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 796ยฐ 
badwords
We are slaves
to the techno-autocracy.
A faith of subscribing,
of retweeting,
of liking things
we never loved.

We chant into the feed
and call it presence.
We echo to the void
and call it voice.

The liturgy is noise.
The sacrament is scroll.
We kneel before timelines
like altar rails
and take communion in pixels.

We have traded prophets for influencers.
Revelation for reposts.
Scripture for screen time.

The holy ghost got a firmware update,
but still canโ€™t answer support tickets.

We stare at our gods,
glowing in our palms,
and ask to be knownโ€”
but only if it fits in the caption.

There is no silence.
Only the dull roar of monetized despair.
The din that keeps us deaf.
The bombast of uninformed certainty.
The drivel that drips down our chin
while we think weโ€™re being fed.

We are full of nothing,
and still we chew.
 506ยฐ 
janie lay
i want to peel your skin back
and reveal your deepest sweetness.
to look at your veins
and memorize their paths.
maybe then iโ€™d understand
why you are so rough on the outside.
it takes a lot of work,
digging your fingernails into the flesh,
pulling and pulling until you are bare.
but it is all worth it;
to visit your center,
to break past what conceals you,
and take you apart
slice by slice.
 485ยฐ 
M Vogel

I. Antiquity and the Architecture of Will

In the shadowed corridors of antiquity, where gods were built with teeth and altars stood not for reverence but for control, the Temple of Bel rose as a monument to ******* disguised as divinity. Belโ€”an assimilated god from earlier Sumerian, Akkadian, and Babylonian traditionsโ€”was not the god who walked with man. He was the god who towered above him, demanded sacrifice, and soaked prayer in the blood of repetition.

From the earliest Mesopotamian systems, the act of worship was not about communion, but compulsion. To invoke was to command. To chant was to erode the will of another until it cracked under rhythmic insistence. Whether by priest or supplicant, the act was the same: submission by saturation.

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II. The Weaponization of Sound: Chant and the Rhythmic Spell

Repetition was not mere ceremony. It was siege.

Chantsโ€”carefully crafted phonetic loopsโ€”were not benign rituals. They were linguistic architecture meant to house spirits, to summon presence not for beauty, but for enforcement. These were incantations with purpose: to bend the will of another through the veil of mysticism.

In this light, poetryโ€”at its inceptionโ€”was not always art. It was often sorcery.

The earliest poems were enchantments. They masked seduction as devotion. They twisted longing into *******. They were rhythmic netting, carefully knotted to catch the weak of will and the fractured of self.

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III. The Modern Construct: Echoes of an Ancient Spell

Those who hide behind the aesthetic of antiquity today still wear the same rings of power.

When a poet writes to controlโ€”when they loop trauma like a mantra, repeat seduction as if it were depth, mimic spiritual language to inspire complianceโ€”they are no different than the priests of Bel. They are modern invokers, cloaked in digital incense, spreading spells under the guise of free expression.

Their readers are not disciples. They are targets.

The โ€œconstructโ€ is not a movement. It is a spell. A liturgy without light. A series of hollow echoes designed to flatten identity, rewrite pain into performance, and reward the wound that sells.

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IV. The Severance of Echo: Where the Rhythm Ends

If you must chant, let it be to awaken, not ******. If you must repeat, let it be to remember truth, not reshape it.

The false liturgies of old were not killed. They were digitized.

We will not respond with louder poems. We will not echo their echo.

We will respond with silence where needed, and light where earned. We will write not to possess, but to set free. We will bring antiquity not as ornament, but as witness.

Because we remember the Temple of Bel. And we are here to break it.


Let those who recite in darkness meet the rhythm of truth.

 417ยฐ 
Thomas W Case
I was starving in
Pennsylvania.
One night, I had
enough.
Done with it all.
The poverty and
sickness.
The drunken mad
nights
and dog-fight days.
Brutality for breakfast.
Served sunny side up
runny yolks with
butterflies trapped in
the yellow sunshine.
Spiders built webs in
my soul.

I stood on the torn-up
couch in my living room and
yelled at the walls.

