<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Jose’s Verse Haven]]></title><description><![CDATA[Jose’s Verse Haven]]></description><link>https://mangergilbert16.wixsite.com/josesart/homeblog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2026 08:01:08 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://mangergilbert16.wixsite.com/josesart/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[OUT OF LIFE]]></title><description><![CDATA[My eyes are heavy, So full like the stained Graveyard on my lips Filled with death. It is too much. I do not know how much more  I can take, I have been holding on too long. It is 3 am and I am nauseated Not feeling, Still plagued  With the madness lingering beneath. What is going on in my mind, Where is the peace, What has happened to my soul, Now lost in anguish? Find me, Please find me. I am sinking lower each day,  So someone please help. I am tired Oh so tired.  It hurts so bad, It...]]></description><link>https://mangergilbert16.wixsite.com/josesart/post/out-of-life</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aca92f986e1da51f6ffc906</guid><category><![CDATA["Grief"]]></category><category><![CDATA["Emotion"]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 19:39:47 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Jose</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[ETERNITY]]></title><description><![CDATA[Spent an eternity wondering If that was me Blindly locked in, True form, mirror trapped, reflected. What has been seen Remains a mystery still, Like the source of life, All that is, all that we are. If death truly was the healer, And life, the most gruesome lessons, Where does that leave Our presence on this fickle earth?  Why is there no peace For the innocent, Hope for the lost,  Love for the weary. Each streak of blood  Through these persons Has been a thousand lifetimes Of anguish, loss,...]]></description><link>https://mangergilbert16.wixsite.com/josesart/post/eternity</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aca9244b0e2e115ebac95bf</guid><category><![CDATA["Time"]]></category><category><![CDATA["Emotion"]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 19:32:11 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Jose</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[CHAOS WALKING]]></title><description><![CDATA[You are with the earth, The night, and sky listening for vices,  Chasing Everglades. If the morning comes And we still remain, Call the hallows chariots,  Hellhounds, guardian deities. Refrain from being the prisoner,  Absconding with moral decadence. Primordial being, Malevolence encased; cursed. Wait, wait,  There’s still something in the air; Sinister, cold, Alluded to repeatedly. If there is paranoia, Then withhold this memory. Still, silent, profound, Do not deject into this madness....]]></description><link>https://mangergilbert16.wixsite.com/josesart/post/chaos-walking</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aca8ee3b89f0f638e4061a2</guid><category><![CDATA["Hope"]]></category><category><![CDATA["Time"]]></category><category><![CDATA["Mind"]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 19:21:58 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Jose</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[NATURES' REVENGE]]></title><description><![CDATA[Staring out the glass locked payne, Lost in the droplets of rain That nourish the earth, Our final resting place. The wind howls, And the trees sway to their will while The sun still hides its face. Here, now, the gloomy clouds are triumphant still. Who tells the sun when to rise, Who commands the elements in obedience, The powers ever starry with their gaze, The balance imbued in nature. I watch, subconsciously  Mesmerized by the streaks Of dirt snuffed out  By heavens tears. There is hardly...]]></description><link>https://mangergilbert16.wixsite.com/josesart/post/natures-revenge</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aca8d6d86e1da51f6ffbcca</guid><category><![CDATA["Time"]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 19:14:18 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Jose</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[ALL IS DEAD]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tear it down, and build it anew, With breath of bane, And zeal of dust, Gather! With bow, and flame, Avenge you must,  Heap, and  Scatter! With thine heart as pure, And hue as one, Aim true Else all is done.  Should thy strike Be quick,   And fate renewed,  Attune, lest the mind plays trick  For whence one came In shroud, and might, A holier war Fought far out of sight. In grief, and neglect, A parents failed past Buried in time Traveller, stuck at half mast. Dreaded tears, Weary face, Broken...]]></description><link>https://mangergilbert16.wixsite.com/josesart/post/all-is-dead</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aca8c05b89f0f638e405b3e</guid><category><![CDATA["Grief"]]></category><category><![CDATA["Mind"]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 19:08:16 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Jose</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[DESIRE]]></title><description><![CDATA[Syre,  Passion, Pain, and  Desire. Craving your touch  Malleably constructing The brazen tough Folds of my skin. To be in your presence Is to be acclimated  To the sublime, The calm before the storm. Wrapped around you Lost, and intoxicated  In your voice, Your body, your fantasies. I want to feel you, To FEEL YOU. Intertwined, locked, lips, fingertips  Your grace is compared To the river goddess herself. Your hour figure A testament of your right I dare not question your desire, So when the...]]></description><link>https://mangergilbert16.wixsite.com/josesart/post/desire</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aca8a5986e1da51f6ffb5e3</guid><category><![CDATA["Emotion"]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 19:02:21 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Jose</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[PENNY FOR YOUR THOUGHT]]></title><description><![CDATA[Something like a heartfelt apology, Lost words from a broken soul. You will find me where the storms winter, Where the sky, and lands enclave Soaring with every depiction of grace. An essence unbound by time nor  The constraints of life. Where do we belong? Is it in the Nature that nourishes us, The sands of the hourglass Which have formed our foundation, Or the inescapable ambivalence Of this erratic world? I am here, Present in this life  But not in the past ones. Only fragments of those...]]