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The Quiet Strength of the Weathered Soul
I’ve noticed a fascinating change: the more trials and tribulations a person weathers, the less argumentative they become. It’s not that they have lost their temper; it’s that they no longer waste it.
By Emily Chan - Life and love sharingabout a month ago in Poets
I Want You To Place Your Hand On Any Private Part, On Any Person's Body - Why, I Am A Turtle, An Ostrich - An Alligator
We are afraid of these animals - are we not, but I am a woman !? There is nothing I absolutely can do to ruin your life - I am never a crocodile, worse an alligator !?
By 365poetryabout a month ago in Poets
I Have A Friend For "67" Years, And Then I Married Them - How Much Happier Can I Get, I Married My Only Friend In Life !?
I've sat down one day, and I've said - if I had a friend life would have been better !? I've had 200 boyfriends, let's put it to 300 of them, they had a quality I liked - but not the friend !? I haven't been able to sit and enjoy a life filled with possibilities - I'm just thinking of all the things me and this friend could do !? My "boy" friend number 1 - he like watching television!? My "boy" friend number 2 - he like driving !? My "boy" friend number 3 - he was like the most attractive human on the face of the earth !? By the time I have reached boyfriend number 189, I have learnt that their qualities are so surprising !? But anyway, my boyfriend number 1, was truly impactful - and to this day he is still is the most amazing person I have ever met !? His name - YOU, think of you !?
By 365poetryabout a month ago in Poets
I Would Like ***5 People To Tell Me, They Were Born With An Enormous Quality, That Makes Them Everything !?
Someone outside is everything - !? Someone outside will have every quality, I desire completely up to my brain !? Someone outside, will make me important so I can produce more someone outside !?
By 365poetryabout a month ago in Poets
Unbroken and New
Thank you for the journey, for the kindness I encountered in adversity, and the light shown to me in the darkness. Thank you to myself for finally making it this far. The world may have let you down, but you haven't let yourself down.
By Emily Chan - Life and love sharingabout a month ago in Poets
The Man Who Lit His Own Eyes
The Man Who Lit His Own Eyes His hair rises like a storm that never found sky, White and furious with unfinished thoughts,
By George’s Girl 2026 about a month ago in Poets
The Mercy of Walking Away
Too often, we love so intensely that we forget we also deserve to be treated well. Repeated concessions are not born from a lack of principles, but rather from the belief that if we just endure a little longer, or give a little more, the relationship will finally improve.
By Emily Chan - Life and love sharingabout a month ago in Poets
"Not By Might" - You Can Finish The Rest, But I Ain't Got Time To Be Reading !?
Have you ever been walking, and you see the strangest thing !? The person, who knows you or the other person next to you ! It's a weird feeling, most of us spend time doing it !? It makes us feel important !?
By 365poetryabout a month ago in Poets
I Think Someone Said - You Can Still Find Love Even After Valentines Day - Someone Outside Is Waiting For You To See Them !?
Put this pencil back to its original point !? Make this person the same person as it was before !? The same person who will not be able to write, read or socialize the same way !? The same person who said, I can make you anything as long as you please me !? The way they all see what they can be - the way they all know exactly who you are !? Make me your wonderful importance to life, that doesn't assume their isn't a mark !? I want someone outside to say !? Put this PENCIL, back to its original point !? I want someone to say this pencil made perfect sense!
By 365poetryabout a month ago in Poets
Willa Wonka "Chocolate Factory" Manners Training - It's Weird
I am never interested in what you have to say !? I am negative, and also, I am not interested in what you have to say !? I am negative, I will never have food to eat negative !? I will not have protection - negative !? I will never have a home - negative !? I will never have purpose - negative !? I will never have a life to be uniquely important negative !? My mother said - negative !? My father said - negative !? Would I be poor, poverty - poverty negative !? I am never interested in what you have to say !? I am never interested - I will be poor then I will be negative!?
By 365poetryabout a month ago in Poets
Hold The Sky Without Falling. Honorable Mention in The Unnecessary Line Challenge.
When the engines begin roaring and your stomach climbs into your throat, do not argue with the sky or your body. Ask for a hand.
By Lana V Lynxabout a month ago in Poets
The Softness of Coming Home
I used to think that growing up meant loss, compromise, and merely moving forward. It wasn't until these past few years that I slowly realized that with every passing year, I am becoming someone closer to "myself."
By Emily Chan - Life and love sharingabout a month ago in Poets