VANITAS --- Non Writer HS2023

Vanitas
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lux egreditur
aurora relinquitur
ostende quid celas altissimas
quo nemo spectat

et tu vitare vultus ibi
tacitus, frontem inclina
reveles interiorem sui
tu nescis quid mali eras

Je ne sais pas ce que c'est d'avoir pitié de quelqu'un
Je n'ai jamais vraiment aimé personne
Je ne regardais toujours que cette foutue corde
Enroulé autour de mon cou

turn your eyes
towards the light
admit that you have never been honest
hidden under a cloak of shame
you await your destruction

oh mon amour mon amour
pourquoi es-tu si inconditionnel
et tu exiges toujours tellement de moi
Je ne peux plus te résister

Je ne peux pas te capturer
ton pouvoir est un grand mystere
si tu me pardonne ma vantardise
je peux tout donner

Mon rire n'a jamais été réel
Il était toujours accompagné d'inquiétude
Je ne sais pas quoi dire d'autre
Ce retour a imprégné mon etre

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emptiness

the light goes out
the dawn is left
show me what you hide most deeply
at which no one looks

and you avoid looking there
silent, bowing your forehead
you will reveal your inner self
you don't know what was wrong with you

I don't know what it's like to feel sorry for someone
I never really loved anyone
All I ever looked at was that damn rope
Wrapped around my neck

turn your eyes
towards the light
admit that you have never been honest
hidden under a cloak of shame
you await your destruction

oh my love my love
why are you so unconditional
and you always demand so much from me
I can't resist you anymore

I can't capture you
your power is a great mystery
if you forgive me for my boasting
I can give everything

My laughter was never real
It was always accompanied by worry
I don't know what else to say
This return has permeated my being

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I don't know if I'm permitted to post two of poems but... This one touches me deeply.

a reply to: Agleaya

Hiya again, Agleaya.

I believe it's one story/poem per post. Also, only flags and stars in your opening post count towards the final score. So, if a story overuns into another post, stars will not count.


Finally, English is the predominant language on ATS in general. The odd foreign language phrase pass the acid test, but whole paragraphs/verses would go against the Terms and Conditions of the forum.

Perhaps a Moderator will fill in any details I missed.



ETA: oh, hold on, did you mean in the contest as a whole? You can enter as many stories as you like, within reasonable limits, but you can only win with one of the stories.

All the rules and information are in the Opening Post of the contest by DontTreadOnMe.

a reply to: Encia22

Thank you. This poem is pretty much experimental. I think it fits more in the "philosophy" category.

Salute

ETA:
Thanks for information

Someone casually said death was 'not self' earlier today...

However; Seeing how there is a lord of death; Just for that sort of ignorance? That means he has to be reborn just to be dead again until that person accepts the possibility of death actually being oneself; Having been the cause of it at least once before...

anyhoo s/f for you

a reply to: crowf00t

Isn't the lord of death, or belief there of, a form of ignorance in of itself, that enables malfeasances to be enacted upon those who ignorantly believe in such concepts?

a reply to: BrucellaOrchitis

When one dies its typical they don't recognize their own light; That it seems as if was a dream or nightmare in the chain of arising knowing one is light as in having become it? People run from it as they see their own karma and associate it with whatever vision they have of 'good or bad'so it could be devils or demons(the good they ran away from or gods and angels(the bad they are running back too... I know that sounds backwards but thats just how duality is.

a reply to: crowf00t

Ah right, I get you. It depends upon what you believe in and those things that may flash before your eyes in the last moments.

a reply to: Agleaya

You have to put a link to this on the contest page Agleaya.

a reply to: midicon

Thank you!

a reply to: Agleaya

Your story/poem is so deep and complex, I couldn't reply until several readings. WOW! You reach a level that I will never attain, and I am in awe of your works.

This is so pure and special. Thank you so much for sharing your inner self with us.

a reply to: argentus

Thank you soooo much!

Thank you for all of your flags and stars, you're all amazing!

a reply to: Agleaya


Part love poem part lament nice one

a reply to: Agleaya

This is amazing

a reply to: JJproductions

Thank you!