Anguished Optimism
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Last published Wed, Jun 24, 2020
I am a confused, crazy, and curious soul. These poems are a small window into my mind... Wanna take a peek?
This Poetry collection contains the following:-
(*) Interesting Rhyme Schemes
(*) Plot twist Poems
(*) Poems telling a story
(*) Symbolic Poems
(*) Obscured Dedications, apologies and confessions in form of poems
I read somewhere-- If someone writes you a poem, they love you but if someone writes you thousands of poems they love poetry... --- This has stuck to me ever since.
ANGUISHED OPTIMISM _ because I'm not a pessimist but I understand them. I'm not a realist but I want to be them. I'm neither an optimist because it sounds too beautiful to be true... I'm an anguished optimist who HAS to MAKE a happy outcome when there are none.
I heard someone say- Hope dies last...
I really do love tragedies... Life is Tragically Beautiful after all.
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