tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74218031592026858222024-03-19T11:51:05.895+03:00Poetic Justness... Love & LifeCeaseless rambling about love & lifeVincent de Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07689443275989234524noreply@blogger.comBlogger397125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7421803159202685822.post-41557215511984502682023-04-27T13:00:00.004+03:002023-04-27T13:03:19.373+03:00I Was Once Beautiful<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinzpQAMEs-kNm_ZrInFm5XEb5nk1Aqm1Uv8qLCOXg4ffC_74jwqtjWfCLA2v_ysrl62vl_BOQXMmE_sulxly_Tgb4W1ynhS3sJK2rikybRI70N28OdMg2HU_r9fLqrKsdeaU36Zv65NOY0-IsLde2pMJVIX0p99S1lXmvAohxx0JHHULxcBm1NtM_t0w/s640/Woman%20Silhouette%20-%20640x426.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="426" data-original-width="640" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinzpQAMEs-kNm_ZrInFm5XEb5nk1Aqm1Uv8qLCOXg4ffC_74jwqtjWfCLA2v_ysrl62vl_BOQXMmE_sulxly_Tgb4W1ynhS3sJK2rikybRI70N28OdMg2HU_r9fLqrKsdeaU36Zv65NOY0-IsLde2pMJVIX0p99S1lXmvAohxx0JHHULxcBm1NtM_t0w/w640-h426/Woman%20Silhouette%20-%20640x426.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div> <span face=""Trebuchet MS", sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Around the fire,
she was a mural; looked down the flames:</span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<i>Girls, this is your bodies,<br />
consumes everything it touches—</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">When she looked
up, I wondered if gods would ever kill her—she was all seeing:<br />
<i>Sit like a girl,</i><br />
and I scissored my legs closed. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Yet, you are
water; between your legs, a fountain<br />
life and death in bed,<br />
a river men swim upstream<br />
and drown downstream.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Grandma! I’d
scream. <br />
The glaucoma in her eyes didn’t
hide her disappointment with me,<br />
</span><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">She’d move her hands to her face, her fingers to catch
tired tears …<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">*<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">At fifteen, my
chest was a minaret calling men to worship;<br />
fire burnt from the pit of my
stomach, hot coals<br />
and I forgot her words—<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Educated girls fetch bigger dowry,<br />
Uneducated is an oppressed wife<br />
But stay in school long enough; the
market is cruel to you.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">And I quit:<br />
I was an egg in their hands,
each tenderer than the last<br />
but they still squeezed a
little, and the shell shattered<br />
the waters never staining them,
yet they moved on.<br />
Pretty girl, empty head.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVFUp5ozEhVv5kb5HZKYNFukS6h6JBVF8XlijExWEq_i5IRrQ3h9SNZbExHTJPjPNM9QkNrsD-G50MAOaX_UfYEiEdiIMac53UKK25LbtuB5PHnWqStCrmUXb5eYh7wVUh2oYg2puplRFtCuj1LeYDC8RpulgyNp0dD0hizI2gfuRo6B6FtfEXqqUyXA/s946/5439257.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="922" data-original-width="946" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVFUp5ozEhVv5kb5HZKYNFukS6h6JBVF8XlijExWEq_i5IRrQ3h9SNZbExHTJPjPNM9QkNrsD-G50MAOaX_UfYEiEdiIMac53UKK25LbtuB5PHnWqStCrmUXb5eYh7wVUh2oYg2puplRFtCuj1LeYDC8RpulgyNp0dD0hizI2gfuRo6B6FtfEXqqUyXA/s320/5439257.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">*</span></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;">It kills me to miss her—<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;">I don’t know how to keep my mouth shut, <i><br />
</i>In my orgasmic screams, I don’t
hear her advice:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;"> </span><i><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;">Beauty is a bad friend; it abandons you one day<br />
Books add value to it; your
future never behind.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;">The cellulite, the
stretchmarks, my stomach that shows me the way<br />
a map of the lands I once
travelled<br />
The fire burnt, and the water didn’t kill it. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;">And I scream more:
He mistakes my cry for help for orgasm. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqx-RCyL7MwtS8unjg9i0lugYTtVPO2OEjfQqEa-Z0Atjsit6RiSwn-WAPS1oQUPT5VJUJBWGXwoOljhwEsJIVVXQzhMWeWIwPa7ZAxGPqVzhBHP8k92UrpPpzRyQeOXLpJK-fkh1jiFWmvNs2ylH3AQwOhiCh40HIs4NqK7jZTChPAjlC13s4o1lzqw/s715/Art%20-%20480x716.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="715" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqx-RCyL7MwtS8unjg9i0lugYTtVPO2OEjfQqEa-Z0Atjsit6RiSwn-WAPS1oQUPT5VJUJBWGXwoOljhwEsJIVVXQzhMWeWIwPa7ZAxGPqVzhBHP8k92UrpPpzRyQeOXLpJK-fkh1jiFWmvNs2ylH3AQwOhiCh40HIs4NqK7jZTChPAjlC13s4o1lzqw/w430-h640/Art%20-%20480x716.jpeg" width="430" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><br /></span><p></p>Vincent de Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07689443275989234524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7421803159202685822.post-34360101676348625172022-12-27T09:10:00.001+03:002022-12-27T09:10:05.902+03:00A Song of Water and Fire<p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">When I first met him, he was a wanderer, gypsy</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> his eyes thirsty<br /> and his body fire—</span><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">When I first saw her, she was a wonder, water<br /> to put out fire.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The fountain between my legs dripped, gushy</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> from the same spot of a leaking roof.