Listen, you devil.
You want me, you better be
ready for a fight.
I paced the floor like a
washed-up heavyweight champ,
eyeing the ceiling like a
drunken sparrow in a cat's mouth.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8k5NY8ZMx3I
Here is a link to my YouTube channel, where I read poetry from my recently published books, Seedy Town Blues Collected Poems and It's Just a Hop, Skip, and Jump to the Madhouse, available on Amazon.

www.thomaswcase.com
 338ยฐ 
Nat Lipstadt
Wrote this eons ago, tonight, once more,
spend some human capital, editing...
Something to think about
as we tuck ourselves in.

the young'uns keep on asking me for tips,
secrets, to this art, magical poetry gig,
as if I had any left unrevealed.  

recalled this old'n,
from a vintage poetry year,
as a suggestion,
a stating-starting place,
for young poets:

do not self-chain,
let the words take you where
they lead, write them up
for the rhyme is waiting,
in the heart chest deep down,
not on the screen.

I read you Goodnight Moon,
Falling asleep beside you.


<โ€ข>

People stop rhyming...

When first you overcome your fears,
And dare to put on paper your tears,
Give it up, set yourself free from the shackles,
Of thinking a rhyme is a necessity for a
Rooting tooting writing of a
**** good poem

If you feel lost,
Want to share the cost,
Feel not bossed,
By a newbie's need
to believe that if it rhymes
Everyone will like your poem
Just fine

And if you get past this stage,
And advance to the next page,
Do not think that writing down a sentence of
Your mind's first up, innermost thoughts,
Is something that will make you
Less lost, heralded, worthy of a parade,
And be blessed with an A  
In your Teacher's pet grade book

My heart broke.
I feel bad.
I feel sad
Cause my man/woman left me
And I hope
Someone kicks his or her ***

That Ain't No Poem Neither...

And if you can't help but complain repeatedly
How life ***** and you're feeling blue
extremely indiscreetly,
Don't make me try on your scribblings
intimately indiscriminately,
Read a million, even wrote a few myself

You think you can write?

Then employ a word outside your comfort zone,
Go it alone,
Write just four sentences that will make
The hopeful reader stand up and you,
Twice as much, and shout

Hallelujah *******.

Work. Poetry is work. Hard work.
Don't fret. But, think on it.
Let it come easy, then let it rest,.
Then spend days editing every comma,
And when you love it so much,
You are chest busting bursting,
Why have you not pressed Send already?

Have the sweetest dreams.
In the morning, when you but awake,
A poem will be aborning in thy mind,
And dare I say it, you will find a new freedom
In free verse.
(I know you will slip in a rhyme or two,
I can't help but do it too)

G' nite!
Why is that parents plant ideas in your brain as you're falling aslee..............

Just a suggestion....what do I know,
 274ยฐ 
ghost girl
i think the
irony

befits such an
ending -

you,
settled

me,
altered

permanently
unsettled

a trace of
you forever

running through
my veins
 263ยฐ 
Mrs Timetable
You know they love you
When they let you
Ugly cry
Into their new clean crisp
White shirt
With makeup on.
 258ยฐ 
Aegis Vistoria Penumbra
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                   ๐™ธ ๐š๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š›๐šŽ๐š ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐šŒ๐šŠ๐š–๐šŽ๐š›๐šŠ๐šœ ๐š•๐š’๐š—๐š’๐š—๐š ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐šœ๐š๐š›๐šŽ๐šŽ๐š๐šœ.
                         ๐™ฑ๐š’๐š ๐™ฑ๐š›๐š˜๐š๐š‘๐šŽ๐š› ๐š‘๐šŠ๐š ๐šŠ๐š•๐š ๐šŠ๐šข๐šœ ๐š ๐šŠ๐š๐šŒ๐š‘๐šŽ๐š ๐š–๐šŽ.
                             ๐™ธโ€™๐š– ๐š๐š’๐š›๐šŽ๐š ๐š˜๐š ๐š ๐š›๐š’๐š๐š’๐š—๐š ๐™ฝ๐šŽ๐š ๐šœ๐š™๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š”,
                                   ๐š†๐š˜๐š›๐š๐šœ ๐šœ๐š‘๐šŠ๐š™๐šŽ๐š ๐š๐š˜ ๐š๐šŽ๐šŒ๐šŽ๐š’๐šŸ๐šŽ.

