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  • Bedrock

    Let me be candidWhile these bootsAre made for walkingI do not intend toWalk all over youEver Even if What they sayTurns out to be trueThe validityOf what they seeWon’t prevent mySteadfast devotionI’d leave promptlyRather than doing Something ruinous Even if your actionsRuin usYour love Will miss me so muchHe’ll scour the EarthTo find meHe’ll encourage…

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  • Life

    Temporarily in fearPlastic bags stop hereUntil the wind flies againThe worms ruined this morning’s walkMy boss talked and talkedBut I learned something newThrilling. Funny tooSometimes we travelAs plastic bags do On my way home, I saw this large, helpless plastic bag and I felt bad for it because I don’t think it wanted to go…

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  • Force of Habit

    This table SuddenlyFeels like a Chasm ExcruciatingFalling from mountainous highsTo the lowest of lowsI was impulsiveMy usual selfI did itAt the time I meant itAlthough I can’t take it backI want you to take me backI’m certainI won’t do it again(but I’m not sure)I know I can be immatureSeverely intenseBut that’s what you love about…

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  • Grave Misgivings

    …the dead were settling in under their mud roof and something was shuffling overhead. Old men, knocking. Ready to let the dead take them in. Life’s gotten under their skin. In dismay, the chanting begins. We’re tired of working and living, dealing with women who don’t understand a thing. We have jobs, homes and cars;…

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  • for God’s sake

    you know that saying about God not making mistakes well… i’m ready to give my testimonywhen i look about the placemistakes are always in my faceempirical evidence we must embracethat statement is an inaccurate disgraceor perhaps i shouldn’t take it literallybut i prefer specificity suppose we change the saying to one of the following: or…

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  • For Worse

    I will take the worst of you Give all the worst of me We will live unhappily inThe United Institution of Marriage We’ll stay for the kids Stay for the financesStay for the opticsStay positivePossibly forThe renewal ofLove Enduring The comfort of misery Image by karisjaneparker from Pixabay © 2026 Ociola Samantha Williams. All Rights…

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  • Arrival Time

    as the sun arrives so do I thanking the Creator forthese creative gifts and those yet undiscoveredmy few genuine connections who don’t perform authenticity for anybodymy frequent donations to crafting a life ofdiscovery, evolution and actualizationfreedom Happy Thanksgiving. Canadian or when yours comes around. Thank you, Alice! I took the feature photo the other morning.…

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  • Rendezvous

    …I will sense your flashesIn the heavens my darlingAnd meet you gladlyThen we’ll shoot across the skiesTrailing behind the end of time Image by DallE © 2026 Ociola Samantha Williams. All Rights Reserved.

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  • Riffing on a Feeling

    When I say, “I love you!” It’s trueI’m in that state of mind — adriftThis quick shift is often a giftHiding isn’t something I doFeeling into you through these fewWords I riff — dusting, a light skiftWhen I say, “I love you!” It’s trueI’m in that state of mind — adriftMy impulsiveness is a clueIllusions…

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