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"agonized" poems
Glance at the bullied survivor with no hair left at all, Look twice and you'll notice She's still standing tall. Watch the former gang leader, walking submissively, Look twice and see the trail of tears, As he searches for the winding road to recovery. Observe the old man scrawl a name in the snow, Look twice and see a father, Mourning his murdered daughter buried down below. Admire the woman you love for sure, Look twice and realize that, Due to her past abuse, she's still insecure. Witness the beating of a man done in vain, Beneath his unruly hair and dark eyes, look twice- Don't you see pain? I recognized the quiet woman, generous to the core. I looked twice and saw my mother, Still tortured by memories of the Vietnam War. Dismiss the endless news reports of crime and abuse, Look twice and understand, Violence starts with the power to choose. Awaken and see the world through new eyes, Look twice at society and find out, You've been telling yourself lies. See the disabled, the victims, those who made the wrong choices, Look twice and listen, Now can you hear their agonized voices? I realized the world was never the cordial society I'd dreamt it to be. I looked twice and found out, Stopping violence begins with me.
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Sep 28, 2013
Sep 28, 2013 at 9:44 AM UTC
LOOK TWICE- an anti-violence poem
The black horse of nocturnal dreams That of which the cursed angels sing The black horse Of man's design The black horse of untold times Braided mane fiery long and flowing Riding into the darkness all knowing I am that which feeds the demons fear Hidden in a blind man's tears The black horse of lost tomorrows The ghosts of suffering and sorrow Thundering hooves of the written word The sound of blood trumpets can be heard Bringer of nocturnal dreams That of which the dark angels sing. The black horse with deep earth eyes Vicious wind of the people cries The black horse of lost tomorrows The ghosts of suffering and sorrow        The listener of your agonized screams The bearer of your darkest dreams @ Copyright Tammy M Darby  3/6/2016
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Mar 6, 2016
Mar 6, 2016 at 5:29 PM UTC
The Black Horse
I never could quite imagine the day When a creature quite as wry and presumptuous Would break so serendipitously. She lay ruptured in the desultory plantation The Stygian colour of her fur rebelled against the sage of the contiguous earth And her eyes mimicked nothing but the pain that consumed her current thoughts. Her body was transfixed in an inert trance The fur on her hunched spine quavered in a subdued zephyr Quiet insecurities were hid well in her tranquil pained state. The moon intently watched me Waiting for me to alleviate the agonized entity But solicitousness was blank in my frozen psyche. The moonlight pierced the fox with intimacy I grimaced in the realization I had failed the universe With my perennial void mind broken in vain. The fox gathered some stoicism The blessing of the moon granted requital As the fox proceeded to maul my perception. I accepted my retribution with ratification As I was the soul who violated the creature A skirmish that clung to grandeur.
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Apr 25, 2015
Apr 25, 2015 at 4:47 AM UTC
Wounded Black Fox
Oh, may I join the choir invisible Of those immortal dead who live again In minds made better by their presence; live In pulses stirred to generosity, In deeds of daring rectitude, in scorn For miserable aims that end with self, In thoughts sublime that pierce the night like stars, And with their mild persistence urge men's search To vaster issues. So to live is heaven: To make undying music in the world, Breathing a beauteous order that controls With growing sway the growing life of man. So we inherit that sweet purity For which we struggled, failed, and agonized With widening retrospect that bred despair. Rebellious flesh that would not be subdued, A vicious parent shaming still its child, Poor anxious penitence, is quick dissolved; Its discords, quenched by meeting harmonies, Die in the large and charitable air, And all our rarer, better, truer self That sobbed religiously in yearning song, That watched to ease the burden of the world, Laboriously tracing what must be, And what may yet be better, -- saw within A worthier image for the sanctuary, And shaped it forth before the multitude, Divinely human, raising worship so To higher reverence more mixed with love, -- That better self shall live till human Time Shall fold its eyelids, and the human sky Be gathered like a scroll within the tomb Unread forever. This is life to come, -- Which martyred men have made more glorious For us who strive to follow. May I reach That purest heaven, -- be to other souls The cup of strength in some great agony, Enkindle generous ardor, feed pure love, Beget the smiles that have no cruelty, Be the sweet presence of a good diffused, And in diffusion ever more intense! So shall I join the choir invisible Whose music is the gladness of the world.
