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Rage-ku

A Poem by Gaia Octavia

Boiling red hatred Venom pooling in my mouth I’m going to spit

Three Haiku

A Poem by Gaia Octavia

HAIKU 1 The rain speaks to me It tells me to stay inside Under my covers HAIKU 2 Blades of thick green gr..

Ballad 2

A Poem by Gaia Octavia

The country boy spent lots of time Learning to work stream trains He spent his summers shoveling coal His winters nursing pains ..

Ghazal

A Poem by Gaia Octavia

The ledge I am perched on it crumbled on me The thoughts in my head they were jumbled to me There is no more time left to figure it o..

Pantoum

A Poem by Gaia Octavia

I kick and I scream I shout to the wind Wanting the best for you The choices aren’t mine I shout to the wind It sh..

Over It

A Poem by Gaia Octavia

Is this all that life is?A few moments of beautySprinkled betweenEach enveloping crisis?A smile, a kindnessFrom a strangerOne can cling to andMasquera..

My Terms

A Poem by Gaia Octavia

My love for you Was the love I loved best The least well received And most freely expressed You had all the control And you used it..

Senseless

A Poem by Gaia Octavia

Discontent brews hatred It simmers underneath This useless smile of mine Only masking sharpened teeth Anger boils over into Pools of rage..

Mercy

A Poem by Gaia Octavia

A somber toneMy mind does takeWith thoughts of youLeft in its wakeTo picture you I close my eyesEndeavoring To visualizeYour august faceAs cut from cl..

Honesty

A Poem by Gaia Octavia

I wear a maskof discomfortKeeping my painconcealedI stay hidden:a covert operationof a ghost interredA vaporous existenceveiled in anonymityI go unsee..