black,
Became a day filled with much resentment and anger, my heart cracked,
I was up in a balloon and tied to you with string colored red,
As we marveled upon what lied ahead,
When the man in black popped our balloon,
And we crashed to the ground with a boom,
Then the man in black stabs you, an inch too deep,
Before you were pulled away from me.
So, I stayed away from the man in black,
Time had me growing weary as the rage trickled away,
Then came the last time, I met the man in black,
When I closed my eyes,
A face that kept its youth gave me a look of sympathy,
But I simply smiled and so,
He returned it back then guided the way.
-PjS
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Mystery
Binding shackles, stifling leash
Dirty silver cylinders crossing my view,
Over the line is but a hollow abyss,
I stretch out my hand no stranger to the amiss,
To fortune or destruction, all words fall deaf,
Matters not if remembered for this insanity,
For salvation is when I do not need to hold my breath,
As a moment's insouciance is considered a luxury,
It dangles like a rope, this distance brushing my tips,
Attempting to grab it, it only I moves further away,
Struggling and flailing until my limbs stagger,
I take a leap yet touch my sweaty hands and sink into the pits,
Staring at its diminishing form, it disintegrates,
Not before jeering at my hapless state when it was all surreal,
I cackle and a bitter cry resonates,
I wonder what was ever real?
-PjS
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Moon
Unlike the sun, it borrows light
Shining only when the sun allows it
And with it's small size, it feels insignificant
But that's what it makes it unique and magnificent
It still shines along with the stars in the sky,
Providing its brightness to a dark-colored and hopeless eye
They paint the black night,
So when people look up, they see a beautiful delight.
-PjS
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Companion
Cheers to that person that you can count on,
Someone to call a true companion,
A little too blunt, crude, reckless, or cold-hearted–it doesn't matter,
For you know he's there when troubles scatter,
The number be a person or two,
Or a big circle you call your crew,
The count may remain the same, decrease and increase,
But the bond shared will never cease,
Whenever you're in a pickle,
And you feel misery or panic trickles,
Know that I am around,
To turn it all around.
-PjS
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"Dear Future Me,"
If it was possible to send a message to myself for ages to come,
I'd asked what I had overcome and if it was what I had wished to become?
Remind myself to be guarded but not skeptical,
Chase my aspirations, fulfill that drive I had so long for as a gal,
Worry not about perfection,
Simply surround yourself with what truly matters
I'd asked if I had gained wisdom to accept the coming of death,
And had lived a life with no regrets?
-PjS
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Hear Ye...Hear Ye Plea!
Hear me plea,
A wandering voice in sea,
Hear ye plea!
Hear me plea,
The desires one who seek,
Hear ye plea!
Hear me plea,
This scourching ache such degree,
Hear ye plea!
Hear me plea,
Lips of anguish kindling in flames,
Hear ye plea!
Hear me plea,
Drowning despair soon to weep,
Hear ye plea!
Hear me plea,
May you have mercy...pity,
Hear ye plea!
Hear me plea,
End this unsettling peculiar misery,
Hear ye plea!
Hear me plea,
Cease the lost of morality,
Hear ye plea!
Hear me plea,
Set the withering soul free,
Hear ye plea!
Hear me, plea!
Hear ye message and plea!
Hear ye plea!
-PjS
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Hope
Hope was actually nothing out of the ordinary,
But it could change your life by thinking optimistically,
Hope was restless as a storm in furry,
Yet hope was the shore of serenity,
Hope was standing on a wire you knew could snap,
Hope was living in the murkiness but believing there was luminescence,
Hope was waiting for a cone of ice cream with headstrong patience,
Hope was letting the rain pour because the sun would come out from the cloud's wrap,
Hope was a kid's favorite kite,
You had to pull harder if the odds were spite,
Yet hope was also a special crystal,
It could forever be broken with one wrong move that made it fall,
Hope may not be as mind-blowing as you thought,
Hope may not be as friendly as you imagined,
Hope may not be as fair as you wished,
And hope may never come back at all,
But hope does not knock on your door, you knock on its,
Hope does not want you to be lost or sad, but has to know how until when you'll call it quits,
Hope never leaves if you don't allow it, rather hope is right there when you need it,
Hope is always here.