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRrCQFe2YXWU6uWRRfA18NtpbZnPSTrUiRa3LVFOcc8XMZWZexlpEJo6eDDgdR3JhC8MSDrPazpAA3nh0TrjNxDeYDwEXu0zXkK4aruN0aYcAgC-3f9ZIMIt0_28EzZ6bkh8JXpFLGk2CobLRtSb_DXlVSUC65K7FuDUNi7zll3XpEZlz_o_tS9syuww/s1024/pexels-john-rocha-230986-1-1024x682.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRrCQFe2YXWU6uWRRfA18NtpbZnPSTrUiRa3LVFOcc8XMZWZexlpEJo6eDDgdR3JhC8MSDrPazpAA3nh0TrjNxDeYDwEXu0zXkK4aruN0aYcAgC-3f9ZIMIt0_28EzZ6bkh8JXpFLGk2CobLRtSb_DXlVSUC65K7FuDUNi7zll3XpEZlz_o_tS9syuww/w640-h426/pexels-john-rocha-230986-1-1024x682.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Photo by John Rocha from Pexels.com</span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Fire burnt from the pit of my stomach, hot coals</span></div><div><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> and I knew I had a home.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><em>You will never wander anymore, Gypsy,</em> I told him.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Between her legs, she was patchouli: earthy and musky smell,<br /> sweet yet smoky, a balance of sweetness and romance—<br /> and for the rest of the night, I tasted her tanginess. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><em>Keep it that way,</em> I told him and put out the fire.</span></p>
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stop for women</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
we are always on the move going somewhere else:<br />
on to our next conquest,<br />
a tighter squeeze, <br />
a new adventure—<br />
Our heads staring at the noon sun<br />
like the breasts of a virgin at fifteen.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirrxokXUWDneofklMAIs8s6GIcJ51948tLYfbCA3ZEGSz6XtptWbaVmNqbjbRQHinG3a-2h9vHWm76K3pYJpzaHvR495CbS1UxpCKhZb9HZ8Iqk4x1Y2Z1NbJJFriiHeTDf8F-TojpKRd4unXHgPOR9Tp7mbEL7UNP2g8qzgattGa3kpIt0gT_icplOw/s640/sketch-4801604_640.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="622" data-original-width="640" height="389" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirrxokXUWDneofklMAIs8s6GIcJ51948tLYfbCA3ZEGSz6XtptWbaVmNqbjbRQHinG3a-2h9vHWm76K3pYJpzaHvR495CbS1UxpCKhZb9HZ8Iqk4x1Y2Z1NbJJFriiHeTDf8F-TojpKRd4unXHgPOR9Tp7mbEL7UNP2g8qzgattGa3kpIt0gT_icplOw/w400-h389/sketch-4801604_640.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #191b26; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">Image by <a href="https://pixabay.com/users/layers-245306/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=image&utm_content=4801604" style="color: #191b26; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: none !important;">Layers</a> from <a href="https://pixabay.com//?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=image&utm_content=4801604" style="color: #191b26; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: none !important;">Pixabay</a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #191b26; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">One day you are
a raw egg in the palms of our hands,<br />
The other day we squeeze<br />
Just a little<br />
Until your shell cracks, <br />
Just a little<br />
Until your juices run,<br />
Just a little<br />
Until they stain our shoes,<br />
Just a little<br />
But you are a shell now—<br />
Shattered. Forever.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjao5zDk7X2fheeWgQZaQ5qagfb3lw2BsxK1NJupqRrGdfihmAWoHq89xKYKb2I9Z1cVIQLaYC_5MiAfSq-cS_ul-rW780gEBpzKUgJ5Pwx5EyjQFklT5yFQ-FTySpXAjOpMKfLw4zcb7PAK0rXSnbq4Dz8NaS1ZNtr4vxiYVvgBlBY99WPzx2aXYNKWg/s2000/204.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="2000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjao5zDk7X2fheeWgQZaQ5qagfb3lw2BsxK1NJupqRrGdfihmAWoHq89xKYKb2I9Z1cVIQLaYC_5MiAfSq-cS_ul-rW780gEBpzKUgJ5Pwx5EyjQFklT5yFQ-FTySpXAjOpMKfLw4zcb7PAK0rXSnbq4Dz8NaS1ZNtr4vxiYVvgBlBY99WPzx2aXYNKWg/w400-h400/204.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Your body that
was once bubbling with life<br />
is beyond.<br />
You watch, crying through the lock<br />
Round the clock<br />
we men walk away<br />
Jacket tails slapping over our ass(holes)<br />
Go somewhere else<br />
To carry another egg.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4aJymlsMjae5t0Bs-aIQN7Gn9RkM0hPPa_RiBXDzR2r8fP2Jy4mv8ubiX4ekUj6-xBSiuZCq1E1umf58rAIgtXQU1p-Y8Tj8PQejQistR40HcoKt97IbKhdemKeX_gfoR20kd94y1aObUHF9Oxx58MOFWmOggMXOqRwBot7Qrpje1rnVwo5c6pL5cdA/s640/pexels-nathasha-daher-2860381.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="640" height="429" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4aJymlsMjae5t0Bs-aIQN7Gn9RkM0hPPa_RiBXDzR2r8fP2Jy4mv8ubiX4ekUj6-xBSiuZCq1E1umf58rAIgtXQU1p-Y8Tj8PQejQistR40HcoKt97IbKhdemKeX_gfoR20kd94y1aObUHF9Oxx58MOFWmOggMXOqRwBot7Qrpje1rnVwo5c6pL5cdA/w640-h429/pexels-nathasha-daher-2860381.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: PlusJakartaSans, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start; white-space: pre;">Photo by Nathasha Daher: https://www.pexels.com/photo/woman-leaning-on-window-2860381/</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /></span></p>Vincent de Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07689443275989234524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7421803159202685822.post-7001722933650131522022-03-20T20:47:00.003+03:002022-03-20T20:47:35.593+03:00I Go Home<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiee-IZEpnf4p1xtgzlSa0eTy4-xduwv7R2zIMRXjAR9FrOWIYO6lMcA6cALHfnuiPHPYArZpGqnbBeb-2W51trUognWbfaQgAIjP33_hYsGEiCIsWyXyPPJPeG3SGRtC7TuxjNgIhYJlwQtfI5sHVQLSKZNGcGemBRqvBCpIRYj4RsCZp8WUdE79RgeQ=s1280" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="803" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiee-IZEpnf4p1xtgzlSa0eTy4-xduwv7R2zIMRXjAR9FrOWIYO6lMcA6cALHfnuiPHPYArZpGqnbBeb-2W51trUognWbfaQgAIjP33_hYsGEiCIsWyXyPPJPeG3SGRtC7TuxjNgIhYJlwQtfI5sHVQLSKZNGcGemBRqvBCpIRYj4RsCZp8WUdE79RgeQ=w402-h640" width="402" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Image by Andrea Baratella from Pixabay</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>I go home and make love to my wife<br />thinking of another wife in another life<br />who is not like her<br />but ... I go home to her.