Stormy advice

     Hey everyone I just wanted to briefly give some advice for people near a hurricane or in one.

•   If there's a hurricane near you don't wait to evacuate. Seriously its a stupid idea! Resources won't be able to get to you and even if they are. They will be scarce!
• Next, help the people who are recovering from a hurricane, there are 5 so take your pick. \
• And last, pray for those in the path of destruction and don't forget to volunteer to help those in need out there! 

Hurricanes Harvey, Hose, Irma and Katia are just the start of the busy season. So be prepared for more to hit the U.S and hard.

Blue Tears (c) L.S.R

Her tears fell down,

She made no sound

When your words cut through her

So now you wonder, 

Waiting for the reason 

She's looking beaten and seeing blue 

Never thinking it's the other you!

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From dawn til dusk,
Taunts and tyranny
Follow close behind,
Intent on turning the halved black whole
Dominating her essence's role.


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An empty void fits the feelings left alive
Vision clouded, unseeing
Heart racing,
Body barley thrives
Her pain the only escape...
Hope diminishes,
Red rivers run down
Drip,Drip,Drip!

(This poem is for all those who have struggled with depression or some form of self hatred or pity.)

Eclipses

     Everyone in the good ole U.S.A is super psyched for the "Great American Eclipse". However,  for some this national event is viewed with superstition, and fear of the "apocalypse" or something equally bad. Because of these fears, the truth tends to get confused with myth and I'm hear to set them straight.

Truth 

Contrary to belief, the eclipse won't bring the Apocalypse. While something bad may happen to someone,somewhere in the U.S. It doesn't mean that it was caused by the the eclipse. First some safety tips.

  Here's whats true.  

• Yes, Looking at the eclipse with sunglasses of any kind(I don't care how strong they say they are its a stupidly dangerous idea!)will cause blindness. Instead use NASA or ISO approved glasses or even a welding mask. 

• When you are taking pictures of the moon with any camera, it will cause irreversible damage  to both your retina's and your camera's lens. Please use only NASA approved cameras or watch it on the TV. 

• The Apocalypse will never happen but, believe what you want. Having myths about eclipses has been around for centuries. And were originally created to help understand why the sun turned black during daylight. In Norse myths, the solar eclipse meant that Ragnarok( the apocalypse) had come. The ground would turn to ice and the sky to fire wiping out humanity and the "Gods of Asgard". The Dead would rise from the grave and Hell would come to rule the "New World". 

• Myths like this one are what inspired this belief, the Aztecs, Egyptians, etc. There is no Zombie Apocalypse, or Day of Retribution and in modern society we have a tendency to over react about this kind of stuff. The idea of an eternal darkness both excites us and spreads fear. Seeing as how, we as, humans have a somewhat happy/crazed view of the un-dead, war and radiated mutation.  

In short only you can decide what you believe but, please take caution when watching the eclipse.

It will only happen again in 7 years!

An Apology and A Promise

        Hello to my readers! I apologize for the lack of posts. I've lost my poetry book that had many stories and such that I was going to post. So my brain has been trying to create new one, remember the old and find that book! If you have any ideas for subjects you would like to read about please leave them in the comments! And I'll write either a poem or story about it!

    Since school is starting my posts won't be very frequent but, I promise to try and upload 5 posts per week. Also thank you to everyone who reads Whispering Willow!

Corrupted Prisoner (c) L.S.R

Hello old friends, 

I greet the coming visitations

No strength left to fight,

Or will to resist temptation. 

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The sins of my past,

Awake with crying shrieks

Prying and preying upon my weakened heart.

Visions of twisted memories 

Flash before the darkness, 

Flying as though poisoned darts! 

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Spirits and demons lurk within seeking my ruin

Freeing the pain from its prison, 

The wronged from a well of despair 

Memories best left forgotten,

Sprung from lock and key give aid to the arisen. 

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Bound in chain and shackle, 

Emotions are released.

Crashing forth the barriers break

Succumbed to their fury,

I quickly wither surrounded in their vile cackles. 

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Beaten and broken

I cry for eternal sleep

Amid the lifeless desolation,

 Wish granted, death swiftly brings peace

Playing my soul for keeps.

Oceans Defeat (c) L.S.R

Like memories the droplets of water fall 

 down,down,down.

The ever-falling sea rises up towards the eagle's mighty perch, 

Falling swiftly in defeat. 

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Cries of victory the mocking hunter exults

And echo's through-out the sky.

The sea becomes unruly,

Waves of grief towering with rage 

Vent upon the ever mocking, watchful eye.

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Silent shadows rest themselves upon the battling ocean foe,

As night enters like a thief

Casting it's cloak over element and beast. 

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Calming winds flow through air and water,

Soothed the ever-falling sea stills

Like winters ice, exhausted, 

Eyes closed, sleeping placid as a babe.

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The ever-falling sea, 

Battle worn,

Surrenders to the ever mocking, watchful hunter's eye

Serene, but never calmed,

Until the chains of restraint and defeat are broken. 

Shining Darkness (c) L.S.R

Stars of radiant white light 

Fill the emptiness with warmth,

Shining bright they dance across the forever dark. 

Time stands still when they appear,

Darting to' and fro' 

Spikes and sparks left in their wake,

Unknowing, absorbed without problems or aches. 

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"A ballet of light." I muse quietly,

Alone and unnoticed 

Silent I stand in the darkness, 

Willing and yet unwilling to make myself known. 

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Surrounded by emptiness that seeps through the soul,

Doubt and fear pierce the heart

With thoughts blue as twilight,

And black as coal. 

The shadows calls towards the disappearing lights of starshine,

Once again the ever sweetly persuasive whispers

Reach and pull my essence adrift. 

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Unnoticed or missed 

I join the inky, beckoning fingers of the shadows,

Floating aimlessly amongst memories

Confused at my existence,

Lost, and yet found.

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Dancing round me, 

Spirals of sparks and spikes 

Calling out to me "Come and join our dance! 

Oh come and join the lights of the angles!" 

Surprised, yet shy

Afraid but longing for understanding 

Another calling reaches towards my essence, 

Stronger, fiercer, unwilling to let go! 

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Torn apart by shadow and star 

Adrift, afar from both I am now,

Joining neither, my answer still unclear. 

A choice to be made, 

Neither decided

Instead I wait and watch 

Fading and not fading out of existence,

In my shining darkness.