24, 25, 26, 27, 28

Poem 24

Rhythm courses through my veins.
Like an undammed river,
Exploding everywhere.
Rains of passion
Creating flurry.
Cannot stop it.
Sing & Dance!
To the rhythm, to the beat,
To the soul world.
Days of passion
Brought by music.
Having chosen to choose it.

Sing! Dance!
Vehemently swing like branches.
Surrender to the rhythm.
Passionately sing like birds.
Swimming upstream like salmon,
Fruitless efforts.

Surrender.
Happiness awaits You through song.

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Poem 25
My favorite things.
Those cannot be sung.
Could they be,
None would want to.
Joy not in my hand,
No jokers found,
Simply low cards.
High rollers? Nay.
High times?  Bowl depleted.

My favorite things.
Should not be for me:
Not for any.
Common threads of adolescence
Of which we dare not speak.

My favorite things.
Demons to be conquered,
Not relished!
Impossible challenges
Surrounding like the mob.

My favorite things.
Unfortunate, they are.
Dire consequences.
Inner struggles.

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Poem 26
One day.
One night.
Time lacking meaning
Whenever in sight.
Love the day,
Loathe the night.
Inevitable polar opposites.
Envy by night,
Love by day.
Real world bringing love,
Dreams bringing lust.

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Poem 27

Masked heroes and villains.
Both hiding true nature.
Two sides of a coin,
Both predicting similar outcomes.

Insanity inside.
Normals sneer with snide.
Never understanding,
Never trying.

Daytime, different masks.
Serving a platter of more
Tasteful items for the normals.
By night, masks switched.

Which is the true mask?
Wherein lies true nature?
Is there such a thing,
For the Heroes and Villains?

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Poem 28
Don't stop.
Flurries of passion abound,
Never with audible sounds.
A flurry of furies that
Turn to passions.

Furies unrestrained,
Never becoming passions.
Knowing not, missing out.
They scream and shout.

Passions.
Furies satisfied all right.
Inner negativity, outer greatness.

Love is passion.
Love is fury.
Love is a curse.
Love is a fire.