</p><p>I tell all the others<br />that I wish I had met them before I met my wife<br />a new meaning they give my life—<br />pillow-talk with no meaning—<br />but ... I go home to my wife.</p><p>They are not mean;<br />They get what I mean,<br />Believe only they love me the way I deserve<br />My sanity they preserve<br />But ... I go home to my wife.</p>Vincent de Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07689443275989234524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7421803159202685822.post-70227295733047055492021-08-07T19:58:00.003+03:002022-02-20T23:06:15.258+03:00The Love We Give<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Y5hByElkGkOkpGSpz759p91wTtBudhEPEhYnZo_tYsR-4AHHltp5Bw_RgEzZZTZ9KDRRX-6_kzt0AWoDvV6G-T1aGeKFUB3F73jhtm1zAOUHzVymLP_tZEh8-6gxW2uRb21shnOzP2KW/s881/mia-harvey-SBf1gahpDxo-unsplash.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="881" data-original-width="640" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Y5hByElkGkOkpGSpz759p91wTtBudhEPEhYnZo_tYsR-4AHHltp5Bw_RgEzZZTZ9KDRRX-6_kzt0AWoDvV6G-T1aGeKFUB3F73jhtm1zAOUHzVymLP_tZEh8-6gxW2uRb21shnOzP2KW/w290-h400/mia-harvey-SBf1gahpDxo-unsplash.jpg" width="290" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Welcoming them to the
darkest hole in my heart<br />
Stretched arms with fisted hands<br />
Heart-killer who cares not:<br />
Death is eternal.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">We love<br />
Rolling the sweet nothings with tongues<br />
That neither care, nor<br />
Care to care<br />
The lies maim to kill.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">We make love<br />
Drinking from unwashed cups<br />
Tounged kisses sucking the air;<br />
Kisses with no love <br />
Only fire to consume our souls to eternal hell,<br />
The love only external.<o:p></o:p></span></p><br />Vincent de Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07689443275989234524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7421803159202685822.post-90830003547266598612021-06-02T16:40:00.003+03:002022-02-20T23:06:30.335+03:00Breaking Another Heart<p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoTgDGSd-Mxaxke-0OcWo9h2giM3a69H5q2-7okBK8Wu2QFpmOEP9NcxbbVKkqJPhvde4BYMWPG_UJTn4cDP1toFDG-nCmEoCFAYoS9oNhYcJCavZZVR-OAnkZwQv6IKT-9NDoEPfgh5wI/s960/nick-fewings-ka7REB1AJl4-unsplash.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="640" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoTgDGSd-Mxaxke-0OcWo9h2giM3a69H5q2-7okBK8Wu2QFpmOEP9NcxbbVKkqJPhvde4BYMWPG_UJTn4cDP1toFDG-nCmEoCFAYoS9oNhYcJCavZZVR-OAnkZwQv6IKT-9NDoEPfgh5wI/s320/nick-fewings-ka7REB1AJl4-unsplash.jpg" /></a></div><br />I got another girl<br />
She adores me<br />
Believes every sweet nothing I utter<br />
Fantasising of the transcendental melding of our souls: <br />
Poor girl<br />
J'st another conquest.<o:p></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">I am breaking another heart<br />
and I know it;<br />
She doesn't know I lie with dilated pupils.<br />
When I tell her to be careful of people whose pupils dilate when they lie<br />
she doesn't believe my truth<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">“Come with me.”<br />
She thinks it's an invitation;<br />
She'll cry through the lock<br />
round the clock<br />
Wondering why I left.<o:p></o:p></span></p><br /><p></p>Vincent de Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07689443275989234524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7421803159202685822.post-71002978351602488032020-12-11T16:46:00.004+03:002022-02-20T23:06:48.282+03:00She is Afraid of Love<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1DX0yDzgqnE4j_mXnF-e7Xt7ma7Bzq9PMxAbr_ihBHPoLCjiVfO3UyxPxL9VelsYkPyK3em5YDf8r_pnT3XzF8yWfVdJL-bMBiT259R4mG0oMeGLpqTbUpoHWmVhWWrlgIlk3OT5PLM8d/s1280/545c0ce637ae41fec973cabdea0f3a64.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1269" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1DX0yDzgqnE4j_mXnF-e7Xt7ma7Bzq9PMxAbr_ihBHPoLCjiVfO3UyxPxL9VelsYkPyK3em5YDf8r_pnT3XzF8yWfVdJL-bMBiT259R4mG0oMeGLpqTbUpoHWmVhWWrlgIlk3OT5PLM8d/s320/545c0ce637ae41fec973cabdea0f3a64.jpg" /></a></div><span face=""Trebuchet MS", sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">She is afraid of love</span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>that requires making<br />
<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>when she is licked<br />
<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>and wet<br />
Locks click<br />
<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>and the door to her womanhood
closes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The pain is a sword,<br />
<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>tears asunder the pleasure<br />
She cries her heart and soul<br />
<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>and her brain shuts<br />
To beg God for forgiveness—<br />
<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>she strayed when she met me<br />
<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>her beautiful devil.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">She vows never ever to
sin again<br />
<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>until the next time she longs
