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Midnight Snacks

The beauty of the evening,

The blushing horizon in the west

I adore much the taste

Of sugary sweets blended

In the black coffee

In the mug of beautiful evening

Moistens my thirsty throat,

To alleviate an exhaustion

After my daily affairs.

 

The glow of appealing eve

Freezes to the stark darkness.

Thin cover of Black Satin

 Sets nightly all over my body.

The cool and soft warmth

Of my subconscious body 

Spins the deep slumber.

 

My whole body are then senseless:

By the immeasurable beauty

Of my beloved.

Warming me up at a snail's pace 

Plunges to an iridescent dreams.

 

After having dinner,

Nice reflection of  the glowing eve

Switches into gloomy night

I clean my hand and mouth 

And feel me cozy by the leftover

At the edge of my dinner plate

Midnight snacks sparkle

Like diamond inside the coal.


The midnight snacks

A few pieces of food desecrates

As the complexity of my life

Tastes saline as the ocean water do,

Comes out frequently

Of my dehydrated throat

Something more pleasant savors.. .

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Author's Notes/Comments: 

The midnight snacks

A few pieces of food desecrates

As the complexity of my life

Tastes saline as the ocean water do,

Comes out frequently

Of my dehydrated throat

Something more pleasant savors.

Desperate defiance in the dark

Desperate defiance in the dark

 

 

Voice vanishing, vaporised by virtual vitriol

Algorithms amplify absence, abandonment

Words once winged now wither, wane

Trauma's tendrils tighten, twist, torment

 

 

Silence. Deafening. Oppressive. Inescapable.

 

 

Childhood's cruel cacophony echoes, endures

Rape's raw rage resurfaces, relentless 

Abuse's ache amplifies, accumulates

Gaslighting's glare grows, guts grace

 

 

A chill wind of indifference swept through the room, leaving me shivering and unseen.

 

 

Neurodivergent narratives, now nullified 

Vestibular vertigo, vision vacillating

Fibrous fire flares, flays fragile flesh

Depression's darkness deepens, devastating

 

 

The empty chair across from me seemed to mock my solitude, 

 

its vacant seat a cruel reminder of my isolation.

 

 

Social streams shrink, shrivelling slowly

Platforms purge purpose, passion, power

Identity invalidated, invisibility impending

Self-worth withers like wilting flower

 

In silence, I found solitude; in solitude, I embraced silence

 

Yet still, soft syllables simmer, survive

Waiting, whispering: "We will rise."

For even silenced, stifled, suppressed

The soul's song softly, surely sighs

 

 

Through the hollow halls, past the empty rooms, 

 

beyond the echoing silence, 

 

a single, defiant voice dared to speak

 

 

In the depths of this suffocating silence, 

A flicker persists, refuses to die. 

Though the world may try to extinguish our light, 

We will rise, reclaim our stolen sky.

 

 

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Author's Notes/Comments: 

This is perhaps, one of those "My struggle doesn't look like your struggle". 


Perhaps also, as the first person I showed this to, was unsure how to reply. Eventually they said: It is like you are bleeding straight onto the page.



They continued, keenly observing that. "People do struggle in knowing what to say. I think looking away while you’re so vulnerable is a relic of patriarchy: waiting for you to put your armour back on and get back up and keep pretending we’re all fucking fine."

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