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Eureka! Freedom

12/26/2020

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I thought
Nobody could see my mind
I thought
Freedom is in my thoughts.

Thoughts 
I held them for me,
protected.
Then in that silence
I drowned.

I came up
swimming
screaming.

Eureka!
​
My body
is what they cannot control,
my actions.

My freedom was locked in thoughts
And the key was being out,
with my body.
In action
I rose.

I learned
Freedom 
was in doing,
with my body
for my body
of which my mind was a part.

Eureka!
​
J.GJ.
Dec. 26, 2020
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Wet

12/9/2020

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Streams of tears
To push the boat
Into rapids and waterfalls deep.

Rivers of sweat
To float the sails
Into splashing and smashing seas.

Oceans of piss
To drain the bucket
Into spongy springs underground.

Can I moisten
With a mist of blood lava
The milky juices
Of my icy cocktail,
To melt my glacier
And fill the glass
With my clouds' heaviness, 
Or spill acid rain?

J.Gj.
June 16, 2020

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Floke RiKujtimi

12/9/2020

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Shikoj deboren qe bie
Po nuk jam atje
Tek floket e bardha
Me duhet te shkoj
Me to te udhetoj.
Por me humbin,
I humb nga syte.
Kembet nuk kercejne dot,
mbi disqet e bardhe
dredha dredha
mbi akullin e bardhe
te qendisur imet.

J.Gj.
17 Nentor 2019
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harrim

12/9/2020

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Ndoshta kam harruar
Litaret, ato per tu hedhur,
ato per tu lidhur,
ato per tu varur
e ndoshta per te shpetuar
nga mendimet...

J.Gj.
17 Nentor 2019 
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Harriet T. Spirit

12/9/2020

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Don't question me!
Don't you dare,
Tell me 
What I can
and I cannot!
Don't doubt me
for a moment!
I will become a beast,
a dragon,
fire-breathing 
terrifying one,
And somebody will regret,
having me 
awaken,
with that strength
and that new meaning!
If dare you will,
don't you dare.
Of me,
For both,
I care!

J.Gj.
November 2019

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Joy UniTY

12/9/2020

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I'm looking for that
Community of joyful spirits
Where you Drink joy
Share joy, Bake joy
Shake joy, Flip joy
And Dance joy
And glasses full 
You empty joy
In souls of emptiness
Finally full
Till a joyful sleep...

J.Gj.
November 17, 2019

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RAin 2

12/9/2020

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The rain is gone
No flow of water
By the road side
But the sparkling
Goblets and droplets 
Still there
Hanging on
To the branches
The brown thin branches
Under the cold
Rays of sunshine
Half in shadow
With one bright side
Still there
Crystal clear rain droplets
Full of bright
And there...

J.Gj.
November 2019

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Rain 1

12/9/2020

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Crystal adorned branches
Dripping thin branches
Brown chocolates branches
In small goblets
Droplets of water
Sky tears
Or simply relief sprinkles...
From a heavy day...

Bubbling streets
Gray reddish pavements
In flowing waters
And under shocking 
Brief car tire interruptions.
Floating bubbles
Popping bubbles
Breathing streams
Boiling feelings
In a shower
With endless circles
Moving on the surface
Of reflective liquid
And fluid souls
Of a gray day.

J.Gj.
November 27, 2019

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Ode to A Bath

12/9/2020

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From a mother 
To you
Lifesaver
Soother
Smoother
For the Skin
The Body
The Soul
The Mind

To you 
my Dear
So thankful
I am

A mother 
A lover
A dreamer
So heavy 
And impossible
My Being
Without you
My bath

The water
Running
Down
In showers
In Streams
In Waves
In Soap
In Fluff
In Bubbles
In Scents
On Me
In and Out
Of this world

To you
My dear Bath
Cheers 
Blessings
To you


J.Gj.
October 19, 2020

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Invisible Inequality

12/9/2020

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Lemons
They tell you to squeeze them
And Make a Lemonade
But Nobody asks Who is Going to Drink That
And Miss the Point 
That Lemonade Makers
Are not necessarily Lemonade Drinkers...

J.Gj.
​December 9, 2020




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