for it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>Vincent de Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07689443275989234524noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7421803159202685822.post-37217548224710262342019-07-18T04:25:00.000+03:002019-07-18T04:25:30.397+03:00Divine Love: Immense Joy XXVI<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Even as sometimes here we fight,</span></div>
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though love in the act<br />
that all the iniquity is swept away by it,<br />
and I look into thy lovin’ eyes<br />
my duty to behold you<br />
either by words or gesture’s signified;<br />
therein the sparkling of the love I cherish.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">You’re more than a thousand lights that rise<br />
O gentle star! <br />
My moon and my sun<br />
Thence no smoke to vitiate thy rays;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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So steadfast my desire <br />
Is unto you who willed to live with me,<br />
And to you I shall walk to the altar<br />
That I know no other love foreswear<br />
Make jubilant the interwoven souls.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">And upon earth we shall leave our memories<br />
Such that the naysayers here commend it, <br />
and tell of our story<br />
that from two hearts did single love<br />
Make itself felt, <br />
issued a single sound from out that one love.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00505859910093325192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7421803159202685822.post-88795118435442078412019-05-09T16:50:00.001+03:002022-02-20T23:07:17.970+03:00You Were Mine<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS", sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">You’re light, </span></div>
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the kind that came in through a
crack on the wall. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">You’re hope, <br />
the kind that hung around when
all was gone. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">I was happy, <br />
the kind that you knew was
somewhere deep within, <br />
even though you didn’t feel it
then. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">You’re mine, <br />
the kind that I wasn’t supposed
to keep but knew I would never leave. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">I was the one
you never wanted to be with. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The last time I
saw Maimun<br />
words poured out of me like water squeezed from a sponge.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">She covered my
mouth with hers<br />
as if to swallow a terrible curse that would come back to afflict us.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">“Forget us, forget me,”</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> she said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Upon us was</span></div>
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the moment of partying—<br />
my heart cracked.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">“I will come for you, my moon,”</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> I said.<br />
<i>“I will get you away from your Imam
father<br />
Even Allah.”</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">“Goodbye, my
love<br />
I cannot help you with my love.</span></div>
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Forget, my love<br />
<i>I love you more than life itself.”<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">She shimmered
away—</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">And I was alone. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Vincent de Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07689443275989234524noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7421803159202685822.post-7930594138550957402018-11-24T05:12:00.001+03:002018-11-24T05:12:52.293+03:00Estranged <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">We are fighting<br />
<i>Not</i><br />
To save us<br />
It doesn’t mean<br />
<i>I didn’t say I love you</i><br />
and<br />
<i>I will miss you.</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Vincent de Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07689443275989234524noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7421803159202685822.post-56136281955856510512018-11-04T06:42:00.002+03:002018-11-04T06:42:29.258+03:00Mama, I Can't Take It No More<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">I used to date a beauty Queen</span><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Now I see her in magazines.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">When the Army
came calling<br />
they took away my ragged, faded
jeans<br />
and gave me their Army greens,<br />
put me in a barber’s chair<br />
and took away my hair.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">They took away
my school certificates<br />
and put them in a kit bag<br />
Taught me how to kill<br />
and say “Yessir”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">They make me
walk all the way with 50-kg luggage and 20-pound guns<br />
then feed me on Army biscuits
and water.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">They send me
away into the jungle;<br />
make me walk in the desert<br />
and sleep in a body bag.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">They sent me to
the battle<br />
killed for them<br />
now they wanna kill me<br />
because I survived—<br />
