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the riversparkles in the sunwhere birdscirclednow ones of metal lurkthe moment,when children laughingin spiritfree as doveswe run to what was homenow the air is thinnerthan we rememberwaiting in the desertskywhile the wind larksin betweenthe remaining olive trees#freepalestine #freedom #poetry#poetsofinstagram #nowar by @chivalrous.maximus
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9 months ago
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they label us savage, barbaricas if it's something we fearsomething to be ashamed ofto hide, to be forced into silencei will not go quietly, folded into their version of peaceso if they take my arms, i'll dance in the sky, kickingbury my legs, they'll root into the thorniest of rosesand if they tear off my head, i'll haunt them with my gazeeven if they veil over my eyes, i'll become the night that reminds themso go ahead and piece me apartthe earth i become will be the sand blown in your eyesscatter me and my voice will leave bruises in the airbecause when the wind blows, i fucking ride itPhoto Cred: lhon karwan#poetry#poestsofinstagram#freepalestine#protest #nowar by @chivalrous.maximus
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4 months ago
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Hosted by the University for Peace, a UN-affiliated academic institution, I had the opportunity to contribute in a program rooted in principles of peacebuilding, migration equity, economic inclusion, creating an environment for transformation.El Rodeo, San José, Costa Rica#unitednations#university #peace#freepalestine#costarica by @chivalrous.maximus
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3 months ago
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somedaysi find what it means to be exhaustedto be drainedsomedays i find what it means to struggleto struggle with the most simplest of thingsbut as a guyespecially as a guy of colori have to findfind a way to put a handle on itsomedays,sometimes in those momentsi can only looklook for kindnessand empathyand compassionin someone elsesomedays i find myself the praying typepraying for a hand to holdsomedays a lightno matter how dima light to remind melife's hardbut life's not impossibleespecially with a handsomedays i'm looking for a hand to hold on to#poetry#poetsofinstagram by @chivalrous.maximus
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2 days ago
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how does it feeldedicating your life to become a shorededicating your life to live in comfortchoosing to sit still like a puddlejust to be stepped onchoosingto be a puddleinstead of an oceanchoosing to be a puddlewhile everything burns around youso how does it feelPhoto Credit: Matt HoffmanCincinnati, United States#poetry#poetsofinstagram by @chivalrous.maximus
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13 days ago
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sometimes there's peaceand sometimes violencethen there's mea coastlinewhere nights are spentlearning where sand endsand ocean beginswondering which starsare my ancestorswho jumped from the shipsknowing deathwas better than bondagePhoto cred: Dhruvin PandyaOak Alley Plantation, Louisiana 18, Vacherie, LA, USA---I started this one with the thougt of duality, living in a non-binary world, where there is beauty in all emotions and in not knowing where something begins and the other ends.But I struggled to find an ending to this piece right up until the point where I rewatched Black Panther where there was a scene where Erik Killmonger (Michael B Jordan) said “Just bury me in the ocean with my ancestors who jumped from ships, ‘cause they knew death was better than bondage.”That quote hit home and made a lot of sense where there is more freedom in death than in suffering in a life of slavery.#poetry#poetsofinstagram by @chivalrous.maximus
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25 days ago
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i am terrifiedwhere some mornings the fear sits beside mebefore the sun has a chance to riseand then i rememberi have survived every version of myselfthat was told to stay smalli remember the little hands that reached for a lightin rooms that were built to keep us in shadowsbecause i once had little handsfeeling for a doorwaythrough systems of mazes of dead ends and locked gatessearching for someonewho looked like meto saykeep goingso if i carry anything nowlet it be an ever-bright lantern and infinite set of keyslet it be proofthat there is a way throughand that fear can walk beside usand still not decide where we gobecause somewheresomeone is standing where i once wasalso waiting for a lightand i refuse to let the darkness be the only thing my sisters and brothers findphoto cred: Kate TryshDubai - United Arab Emirates#poetry#poetsofinstagram by @chivalrous.maximus
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a month ago
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i've been lostin the darkest parts of the woodswhere trees whispered my namebecause i didn't know who i wasi've sunkin the deepest parts of the oceanwhere currents pushed mebecause i didn't know how to swimi've flownin the endless skywhere birds sang beside mebecause i lived under many rain cloudsthen silence sat beside meand asked me questionsthe ones i could no longer run fromsitting until i understoodthat getting lost and finding myselfsometimes look exactly the sameand somewhere between the forestand the seaand the heavensi found the pieces of me i'd spent years avoidingi learnedthat i deserve to be heardnot just toleratedi learned that someone who loves mewould knowwhere to find my favorite booksand what songs would go on my playlistand would care enough to learn the little thingsbecause the little thingsare where my heart hidesnot in fear but in waitingto see herin the treesand in the wavesand in the songs of birdsphoto cred: Igor HarrierBeyşehir, Konya, Türkiye#poetry#poetsofinstagram by @chivalrous.maximus
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a month ago
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in a city of coldglass, concrete and steelwhere buildings stretch toward the skylike a plant seeking the warm suni find myself looking through cafe windowshoping to catch a glimpse of youand your radiancehoping to find you not like the moviesrunning through the rain-to catch you under a streetlightbut hoping to catch you sitting therewith a cold vacant seat acrosswith a warm cup between your handsthe entire city seeks warmthand i found you in itphoto cred: Igor SporyninAntalya, Turkey#poetry#poetsofinstagram#seattlepoets by @chivalrous.maximus
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a month ago
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when i first sat with youi became lost inside my soula storm that met the oceani found myselfmind at ease with heart rendered calmin every passing word you spokethe way you take the world by storminspires me to set sail in the path of your horizonjust to catch up to where you arebecause i want to stand beside youand when your legs grow tiredi want to be behind youto someday carry you forwardand even if i get losti'll have the chance to start againright beforewhen i first sat next you #poetry#poetsofinstagram by @chivalrous.maximus
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2 months ago
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stumbling through darkness blindly feelinglike reading a map written in braillei'm tired of reachingreaching with hands that should be holding my hearta heart that trembles from survivalsurviving being broken in the quietest of waysways nobody hears- except the version of methat doesn't carry it all alonethe version that is alone and afraidafraid of becoming too much waylior becoming nothing at allbut still i wake upand gather my scattered pieces like fireflies in my palmsbut still i pull light outta placesthat were never meant to hold the sunbecause beneath the hurtand under the shaking of every night i thought would swallow me wholethere's something stubborn living insidesomething boldsomething strongsomething brave enough to exist one more dayand maybe, just maybehealing isn't about becoming someone newmaybe, just maybe it's walking outta the darkwith every bruise and every fractured part of myselfand believing that's survivalbelieving it's growthbelieving it is what it isbelieving it's the beginning of who i'm always meant to be#poetry#poetsofinstagram by @chivalrous.maximus
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2 months ago
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my bad if i seem a little offlike my body arrived before the rest of my soul didbecause taking care of mysellf is kinda hardfeeling like holding water in trembling handsmy bad if my words come out bruisedif my heart sounds cracked at the edgesbecause it's something dropped too many timesand still expected to be intactmy bad if i disappeared for a hot minutei was somewhere between surviving and rebirthtrying to find home under unfamiliar starsmy bad for trying to remember how to explainhow much i weight before being uplifted againmy bad i didn't get back to you-i was finding the roses and my soul and something that made me feel understoodand wanted and appreciatedmy badbut one day i won't be with the shitsand you'll have your brother backPhoto Credit: Lisa Marie Theckhttps://unsplash.com/@lisa_marie_theck#poetry#poetsofinstagram by @chivalrous.maximus
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2 months ago
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