A SELECTION OF SHORT FORMLESS POEMS

Once again I want to share with you a selection of poems from this week. All from Twitter. The limitation of Twitter has somehow enabled me to become more concise with words. At first I thought it was a limitation and then I discovered it was a freedom. So here they are. You always find me there: https://twitter.com/KavijiPoet

And once again, thank you for reading.

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Speak your name
Into the world
You were gifted a voice
To share your wisdom
To say what must be said
Don’t allow self worth
To stand in the way
Don’t worry about being strong
Or being ready
That day is already here.

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Most humans are skating on thin ice
Terrified of what is underneath them
They must keep moving at all costs
For if they stand still too long
The ice begins to crack
And the terror arises.

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Maybe the world itself is your true lover
And everyone who arrives
Are actors and mirrors,
Representatives of the divine
Sent from beyond
To tease, to test, to beg you
To remember.

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Let the world pierce your heart
It will open so wide
Everything will heal.

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One must have great courage
To meet everything
That has been denied
And pushed into the shadows

But we are born for resilience
We have such ways built into us
Yet we have become domestic and cautious
Afraid even of ourselves

There is a warrior in each one of us, remember.

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There is a death in surrender
It’s the death of the one
Who keeps arguing with life
You can’t keep fighting life
Or fighting your own experience
And surrender
You can’t half surrender 
Or surrender when it’s convenient
It’s total, all in, the whole way.

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The heart must break open 
At least once a day
Whether in grief
Or in joy
In sorrow or compassion
Or in delight
It is a spring that must flow

The water of life is meant 
To pour forth into the world
Through each vessel.

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I could go on but I don't want to overwhelm you.

Bless you. Kavi