Mama, I can’t take it no more!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Vincent de Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07689443275989234524noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7421803159202685822.post-59838232177694184132018-10-07T06:04:00.000+03:002018-10-07T06:04:04.082+03:00Lovers Hold On<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">We just going on
our lives like nothing’s happening<br />
like our love ain’t dying young<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">We used to kiss
for so long we got out of breathe<br />
Now you don’t even close your eyes<br />
Then you banish me in the snow<br />
I don’t feel you anymore<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Lovers hold on
to anything <br />
I need you to come back<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Vincent de Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07689443275989234524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7421803159202685822.post-50901525607501251012018-09-08T15:46:00.000+03:002018-09-08T15:58:38.041+03:00Healing<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Hellen, can you hear me<br />
I was wondering if we could go out today<br />
To share a moment<br />
Just the two of us<br />
But I ain't expecting much from you</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> Hellen, can you hear me<br />
I'm seating here dreaming about what we used to be<br />
When we were in love, and inseparable<br />
I've forgotten how we used to be before we became strangers<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">There's such a difference between us<br />
and a million miles</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Hellen, look up from your phone<br />
I must have called you a thousand times<br />
To tell you I'm here<br />
But you are lost in your own world<br />
Hellen, my heart is breaking<br />
At least say you hear me<br />
Our love needs healing<br />
It doesn't have to tear us apart anymore<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Hellen, please say you love me<br />
because I will say it back<br />
I hope that we're strong<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">It's no secret that I am<br />
Losing patience<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">So, Hellen, stop laughing with your phone<br />
I must have waited eternities <br />
To tell you I'm sorry for everything that I might’ve done<br />
But you never seem to see I’m home<br />
Hellen, can you hear me<br />
We can heal<br />
It doesn't have to tear us apart anymore<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Vincent de Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07689443275989234524noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7421803159202685822.post-70049993734611602602018-07-14T05:56:00.000+03:002018-07-14T05:56:16.857+03:00My Heart is not Yours<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">No hurt hurts
more unless<br />
it’s the heart that’s broken<br />
you only wish you were wiser<br />
when the feelings you had have been trampled <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Pain piercing
your soul before tears could form <br />
the fights<br />
that you hoped shall end one day<br />
now a mosaic before you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">No one stops
caring anymore unless <br />
their loved ones deny them their share of the love they once had <br />
bleeding love and eyes pleading for understanding<br />
it’s not something you ever thought happening<br />
until the cold in their eyes freezes you to the core<br />
and even then you say the words and roll them with your tongue, <br />
under bated breath because you are loving, caring<br />
only saying sorry <br />
crying silent tears with each caress<br />
wishing they gave you their all. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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understand,<br />
that no one mends their heart a million times<br />
unless it is for love<br />
no one submits to the devil <br />
unless hell is their heaven <br />
no one sacrifices all their happiness unless it’s for love.<br />
No one opens their heart and risks all <br />
unless it’s love.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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their family<br />
where everyone loves them<br />
unless they have been struck by Cupid’s poisoned arrow<br />
because a poisoned arrow in the heart is better <br />
than family walls that are so high no one could climb<br />
everyone a cherub flapping their wings in protection<br />
because a romantic embrace <br />
is warmer than that of tens of brothers and sisters. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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“Go away from me<br />
bitch<br />
gold-digger<br />
I’m tired<br />
I don’t love you any more”<br />
</i>sink in so effortlessly<br />
you ask—<br />
<i> </i>maybe
because the words are milder<br />
piecing together the heart you
shattered.<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Or the words are
tenderer<br />
<i>than the cold treatment that you give me<br />
or the insults are easier<br />
to take<br />
than your disgust towards me.</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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time we kissed<br />
I carry the memory of us growing apart every other day—<br />
we don’t touch, kiss, you don’t say I love you too, <br />
heck, we don’t talk at all. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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even if you go out into the rain<br />
even if winter is coming<br />
even if it’s in the cold dark nights<br />
even if monsters await you, baying for your blood<br />
because my heart is not yours to trample<br />
