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-Gilbert Manger (Jose)
Poetry, Reflection & Becoming.
An exploration of identity, memory, emotion, history, perception and the collective process of human thought and experience through literary art.
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"BLACK SOUL"
I trusted you My significant other To protect this feeble heart of mine With the bond so divine I thought of you As I drowned in my own pain In hopes you’ll come to the rescue But I provided my own refuge I cowered in silence At the mention of your name I dissolved with disgrace Each time I saw your face I was alone With No where to go I was labelled “Alma Negra” *scoffs* a befitting answer I am empty Wondering through wastelands In hopes of bumping into you Reliving painful

Jose
Oct 19, 20192 min read
"TERRA-COTTA"
Deep breaths, Calm, composed Spiralled thoughts Solitude........ Modelled from the very essence Prime and raw Carved from the sands of time Beauty undefined Hour glass, 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

Jose
Oct 19, 20191 min read
"SHE SAID"
She said; she said I don’t want to do this anymore I can’t seem to place myself I can’t restart from scratch She said, clasping her chest Heartbeat; rabid pacing Short breaths; inhale exhale Cold hands; slip from their owner She said, I can’t wait till it’s over The madness within Overwhelming fear Paranoia She said, I don’t want to hold back Thoughts of you Pictures embedded into my head Memories of our entrails She said, she said I want to be happy I want to know peace I wa

Jose
Jun 10, 20192 min read
"TIME"
Take me back to the beginning Let me hold the hands of fate Let me turn the tides And clock the hands of time I reminisce, light moments The moments I spent with you The best times of my life Memories I can never let go of I sit here, pondering Where it all went wrong Where we faulted, Where I, faulted You were perfect I really wanted nothing more I couldn’t just discern Reality from fiction I stand here now In my fallen light Slowly fading Glowing dim I need you now more tha

Jose
Jun 10, 20192 min read
“SOLITUDE”
I can’t remember, Our happiness, our pain I can’t seem to access those memories Not even ones that went astray I think back to previous days; Long conversations on the phone Deep thoughts on the bed Soul gazing with bare glares Where’d the time go? What happened to our happy ever after What’s with this gaping hole I feel in my chest Why doesn’t it ever seem to go away When will it end? The torment of constantly being discarded Continuously tossed aside like I don’t matter Rep

Jose
May 7, 20191 min read
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OUT OF LIFE
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
Oct 102 min read
ETERNITY
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 O
Oct 101 min read
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