-PjS
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Orange And Yellow Leaves
Let the leaves of evergreen stand tall and bold,
Yet a beauty to be marvelled and to be told.
Let it's fingers be tied around a person's soul,
And be rooted deeply to the person's core,
Let the person be moved by its uniqueness,
Let the person take care of it with such tenderness,
Let the person show his whole compassion,
Let the person give his complete devotion,
Yet someday the leaves will start to lose its glow,
It slowly changed to a different hue,
Like the shades of golden stardust,
Or the color present when metals rust,
Now a part of him too withers,
So he starts to plea with silent whispers,
Prayers of his unspoken desires,
Urging them not to fade from the blazing fires,
But though he grieved and didn't know the reason,
Under the state of the prick of isolation,
And the state when all he can do was bawl,
He had to surrender
and let the friable leaves fall,
So when you think they held on longer than the galaxy,
Carried the weeds even it was a horrible tragedy,
Don't ever hold them back,
You have to let them go.
-PjS
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Friday Night
Friday night is when we lay low
Run downtown and chase the neon glow
If we arrive, we'd have some shots
Don't forget we'd dance until we drop
And hopefully when we wake up forget-it-not,
Your one-time-wild-experience in a black faded jeans and a white crop top.
-PjS
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Snake
She was a great example of a snake,
Yet she has gone unnoticed by her face,
As she was the epitome of beauty,
That had been loved or envied by many,
Playing the part of Damsel In Distress,
Those men who chased her were a complete mess,
Fell for her tricks one after the other,
They were all wrapped in her little finger,
It started with a harmful little game,
In which the boy and his friends were to blame,
To make a girl fall was the boy's first aim,
Then break the girl's heart to put her to shame,
As a result, her love's bitter than sweet,
To any man who kneels down at her feet,
She continues this routine, but who knows?
A man will woe and sweep her off her toes.
-PjS
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The Youngsters
As the spirits of the young are thrown to the realm of reality,
Where they will face with the world's harsh morality,
Beating their pure hearts to decay,
With no light that could ever remain,
The youngs sought to survive,
In thought that it was the best way to evolve,
And yet all the fires of desires disrupted,
And their untainted souls corrupted.
-PjS
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Voyage
As the sun sets in the west,
A man wearing a fedora and a jacket,
Assisted by his trusty woody cane,
And who's hair was no thicker than a mane,
Walked slowly towards the sun's domain,
As the clock too walked along,
He left words that were lifelong,
Either words of glory or shame,
People around will not take it as a childish game,
As they wept for his sudden departure,
They knew his time was like a flicker,
This man could no longer linger,
And they soon had to come in terms with the reaper,
Yet with a steady faith,
He embraced Death who awaits,
And brought a bag of newspaper,
That held the endless stories of him as a life's voyager.
–PjS
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The Phantom
His fingers were known for its given pleasure,
His eyes were known for seeking closure,
And his lips were his golden treasure,
Yet all this was an illusion.
His fingers caused destruction,
His eyes were a lion's roar,
And the words from his lips were his sword.
-PjS
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He Who Was Snobbish
Ignorance was bliss,
But the girl in white was never to be missed,
And yet she was treated intolerably and was soon dismissed,
And was left with a goodbye kiss,
The man she whole heartedly adored,
Was nothing but a grown-up boar,
Making her heart grow sore,
And be filled with a lifetime of abhor,
He was no Saint,
He was no saviour,
But he had the guts to restraint,
The flames inside her and yearn for her more,
But her mistake was never to be repeated,
Her love should have never be given,
To a man who was egoistical and crooked,
He should have never ignored the girl in white who to him had fallen.
-PjS
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A Mysterious Emotion
I don't know why my spirits sleeping,
I don't know why my interests are slowly fading,
Or the reason why I stay in bed,
Or why I love to dwell alone.
Others consider my state as something suicidal,
But what was that it after all?
It's like my heart was made of hollow.
Now where was it's gleam and glamour?
It wasn't anger. It wasn't sadness.
All I felt what numbness.
And yet I smile brightly,
Even if I didn't feel the sunshine deeply.
Can somebody tell me what is this feeling?