and I will try to forget you<br />
I’ll try to move on—<br />
unless you collect all the scattered pieces of my heart and piece them together—<br />
my heart is not yours. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Vincent de Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07689443275989234524noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7421803159202685822.post-80773367668301081452018-05-21T05:01:00.000+03:002018-05-21T05:01:20.452+03:00Divine Love: Immense Joy XXV<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Family, friends: this is the arrow<br />
which first the bow of Cupid
shot forth.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the union of woman and man as
one<br />
living happily thereafter.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I will bear it by your side<br />
I shall never watch you belabour<br />
I care not for gold and silver nor for comfort<br />
only thy love.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Being in doubt, not believing again I could love<br />
Down through the world of infinite bitterness,
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">But you, who uprightly wills, and loves<br />
o’er the mountain, from whose
beauteous summit <br />
you lifted me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I have learned that love, which I fell again, <br />
Unto the loving accents of my comfort I turned me round, <br />
and then what love I saw<br />
Within thy eyes I relish<br />
The eternal pleasure, which direct<br />
Rayed upon you Stanley, from your handsome face<br />
Conquered me with the radiance of a smile,
<br />
When unto me you said:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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beautiful, stay;<br />
Not in mine arms alone is warmth<br />
But my love is Paradise.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00505859910093325192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7421803159202685822.post-21895150141186105902018-04-23T08:00:00.002+03:002018-04-23T08:00:28.648+03:00Apologies<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">She goes and
gets all angry at my apologies<br />
too much work for too little gain.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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mind I believe<br />
with apologies<br />
I would smooth all the scalloped surfaces of our tumultuous love. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Vincent de Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07689443275989234524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7421803159202685822.post-85480784395245580822018-04-13T08:11:00.000+03:002018-04-13T08:11:06.922+03:00Goodbye’s Hard to Say<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Goodbye to you is hard to say<br />
I think of you every single day<br />
why wouldn’t you stay?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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you told me to choose what
means the most to me<br />
and I chose you …?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Goodbye I silently cry<br />
you were my salvation<br />
Wonder why you gave me so much hope!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Goodbye you were my moon<br />
for the dark nights of my soul<br />
Now that you’re nowhere<br />
your ghost’s everywhere<br />
I’ll never say goodbye. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Goodbye is hard to say my gentle one<br />
you were the warmth of the sun<br />
and you held me for the last
time.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Vincent de Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07689443275989234524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7421803159202685822.post-23615213319580003332017-12-21T05:50:00.000+03:002017-12-21T05:50:23.711+03:00Divine Love: Immense Joy XXIV<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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the first time you smiled at me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Glorious they behold this union<br />
never division to be known.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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He who is imprinted well with the internal stamp<br />
of the love that lights the eternal lamp.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">O my beloved tree,<br />
While I was with sorrow<br />
Descending into the dead world,<br />
You showed me my future life<br />
You there by my side, me as wife<br />
And we both saw approaching us,<br />
Cupid’s arrow to strike and lay our hearts at each other’s arms.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Language responded that prodigious love,<br />
Was to be found in our souls.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00505859910093325192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7421803159202685822.post-73446794498154327822017-12-06T05:38:00.002+03:002017-12-06T05:38:43.176+03:00Like You Love Me<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Sit on my lap
like you love me<br />
but don’t put your hands on me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Kiss me like
you love me<br />
but don’t close your eyes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Consort with
me like you love me<br />
but don’t come with me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Vincent de Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07689443275989234524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7421803159202685822.post-40685495805534617532017-11-15T05:24:00.001+03:002017-11-15T05:24:55.380+03:00Mating of the Crows<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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keep them together<br />