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The Choir Invisible
Oh, may I join the choir invisible Of those immortal dead who live again In minds made better by their presence; live In pulses stirred to generosity, In deeds of daring rectitude, in scorn For miserable aims that end with self, In thoughts sublime that pierce the night like stars, And with their mild persistence urge men's search To vaster issues. So to live is heaven: To make undying music in the world, Breathing a beauteous order that controls With growing sway the growing life of man. So we inherit that sweet purity For which we struggled, failed, and agonized With widening retrospect that bred despair. Rebellious flesh that would not be subdued, A vicious parent shaming still its child, Poor anxious penitence, is quick dissolved; Its discords, quenched by meeting harmonies, Die in the large and charitable air, And all our rarer, better, truer self That sobbed religiously in yearning song, That watched to ease the burden of the world, Laboriously tracing what must be, And what may yet be better, -- saw within A worthier image for the sanctuary, And shaped it forth before the multitude, Divinely human, raising worship so To higher reverence more mixed with love, -- That better self shall live till human Time Shall fold its eyelids, and the human sky Be gathered like a scroll within the tomb Unread forever. This is life to come, -- Which martyred men have made more glorious For us who strive to follow. May I reach That purest heaven, -- be to other souls The cup of strength in some great agony, Enkindle generous ardor, feed pure love, Beget the smiles that have no cruelty, Be the sweet presence of a good diffused, And in diffusion ever more intense! So shall I join the choir invisible Whose music is the gladness of the world.
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Heaven . . .  Have Mercy . . . Rest, rest, rest, for ye be none, pitiful Fallen One. Quivering bows flow over grave strings bassoons and basset horns ring pounding timpani’s announce: Master of the Holy Choir - -  Renounced - - Vain, fluttering heart sublimely denounced, scorned; fouled, ousted: Horned. Wailing strings, bassoons, basset horns, thundering kettle drums lift angelic voices to glorious requiem. Pleas for Eternal Light’s remain in wings refrain. Heavenly Chorus' cradle to sustain, mercy to soften disdain. The Holy Oracle contests -- to no avail. Siblings’ choir protests. Beauty beyond measure, Angel of pure, Divine tessitura, Absolution for Thee? Foretellers of dark illusion open Holy Scriptures to reveal the drone of Eternal Damnation: trumpets of ill drag Thee to Hell. Deep, ephemeral rhythms exalt dancing strings, seal destinies -- Kiss The Almighty King. Glory be unto His Majestic Reign, Will Supreme, Tremendous, Powerful, Holy Being. Scribes record, recite this dreadful day, condemn Thee: Fallen One. trumpets lament, strings mock this unholy, forbidden way. Bows flutter -- a memoir of redemption. Cries of confusion dissipate   into muffled choirs, murmurings of deliverance. Delicate chants beg for forgiveness; a Soul’s salvation, fusion. To no avail! Turbulent strings strike the Holy Duel in wrath, writhing hatred, majestic wings tumble -- twist to wrenched ****** Death devours, Birth becomes the Fallen One. Angelic dissolution -- distraught, agonized Ethereal, Eternally beautify these ghostly, trembling winds, strings, harpsichord, drums. Voices of brotherhood remembered, cushion Angel’s earthly descent. Breathe into infantile genius heavenly symphonies to sweeten a life trapped, scorned, condemned, mourned Love of God: Amadé
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Jul 17, 2012
Jul 17, 2012 at 11:02 AM UTC
Love Of God
