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A cat knows, many things

~LArry

A cat knows, many things

Regarded as solitary creatures and loving companions

When death comes near, they spend time with their human companions if they have them

Knowing their human will be sad without them

Spending that extra time with…

A Dimly Lit Room.

A heart of ashes, a soul worn thin,
A gaze that's seen the darkest sin,
A mind that echoes with the screams unheard,
A body scarred, each mark a word
Of battles fought in the abyss of night,
Where hope was lost and shadows bite.
A hollow laugh, a bitter smile,
A weary dance, a life on trial,
The world a blur, a distant dream,
Haunted by ghosts, a broken theme,
A thirst for peace, a yearning to be free,
From the chains of hell that bind and see.
Each step a struggle, each breath a fight,
A fragile shell, barely holding light,
The weight of sorrow, a heavy cloak,
A silent plea, a soul that broke,
Yet, in the cracks, a flicker remains,
A whisper of strength, that still sustains.
This poem captures the feeling of someone who has endured immense suffering, marked by a deep sense of exhaustion, emotional numbness, a lingering fear, but also a glimmer of resilience and a desire for healing.
Generative AI is experimental.

A Lightness of Being

A poem dedicated to me

A Poem on Vulnerability, Authenticity & Letting Ourselves be Seen.

A Poem on Vulnerability, Authenticity & Letting Ourselves be Seen.

A Prayer for my Daughter , Happy Birthday - W. B. Yeats 1865 – 1939

~LOve ~DAd

Once more the storm is howling, and half hid
Under this cradle-hood and coverlid
My child sleeps on. There is no obstacle
But Gregory's wood and one bare hill
Whereby the haystack- and roof-levelling wind,
Bred on the Atlantic, can be…

A Pueblo Indian Blessing

by Elaine McAllister | Mar 28, 2018

Hold on to what is good even if it is a handful of earth.
Hold on to what you believe even if it is a tree which stands alone.
Hold on to what you must do even if it’s a long way from here.
Hold on to life even if it’s easier letting go.
Hold on…

A silly girl, but a very powerful one. ~LArry

A WILD WOMAN IS NOT A GIRLFRIEND. SHE IS A RELATIONSHIP WITH NATURE.

A Wild Woman is Not a Girlfriend

A wolf's howl, mostly not understood. As I run my lips up past your neck to your cheek. Feel my breath, my warmth, my passion, my power as a guttural growl emerges. No fear, just love and soft lips upon your cheek. ~LArry

A Woman's Worth Poem by Frankie Bragg

A woman's worth
Is to be treasured as gold.
To be praised and adored
Calculated far too priceless, to ever be sold.
Polished and kept up
will attract attention wherever she may go.
Yet valued just the same, letting people know.
Her value is…

All that is Gold does not Glitter.

And another as we drift off to sleep darling - ~LArry

I Knew a Woman
By Theodore Roethke

And everything of this world fights against us knowing and finding that out. ~LArry - Love You.

And here I am again dumb founded by a Love so Epic and profound. Beyond all that I have ever comprehended. A Lady beyond her years, a lady of intellect, passion and beauty; so powerful, so seductive; and yet so Kind, sweet and all heart. Standing in shock, awe and disbelief. Good Night Dear. ~LArry <3

And then someone comes in with all the Love, beauty, honesty, and oh what a Heart she has, oh what a heart she has. I finally know what it feels like to have actual Love returned, given, and showed. Nothing expected, Just what we have to give to each other. WOW. Just WOW. ~LArry

Anton Jarvis · Charge Of The Light Brigade by Alfred Lord Tennyson -- At the Battle of Balaclava in 1854 during the Crimean War, the ‘Light Brigade’, consisting of British cavalry regiments, charged down a narrow valley against Russian Troops who had captured British guns. The Russians were at the end of the valley as well as on each side of it. The attack should never have been made, for it had no chance of success: It was due to a blunder brought on by misunderstanding an order sent by the commander-in-chief. The obedience and courage of the soldiers, of whom less than a third survived won great fame for the Light Brigade. This poem first appeared on December 9, 1854 in The Examiner.

Anton Jarvis · Charge Of The Light Brigade by Alfred Lord Tennyson --Half a league, half a league,
Half a league onward,
All in the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
'Forward, the Light Brigade!
Charge for the guns!' he…

As I play this piece and another joins me. She goes slow on the beat by some measure, And we smile at each other. She catches back up to my current beat. Then I fall slow on the same beat and do the same. We then fall opposite, her slow, me fast, from that original beat. Then we flip opposites until the time we sync back up again on the same original beat and finish our song; together. ~LArry

Like Two Galaxies Colliding.

As I use AI to generate poem with my thoughts and Love: ~LArry - For Brayn of Lilac.

Here's a poem about the abundant nature of love, emphasizing its limitless and overflowing qualities:
The Overflowing Heart
A wellspring of love, it knows no bound,
A river of warmth, on hallowed ground.
It flows so freely, a boundless…

As I use AI to generate poem with my thoughts. This night, this poem is for you Lexie Marie Enzana, ~LArry

I knew a girl, a vision in the light,
Her smile, a sunrise, banishing the night.
The moment we met, a bond so pure and true,
My soul, unbidden, said, "This is for you."
No words were spoken, yet my heart took flight,
Her eyes, like stars, held…

At that moment, she knew, she had to leave all of her past behind her, never too look back. If she were to be with him, it had to be completely. Just the two of them for all of eternity. Eternity is Eternity. Two can do wonders in an Eternity, ~LArry

Ballad of Forgotten Places

by - Olga Orozco

My most beautiful hiding places,
places that best fit my soul’s deepest colors,
are made of all that others forgot.

They are solitary sites hollowed out in the grass’s caress,
in a shadow of wings, in a passing song;
regions whose limits swirl…

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A cat knows, many things

~LArry

A Dimly Lit Room.

A Lightness of Being

A poem dedicated to me

A Poem on Vulnerability, Authenticity & Letting Ourselves be Seen.

A Prayer for my Daughter , Happy Birthday - W. B. Yeats 1865 – 1939

~LOve ~DAd

A Pueblo Indian Blessing

by Elaine McAllister | Mar 28, 2018

A silly girl, but a very powerful one. ~LArry

A WILD WOMAN IS NOT A GIRLFRIEND. SHE IS A RELATIONSHIP WITH NATURE.

A wolf's howl, mostly not understood. As I run my lips up past your neck to your cheek. Feel my breath, my warmth, my passion, my power as a guttural growl emerges. No fear, just love and soft lips upon your cheek. ~LArry

A Woman's Worth Poem by Frankie Bragg

All that is Gold does not Glitter.

And another as we drift off to sleep darling - ~LArry

And everything of this world fights against us knowing and finding that out. ~LArry - Love You.

And then someone comes in with all the Love, beauty, honesty, and oh what a Heart she has, oh what a heart she has. I finally know what it feels like to have actual Love returned, given, and showed. Nothing expected, Just what we have to give to each other. WOW. Just WOW. ~LArry

As I use AI to generate poem with my thoughts and Love: ~LArry - For Brayn of Lilac.

As I use AI to generate poem with my thoughts. This night, this poem is for you Lexie Marie Enzana, ~LArry

At that moment, she knew, she had to leave all of her past behind her, never too look back. If she were to be with him, it had to be completely. Just the two of them for all of eternity. Eternity is Eternity. Two can do wonders in an Eternity, ~LArry

Ballad of Forgotten Places

by - Olga Orozco