Inside The Poetic Mind
“Looking back, I felt very insane.” Sean’s voice creates heaviness in the small study room. His eyes fixated out the window. Outsides, leafless trees sway in a slow-moving rhythm. Above them, the sky is grey giving the study room it’s blue hue– darkening with time. At first glance, the twenty-eight-year-old seemed like a regular university…
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Leaves grow on the tips of trees, slowly but surely summer begins. We watch the rebirth, not paying attention, then June comes with surprised expressions. It’s summer already but we missed spring, our minds disconnected- it’s never ending. We forgot what blossoms from soaked dirt; forgot the showers, puddles, smell of earth.…
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Feel me move through your veins as souls float on empty trains. Just to see you, I break chains. Now I wonder, what’s left to gain? Fighting to heal your contagious pain, it attaches itself to me and causes a strain within this heart spreading to my brain. Killing me slowly, I…
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Things haven’t been the same since you went away. Holding on to these memories without feeling the same way. We believed that our souls would roam together. Even after death, believing we’d be attached forever. It’s amazing how naive teenagers can be. It’s amazing how love can touch someone like me. I…
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You are not uninspired, you have just hit a creative plateau. – Avril (Wise Entrepreneur) As I walked towards Avril’s vintage/crystal store located in Toronto’s famous Kensington neighbourhood, I felt light. There in the window, I see the bobbing of two heads engaged in conversation. She’s here! Relieved, I start to march towards the entrance…
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Feet patter on pale blue tiles, they quicken, they stomp marching with purpose. Little beads hang on the tips of jet black braided hair she moves, they rattle. Loud giggles echoes in long hallways, as little eyes peak through corners. Boo! She runs, giggles and hides until a few minutes pass…
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I’m going to be real with you: Everything you desire is right in front of you. It’s set. There is no “maybe”, “possibly”, or “hopefully”. What you want in life, you already have. Now many of you may stop for a second and stare at this post confused. You’ll look around you and notice…
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Brothers. Sisters. Lost family members. Blood shed. Violence Just to be gang bangers. What has your gang done for you? Besides a sense of belonging. Addiction, murder, and theft. This is the path you are following. A path that ends with death. Another statistic, behind bars. Another crackhead, addicted to meth. Look at…
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“Move in silence and exocute relentlessly.” – Marc Ecko You know those moments when you’re so in tuned with everything happening in your life that more opportunities start to manifest out of no where? As a creative, this is usually an idea of a project or a vision of me in the future having accomplished…
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Are you pleased by the simple things in life? As seasons change we realize the beauty in change itself. Grass turns brown as leaves become coupled in orange, yellow, red, and hints of auburn. Blankets of snow remind us how coldness exists outside our bodies. As we embrace each other and…
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