and love and hate mate.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">He, love,
worships her on the altar of love<br />
has sacrificed the world for his goddess.<br />
She, hate, despises him<br />
her love for him is disgust.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">All what love
wants is her heart, body and soul<br />
All hate gives is coldness and aloofness;<br />
yet she opens her legs for him, <br />
and love and hate mate.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Vincent de Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07689443275989234524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7421803159202685822.post-40315356413897480622017-11-13T05:29:00.000+03:002017-11-16T19:33:04.065+03:00AUTHOR | IT’S TIME WE TOLD DIFFERENT AFRICAN STORIES<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Interview by Benson Macharia of the Kenya’s newspaper, <a href="http://www.nation.co.ke/lifestyle/artculture/Publisher-and-author-Vincent-de-Paul/1954194-4178414-9ujr7k/index.html" rel="noopener" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #797979; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; outline: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease 0s; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank"><strong style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; outline: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><em style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; outline: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">Daily Nation.</em></strong></a></div>
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Vincent de Paul is an author, editor and founder of Mystery Publishers- a self-publishing platform with editors from Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa.</div>
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He spoke to Nation.co.ke about his journey:</div>
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<b><strong style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; outline: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><i>What was your inspiration to become an author?</i></strong></b><br />
I developed an interest in writing while in high school. I was inspired by the urge to right the society and revoke vices through my writing thus I participated in national writing competitions. I wrote the article titled “Stop Child Labour, School is the Best Place to Work” for a competition that was organised by Centre for Law and Research International (CLARION) in 2003 and was among the top five winners. Ever since then, I have not looked back.</div>
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<b><strong style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; outline: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><i>How long did it take before you published your first book and what were your biggest challenges as an aspiring writer?</i></strong></b><br />
From the time I finished the draft of my first book in 2004 while still in high school, I spent seven years before I published it, <i>First Words,</i> in 2011 which is a collection of poetry. The book had won the 13th Nairobi International Book Fair Literary Awards in 2010, which were organized by the National Book Development Council of Kenya.<br />
The biggest challenge was to get a publisher to publish the book in Kenya.</div>
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I knocked doors of all main stream publishers in Kenya but they rejected the manuscript—they said Kenyans don’t read poetry and that they wanted a book they could sell to schools.</div>
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A year later, I gave up on looking for a publisher and a Facebook friend from the USA introduced me to self-publishing.</div>
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Vincent de Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07689443275989234524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7421803159202685822.post-28076037039978638342017-07-03T03:28:00.000+03:002017-07-10T04:02:02.340+03:00Maimun<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">She’s behind a
wall so high<br />
that I couldn’t climb<br />
but I’m going to wait outside<br />
to see Maimun.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">She’s my moon<br />
and I’m her night time<br />
when she comes out<br />
and lets me see beneath her burqa.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Maimun takes
it off:<br />
her burqa<br />
her <i>shash<br />
</i> her <i>dirac</i><br />
and lets me see beneath her—beautiful!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We’ve carried
on for so long<br />
to stop it would be wrong<br />
we’ve fought for our love<br />
even her father and Allah.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Maimun’s God
frowns on me, <i>mushrikin</i><br />
“But that won’t scare me,” she says.<br />
I won’t let go of my moon<br />
‘cause she’ll be right here with me<br />
even if my god is not Allah.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Vincent de Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07689443275989234524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7421803159202685822.post-47420526761735067582017-05-16T02:24:00.003+03:002017-05-16T02:25:23.359+03:00How a State of Trance Can Make You a Better Reader<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">by <b>Lucy Adams</b></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">There are probably a lot
of skeptics who, after reading the header, will be negatively disposed to the article.