Heaven . . .  Have Mercy . . . Rest, rest, rest, for ye be none, pitiful Fallen One. Quivering bows flow over grave strings bassoons and basset horns ring pounding timpani’s announce: Master of the Holy Choir - -  Renounced - - Vain, fluttering heart sublimely denounced, scorned; fouled, ousted: Horned. Wailing strings, bassoons, basset horns, thundering kettle drums lift angelic voices to glorious requiem. Pleas for Eternal Light’s remain in wings refrain. Heavenly Chorus' cradle to sustain, mercy to soften disdain. The Holy Oracle contests -- to no avail. Siblings’ choir protests. Beauty beyond measure, Angel of pure, Divine tessitura, Absolution for Thee? Foretellers of dark illusion open Holy Scriptures to reveal the drone of Eternal Damnation: trumpets of ill drag Thee to Hell. Deep, ephemeral rhythms exalt dancing strings, seal destinies -- Kiss The Almighty King. Glory be unto His Majestic Reign, Will Supreme, Tremendous, Powerful, Holy Being. Scribes record, recite this dreadful day, condemn Thee: Fallen One. trumpets lament, strings mock this unholy, forbidden way. Bows flutter -- a memoir of redemption. Cries of confusion dissipate   into muffled choirs, murmurings of deliverance. Delicate chants beg for forgiveness; a Soul’s salvation, fusion. To no avail! Turbulent strings strike the Holy Duel in wrath, writhing hatred, majestic wings tumble -- twist to wrenched ****** Death devours, Birth becomes the Fallen One. Angelic dissolution -- distraught, agonized Ethereal, Eternally beautify these ghostly, trembling winds, strings, harpsichord, drums. Voices of brotherhood remembered, cushion Angel’s earthly descent. Breathe into infantile genius heavenly symphonies to sweeten a life trapped, scorned, condemned, mourned Love of God: Amadé
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Chaos humdrum of roaring engines. The lost siren between concrete slabs Ricocheting its scream throughout the hallway streets, already echoing with horns and yells. Sleepless and ever burning, the city lurches on in agonizing sounds muffled between high rise pristine glass and shanty shacks painted with dust. The frantic commotion of agonized madness, In zigzag traffic and potholed roads. The stop and start of hustle and frustration Rises and falls like a dancing dust storm. Everything present in a quieter world is lost in the struggle of city life. There's no peace or silence here. Just constant exhaustion in the luminescent roar of human chaos. 26 Dec. 2015
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Jan 31, 2016
Jan 31, 2016 at 7:32 AM UTC
City Chaos
Remembering the pain on that cold dark winter’s day, being turned out at your door while snow around me lay. Without a word of comfort just a hug and cheap goodbye, I agonized to figure what had gone so wrong and why. Losing all I was that day, I cried for years to come. Why did you betray your friend, your joy, your love? All consuming was the freedom that so quickly pulled me in, while it ****** the breath from me as I struggled in my skin. Looking back on the road that has brought me here today, Remembering the magic and the crashes on life’s way. Recalling all the love and pain, I would not turn away, from all the joy I would have missed along love’s blinding way.
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Aug 21, 2012
Aug 21, 2012 at 9:28 PM UTC
GOODBYE
67 Success is counted sweetest By those who ne’er succeed. To comprehend a nectar Requires sorest need. Not one of all the purple Host Who took the Flag today Can tell the definition So clear of Victory As he defeated—dying— On whose forbidden ear The distant strains of triumph Burst agonized and clear!
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Success is counted sweetest
chocolate fills the gaps between my soul and the places    their hands    press cotton candy bruises into milky flesh while strawberry syrup pools   on    the     floor and the     ginger ale that oozes from agonized eyes     burns their       faces into   my retinae
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Nov 3, 2015
Nov 3, 2015 at 9:58 AM UTC
Sugar Rush
I love you. Since I saw the cracks in your bookshelf, Your graceful hair intertwined with your shoulders, The way you throw your head back and laugh. If you are Juliet, I am death, And I wonder how the snake felt, Knowing he allowed Eve the apple. I should hold my forked tongue, For I know you would care for no, Walking nervous breakdown. Who could? But this agonized black mass, Writhing inside me, where my heart should be, Barely living, barely dying. Masquerading passion, good will. I just need you to shoot it.
