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Carlo C Gomez Mar 2020
Hear the drumming?

On point
Off note

No tea
No sympathy

Battle drum
Stratagem

Clouded
Shroud

A waving flag
A wavering comfort

Peacefully
Pierced

Sharp pain
Dull wound

Pretty house with a white picket fence and dethorned rose garden, the bread crumbs lead to selfish tendencies

Detach
Separate

"Cut the kids in half"

Part for daddy
Part for mommy

Let them cry themselves to sleep
The drums shall stop

Divided worlds
United cruelty

Bedtime
Bedlam

Rush of blood
Knives out

The drumming never stops
Sudden isolation swallows them whole...
Alieze Jan 2020
I
In her eyes,
bitterness manifest,
from the throat which is dry,
a sad note of lullaby rest.
first poem. first and a small part of the whole.

by acknowledging the dark will you able to find light.
Sythin Voxe Jan 2020
You called my head "Madness"
when it's name was "Desire"
And you wore my skin for safety from all you'd thrown at my thought.

But I was taught,
'never surrender under focused fire,
just move out of the way,
so you don't get shot.'

With my dry bones beneath you,
you sought fire from the start.
You were a thief with a bullet
shaped like a heart.

And with brutal precision,
you aimed beneath your morality,
and no wishful decision
could have torn me from reality.

I held purpose and purity,
things I wanted to save for Sam.

But you sang my song for me,
and with swift hips,
and a good grip,

you decided who I am.
Sarah Delaney Jan 2020
I may never forget that night that you took what was not yours
But I must thank you in some odd way,
For you showed me who was there for me and who was not when I was at my lowest.
And I have found that cutting toxicity out of my life was necessary.
For if they cannot be there for me when I am  broken, they cannot be there at my peak.
Sarah Delaney Jan 2020
She asked for help,
But nobody was willing to believe her
Society told her to shut up and deal with it
Society stole her voice and hoped she would be compliant
But she is a warrior,
And her voice unwavering
Jane Jan 2020
She deserved it.
Everyone agrees with me.
The signals mixing with the cocktails
and I don't even know what time it is.

She had it coming.
Her parents told her so.
I was acting like any guy would. Should.
Skin taunting. Hips hypnotising me with
That rhythmic pulsing
Suggesting
Requesting.

She wanted it.
How was I supposed to know
when she bit her
lip that way, flirted that
way, smiled that
way, dressed
that
way
asked
for
it.

She did it to herself.
It's not my fault.
That's the way things are, right?
Writing prompt: you are the villain, but unaware of it.
Mark Toney Jan 2020
****** into a turbulent nexus
Exceeding ability to cope
Sucker-punched in my solar plexus
Victim of life's rope-a-dope


© 2020 by Mark Toney. All rights reserved.
01/01/2020 - Poetry form: Rhyme - Copyright © Mark Toney | Year Posted 2020
Q Dec 2019
there is no answer
no statement recorded
no such truth
that answers the souls yearning
...
other than
what is found within
-
we too often feel lost
stranded, abandoned
by the cosmic whole
without direction

but we were given everything
EVERYTHING
we need to find peace
within the being we animate

stop being a victim to life



s.q.



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thoughts from vipassana meditation and mom conversations


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Anita Daniel Dec 2019
I hate, detest and loathe when I boldly said No
And my body defied me and gave him the go ahead...
My body responded to his touch even when I did not consent to having coitus with him.
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