></description><link>https://mangergilbert16.wixsite.com/josesart/post/penny-for-your-thought</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aca895ee17be88e72d533ff</guid><category><![CDATA["Time"]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 18:54:39 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Jose</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[TERRA COTTA]]></title><description><![CDATA[Deep breaths, Calm, composed, Spiralled thoughts,  Solitude. Modelled from the very essence Prime, and raw,  Carved from the sands of time Beauty undefined.  Hourglass, barely trifling, Breath slowly stills,  Fixed gaze upon beauty that is, Not a shroud of spite in sight. Work of art, Nature’s very own, Transcendent beauty, Pure heart well known. First steps in a perfect duality,  Lightweight foot ahold,  Minimal pacing, Primal stories told. Formed from ashes Dust and clay, Moulded to beauty ...]]></description><link>https://mangergilbert16.wixsite.com/josesart/post/terra-cotta-1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aca8857e17be88e72d531ea</guid><category><![CDATA["Faith"]]></category><category><![CDATA["Time"]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 18:50:42 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Jose</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[FALLEN REALITY]]></title><description><![CDATA[Learning to let go  Has been difficult beyond recompense. Understanding this chaotic cycle, This karma. Over, and over again, I am reshaped By these actions, Ones perpetrated in my least decisive moments. The lies I hide behind Are merely a façade,  A forced illusion adopted To keep the truth from coming to life. In my self conceited desires  Lay both My fears, And weaknesses. Acknowledging them Has been no easy task. Thus, I find myself here once again In the midst of the turmoil.  My mind...]]></description><link>https://mangergilbert16.wixsite.com/josesart/post/fallen-reality</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aca87030ff2fc211a39abb5</guid><category><![CDATA["Emotion"]]></category><category><![CDATA["Mind"]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 18:45:50 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Jose</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[WHO AM I?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Who am I? Who am I to judge you For your past, And the life  Bestowed upon you. Who am I to decide The constructs of right and wrong, The norms By which we live by. Who am I to bear you Ill intent In your safe place Your own home Your mind. I fall, stand, fight, win. Who am I to hate you For the things you cannot control. The dim-glowing ember Being shadowed by fear. Who am I  To watch you drown in despair, And cower in silence While you sink into the unknown? I will reach my hands into the...]]></description><link>https://mangergilbert16.wixsite.com/josesart/post/who-am-i</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aca8590e17be88e72d52c69</guid><category><![CDATA["Identity"]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 18:40:13 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Jose</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[LOVE]]></title><description><![CDATA[The steamed breath Against my forehead, It warms, and soothes My mind, I am at ease. I feel his embrace Tighter with each breath,  Drawing me closer to him, To my roots. He braids my hair, And cradles me  When I cry, I am loved. He is my protector  My rock  When I am scared, I am safe. He lays me down, And sings me lullabies'  Till I dream of the sun,  I am cherished. In her soft arms I find solace, The one who birthed me, Nurtured me. I feel her everlasting glow Like an angel over me, And I...]]></description><link>https://mangergilbert16.wixsite.com/josesart/post/love</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aca839386e1da51f6ffa7e4</guid><category><![CDATA["Emotion"]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 18:33:06 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Jose</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[BLACK BEAUTY]]></title><description><![CDATA[Formed from the ashes Dust and clay Modelled into essence  As alive as day. In our first breaths Lay the unison of life,  The gift of grace, And blessings bestowed by the sun. The same light That nurtured us, Fed our melanin, And dawned onto us, a new age. We bathe in her embers O mother! To whom we praise for this black skin, This eternal treasure. We do not falter In our excellence, Our exuberance, Our beliefs. From time, You have looked down on us, Suppressed our culture,  Our lands, our...]]></description><link>https://mangergilbert16.wixsite.com/josesart/post/black-beauty</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aca8257b89f0f638e404705</guid><category><![CDATA["Identity"]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 18:25:52 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Jose</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[ETHEREALS]]></title><description><![CDATA[The planes of foreign fields Guide my path Where I am free to roam The endless world of thoughts. As the tips of my fingers Graze the greens of the earth, So does my soul Grasp the essence of my being. With the moons withdrawal And the suns proclamation, The stars never seem  To lose their way. In my mind A third eye, Open to the wonders  Of my predecessors. Time remains, breathless Fluid in its motion, It pays no heed To us living beneath its wings. And whence the night doth fall, So do our...]]></description><link>https://mangergilbert16.wixsite.com/josesart/post/ethereals</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aca7fbd86e1da51f6ffa01c</guid><category><![CDATA["Faith"]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 18:20:18 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Jose</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[SCARS]]></title><description><![CDATA[You haunt me With your disdainful presence, Your narcissistic ruse, Your coercive endeavours. From our first encounters I learnt your truths, Lies you hide,  The mysterious intent I am brazen yet starstruck, Confused yet alluded You want me to heal  But hold the very chains, The very same whips Keeping me on the edge. Time, and time again, You strike subliminally,  With your words, Your actions. I fall apart  Each time I see these scars, Etched and carved  Into my body, my soul; By the very...]]