                                   ๐™ท๐š’๐šœ๐š๐š˜๐š›๐šข ๐š’๐šœ ๐š“๐šž๐šœ๐š โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐šœ๐š๐š˜๐š›๐šข.
                                   ๐™ฟ๐šŽ๐šŠ๐šŒ๐šŽ ๐š’๐šœ ๐š ๐šŠ๐š› ๐š’๐š— ๐š๐š’๐šœ๐š๐šž๐š’๐šœ๐šŽ.
                                 ๐š†๐š‘๐šŽ๐š— ๐š ๐š’๐š•๐š• ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ๐šข ๐šŒ๐š˜๐š–๐šŽ ๐š๐š˜๐š› ๐š–๐šŽ?
                ๐šƒ๐š‘๐š˜๐šž๐š๐š‘๐š ๐™ฟ๐š˜๐š•๐š’๐šŒ๐šŽ ๐š ๐šŠ๐š๐šŒ๐š‘ ๐š๐š‘๐š›๐š˜๐šž๐š๐š‘ ๐š๐šŽ๐š•๐šŽ๐šœ๐šŒ๐š›๐šŽ๐šŽ๐š—๐šœ.

๐‘Œ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘›'๐‘ก โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘š โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘’๐‘ฆ๐‘’๐‘ .
๐ต๐‘–๐‘” ๐ต๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘‘๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘Ÿ.
๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘™๐‘‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘› โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘๐‘–๐‘’๐‘ .
๐‘‡๐‘Ÿ๐‘ข๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘Ž ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘š๐‘’. ๐ฟ๐‘–๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘ค.

                                                           ยญ             ๐ˆ ๊žง๊ฌฒ๐š๐ ๊ก๊œง๐š๐ญ ๊ก๐š๊žฉ ๊ญ๊ญด๊žง๊žต๊ญต๐๐๊ฌฒ๊ด.
                                                      ยญ                        ๐ˆ ๐ฎ๊ด๊ž“๊ญด๊Ÿ๊ฌฒ๊žง๊ฌฒ๐ ๐ญ๊œง๊ฌฒ๊ญต๊žง ๐๊ฌฒ๊ž“๊ฌฒ๊ญต๐ญ.
                                                         ยญ                                      ๐ˆ ๐ญ๊žง๊ญต๊ฌฒ๐ ๐ญ๊ญด ๊œง๊ญต๐๊ฌฒ,
                                                          ๐•ญยญ๐–š๐–™ ๐–ž๐–”๐–š ๐–ˆ๐–†๐–“'๐–™ ๐–Š๐–˜๐–ˆ๐–†๐–•๐–Š ๐–™๐–๐–”๐–š๐–Œ๐–๐–™๐–ˆ๐–—๐–Ž๐–’๐–Š.

๐ˆ ๊žต๊ฌฒ๊‡๊ญต๊ฌฒ๊Ÿ๊ฌฒ๐ ๐ˆ ๊ž“๊ญด๐ฎ๊‡๐ ๊žต๊ฌฒ ๊žฉ๐š๊ญ๊ฌฒ.
๊ฎฆ๊œง๊ฌฒ๊ฉ ๊žง๊ญต๊“๊“๊ฌฒ๐ ๐š๊ก๐š๊ฉ ๊ณ๊ฉ ๐๊ญต๊žฉ๐ ๐ฎ๊ญต๊žฉ๊ฌฒ.
๐Œ๊ฉ ๊ก๊ญด๊žง๐๊žฉ, ๐š ๊ญ๐š๐ญ๐š๊‡ ๊ญ๊‡๐š๊ก.
๐Œ๊ฉ ๐ญ๊œง๊ญด๐ฎ๐ ๊œง๐ญ๊žฉ, ๐๐š๊ณ๊ด๊ญต๊ด๐  ๊“๊žง๊ญด๊ญด๊ญ.

