The Eternal Twins: Love And Hate

It consumes without regard
It shape without regard
It bends you to its will
We are helpless in its power

We look for it but it finds us
It devours without regard
It destroys without regard
It brought nations to its knees
And lifted its people

It gives power without regard
It enslaves without regard
We are but pebbles in its wake
When it overflows in us

And yet.... Its ugly twin holds
Power over it

It consumes without regard

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poem by Leonid Gonzalez
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Love Consuming

Thoughts of you consume me
Hold power over me every
Second of the day

I wonder at His glory that is
a woman and ask who is
She that walks so proudly?

Thoughts of you consume me
Hold power over me every
Dream I dream

You walk through me like
A chill on winters eve. I see
You but I am but a shade
Unto you

Thoughts of you consume me
Hold power over me every
Breathe I take

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poem by Leonid Gonzalez
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The requiem of the flies

The rain is crashing upon my face
Its like God is trying to wash away my pain
I look down upon the puddles of mud
Thinking about all the things I have done

The rain is so cold

The dark grey gloom surrounds me
My life is not as it should be
And I don't care anymore
I find that Living is such a bore

The rain is so cold

My mind is numb, cold and blank
This world is passing me by
This world is cold and dank
And I wonder why I have not died

The rain is so cold

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poem by Leonid Gonzalez
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