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Apr 7, 2021
Apr 7, 2021 at 3:45 PM UTC
The Dirt in Eden
I felt bad about that day When I shot, stabbed, and threw you away I felt regret, I felt agonized Is it to late to Apologize? I attacked you, and hit you hard I left you buried in my backyard I tried to dig you, but you weren't there I gave you pain that I cannot bear I made it up to you by suicide Is it to late to Apologize? I felt misery I cannoit lie But I promise you, I did try I looked for you everyday I just could not stay away I tried and tried every night Hoping that I just might make it right. I then became traumatize So tell me, Is it to late to Apologize?
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Apr 12, 2014
Apr 12, 2014 at 10:44 PM UTC
Is it to Late to Apologize?
Not from this anger, anticlimax after Refusal struck her **** and the lame flower Bent like a beast to lap the singular floods In a land strapped by hunger Shall she receive a bellyful of weeds And bear those tendril hands I touch across The agonized, two seas. Behind my head a square of sky sags over The circular smile tossed from lover to lover And the golden ball spins out of the skies; Not from this anger after Refusal struck like a bell under water Shall her smile breed that mouth, behind the mirror, That burns along my eyes.
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Not From This Anger
“Beneath the willow She’s singing Beneath the willow She’s waiting. Beneath the willow Under the willow Her body Is now laid to rest” A simple rhythm I follow A simple tune I hum A simple song I used to sing In those days, When I was young But I’m not a kid Not like the other kids They form a circle. Hands held together. Dance around; Enjoy singing I, On the other hand, Kept thinking And thinking. Why is there a willow? Why is the woman there? “Laid to rest”. How? Shot, eaten, Poisoned? May have died of old age. May have not. I wanted to know… Already 18; I went into the woods. Looked for the willow I know Two before, now three. To the center willow; “What was she singing? Why was she here?” There was nothing. Just dead silence. Asked again, Yet no response. Maybe, just maybe I’m already losing my mind I needed rest. Something startled me. A stone, Not any kind of stone. A graveyard stone So old; Dirt covered the entirety, Although I have read these words. “My beloved Willow, For whoever finds your grave Will be your eternal companion” Is it just me? Or is my mind on it again? Doing its tricks, Because of a graveyard stone? Wind blew for a moment As if someone passed by Then I heard it, I heard the song. I saw a woman, Heard her singing. I stood there, Paralyzed In a long white gown Hair dangling, Towards me, She walked. Run… Run!! RUN!!! Screaming in my head. But I couldn’t She got hold of me Her hands, Gripping tightly my arms. I could not escape, I could not run Gripping me, Still singing “Beneath the willows You’re singing Beneath the willows You’re waiting Beneath the willows Under the willows Your body Will be laid to rest” Her head is up. Her eyes, Bloodshot red. Gazing into my very soul. “Let go of me Please let go.” Remains in my head No word can I speak. Feeling heavy Helpless As I try, Making an inch move, I am slowly devoured. Not by her. A willow. Not two Not three Just one ****** willow Slowly Crushing me Can’t get out Nowhere to escape STOP!!! STOP!!! Trying to catch my breath Agonized, screaming Endlessly. NOOOO!!! Fully consuming me. Awakened by my mother. Embrace, she whispers, “It was all just a dream. My only beloved Willow”.