></description><link>https://mangergilbert16.wixsite.com/josesart/post/scars</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aca7e2eb89f0f638e403f62</guid><category><![CDATA["Grief"]]></category><category><![CDATA["Emotion"]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 18:09:55 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Jose</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[I AM FREE]]></title><description><![CDATA[Wake me up  When morning comes, And I draw breath  In excess. The cries of the hummingbirds  Gliding through the morning sky, The whispers of the wind Through the crevices of my soul. Dawn breaks, And the suns majestic flames Thread the distance On its canvas, the earth. I watch closely, With my eyes Bundled up in awe, In solitude, in peace. I see the ocean in the distance; Listen, to the waves as they break land, Aggressive in their wake, Calm in their recourse. Oh to be a falling star In...]]></description><link>https://mangergilbert16.wixsite.com/josesart/post/i-am-free</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aca7cc3e3addb46c0429cd4</guid><category><![CDATA["Emotion"]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 18:02:16 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Jose</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[BANE]]></title><description><![CDATA[In those moments where every other thing seems to fade, you remind me of the things I want to forget. Yet, I embrace the poise of my indignant duality, succumbing to the numbness, and paranoia that casts a shadow on my weary existence. I find no solace in the midst of this madness, the same furnace that once consumed me I have now made my dwelling. Your conceited ego harbours your selfish desires, unseen by the eyes. I look through you as my soul does the starry skies seeking resolve, but...]]></description><link>https://mangergilbert16.wixsite.com/josesart/post/bane</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aca7a0de17be88e72d51534</guid><category><![CDATA["Grief"]]></category><category><![CDATA["Mind"]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 17:56:47 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Jose</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[HERITAGE]]></title><description><![CDATA[I am strong, Brave, Proud, and Stand tall with my heart held high My ancestors, They watch over me; In their strides I precede. My home is no foreigner To your gods, Zeus, Aries Poseidon, Hades. The greats as you see fit, The powers you crave, The awe In your eyes  As you look to the heavens. By blood, and tears My forefathers, and theirs before them Fought to preserve What I now call home. In her wake, she demands homage And we dedicate our Fros and Locks to her She blesses us with the...]]></description><link>https://mangergilbert16.wixsite.com/josesart/post/heritage</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aca75c72f51f795d984e8a4</guid><category><![CDATA["Identity"]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 17:44:31 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Jose</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[SILENCE]]></title><description><![CDATA[I am afraid. Each time I close my eyes, The vast, endless space Never seems to end In my thoughts Lay confusion, and paranoia Far beneath the harsh exterior Buried in the past My blemishes, My battles, My wars, My truer self. They haunt me, The things I once loved; They torment me, The ones I sought to protect. In my waking moments I am numbed by pain, Shortness of breath, and The abysmal descent into the dark. I cannot wrap my head around it The harder I push The harder these memories Fight...]]></description><link>https://mangergilbert16.wixsite.com/josesart/post/silence</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aca7360e17be88e72d508ae</guid><category><![CDATA["Mind"]]></category><category><![CDATA["Emotion"]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 17:26:09 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Jose</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[INTO THE VOID]]></title><description><![CDATA[Here I stand, In my final moments On the brink of relapse, The very edge.  There is no light On this dark path, No peace, No hope. They say do not go back to what hurt you It will make you weak But this world hurts everyday And I find myself in its midst. In solitude, I talk to the dark They echo silence. In despair I offer tears to the pillows But alas they do not thirst. I am burning out And fading all at once, And maybe I am crazy, but at least I had the courage To lose myself in something...]]></description><link>https://mangergilbert16.wixsite.com/josesart/post/into-the-void</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aca715f86e1da51f6ff84e5</guid><category><![CDATA["Mind"]]></category><category><![CDATA["Grief"]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 17:16:04 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Jose</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[MASK]]></title><description><![CDATA[It is one thing to inversely deny the truth, and Another to accept the relentless fates which await. You cannot run from what is to come; The futures past cannot be changed by the present. Moon and sun alike, Twilight be still as bright. Staring at my reflection  Is like looking into an endless abyss. Falling deeper each day,  I drift into a world of dreams Where I live till I am no more And my person becomes divine.  You cannot tell  But I linger between both worlds In a desperate attempt to...]]></description><link>https://mangergilbert16.wixsite.com/josesart/post/mask</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aca6ebfe17be88e72d4ff9e</guid><category><![CDATA["Mind"]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 17:05:59 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Jose</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>