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Robert Ippaso Aug 2020
Defeated , deflated,
despondent, degraded,
All fun out the door,
Am I mad to want more?

Hyenas all circling,
Baying and burbling,
They hunt for a thrill
The chase and the ****.

Bombarded, lambasted,
Prodded and tested,
My world pandemonium,
Surrounded by odium.

I've worked and I've tried
For greatness I've strived,
So little compassion
Today's angry fashion.

All I now say,
All I now do,
Battered and burned,
No sympathy earned.

Yet on I go,
I toil and I sow,
For a better tomorrow
Masking my sorrow.

But let the chips fall,
I'll weather this squall,
I'm great at this game
Who then will they blame?
Kale Aug 2020
I guess I am dead now
The love that kept me grounded
Was whisked away by
The cruel hand of misfortune
And I was a fool
I didn't see it coming
The idea that I was hoping
Things would be long lasting
I was wrong
Now my cold heart beats
Twice as slow
Will you cry at my funeral
My love?
I'm sorry
I should have been there
To protect you
To love you
To fight for you harder
But you know fate
Always giving me the bad cards
In any case
I think I am leaving this earthly plane
And I'm sorry
I couldn't hold on
I couldn't live in this broken world
Without you
Lulu Sarmiento Aug 2020
Fire blazes.
Wind lashes.
Water engulfs.
Earth devours.

But do not leave.
Instead, live.
You are strong—
Enough to lead a throng.
Rph Sumita Nath Aug 2020
Dust touches the Picture Frame
Long lost memories we Name
She looks like a Monkie
And dance as a Spunkie
Letters for her I Write
That always turns to a Fight
Whenever I call her Fatty
She cries like a Catty
Fun we have in the Town
Won memories like a Clown    
No matter where they did Lost
But want to regain it at any Cost.
E Jul 2020
Oof
Only
Oranges
Fight
Indigo Jul 2020
A bitter taste upon my tongue reveals that you are near.
Cleansing flames fueled by rage ***** out bits of fear.
I scream and shout my call to arms knowing you won’t hear,
Or understand my battle cry; there is no love lost here.
JAC Jul 2020
How do we
show you that
this is not
something we
want to be
fighting for
'til we pass
torches to
children who
just begin
fighting where
we left off?
A little on the note, but it probably isn't the time for subtext anyway.
Black lives matter.
reyftamayo Jul 2020
sisinghap-singhap ang dekada
ng mga makabagong bayani
inaalat na tulad
ng mga butil-kaliskis na balakubak
kasingpait ng mga nakakubling libag
sa talampakan nitong maglulupa
wala na ang simoy
ng amihan sa kanayunan
pinalitan ng umaangil
na ulap ng nagbabagang pulbura
parito, paroon
palitan ng mga tinggang
hugis karayom
walang patawad na babaon sa kalamnan
ngunit ang mga bayani
ay hindi malilimutan
malibing man
maagnas at maisama
sa lupa nitong ipinaglaban
Giovanna Jul 2020
In the middle of a war,
maybe with no shore.
Not a defeater.
But no better.
Weary with no sword.
Not metres apart from being floored.

Stuck in the thought spiral.
Tears filled in a barrel.
Your arrival, a hope,
like a climb up rope.

Still in the fight.
Now standing upright.
A finger on the trigger,
with you as my aiding pillar.
There's someone always there to support you
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