-PjS
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"She"
Once upon a time there was a beautiful girl who was extraordinary
Once upon a time there was a beautiful girl with a golden heart
Once upon a time there was a beautiful girl who was envied by many
Once upon a time there was a beautiful girl whose heart was taken apart
Once upon a time that girl was stripped from innocence
Once upon a time that girl had no defenses
Once upon a time that girl was only watched by an audience
Once upon a time that girl learned the value of independence
Once upon a time she didn't shed a tear
Once upon a time she didn't lead a cheer
Once upon a time she held her head high and expressionless
Once upon a time she became dauntless.
-PjS
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Dancing In The Rain
And when the wind huffs and blows,
Showering cold spit as it goes,
The children go out to play,
To come and dance in the rain,
They all went into a huddle,
Running around in large circles,
Hopping on the nearby muddy puddles,
Before the musky water splashed instead of sprinkles,
But despite life's little game,
They managed to smile against the harsh bane,
Pulling themselves up like a crane,
After they trip again and again,
As frightening as the sound when lighting had struck,
The elders marched forward,
The children getting horrified at every second, tick-tock,
Hiding themselves as cowards,
Once they all had disappeared,
My curious mind asked,
In the midst of danger and pain,
Why not learn how to dance in the rain?
-PjS
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Intangible
Near yet far.
A quote said to a star-crossed love,
Those wishin' on a shooting star,
Never a sad ending to a jive,
Now for those people just like a sparrow,
Living in a transparent isolation,
Bottling the scars beneath the fired arrow,
In a thuderous and silent desolation,
Wishin' too they could escape,
Because the hole in there is do deep, their heart aches,
Once bitten, twice hurt,
I thought I wouldn't be but here I am in the dirt,
But the feeling inside isn't enough,
As people could only notice the surface,
So once again they dream in sleep,
They dream during the day, filling the hole that looks shallow yet deep,
Maybe one day they could get away,
Hopefully that would be one day.
-PjS
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The Comeback
(short story)
"Be careful with who you trust."
♣️♣️♣️
He let out a wicked laugh. "Do you think I care about you? Look around! Open your blind eyes! Can't you see people don't care about you! They don't like you!" He exclaimed acridly.
His words cut through me, but I didn't cry. Not when he was looking. I let him leave first before running away. Crying.
I ran through the woods. Scaring all the animals away. My legs was starting to get soared yet I didn't stop.
I looked back through all of the times I've helped someone. Did they return the favor? Did they know when I needed one? No. They didn't. They never did.
Before continuing being consumed by my own thoughts, I found a rock where I could sit down.
I cried, shouted all the hurt that I felt. I cared too much...too much that nobody was able to give it back. Too much...he was right. Nobody cared.
I'm not being a suicidal person. And I'm not that naive either. I know that there were people who are evil inside and out.
For all of these years, I tried to protect them before my own, but for once just once can't they do it? Don't they get the meaning of gratitude? Generousity?
Wiping my tears, I held my head up high and smiled. It wasn't a happy one. It was a mischievous smirk.
I was done, I'm tired. I've learned my lesson. Guards up, and hardly have any mercy for others.
Be ready everyone because I'm back stronger than before.
♣️♣️♣️
-PJS
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His Love
His heart was filled with swelling love,
What a beauty to be seen like a mystical dove,
Oh! What a precious trove,
A certain gift from above!
The love for her couldn't be deliberated,
Nor the unforgettable moment of meeting her,
Now I'll tell you how it occurred,
An abominable onset it was,
Gathered from the aeonic claws of apugnance,
Both were required of compliance,
In a single mission without complaints,
Though conflicts cannot be avoided,
Both had to join forces,
And set aside their differences,
The faster the mission will be accomplished,
As time elapses,
The wall of malice collapses,
Formed by the of the feeling of loneliness,
Both were put in the test of bravery,
At times of jeopardy,
For sacrifices were made for their significant other,
For their future lover,
Realization hit them hard,
Of how much they needed the other as a guard,
Heal hearts that were like a shard,
So now sought a new bound,
Both made heartful vow,
In front of the altar,
One to be followed anyhow,
To love their one and only forever star.
