Don't Fall For The Words

There are emotions

Undefined and unnamed

And feelings so abstract

Even dimensions cannot capture

But there's still a desire

To let that essence percolate 

So they weave with heart

A sentiment

Which even words can't fathom

Poetry, they call it...

But all they see are words

Don't fall for the words

For they are but just a tool

To create an approximation

Of a dimension

That may lead you to feel the emotion

Not of the poet

But of your own

That you might have suppressed

From time unknown

Don't fall for the words

If you wish to know

The poet's sentiment

And the dreamy universes they sow

For words are meant to hide 

But pretend to show

Poems encase a cosmic weave

Of thoughts, whims, and notions

That exist and rest

Beyond the "normal" comprehension

So, don't fall for the words

For the poet's heart

They will never know

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Is Earth Flat?

Of the many photographs

that I never posted

and some that were never clicked

Of the many drafts

that I never published

and some that are still unfinished

Of the many stories

that I never told

and anecdotes that have never been recounted

And

Of the many travel diaries

that I never disclosed

and some lands that are still unexplored

Should any be unveiled

When the dawn shines

Even when

There are clouds still in the sky

Holding the immenseness of the ocean

Some day they may let go

But then

Where should it start

And where should it stop

For there's never been

An absolute end

Or beginning 

That was ever there

The earth has never been flat.

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