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The Sacrificial Lamb Symbolism

The notion of a “Sacrificial Lamb” used today to refer or portray someone whose existence and purpose is solely for the general service of the people in the society is, I must say, becoming rather a weapon for mass control and destruction. Why do I say this? In today’s reality, people tend to only see things from a literally perspective without bringing into consideration other syntactic or…

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Messy

I know Messy can be a mess sometimes.The way around her is to see beyond her –Her chaos: an attitude toppled with bravado. She’s a crowded room without walls –A space defying convention and gravity.All that dignity is masked with heart and soul:Perfection, a recipe for mystery and revelation.Impatience and expectation is a hot trigger,One to couch conscience and volition.Provocative distancer and…

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Mesmerizing

Those livid times looking back were quite,I agree, mesmerizing. Those times I never, Saw beyond the fire flames: I was drenched,In their comfort and nuisance. I told me,‘I was made for you’ – somehow, I figured,It was all in my head. Those livid dreams,And impediments were mesmerizing. Cues;As I found later on, initiated what would,Seem selfish trajectories of self discipline –Self inflicted…

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The God Question and Answer

God!, God!, God!, God!, God!, God!!! Honestly, I can’t count how many times I’ve heard the name each and every day and it marvels me how much attention and dedication people give to the name, not just as a common affirmation but as a dare significant knowledge in itself that most people fear to explore deeply. How much do you know about the name God? What is God to you? Other than what is…

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The You Persona

The you persona is a very common, simple,Phenomenon. A wondrous character made, By man himself to assume his own role;Image, likeness, nature – yet boldly defiant;To foster an omnipresent government aid;Beneficial for all believers who shall reap,In eternity, his heavens but relegate his hell.

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Demystifying Hunger: A Panacea For Personal Development

Like every human institution, the fear of hunger is well indoctrinated. At the heart of all this man-made phenomenons, there comes a subtle realization that confronts us when one is severely involved with them. At such points, humanity and men alike are no longer judges, rather individuals, in their purest form becomes the latter. In its secular parlance, hunger denotes a negative indulgence or…

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Try Me

Just when you feel you can try me;Kindly do, don’t stop trying;Give it all you’ve got ‘cos:You need to get me real hard.When you finally get me, promise me! Embrace my silence, my unspoken truth;Yield to my mysterious muses;Cherish my honesty, my brutal isolation;You will scorn my name, don’t lose yourself;Get it together and sustain sanity.And if this is unbearable, kindly don’t try me.

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Tested and Trusted

Quiet and rough rides in sizzling seasons, Have earned this traits tested and trusted. No scornful bashing of these circumstances;Arising from minute insufferable agents. Agents equiped by life and existence;Garnered every one of them to mirror;The modest parts of them molded;And simmered out this native son. Here and now begs no validation;For this youth prays no spectacle.

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The Inner Flame: 5 Effective Ways Writers Can Care For Their Mental Health

In this current digital and technological era, a lot of works and services are being driven by advanced artificial intelligence interfaces rendering majority of regional and global workforces have lesser human interference or contact; a phenomenon which many professions still feel indifferent to as a result of their unorthodox means of productivity. While many professions have well incorporated…

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For the Sake of It

Accepting the past for what it’s worthEmbracing them for their charity and whatnot,For the sake of it; for the empathy that fuels one.After all that’s been said and done in split –Seconds, in fleeting moments – one keeps on,For the sake of it; for the empathy that fuels one.There are pressing priorities and one looksTo them instead rather than urging up regrets.For the sake of it; for the empathy…

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Hell

Hell is neither cold nor hot, but both,Neither a place nor moment, but both.The feel uneasily rough, tough and unbecoming,A damned warrant, an obnoxious reasoning.This inherent notion and image like many others,Has a conscious invention and purpose:Coercion, mind control, poison – all vile;By men begot such enabler, the religious fertile,Propagating systems of mass subordination,Devoid of…

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Stepping

I sidestepped the minefield for too long. But here I am, minding it wholeheartedly until I am no longer as naive as I once were. Before now I had thought that my dilemma would be much worse but now as I face the inevitable, it has become as real as a heart beat. The sound is chaotic and frightening, the grip is rough and tough in the purest form, the smell is raw and undiluted. Even as I swirl…

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First Class

First class as remarkable as it soundsSeems like an end to striving. A well, Journeyed, experience in print: honor labeled, grave and grand; fit, conformed to bounds. Social validation of paper work. Far, From that, is a realm, a spectrum, A fiercer purpose for first priority, Embodying a universality of the universe:Self.Learning.Self learning made first class priorityIs the demise of ignorance…

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August

For every fight to succeed, there comesA stuck striving – a brute brooding august. For a minute, the sky, clouded, the realms, Clogged and all things hovered like a ghost. Back when eviction prompts dumped himOff to no where but a stranded place, brokenWith his burdens to bear, pieces of himOut and about to revive himself, such omen,Breeds all nightmares, checked by courage.A heavy heart, he…

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Book Review: Red Suits You by Novoneel Chakraborty

Red … the colour of passion, love, and you used it to betray women. Now when you will bang your head on the wall and blood will ooze out from it, be rest assured that this red, only this red – really suits you,’ Anahita said and left. Chakraborty’s Red Suits You is a short story about a con man and a killer who was caught up in his own game. The plot twist of the story gave the story a rather…

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Spiral

Stance on a ridiculous curvature Edges illuminated in the flareApproaching feet alarms not the leastNerve, asleep seems prejudice at firstCarried and sustained innocence perfectlyAs one of those masterpieces in ItalyBemoaned, a stroke in every state rousedThen from hence an audience is garneredSpiral is primarily an unabashed attentionFinally, a transcended projection

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Book Review: What We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Raymond Carver (1981)

I believe everyone has their own view on love. I think Raymond really made a statement with this short story. Personally, love is not enough to live or die for and so I don’t believe in it. According to Melvin, “Love is just a memory we like to hold on to.” I totally agree with him. To know someone genuinely is not to love them: it is to know their strengths and weaknesses; how well they can…