-PjS
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Darkness
Her skin that shines against the sun,
Her hair that dances as she run
Her flashing smile that goes on for miles,
Her bright round eyes that stuns,
I couldn't stop thinking of her,
She is the person I prefer,
The women who will stay with me forever,
She is mine,
Nobody else I won't let her transfer,
Deep inside I know my desire,
My love, my flaming fire,
It shouldn't transpire,
For I know this may conspire,
We are opposites of the world,
She is the light,
I am the dark,
She is a ball of happiness,
I am a pot of sadness,
She is a blessing in disguise,
I am a sin that should be terrify,
I am a dangerous man,
The Lucifer, the devil in flesh,
And you my dear are a goddess,
An angel sent from Heaven.
-PjS
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Secret Me
Have you ever heard my quiet plea?
For you to understand me?
Not just to listen or ski,
Or run away to flea?
The real me is so fearful, so scared,
Maybe life won't be fair,
So now I have dared,
To become a person cold and jared,
The real me is not at the front,
Now I'll show you I'm not really a person to shunt,
Piss me off and I won't just grunt,
But I'll make sure I'll be blunt,
But as planned,
I know you won't understand,
My words will turn as thin as sand,
I don't have to demand,
My explanation won't expand,
Instead of being hurt because I'll be misunderstand,
I'll make a borderland.
-PjS
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All Night Long
In this silent night,
In this sleepless flight,
I don't know if it's giving me excite,
Or is it giving me a fright,
All night I've been waiting,
A text, call that you've been bailing,
My mind is brawling,
Maybe you have been cancelling,
But my heart doesn't accept,
This new concept,
That you have just slept,
And made me wept,
Minutes has passed,
Hours has already surpassed,
You still haven't finished your task,
And maybe this was wrong all along.
-PjS
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Once A Dream
My eyes were widely open,
When I saw how your face shined from the blazing sun,
You smoothed my cheek,
Telling me I'm not a freak,
That I didn't have to be sorry,
For being happy, not to worry,
I enjoyed every moment,
But something inside me was saying this was a punishment,
I let go of the feeling,
Cause that would be killing,
Myself innocently,
And I would handle it difficulty,
In a fraction of a second
We were watching the sunset
I didn't move an inch
Even you tried to pinch
We were near the sea
Watching the waves be
We stayed there for want seems to be an eternity,
Because I felt I was in cloud nine
I was feeling perfectly fine
Like every girl I was wished this would never end,
Or even bend,
It all turned around because of curiosity when I asked what am I to him,
He just came closer his scent made me more attracted,
He teasingly didn't kissed me, why is he making this so complicated?
My heart kept flattering
And I guess I'm falling for him unknowingly,
That I will love unconditionally,
Does he feel the same way as me?
He asked what was wrong,
The hurt was like drought,
The dryness of love showered by hate,
When I didn't answer he knew what to do,
The next thing he said shattered me into a thousand pieces,
He said he doesn't love like I do,
All I could was cry,
My heart was being fried,
With so much humiliation,
And so much more variation,
I asked why again and again,
He just knew that I was in vain,
His confession was nothing but pain,
He made me realized that I had nothing to gain,
He wanted comfort but I wanted him away,
Because there were no other way,
Unless he say,
The little three words that mean everything,
Then suddenly it became blurry,
I woke up tried and sloppy,
I concluded that it was just a sad story,
It became a high tide,
The happiness that swirled in the inside,
Relief was now out,
I didn't have to frown nor pout,
I didn't have to continue the experience of hurt,
Because I have now learnt,
To not fall so quickly,
Not everyone has a happy story.
-PjS
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Thunder
You hear the rumbling skies
A person's frightened cries
A last scream before someone dies
Hit by a flash of lighting bolt
Shocked with a jolt
The big deep troubled clouds
Seen by the huge crowd
Pouring their sadness, their downs
Not even a smile from the clowns
After thunderstorm that is nothing but hollow,
Comes a beautiful bright rainbow,
Shines the ever green meadow,
Goes away the hurtful shadow.
Remember that not every obstacle is the end,
It has it's own extend,
And once their time has spend,
You will see the better not bend.
-PjS
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Dream
Do you what to know what I dream about?
The stars aligned, new plants sprout?
