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The Gardener Xxiv: Do Not Keep To Yourself

by Rabindranath Tagore

Do not keep to yourself the secret of
your heart, my friend!
Say it to me, only to me, in secret.
You who smile so gently, softly
whisper, my heart will hear it, not my
ears.
The night is deep, the house is
silent, the birds' nests are shrouded
with sleep.
Speak to me through hesitating

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There's A Dark Cloud Over My Head

by Leon Thomas Lee

There is a dark cloud over my head
With every move i make, every step i take
It keeps following me
Lord you know i want to free
Dark clouds, dark clouds, dark clouds
Now as the rain begins to fall, i feel so small
I'm always getting wet with the rain of prejudice
Look there is a mist of discrimation
And the fog of injustice
Dark clouds, dark clouds, dark clouds hanging over my head

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The Slave Dealer

by Thomas Pringle

From ocean's wave a Wanderer came,
With visage tanned and dun:
His Mother, when he told his name,
Scarce knew her long-lost son;
So altered was his face and frame
By the ill course he had run.

There was hot fever in his blood,
And dark thoughts in his brain;
And oh! to turn his heart to good

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I Have Lived With Shades

by Thomas Hardy

I

I have lived with Shades so long,
So long have talked to them,
I sped to street and throng,
That sometimes they
In their dim style
Will pause awhile
To hear my say;

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Solitude

by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Laugh, and the world laughs with you;
Weep, and you weep alone.
For the sad old earth must borrow its mirth,
But has trouble enough of its own.
Sing, and the hills will answer;
Sigh, it is lost on the air.
The echoes bound to a joyful sound,
But shrink from voicing care.

Rejoice, and men will seek you;

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Recent Pain Poems

The Wall From Pain

by Lee-Ann Azzopardi

I've kept this wall
To protect from the pain, I felt
Every time I tried to open it
The pain flows
I built it once again
Stronger and taller
So, the pain stop bothering me
I let go and it comes once more
I feel safe in solitude
But without love, there's no life

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Verdriet

by Mario Odekerken

Het zit stil naast me
zwaarder dan woorden
en toch zonder stem.

Ik draag het in mijn borst
als een kamer zonder licht
waar niemand klopt.

Man Made

by Kara Prince

I don’t know if God made the oceans,
Or if Allah formed the seas.
Maybe Brahma carved the rivers,
And Poseidon placed springs beneath trees.
It all being plate tectonics is one of my fears,
But I know for sure that man made these tears.

Forged Flaws

by Kara Prince

I was made to love but learned to fight,
not for you or my dreams,
but for a safe place for the night.
I learned to thrive alone,
because love hurts,
And it's all I’ve ever known.
I see now that it is not living,
the lie of solitude,
never taking or giving.
Strength without softness,

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The Fire

by Anna Wakefield

I had some news today.
The kind of news that sits on the surface
Skimming like oil on water.
Then, when least expected,
A match is dropped
And the oil burns.

I watched the fire
Dumbfounded
Knowing all I could do

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