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You Will
You will wonder how this can be the world You will believe in elaborate lies with perfect sincerity Your dutiful patience will be a fat vein for hungry teeth
By D. J. Reddallabout a month ago in Poets
Guard Your Battery. Top Story - March 2026.
Why are some people so attractive just by standing there? It’s not because they are "likable," but because they don’t need everyone to like them. I realized later that truly charismatic people allow themselves to be criticized, but they never criticize themselves. They never try to please the world; instead, the world stops to watch them.
By Emily Chan - Life and love sharingabout a month ago in Poets
1 Year Later, And FOUR (4) Months, Or FIVE (5) - I Have Made It In Life - DONE Everything There Is To DO, Seen It All
As a person who made sense, I have carried a bag like this !? As a person who have made sense, I have done this - and that is normal, I've done that !? What exactly am I doing with my life !? I am living this way..... I'can't live another way - but perhaps I could live this way !? What way is that - what way are you living !? I don't know - I just wanted to write today !?
By 365poetryabout a month ago in Poets
Let's Pretend I Was Born "Today" - Will I Need To Be Proud Of My "Achievments", It Could Be A Good Thing - It Could, Wouldn't It ?
Today, I'm proud that I was out of the womb !? How did you know I was out of the womb !? Was there a sign that said - out of the womb !? Did we have a photo that said out of the WOMB !? How do you know you came from a womb !? Is that what it's called a womb !? Could it be like a ...... I won't say that word !? But you know I came from a WOMB !?
By 365poetryabout a month ago in Poets
I've Been "Reading", Guess What I Found - A Human "Fingernail" Is Important - What The..... &&&*&**&&(&(
I've seen it short, tall - ugly, fat !? You name it - it's just exactly that !? I've seen it short, tall - pretty and ugly !? You name it - it's exactly that !? Exactly what, that !? That is what a human is - !? A "NAIL" !? A human has a nail, now I gotta start over from "scratch" !
By 365poetryabout a month ago in Poets
Stop Knocking, Start Growing
Being single is the best time to love yourself. Don't keep knocking on a door that won't open. If you pour all your emotions into someone who doesn't reciprocate your feelings, the result will only be heartbreak.
By Emily Chan - Life and love sharingabout a month ago in Poets
I Woke Up, Right, And Then I Saw Something Important, Right, And Then I Went Back To Sleep, Right !
I know my own name, and I also know my own face !? I know where I came from, who my life was, and also where I went to school !?
By 365poetryabout a month ago in Poets
The Architecture of Belief
If you can remain calm and composed, you are more likely to achieve what you want. There is a profound truth about destiny: the success of any endeavor depends largely on the strength of your belief. In other words, the more you believe in yourself, the closer you are to success.
By Emily Chan - Life and love sharingabout a month ago in Poets
Weight of Becoming
There is a silence that follows growth— not the peaceful kind, but the kind that echoes with everything you had to leave behind.
By Jhon smithabout a month ago in Poets
I Am Ending My Marriage - Why The "Sperm" Count Is Low ?
Okay, so like I was talking to my husband last week right !? He said, hunny, when will you reach home !? I said - I still have 5,000 chores to do outside - and yes, I have to literally walk to Mt. Kilamanjaro !? He said, okay you go on - I'll wait for you, I said NO, continue doing what you are doing !? I said: are you sure you can't wait until tomorrow!? He said NO, my mother asked for you today !? I said:::::
By 365poetryabout a month ago in Poets
The Crash
No matter how good you are... How talented you are... How much success or power that you have gained... You will get to a point where you crash.
By Dr. Cody Dakota Wooten, DFM, DHM, DAS (hc)about a month ago in Poets
When the Road Gets Long
You don’t need to keep pushing yourself. Allow yourself to have off days; it’s okay to stop and rest. Fortune will turn, pain will eventually pass, growth will remain, and you will become stronger.
By Emily Chan - Life and love sharingabout a month ago in Poets