Category Archives: poetry

Sublimation

By Benjamin Grossman and Cassa Bassa

I lost the grip of my writing pen
                                                the ink frozen in-between the flow 
                                                                                                      of words and broken nib.

As if making every stroke 
                                        on water 
                                                       letters now convert to vapor
vanishing before forming any solid state.


I burn lavender incense up to the heavens
offering fragments         of laden thoughts 
denial               sadness            resentment 
                                                                   cast 
                                                                  down 
                                                                   like 
                                                            Autumn rain.

I wish to be a fixed matter
an existence tightly packed together

but    my    particles    keep     spreading 
                                                                 in
                       different 
directions
                deaf
                  to
                 all
               prayers.


I found no escape on the verge of my final break.


Perhaps if I hibernate long enough
Spring will come with the promising sun
I WILL GROW FROM THIS INEXCUSABLE PAIN.

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*Please make sure to view the poem again and additional content at Cassa's blog: https://flickerofthoughts.com/
It's always a pleasure to write with a poet as knowledgeable and talented as her, and I really enjoy this poem for what it stands for beyond the words.

Best Friend (Lyrics + Songs)

[Verse 1]
I wanna show you what you do in my dreams
There’s nothing better than you over me
I could’ve married you yesterday
But you’re married in another way

I shouldn’t tell you what I’m feeling inside
I’m never smiling by the end of the night

[Chorus 1]
Cause you’re my best, best, best, best, best, best friend
You’re my best, best, best, best, best, best friend
You’re my best, best, best, best, best, best friend
Just my best, best, best, best, best, best friend

But I wanna
Yes, I do
But I wanna
With you

[Verse 2]
She kinda reminds me of “Jessie’s Girl”
Her accent even has the same damn swirl
It kinda feels like we’re from different worlds
I hope she realizes that I’m from this Earth

[Chorus 2]
Cause I wanna
Yes, I do
Cause I wanna
With you

But you’re my best, best, best, best, best, best friend
You’re my best, best, best, best, best, best friend
You’re my best, best, best, best, best, best friend
Just my best, best, best, best, best, best friend

[Bridge]
I kinda know that we are meant to be
But you keep looking here and there
And far away from me
And far away from me

[Chorus 3]
Cause you’re my best, best, best, best, best, best friend
You’re my best, best, best, best, best, best friend
You’re my best, best, best, best, best, best friend
Just my best, best, best, best, best, best friend

But I wanna
Yes, I do
But I wanna
With you (2x)

[Chorus 4]
So let’s not just stay best, best, best, best, best, best friends
Best, best, best, best, best, best friends
We’re not best, best, best, best, best, best friends
We’re not best, best, best, best, best, best friends

I don’t wanna
With you
I don’t wanna
That’s the truth (2x)

Sweetie

I tried:
Pavlova from Australia
Leivasupp from Estonia
Wuzetka from Poland
Nanaimo bars from Canada
Gulab jamun from Pakistan
Kashata from East Africa
Crema volteada from Peru
And still:

I can’t find anything sweeter than you

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If you have a favorite dessert, feel free to share it in the comment section below. It would be interesting to see what everyone likes from around the world. Thanks for reading. Stay sweet!

Pull (Song + Lyrics)

[Verse 1]
Was in a hole when I first met you
There was no sun and there was no truth

I didn’t know that words had pull
But, uh, you made believe in something new

The way you love’s like a postcard view
And, uh, I never want to stray from you

I didn’t know your words had pull
But, uh, you lift me up to the penthouse, boo

[Pre-Chorus]
You’re nothing, you’re nothing
You’re nothing that’s bad
You’re something, you’re something
That I have to have … That I have to have

[Chorus]
You lift me up
You got you wings
You lift me up
You’re angeling

You lift me up
I hear them sing
You lift me up
I’m leveling

You life me up
You spread your wings
You lift me up
You’re angeling

You lift me up
I hear them sing
You lift me up
I’m leveling

[Pre-Chorus]
You’re nothing, you’re nothing
You’re nothing that’s sad
You’re something, you’re something
That I have to have … That I have to have

[Chorus]