#alchemicverse – Alchemic Verse

April 5, 2026

Cheeky

Time to smile like you mean itCurl lips to show your teethBlank your mind to how you’re livingFake it to make believe Time to smile like you feel itDon’t forget to tell your eyesMimicking what you seeZips up the heart’s perfect disguise When you run out of cheeks to turnWell then, what thenTime to smile… Continue reading

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April 3, 2026

Aheader

With my eyes on the horizonI never see the flowers at my feetWith fingertips just brushing themYet still my mind would race beyond the beat That my heart makes as the path curvesSo gently through a verdant grove of treesThat searching for the openingBlind to the birds alighting next to me What if I miss… Continue reading

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March 28, 2026

Coax

Bend low and meet the eyesExtend hand held loosely closedShift thoughts from fear’s demiseTake it slow in the approach Short breath brought through the noseOut the mouth locked tight with teethDeep pain as anger showsAnd protection blocks relief A wounded beastFears what it needsHeal to releaseAnd take the lead Tiptoe and bear the soundDeepen growl… Continue reading

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February 21, 2026

Bloom

Of clay and rock borneSo crookedly grownBlown bare by the windRoots shallow in stone Reach limbs from seed sownCut greedily backLow from the harvestSurviving in lack Unable to bloom Sharp shear and scythe hackKeen takers carve looseShape weapon or fuelNew growth to reduce Sole value in useSap soothing the sickPotent the poisonFrom spindle thorn’s prick… Continue reading

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February 5, 2026

Sun and Snow

Crystal blankets heavyCold cover winter’s bonesBoth the dead and sleepingThe living and the stone Powder sharply shimmersSleeves trees with crooked armsClothing naked natureConcealing manmade harm Ash and boneHidden priceScourge of fireShroud of ice Cloud did layer deeplyThe filth of land belowBeneath the purest veilOf leaden ice and snow And where horizon meetsThe mirror glaze of… Continue reading

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January 27, 2026

Moonlit Mending

Curving needle shines on highRises with the fall of nightPulls on bloodflow like the tideBinding lifeforce far and wide Spooling frozen breaths that riseAtmospheric thread through eyePlanet rolls the ends to tieHoles to make to mend torn time Piercing through burnt velvet sky Astral medic sutures whereTime left wounds both broad and bareEdges spread by… Continue reading

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January 12, 2026

Sanctuary

Push to start, stall raging heartPrayer of safetyGet in gear, sleeve up the tearsDrive to escape me Move to drown, in blaring soundThoughts that would break meOne more trip, white knuckle gripNight roads erase me From heavy homeStrike out aloneIn sanctuary Find the dark, drive fast and farPrayer now screamingBack the din, four-minute hymnsBeg intervening… Continue reading

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November 12, 2025

Pillow Talk

Head down for a conversationFace wrapped tight to block the lightCurled fists under chin in safetyFrom or in what’s shown tonight What do you want to surfaceFrom beneath the din of dayWhere movement drowns the messageAnd my masks keep you away Darkest hell or tailored heavenSo real I can taste the smokeSo warm sweat beaded… Continue reading

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November 6, 2025

Hold Music

The space betweenBefore and afterThe distant laughter The hate unseenThe past in tattersSwings from the rafters The intersticeBetween the timelinesAnd different skylines The smoke-made screenTaken for grantedEach memory slanted Hold hope and painIn either handHonor them bothTo understand The limbo longHallway extendedFrom where home ended The right and wrongForever blendedIn air suspended The fading songIts… Continue reading

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November 2, 2025

Birding

Regenerate wingLost in birthPast blood and featherLitter earth As pure snowy owlFinds new course to flySo will I Transform sighs to songAngel’s breathWords new mortal mindDid forget As bronze lyrebirdRecalls sound to crySo will I Move boldly anewFearless diveIn speed and powerCome alive As agile ash hawk Wins hunt by surpriseSo will I Transition each… Continue reading

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