RhymeMosaic

Meter, Metaphor, Memory + Meaning

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Founding voice · Brandon WordSmith

The Founder's Canon

The original 205 — the poems that started RhymeMosaic.Meter, Metaphor, Memory + Meaning, in the voice that wrote them first.

205 poems · 10 categories · never twice the same way

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Founder's Canon
№ 1

God Left Me In The Whale

Cleansed from my sins

Faith & Spirituality

Founder's Canon
№ 2

Same

I’m staring at before

Heartbreak & Loss

Founder's Canon
№ 3

Flamelit Path

These pages blaze as I shape great escapes

Self-Discovery & Identity

Founder's Canon
№ 4

Reflection

Circular reflections distort trees

Mental Health & Struggle

Founder's Canon
№ 5

Your Fault

Look into my eyes,

Heartbreak & Loss

Founder's Canon
№ 6

Les Cieux

I never feel more alive than right at that time

Faith & Spirituality

Founder's Canon
№ 7

Runner-Up

Second best at most,

Mental Health & Struggle

Founder's Canon
№ 8

All My Lies

I’m lying to myself again..

Mental Health & Struggle

Founder's Canon
№ 9

Shattered Existence

Never have I needed help

Mental Health & Struggle

Founder's Canon
№ 10

Sorrow-Drowned

I cannot stand to see you fade

Life & Philosophy

Founder's Canon
№ 11

Mister Nice Guy

Why don’t people like me?

Mental Health & Struggle

Founder's Canon
№ 12

The Reason

All my life I’ve searched

Love & Relationships

Founder's Canon
№ 13

The Love Dream

Laying on the beach

Heartbreak & Loss

Founder's Canon
№ 14

I Want You To Know

I want you to know

Love & Relationships

Founder's Canon
№ 15

Embracing Change

Impatiently we wait, far beneath the rain clouds

Hope & Resilience

Founder's Canon
№ 16

Never

Adrift amid desolate water

Hope & Resilience

Founder's Canon
№ 17

Bad Thoughts

I took the knife at night,

Mental Health & Struggle

Founder's Canon
№ 18

0.5

I can’t smile, sing, or laugh,

Love & Relationships

Founder's Canon
№ 19

Revolving Door Exit

Perpetual youth is a thing best attained

Life & Philosophy

Founder's Canon
№ 20

Glass Onion

I speak my words through onion breath

Life & Philosophy

Founder's Canon
№ 21

H.M. (The Light That Shines Through Rain)

I put it all behind me,

Hope & Resilience

Founder's Canon
№ 22

Recidivism

Maybe I should jump

Mental Health & Struggle

Founder's Canon
№ 23

"Soon," I Sighed

The blood on these walls is so beautiful

Mental Health & Struggle

Founder's Canon
№ 24

TruthSeeker

Anchor my roots in Your dirt by the river

Faith & Spirituality

The canon never ends the same way twice.

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