I think about us together,
Conquering the world whatever the weather,
I think of the times we drift,
Into our own land that doesn't shift,
I think of the memories that we can create,
In new places we can locate,
I think of holding your hand,
During the sunset walking at the sand,
I think of me in your arms,
Protecting me from all harms,
I think of our intimate moments,
A wonder for astonishment,
I think of starting a new life
Without strife.
-PjS
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Steps To Faith
Ten, nine, eight,
Here comes the heartache,
Seven, six, five,
My heart is now buried in the grave,
Four, three, two,
You were the gravedigger I had no clue,
One,
The light of my life is gone,
Zero,
It's time to be my own hero,
One, two, three,
It's my time to flee,
Four, five, six,
It's time for me to be fixed,
Seven, eight, nine,
It's time for healing I'll be fine,
And ten,
I'll never be broken again.
-PjS
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Left Alone
It's like I'm at the corner of a room,
Or in a pit or tomb,
Feeling down and gloom,
The darkness continues to consume,
No one to reassure,
Pain alone is to endure,
Even if insecure,
Even if there is no cure,
An isle is your home,
Distance away from people's roam,
No where to go,
Only inside your soul,
It hurts more that you can compare,
Your simple loneliness into a flare,
Problems and stress to bear,
Brings nothing but despair,
I am left alone,
Turned into a stone,
A whirling cyclone,
A person disown,
Tell me one reason,
For me to be in this kind of prison,
Did I do treason,
Or is it just that people change like the season?
-PjS
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Not Sorry
Tell me why should I say sorry,
You gave nothing but a feeling of paltry,
You were in a hurry,
A twisty turvy,
You should actually be honored,
That you have made someone stronger,
And their fortitude,
Don't take it as my gratitude,
Your sorry means nothing now to me,
Even if I have begged you before to be,
You open my eyes to see,
A wonderful life ahead of me,
My life is now full of sunshine,
My dear don't waste your time,
Find another sideline.
-PjS
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Fight
I will reign,
For this is my game,
I will make you in vain,
I'm not insane,
I will use my sword and shield,
I will not yield,
For I am also a knight,
Who protects my people from day to night,
I will fight,
I will bring back my own right,
We will fly high as a kite,
With such delight,
So heed down,
To the leader of the town,
Starting from dusk till dawn,
Do you get my rule?
Don't be a fool,
To let me be weak,
For I am strong.
-PjS
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The Cycle
Isn't it surprising,
What we are becoming,
The baby the never stops crying,
Is now a man who never keeps on trying,
The woman will bear a family,
Will raise children tenderly,
They will grow up with certainly,
The cycle will go through,
Soon everything will be blew,
So take the chance,
To fill your life with abundance.
-PjS
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Let Me Down
You let me down,
Turn my smile into a frown,
You can't turn it back around,
Not with your apologetic sound,
Make a time machine,
Pick a time for you to pin,
A memory like a praline,
And maybe you will be clean,
Yet there is no new history,
For you to redo,
There is only a new tomorrow,
And a heart not to borrow,
This is my farewell,
Don't expect it to be a wishing well,
Because not everything ends well,
This is my last note,
The last message wrote,
From me to you,
I hope you'll rot.
-PjS
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Heart
My little oh heart,
Sweeter than a box of tart
I will share you some pieces of art,
That will hit you like a dart,
Don't go too easy,
Not every pick-up line is cheesy,
Because you may feel dizzy,
When you feel quesy,
You won't feel the glory,
Once he says sorry,
You have to first check his category,
If he is fitted for your inventory,
Be creational, not irrational,
In some decision,
May lead to fission instead of collision,
Now plant it in you mind,
There you will find,
Something that will bind,
The light of wisdom that will unwind.
-PjS
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Scars
Beneath those hurtful scars,
Is a person who is beautiful above,
The pain that she has suffered from the core,
Was made into a red flower with thorns,
You may say that this is never true,
But do you know what she's been through?
A circus all day long,
A masquerade party to cover her yearn,
A look of a fragile glass,
A move too graceful for a waltz dance,
Was a shining diamond in a glance,
A heart filled with too much hatred for romance in the city of France,
She is a woman.
A woman who did not ran.
Away from her fan,
A fan that showed her true colors,
That will never falter,
This is who she is,
And not who she was,
She will fight until the end of life's fuzz.
-PjS
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