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I am a 29 year-old African American. I began writing poetry as a means to cope with schizophrenia and routine incarceration and now looking to put some of it out there to be hopefully enjoyed. Thank you.

  March 2024     15 days ago

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A Place

There is a place
Where my legs dare not carry me
The stars overwhelm themselves
In their pleading immensity
Reflection carries me there
To be like unto them

Kissing the sun’s face
Laying in the moon’s beauty
The heat sears me to euphoria
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Stranger’s Heart Revised?

Who can speak truly of the heart’s depth?
Who has seen its countenance with clarity?
Speak not of that base seat of blind desire.
Speak of that wellspring of expansive unity.
We have a heart, but we do not know it.
We seek to fill something...

– by Brandon Thorne

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Stranger’s Heart

Who can speak of the heart’s depth in truth?
Who has seen its countenance with clarity?
We have a heart, but we do not know it.
We seek to fill something which is forever full.
Only by reflective expansion towards unity
Will we come to know our...

– by Brandon Thorne

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In absence

Deviant being bound in a body in a box
Sight to only behold stars by mind’s eye

Awaken to a desert
Dead oasis found in dreams

Nihilistic sense of zen
Nothing seen in everything

Essence purged through
By the thresh of the abyss

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– by Brandon Thorne

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Sit

We sit with none but silence
Apprehensive towards a thought
We much less would speak at all
For all truly falls to nought

Sit with me, my dearest friend
Give an end to your striving
You’ve no place but here to be
Close your eyes to see the...

– by Brandon Thorne

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Raw. Love it my friend

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I like your style, my friend

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My mother was an alcoholic for most of my life. She’s clean now. Great emotion bro

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The theme of this is something which strongly resonates with me. It’s one of the main reasons that I want to put my art out there, and a reason that I’m thankful you are as well. Keep writing my friend, let’s free some minds. 

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thank you :)

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no sarcasm intended my friend

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Thank you so much! I’ve just started putting my work out there. The environment in which I’m writing in lately isn’t my preferred one. I have a lot of distractions, outside influences and etc. to overcome. I think that it may be hampering me a bit when I have things pressing in on me while still trying to be productive. Shame on me :p 

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Thank you so much! I appreciate your criticism greatly. :)

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So I just joined and logged in with my icloud account but it’s saying that my icloud password isnt the password. And I don’t see an option to reset my password via email. Please help lol

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Comments and criticism appreciated!

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