A Poem-A-Day Celebration

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Poem submission by randompoeticthoughts


i would do better

alone in this world

with no one to speak to me,

just leave me alone!

i just want some peace

can’t you see in my eyes?

i despise human speech,

it just takes too much time.

i don’t care if you sit there

and just shut your mouth,

you can be in my presence

but you need to learn how!

it shouldn’t be hard

to be silent for hours

but from my experience,

no one else has this power.

i just want to go

somewhere secluded,

no voice but my own,

and a peace never ruined.

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