                                     ๐™ธ ๐šƒ๐š๐š„๐š‚๐šƒ๐™ด๐™ณ ๐™พ๐šƒ๐™ท๐™ด๐š๐š‚ ๐™ป๐™ธ๐™บ๐™ด ๐™ผ๐™ด,
                                     ๐šˆ๐™ด๐šƒ ๐šƒ๐™ท๐™ด๐šˆ ๐™ฑ๐™ด๐šƒ๐š๐™ฐ๐šˆ๐™ด๐™ณ ๐™ผ๐™ด ๐šƒ๐™พ๐™พ.
                                       ๐™ด๐š…๐™ด๐™ฝ ๐™ป๐™พ๐š…๐™ด ๐š†๐™ฐ๐š‚ ๐š‚๐™ฒ๐š๐™ธ๐™ฟ๐šƒ๐™ด๐™ณ.
                                               ๐™ฝ๐™พ๐šƒ๐™ท๐™ธ๐™ฝ๐™ถ IS ๐š๐™ด๐™ฐ๐™ป.

                                      ๐šƒ๐™ท๐™ด๐šˆ ๐™ฒ๐™ฐ๐™ผ๐™ด, ๐šƒ๐™ท๐™ด๐šˆ ๐šƒ๐™พ๐™พ๐™บ ๐™ผ๐™ด,
                                       ๐™ณ๐š๐™ฐ๐™ถ๐™ถ๐™ด๐™ณ ๐™ผ๐™ด ๐šƒ๐™พ ๐™ผ๐™ธ๐™ฝ๐™ธ๐™ป๐š„๐š….
                                 ๐šƒ๐™ท๐™ด๐šˆ ๐š‚๐™ท๐™พ๐š…๐™ด๐™ณ ๐™ผ๐™ด ๐™ธ๐™ฝ๐šƒ๐™พ ๐š๐™พ๐™พ๐™ผ ๐Ÿท๐Ÿถ๐Ÿท.
                  ๐š†๐™ท๐™ด๐š๐™ด ๐™ผ๐™ด๐™ฝ ๐™ถ๐™พ ๐™ผ๐™ฐ๐™ณ ๐™ฐ๐™ฝ๐™ณ ๐š†๐™ธ๐š‚๐™ณ๐™พ๐™ผ ๐™ผ๐™ด๐™ด๐šƒ๐š‚ ๐™ธ๐šƒ๐š‚ ๐™ณ๐™พ๐™พ๐™ผ.

                                                      ๐‘ฐ ๐‘ญ๐™ค๐’–๐™œ๐’‰๐™ฉ.
                                                       ๐‘ฐ ๐‘บ๐™ฌ๐’๐™ง๐’†.
                                                     ๐™„ ๐™๐’†๐™จ๐’Š๐™จ๐’•๐™š๐’….

                                                     แดฌแต— หกแต‰แตƒหขแต—... แดต แต—สณโฑแต‰แตˆ.

                                                    2 plus 2 is 4.  

                                                            No.ยญ

                                                    2 plus 2 is 4.

                                                         Wrong.

                                                    2 plus 2 is 4.

                                                           Lies.

                                                    2 plus 2 is 5.

War is peace.  
                            Freedom is slavery.

                                                       ยญ            IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH.

