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In the midst of wind,

I stand alone, staring at the moon

wondering to return home

...

I'm talking with the man in the mirror
A once blurry vision now clearer
I wonder what I will...

Libra named himself a sailor

and the captain of his ship.

He’d sailed to Mars, afloat on...

Looking over the fence from where we stood

the grass looked greener, the people looked happier...

I wish everything inside of me held value enough to show you.
Daddy really cares.
My actions...

A year
A poem of what a year feel like
In 365 words
12 stanzas

I tell the...

Sometimes when I look into your eyes, I see the sparkle of the stars in the night skies, the anticipation...

I wander alone

Lost in catacombs of pain

My soul ever weeps

By Lo Ran Zen

Dear all the young women out there
You are beautiful, you are strong
To all the hardworking...

Stars are angel’s eyes

past loved one’s smiles

gazing at us lovingly

shining bright...

Sometimes it seems like, time isn't on my side

I want out of this game of chess

It's never...

How many times,
Will you return to me,
In my remarkable dreams?

You taking my hand,...

I want champagne made from stardust,

A body, a heart that never shall rust.

A lover under...

When will the last of the stars in the sky fall
When will we learn how to walk and to stand tall...

In sight of the past crimes,
Lies the answers to our actions mimed.
In sight of our...

I never knew what true love was

until you made me see.

All this time I've been searching...

I am an African American sister
who holds my head up with pride
my skin is light brown,...