Let’s clarify that the claimed subject is the use of techniques of trance to
focus, first and foremost, while reading, and has nothing in common with
hypnosis that represents some popular TV shows.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">And
now let’s dig deeper into the issue along with Lucy Adams, an outsourcer from
the </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://bestessay4u.co.uk/"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">best
essay service</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Trance as a Mental State</span></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Trance
is a state of the psyche that connects
conscious and unconscious mental functioning of the person. An internal focus
of attention—that is a focus on images,
memories, dreams, and feelings (not on external factors, as in the case of
conscious perception)—is one of the features of this condition.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">A
state of trance is known to every person; to get into it, you don’t need to
have any special skills or carry out certain manipulations. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Think:
have you ever had a situation when returning home after a hard day, you boarded
the bus, started to think about something, and then it turned out that it’s
time to go out? Has it ever happened that while reading a book or watching a
movie, you thought that you were a direct participant of the events? Another
similar condition (in physiological terms) is what a person feels for a few
moments before sleep when the mind is still working.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The
above examples perfectly illustrate the manifestations of trance, which is
familiar to everyone. By nature, they are the stable form of focus and
concentration that a person can achieve at will. Therefore, despite the fact
that the process belongs to the unconscious, there are techniques to achieve a
trance state consciously. We will talk about them later; first, let's understand how such a skill can be applied to self-development.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">M.
Erickson, an American psychiatrist who devoted his career to the study of
medical hypnosis, and whose model became the basis of neuro-linguistic
programming, assured that being in trance
has a therapeutic effect. This condition is analogous to rebooting the computer
and allows you to complete "unnecessary operations" and relieve
stress.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">J.
Rider, a Ph. D., psychologist, and hypnotherapist is confident in the positive
impact of trance on memory. The easiest example is when you can't find the
right thing, but then you sit down, focus on the subject, and suddenly recall everything
associated with it and finally, find it. This is
a light form of self-hypnosis, characterized by orientation and internal focus.
In this state, a person can much more effectively memorize information when
reading.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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are two techniques of self-hypnosis. The first allows to concentrate better, for example, when reading; the second is for
relaxation.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">#1 Attention Focus When
Reading</span><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Eyes
fixation</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -0.25in;">. Put the book in front of you and
slightly above the line of sight. Focus
all attention on the text and avoid any distractions.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Visualization</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">.
This method lies in the ability to immediately transform every read word into
the image before understanding the
meaning. You even don’t have to guess the
meaning; once you read a word, transform it into the image.</span></span>Simply put, you must be a director making
a film based on the book—not using a
camera but your imagination. If you can do this, then you will recede into the
background, because all your thoughts will be occupied by what is happening. In
fact, this is the state of trance. It differs from the usual careful reading by
the fact that you don't perceive the value of words but are focused on the action they described.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Turn
on other senses</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -0.25in;">. An atmosphere that is close to
what you read promotes the trance state. Although you can’t create it around,
try to influence your feelings. For example, reading a summer novel, turn up
the sound with the sound of the surf or read on the sun-drenched balcony, but
don't concentrate on these things.</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>#2 Relaxation When Reading</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">If
you </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.jcborlongan.com/how-to-read-faster-and-boost-your-reading-productivity/"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">read
a lot</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">, sometimes
you get overloaded and need to relax. Go through the steps below:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<li><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -0.25in;">Sit
in a lit place where nobody will disturb you. Remove shoes and tight clothing,
sit comfortably.</span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -0.25in;">Focus
on the object at the other end of the room; it can be a bed, a picture, a
chair—whatever—the key is that this object
must be above a line of sight. It means when looking at it, your eyes are
slightly upwards.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Then<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -0.25in;">, start saying to your
something like: "My eyelids are becoming heavier and will be closed soon." As you notice that you’re
entering a state of trance, do not try to overcome it; as soon as the desire
becomes overwhelming, close your eyes.</span></span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -0.25in;">Slowly
take a deep breath through your nose and hold it for 10 seconds. Exhale through
slightly open lips with a slight whistle.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -0.25in;">Repeat
these breathing exercises until you feel relaxed.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -0.25in;">During
the entire exercise, try to feel the wave of heat and gravity which passes
through the body from head to toes.<br /><br /><br /><b>About the Author:</b> Lucy
Adams is a blogger and writer. She’s a generalist that never refuses <span style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">to cover</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"> intriguing topics. Typically, Lucy </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">is focused</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"> on education, writing, and books.
But from time to time, she moves away from those niches to cover something
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hatred in love<br />
and my heart can’t take it no more<br />
Too much fighting<br />
I’m too weak to fight any more<br />
Relationships break too soon<br />
Marriages don’t last<br />
I don’t know how we came to this<br />
Tell me how did this happen<br />
Babe we can’t work it out:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Too much
confusion<br />
and I don’t know which way to go<br />
Too much distance<br />
and I can’t catch up no more<br />
The fire gone too soon<br />
Lovers no longer love<br />
I don’t know how to fix it<br />
Tell me how did this happen<br />
Babe we can’t work it out:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Ex-girlfriend<br />
Ex-lover<br />
Tell me how did this happen<br />
We can’t work it out<br />
You want the easy way out—<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I love you the way I say I do<br />
I’d give you what you’re asking for<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">O No, but yes<br />
I gotta give you what you asking for<br />
‘Coz I love you. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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