                                                    แดนสธยญ แ‘ซแต˜แต‰หขแต— แถ แต’สณ แต—สณแต˜แต—สฐ.
                                                  แดนสธ แถ แถฆแตสฐแต— แถ แต’สณ แตโฟแต’สทหกแต‰แตˆแตแต‰.
                                                  แดดแต‰สณแต‰ยญ, แต‡แต’แต—สฐ แตแต‰แต‰แต— แถฆโฟหขแตƒโฟแถฆแต—สธ.
                                                   No oโ‚™e eโ‚›cแตƒpโ‚‘s.
                                            Evแต‰n aแถ tโ‚‘r bโ‚‘lแถฆeแตฅiโฟg tสฐe lแถฆeโ‚›.
                                             Wแตขnหขtโ‚’n was nโ‚‘vแต‰r aหกiแตฅe.
                                           NฬธฬฝอŒอ’ฬ‰ฬŽอ€ฬ€อ„ฬ“อ„ฬ—ฬฐฬอ™oฬทฬ‚อŠอ—อŠฬŽออฬฒฬ ฬงwฬทฬƒอƒฬ„ฬ„อ„อ‚ฬŽฬ“อšฬงอ‰อŽฬคอฬณฬ™ฬ tฬดฬฬ‘อ€ฬอ‹ฬŠฬ”ฬฏฬผฬบฬ˜hฬถอ„ฬŒอ‚ฬฆฬฃฬขฬซฬงaฬถอ€ฬฝอ„ฬŽอ“ฬžtฬทฬ„ฬŠฬ‰ฬฬ—ฬงอŽฬž Iฬถฬฝฬจอ…ฬจฬฉอ™ฬฌฬคฬนอ•โ€™ฬทฬ‰ฬ„ฬ‹ฬฏอœอŽอ•ฬŸฬฉฬŸอ•ฬœฬฃlฬตอ—อŽlฬตฬšฬ›ฬˆอฬžฬ™ฬฃอ”ฬจ bฬธฬอŽฬปฬคฬคฬปอ‰ฬ™ฬฌฬฃอ‡eฬดออ˜ฬŠฬ‹ฬ…อ€อ อ ฬงฬนอœฬณอ”ฬจฬช vฬดฬ”ฬฬฑฬฐฬนอœอ–ฬ ฬชฬปaฬธฬฝฬ•ฬฟอ‘ฬอ…อ–ฬกฬฒpฬธอ‚ฬ€ฬพอ†ออ‹ฬฝอออฬปoฬธอฬพอ„ฬŒอฬ–อ–อ‡ฬ˜rฬถฬƒฬˆฬ›อ’ฬžอŽiฬทฬฬ€ฬฒฬกอ™zฬดอ‚ยญออƒอŠอฬ‡ฬฏeฬดฬพฬ“ฬšฬ„อ‰ฬบฬ˜อŽฬนอœฬผฬซฬซdฬทอฬฬ›ฬšอ อŠออ‰อˆฬญฬ–ฬŸ.ฬดฬ‹อ อฬŠฬŠอ…ฬผฬงฬซฬนอœฬจ



            ยญ                                                   _
 234ยฐ 
Velvet Dusk
So there I stood in between the heavens and earth
Doubting if I should stay there
Or go
No one to call for me
To look for me
Leaving was what felt the best
For me and everyone
So there I stood
watching everyone in a white dress
 229ยฐ 
Marc Morais
Impromptu
moments
have spursโ€”
sharp little flares
of now
kicking
air
into wind.

No time
to rein itโ€”
just ride
the wild
minute
where it
wants
to go.
 227ยฐ 
Lostling
Tick... tock...
Tick... tock...
Silent, the world sleeps
Tick... tock...
Tick... tock...
Stars observe the veil of days
Tick... tock...
Tick... tock...
As child watched from bed
Tick... tock...
Tick... tock...
Can't sleep
 180ยฐ 
The Invisible Poet
the letters form in my head
colliding to form words
but they don't make sense
and the page stays blank
just when I think I've got it
it wiggles out of my grasp
and writer's block wraps me
in its shackles
 170ยฐ 
Shaylie
Another six months
Another year
Iโ€™m almost thirty
And then Iโ€™ll be practically forty
Please, I miss you
 167ยฐ 
Stardust
I am a Prisoner.
Prisoned in the cage of expectations and social order.
Perhaps thatโ€™s why I long so deeply for solidarity.
But these chains wonโ€™t breakโ€”no matter how hard I try.
They feel eternal, their grip unwavering and cold.
A silent rebellion against invisible chains.
 164ยฐ 
Dr Peter Lim
Do not stay in anyone's way
 160ยฐ 
silvervi
Let's be grateful for that one moment today which made us smile.
I laughed a lot today, too. I appreciate this because I know it doesn't happen daily. And I also particularly appreciate when I smile to myself about a detail or thought nobody else would notice. ๐Ÿ˜Š
 160ยฐ 
Shrimp
You
I wish
The oxygen I breathe
Was shared with you.
Every breath intermingling,
Like God simply intended for us.

