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Isle of Feelings

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Write Well

 

“You write well!” said the teacher

“I want to publish your story!” said the editor

I am proud of you!” said the mother

“I did not know you could write!” said the friend

“Congratulations with your prize!” said the neighbour

“She is my student!” said the teacher

“My sister writes stories!” said the little brother

“Will you give me a first autograph?” said the uncle

….

“How dare you! Who allowed you to write!” said the father

The end

Warmth

I am a special snowflake

I bloom on cold surfaces and you may admire me

I sparkle in the sun and you might want to touch me

I am a special snowflake

Your warm touch will melt me and I become a tear drop

I am a tear drop and I still remember being a special snowflake. Do you?

 

 

Caution

Three!Two!One!Go!

You may breathe again!

Just don’t breath out your sadness here!

This is a place of words and thinking

Just don’t breathe out sadness again, alright?

Keep it behind your eyes

 

Because your sadness will meet my sadness

And when your sadness comes out, I am afraid it will crush me

and there will be nothing left

 

Just breathe again, alright?

 

Forever

Forever is not a word, it is a block of immovable weight

Forever is the harmony of atoms making up temporary people with permanent wishes

Forever is an instant of peace

Forever is the permanent longing of now…

 

Sadness

When sadness was created, it was hidden in the chest, right behind the heart

It fills the lungs with heavy air and it comes out in long and heavy sighs

Sadness stabs little daggers of regret down to the fingertips

Sadness needs to be felt and it seeks companions

Sadness is here and it demands a place at the table and a place in the bed.

 

Laughter

When children laugh, angels bat their wings

in my chest

ready to escape into an embrace

 

Sometimes

Sometimes, breathing is done through words

Sometimes, oxygen in your lungs bears the sound of your native tongue

Sometimes your own footsteps sound foreign

Sometimes, you cover a longer distance when you stop running

 

But you are always home here.

 

Request

I knocked, the door was closed

I will knock again sometime

…but leave the window open so at least hope can enter

 

 

Gods

Gods can only see in candlelight

This is why prayers are said holding candles

Only then can the gods see who is praying to them.

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Utilitarian

You are a tool

So sit down and do what you’re supposed to do! Shut up, will you? You’re in a hissy fit!

 

You should know you are a great tool

I have never had such a wonderful tool as you

You even sparkle in the light. And, by God, are you sharp!

 

What are you doing? Don’t go there!

You will disturb the people with feelings.

People with feelings should be protected

 

What do you mean you have feelings, too!

You are a tool!

A wonderful, beautiful tool!

 

And you may carve my temple for people with feelings.

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Memento

Do you remember that time when you had my heart in your palm?

Do you remember it gently beating?

 

Do you remember you squeezed and I told you it hurts?

Do you remember you squeezed harder and I weeped?

Do you remember when you loosened your grip and it broke?

 

Did you know a broken heart beats harder?

It does…

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Confidence

I know how the world works!

Believe me, I do!

No, I do not know how that works…nor how this works…

I know how the world works!

I know what everyone needs!

Believe, I do!

No, I do not know what you need… nor what she needs…

I know what everyone needs!

I know what everyone should do!

Believe me, I do!

No, I do not know what you should do…nor what he should do…

I know what everyone should do!

I know everything!

And now I sit down on the ground.

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The Game

You see, it matters how you play the game when you did not see all the cards

 

This is what playing means

Because what you are playing is character

What game does your character play in the absence of certainty?

 

You see, your character is only revealed after the game has been played.

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The Temple

When you build a temple on the bones of broken souls

It will shake with every sigh

It will crack at every offering

It will screech with every chant

 

When from the broken souls, the first leaves of life seek the light

You must water them

You must protect them

You must let them grow as big as the temple

 

For the temple of life is the true temple.

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The Temple

When you build a temple on the bones of broken souls

It will shake with every sigh

It will crack at every offering

It will screech with every chant

 

When from the broken souls, the first leaves of life seek the light

You must water them

You must protect them

You must let them grow as big as the temple

 

For the temple of life is the true temple.

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