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Under These Skies

I saw the sunset today

hiding behind purple mountains—

Nothing special,

but nonetheless beautiful.

I saw a shower

of shooting stars,

angels soaring

above the Earth.

I saw the lightning strike

from up above,

as thunder roared—

and I can understand

why Zeus prevailed as King.

-r.r

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2018 is the year we stand together, as one, from now till forever. @timesupnow @shethority - - - @caitylotz #TIMESUP #feminism #2018 #sisters #prose #poem #poetry #love #beautiful #photooftheday #goodmorning #shethority #omypoetry #feminist #writer #poet #writerscommunity #women #warrior

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I don’t chase the sunrise anymore. I just await its arrival, learning how to dance in the dark 🌃 - - - - - - #poem #poet #writer #poetsofinstagram #writersofinstagram #writing #words #poems #quotes #poetrycommunity #poetry #followme #poetsofig #life #writersofig #spilledink #poetryisnotdead #theweekoninstagram #poetry #instapoet #photooftheday #writerscommunity #instagood #creativewriting #writers #wordporn #picoftheday #sunrise #goodnight

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Happy New Years! 🎉 - - - - - - - - #newyearseve #newyear #2018 #love #beautiful ##poem #poet #writer #poetsofinstagram #writersofinstagram #writing #words #poems #quotes #poetrycommunity #poetry #followme #poetsofig #life #writersofig #spilledink #happynewyear #theweekoninstagram #poetry #instapoet #photooftheday #writerscommunity #instagood #creativewriting #writers

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Good morning darlings! 💛 - - - - - - #poem #love #poet #writer #poetsofinstagram #writersofinstagram #writing #heartbreak #words #poems #quotes #poetrycommunity #poetry #followme #poetsofig #life #art #writersofig #spilledink #poetryisnotdead #ohmypoetry #poetry #instapoet #inspiration #photooftheday #writerscommunity #instagood #creativewriting #poets #writers

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She dances with the flames of the morning sun 💃🏻 • • • • • #poem #love #poet #writer #poetsofinstagram #writersofinstagram #writing #textpost #words #poems #quotes #poetrycommunity #poetry #quote #poetsofig #life #dance #writersofig #spilledink #poetryisnotdead #spokenword #poetry #instapoet #inspiration #artist #writerscommunity #instagood #creativewriting #poets #writers

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It’s easy to hear silence in a room full of people, but harder to hear the voices you need.

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Good morning! 🌤

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Happy Christmas Eve to all🎄 May your holidays be a splendid and joyous occasion

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Antigone: one of the most underrated Greek mythological women 🌬

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On the Plights of Lawlessness (full poem)

With a heathen’s smile, he came across

with a walk like a devil’s grin.

He sought to create wrath with a sly little smile

that make heroes out of the heartless

So as the heroes gather in a hoard of good

to plan their next success.

Another kind of story was to begin,

somewhere within a hoard of stolen goods,

in a world where there was no hero that would care-

For was no hero there

To stop those thieves of love and 

thieves of life

And the time of day

or time of night

mattered to those

who gained 

from the depth of villainy 

and shattered 

in the plights of 

morality. 

For the code of crooks

is greater held

than the promises of paragons

and in the eyes of rich idols,

no greater is anything but victory.

But in eyes of poor swindlers

no greater is the value of voice 

and slight is needed to both-

but in different measure and different time.

And when battle walks with each

the hero will fight first and fight fast

but the god will fight not with his mind

but with his heart 

and with the minds of his brothers.

And the man will fight not with his heart

but with his mind

and with the heart of his brothers.

And in the end

whether in victory or demise,

It is better to rely on the courage of a good criminal,

the neighborly Robin Hood 

Than the brawn of a proud knight,

 the disgraced Lancelot

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Goodnight to everyone (or good morning to those on the other side of Earth). May your days have started and ended on a high note 🎼

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Happy winter solstice to all ❄️

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Beautiful!

We were young once. We were little, always wearing satin dresses and plastic crowns. Always giggling and running around the truth. Not much has changed. We’re a little older, a little bolder, wearing velvet and chokers. Except now, we don’t even know what we’re avoiding. We get glimpses in between sips of vodka, and only then do we speak our mind. Ask if someone’s okay when they’re sober, they’ll assure you they are without missing a beat. But when they’re been drinking, reality tends to slip out their lips. In some cases, the dose of truth is too strong and bitter - it’ll burn more than the vodka, that’s for sure. You’ll float between consciousness like a flickering light, never lasting long before plunging into the dark once again. Sometimes when you wake up you’ll be laughing, because everything is ironic and you can’t figure out how you got to this point. Other times, you’ll be sitting on the cold bathroom floor with tears rolling down your cheeks, because you understand the dark thing within you. A thing that you wouldn’t even touch as child, when you believed everything was good and brought light and glitter wherever you went. You’ll understand how it infected you, leaving black residue over your heart and lungs and anything else its hands could touch. You’ll understand how it changed you, because now you’re the dark thing ruining everything you touch.

-J.S

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You deserve to be more than medicine for someone’s loneliness.

maxwelldpoetry, writing prompt #65: write a ten-word-story (via wordsnquotes)

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This past summer, I got to see the first home my parents owned after moving to America. The current owners were kind enough to let my brothers and I look around the home, and it was an absolutely humbling experience. Thank you to the current owners for such a wonderful memory.