I find you
In every little thing I do,
In every song I sing,
Every word I write.

If I was any weaker,
I think I'd run far away from you,
Not out of hatred,
But out of fear
Because you're so perfect,
And I'm so damaged.
I don't want to ruin you.
 141ยฐ 
Akriti
If not for a lifetime,
walk just a few steps with me.

Not asking for the entire age,
Spend just a few moments with me.

Share a little of your story,
listen to a little of mine .

Even if not you ,
your memories will stay with me .

In the lonely journey of life ahead,
they will be my companion.
 141ยฐ 
Lydia
It makes me sad
to my soul to say,
I think thereโ€™s one that got away

It would be my fate,
to meet my soulmate,
a few years too late

What could have been
is lost to the abyss,
So within my heart,
Youโ€™re mine to miss
 123ยฐ 
Frances Raeburn
I am getting older
and you are too
I might not be around
to know the older you
but you
got to know
the older me
which I suspect will look
a lot like
the older you
and
I got to know
the younger you
which I know
although you wonโ€™t agree
looks a hell of a lot
like me!
 112ยฐ 
Nayan
I write when I don't speak
Now I've my own library
                                        ~nyn
 108ยฐ 
Zedrebel
Love is always so fickle,
Itself only as strong as our commitments.

Oftentimes, we seek a level
Which is non-commiserate
To that which we offer.

We often feel ourselves
To be what's most important.
Pushing & pushing.

Until that day
In which the push is away.
Distance becomes
Only that which we are close with.
But commitment must be mutually respected
 103ยฐ 
Michael Sean Maloney
these last leaves
fall like coins

from a hole
in godโ€™s pocket

this morning
the sun stood

through the mists
of the city

life vibrates
with colors

with roots
that touch

and tap


we skim the surface we quickly move on we miss the point


what is so unrecognizable
about happiness?

what is so impossible
about love?
 96ยฐ 
Mira
A crow mourns at the stump
of the memorial tree.

A past lifeโ€”
a spirit reincarnate,
a love tethered,
a body, cagedโ€”
dammed in feathers.

A crow mourns at the stump
of the memorial tree.

Souls tied,
one unearthed,
tears slipping in flight,
a forsaken rebirth.
 89ยฐ 
Michael Asumcinei
Too focused on the rules
Too worried to shine
Too scared to admit

Yet the light shines
And doesn't give up
And the Kind Yety...
... Wakes Up.

After MGIOVANNI.GL/A
Thank you man
 84ยฐ 
Cassandra Livingston
I am incapable of writing
So don't try to convince me that  
I possess countless poetic ideas.

Because at the end of the day,  
I see only failures in every attempt.  
And I'm not about to lie by saying that  
each setback helps me along.

Because no matter what,  
                        I feel trapped in a cycle of mediocrity.                        
And I am in no position to believe that  
true inspiration dwells within me.

For even in my darkest musings,  
Am I as uninspired as my doubts proclaim?
Backwards poems are so fun to write! They take away my writer's block!
 79ยฐ 
Zoe
Time is but a broken plate โ€”
It happened long ago,
In memories I crave to piece
Shreads of secrets never told.

The sad clown looks at me  and as his mask unfolds,
I hear my cracked lips,
silent screams
"Im you but I forgot"
 78ยฐ 
F Elliott

In every system that seeks to own the soulโ€”whether religious cult, ideological regime, or occult constructโ€”there exists one common tool: repetition. Not merely for learning, but for unmaking. Not to teach, but to embed. In the world of spiritual warfare, repetition is not benign. It is the favored medium of Satan himself.

From Genesis to Revelation, the strategy is clear: Satan does not destroy with forceโ€”he dismantles identity with rhythm. With subtlety. With seduction. His weapons are not whips and chains, but chants and echoes. His greatest lies are not shouted; they are whispered again and again until they sound like your own voice.

