a few poems

illusions
Illusions

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UNTITILED AS OF YET

I looked at you
And you retaliated
I sank in your eyes and sank…
Deep below
To allow myself into a trance I never knew of
You are a blessing
A disguised beauty
I never knew the powers you possessed
And I never could've thought
That I'd ever be this helpless
Here I lie today
Before you…
Hoping for a miracle which I know won't happen
Pondering back into the mists of yesterday
I've lost myself

the White Rose
The White Rose

Beautifully and silently...
as a corpse...
a body losing its soul so softly
A white rose blossoming in a deadly garden of Snapdragons
contemplating their deceptiveness
struggling to break through their wild thorny grasps
one day...
just some day...
she will breakaway
and they will let go.
the blackness that surrounds her will also entangle
the helpless white rose
one mystery will always remain...
how did she get here?
an innocent star born viceless
one mystery will always remain...
how was she decieved?
one who penetrates to the core?
was it her exuberant principles
or that sarcastic freedom?
the ice iwll melt when white is given black
in the palmed stage of her hectic life
occult will be occult nomore
and the caged bird will sing death's song
physically termintating itself
blankenening oncemore
it's gone!

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'the White Rose' is pretty difficult to understand but i still like this one...take it in anyway u want.
ps please post your comments

They're all good but do you mind explaining what White Rose means to you?

Good job, anyway!

LEENA

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well i'm not going to completely explain that but here is a hint:
White roses basically symbolize peace and innocence where as the snapdragons are flowers which symbolize deception.

By the way, snapdragons do not symbolize deception, they symbolize protection of the beholder from deception and deceit.
Make your confirmations if you like.
So are you going to edit the poem then? :wink:

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okay i'll check on it... till then: no, i'm not changing the poem

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WHISPER TO SCREAM

Scream...scream... i wanted to scream...
yet all i did was whisper to myself...
Silently i kept on whispering to myself
noone else would care to listen
all their ears were shut
they wouldn't care
for it didn't concern them
my life had chosen a diluted path
but all i could do:
whisper silently to myself...
tell my heart of the joys that didn't exist
hopelessly hoping to one day be able to scream
i wanted to scream
to let them know
i wanted them to know
to allow my self some praise
but self-centered existence aint my wish
yet i am unable to expain...

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okay Leena,
i did some online research and at one website it says their origin and meaning is not known. at another place i got the following info:
''Snapdragons are an old decorative flower, widely used by the Romans. From its origin in southern Spain the cultivated form was spread throughout the whole Roman Empire. Nowadays remnants of this original population which all belong to the species Antirrhinum majus are found among Roman remains like temples in southern France, Malta, and Italy. The flower, also called "gracious lady" stands for deception. ''

other places indicate they also mean : strength and desire...

but as i can't find it to mean.. ''protection of the beholder from deception and deceit. ''
so i'll not change my poem...i actuallyfound the 'first' meaning in a magazine...
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okay so leena ur not comletely wrong... i found this at another website:
"While snapdragons were common in the earliest gardens, their actual origin is not known. Some botanists believe they originally grew wild in Spain and Italy. The snapdragon's botanical name, antirrhinum, is derived from the Greek anti (like) and rhin (nose), in reference to the flower's snout-like shape.
Sentiment & Symbolism
In the British countryside, children too young or timid to capture frogs or other small creatures once made "pets" out of the snapdragon flower. A child would gently squeeze the sides of the flower to open and close the "dragon's" mouth, complete with a lashing tongue.
Concealing a snapdragon made a person appear gracious and fascinating. Snapdragons were also said to protect their beholders from deceit and curses. ''

so i'm not so sure what to believe...but still...'deception' is in majority...

Well, as I have come to believe; dictionaries offer you definitions but we make our own meanings out of words.

Maybe you can consider "Snapdragons" to symbolize your uncertainity about something or someone; deceptive in intent or not..........tell me you understand me, I need to be told :wink:

Love,
Leena.

hey lee
your reply kinda reminds me about 'personal symbology' or something like that which i read in a dream interpretation site
but yeah i get it....
Love
Naima
ps i don't even remember i ever started this thread