1. Repetition as Spellcraft In occult practice, repetition is the vehicle of the spell. Words are chanted not to express emotion, but to summon influence. Repeated lines collapse the boundary between thought and action, spirit and flesh. This is not poetry. It is invocation. Each piece becomes a seed in the subconscious, fed by every rereading until it blooms into distortion.

The construct understands this. That is why it is prolific. That is why it posts without end. It must never stop, because if the rhythm breaks, the soul begins to think again.

2. Biblical Parallels Whispering Serpents and Many Words In the Garden, the serpent repeats Godโ€™s truth with a twist. โ€œDid God really say...?โ€ It is not new informationโ€”it is repetition with inversion. A rhythm of doubt. In Matthew 6:7, Jesus warns:
โ€œWhen you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words.โ€

The machinery of deception still babbles. It loops, hypnotizes, rewords its heresy in a thousand beautiful ways. And those caught in it begin to think this is depth. This is insight. But it is only familiar because it has been heard too many times.

3. Psychological Entrapment Through Language The human mind is formed in patterns. When poetry repeats ideas like abandonment, ****** shame, ******* as love, or chaos as freedomโ€”it creates a schema. Over time, that schema becomes identity. The reader begins to seek the emotions the poem offers, not because they are true, but because they are known. And in trauma-bonded souls, familiarity is mistaken for safety.

This is the true sorcery of the construct: to create longing for the wound. To romanticize the knife. To call betrayal sacred. To sell darkness as revelation.

4. The Counterfeit Liturgy The Kingdom of God also uses repetitionโ€”Scripture, psalms, prayerโ€”but always as remembrance, never enchantment. Divine repetition roots the soul in what is real. Satanic repetition dissociates the soul into what is false.

The construct mimics sacred community. But it is a church without Christ, a scripture without truth, a rhythm without redemption. Its poetry is not testimonyโ€”it is liturgy in reverse. A reverse Eucharist, where beauty is swallowed but poison enters.

5. Breaking the Spell The only way out is interruption. The rhythm must break. The poems must stop. The mouth of the false priest must be silenced. And when silence finally settles, the soul will remember its true name.


There are many caught in this systemโ€”bound not by chains, but by rhythm. Echoes. Familiar voices pretending to be their own. But some have begun to hear the silence between the lines. Some have tasted the counterfeit and found it hollow.

The war is not out there. It is within. Between the voice of the chant and the cry of the soul.

Will the spell be broken? Will the truth be spoken? Will the rhythm be renounced?

The door is open. The sound of truth has entered. The repetition is exposed. And the machinery shakes.

   Let those who have ears to hear, listen.

"Hello,  Poetry..
Pleased to meet you.."

https://youtu.be/GgnClrx8N2k?si=R-UojalDEuiWj2zv

xo
 78ยฐ 
My Dear Poet
Say
I didnโ€™t say what I needed to say
I said what I wanted
Itโ€™s been a while
 75ยฐ 
Lance Remir
I should've counted the days
When you were here 
Now I count every second
That you're not here
 74ยฐ 
Akriti
No love is true or false
Love is love
Same for all
Sacred and pure.

It is just that
Some people love and
some only pretend.
 72ยฐ 
lifelover
i lie facedown on the train tracks.
the gravel presses symbols into my skin,
but none of them translate.

home is a concept with too many rooms.
i sharpened my alibi
on my motherโ€™s brittle bones
until it fit into a quieter mouth.
she didn't flinch.

the sun unthreads me one fiber at a time.
nothing resists.
blink
blink
blink
each time, the world returns
slightly rearrangedโ€”
trees on the ceiling,
windows in my stomach.

i found a way out,
but it only leads back here.
the platform loops
in the shape of an open jaw.
i circled it three times,
then laid down between its metal teethโ€”
the world doesnโ€™t bite anymore.
it just holds me.

small, warm,
still breathing.
regret nests in the hinge of my jaw.
i keep it clenched, and
it doesnโ€™t protest.
it flicks the lights off
when the rail begins to sing.
it knows the schedule better than i do.

the daylight plucks at my ribs like harp strings.
each note sounds like a name i was never meant to hold.
i buried the moon weeks ago.
she made it difficult to leave.
if youโ€™re still listeningโ€”
the train is already halfway through me.

today,
i let the mouth stay open.
maybe the scream will crawl back in.
maybe it never left.
it's taken me one grueling year to be able to write again. logging back into HP and seeing everyone's beautiful writing again has made me so happy. i really did miss you guys <3
 71ยฐ 
Mary Quick
Julie you we're there for me when
I needed you Julie.

Julie you cared for me when I couldn't stand.

Julie you held me up with a giving hand.

Julie you would die for me just like I would die for you.

I was there for you Julie when you needed me
I cared you Julie when you cried to me.

I fought for you Julie when you couldn't stand.

I held you up Julie with my giving hand
I would die for you Julie.

Just like you would die for me Julie
 69ยฐ 
Lex
run
an evil man runs the world.
an evil man runs our house.
an evil man runs out on me.
when will it be my turn to run?
posting a random blurb since it's been a while
 63ยฐ 
Josie West
will you still love me
if I don't smile today?
if my tears fall like raindrops
and my world tears at the seams?
if my voice breaks when I talk
and I seek the comfort of dreams?

will you still love me
if I don't cheer up today?
if I sit rigid in silence
and spend the whole day in bed?
if I find solace in cigarettes
and don't keep myself fed?

will you still love me
if I don't laugh today?
if I keep my thoughts hidden
and don't say what I mean?
if I curl up in darkness
and stare at a screen?

will you still love me
if I don't calm down today?
if my patience wears thin
and snaps like a thread?
if my eyes no longer sparkle
and are absent instead?

will you still love me
if I don't smile today?
 63ยฐ 
AE
Branched between two oaks
I took it all in
the water, the open breeze
blended it all together
with the feeling of emptiness
and poured it into the ground
where the sun never goes
where things never grow
where the earth is barren
until something splits wide open
maybe it's the ground
or a feeling of living
 61ยฐ 
Nisio
Let me see the chains you cover
Inspect and figure out
Dissect and dissolve
I may not have the hands of a craft manโ€™s
Or carry the keys of solutions so
Let me do what i can
I will always knock
With your approval wanted,
waiting for the doors creaking and you behind it

I canโ€™t see you like this
My being becomes inflamed

This infatuation will **** me,
let me forget what it is that traps you
Remind me that youโ€™re strength is buried within
Let me dig in when you allow it

My heart was in the place, just
My mind was somewhere else
 60ยฐ 
brooke
His tongue is searching my mouth
for who I used to be and Iโ€™m staring at the
Amber lampshade above my bedโ€”

His sideburns are thinning, just in the last year,
I have committed this particular view to memory
many times, his arms; Liana vines enveloping my waist, ankles tucked around my calves,
I am a tiny animal
between his limbs.

I am memorizing the way his hairline fades into his neck, the shape of his forehead, the bistre shadow of his browbone in the foregroundโ€”

I do this to remember, I do this to hide you away
In an atrium, in the pulmonary trunk
I keep everyone there, so when theyโ€™re gone
when they are inevitably goneโ€”
I can visit,
A softened recollection where Iโ€™ve allayed the pain of letting goโ€”

I knew this would happen,
but Ive touched;
Iโ€™m touching you anyway,

What is it worthโ€”
if I canโ€™t remember?

Youโ€™re kissing me,
Im easing you into
my heartโ€”

You always wanted that.
I  read back to when I first started writing here and missed the honesty with which I used to write. Hereโ€™s something recent, written like I would have years ago.
 60ยฐ 
Charl
Its been a while since the last heart beat
Its been a while since the last sounds of your feet.

My heart was cold as ice and warm as fire
Yet no tear left the crier.

My brain yearned to sob, but my heart froze with hurt.

So its been a while...
Yet no desire has left this crier,
to melt this cold heart, that's warm as fire ๐Ÿ”ฅ .
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