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Oct 23, 2018
Oct 23, 2018 at 6:11 PM UTC
BENEATH THE WILLOW
“Beneath the willow She’s singing Beneath the willow She’s waiting. Beneath the willow Under the willow Her body Is now laid to rest” A simple rhythm I follow A simple tune I hum A simple song I used to sing In those days, When I was young But I’m not a kid Not like the other kids They form a circle. Hands held together. Dance around; Enjoy singing I, On the other hand, Kept thinking And thinking. Why is there a willow? Why is the woman there? “Laid to rest”. How? Shot, eaten, Poisoned? May have died of old age. May have not. I wanted to know… Already 18; I went into the woods. Looked for the willow I know Two before, now three. To the center willow; “What was she singing? Why was she here?” There was nothing. Just dead silence. Asked again, Yet no response. Maybe, just maybe I’m already losing my mind I needed rest. Something startled me. A stone, Not any kind of stone. A graveyard stone So old; Dirt covered the entirety, Although I have read these words. “My beloved Willow, For whoever finds your grave Will be your eternal companion” Is it just me? Or is my mind on it again? Doing its tricks, Because of a graveyard stone? Wind blew for a moment As if someone passed by Then I heard it, I heard the song. I saw a woman, Heard her singing. I stood there, Paralyzed In a long white gown Hair dangling, Towards me, She walked. Run… Run!! RUN!!! Screaming in my head. But I couldn’t She got hold of me Her hands, Gripping tightly my arms. I could not escape, I could not run Gripping me, Still singing “Beneath the willows You’re singing Beneath the willows You’re waiting Beneath the willows Under the willows Your body Will be laid to rest” Her head is up. Her eyes, Bloodshot red. Gazing into my very soul. “Let go of me Please let go.” Remains in my head No word can I speak. Feeling heavy Helpless As I try, Making an inch move, I am slowly devoured. Not by her. A willow. Not two Not three Just one ****** willow Slowly Crushing me Can’t get out Nowhere to escape STOP!!! STOP!!! Trying to catch my breath Agonized, screaming Endlessly. NOOOO!!! Fully consuming me. Awakened by my mother. Embrace, she whispers, “It was all just a dream. My only beloved Willow”.
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Yellow and crimson is the fruit Beckoning to be a moment's pleasure Eating fruit, a sure pleasure, Instant is the gratification Memory is witness To the happiness it brought Left in agonizing want One looks for more Discouraged, defeated, Agonized to know it passed Lo and behold, all has changed For action of eating Had its own reaction Unknown of what will be Opening eyes to witness the reaction that kept going like a brand of battery Energizer with long life Blink not for it's alive Asking  mind to follow Follow like never before And sleep no more Yellow and crimson is the fruit Beckoning to be a moment's pleasure Eating fruit, a sure pleasure, Instant is the gratification Memory is witness To the happiness it brought ©TRP
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Dec 5, 2015
Dec 5, 2015 at 2:27 PM UTC
Forbidden Fruit
*In a great fountain garden, tulips and lovely flowers bloom, vibrant colours give life to the Hampton Court Palace Catherine of Aragon sat with grace, watching the tranquil sky as the bird sends sweet greetings She slowly wipe the sadness coming from her eyes The Roman Catholic fell down from King Henry's hand as the pope opposed his wish Tyranny started to rule, 20 years of love and struggles come to an end 'Oh father, my heart is in pieces. Spare me the light, make me alive.' Catherine whispered an agonized cry begging for mercy in the Heaven's above, she stood up and smiled in so much pain Then slowly, she walked away knowing Henry and Anne Boleyn is in a happy place.* a.k
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Feb 21, 2015
Feb 21, 2015 at 4:01 PM UTC
Catherine of Aragon
Cockroaches in striped pajamas stained by the scent of snow-melted blood under a compassionate moon. No reflection to admire other than the eyes of a thousand miserable and sordid puppets with shaven heads and wooden clogged shoes. God and their souls murdered by a vile evolution, crucibles of Jewish remains. Rabbis and priests, scholars and the poor: moving targets with stars on their sleeves. Naked souls waited, listening to the gods of old Germany. “Zieh dich aus! (Take off your clothes!)” They shouted, pushing them further into the chamber. The doors closed shut behind them. A deathly fog clouded among them, putting them to drown under a thick green darkness. Agonized voices shredded apart as their nails clawed at the concrete walls. Women and children held each other tight, whispering Kaddish, hoping and praying. Twenty minutes of shouting and stumbling, Twenty minutes of spluttering and gargling. The little ones witness the eyes of their guardians writhe and turn white, as their bodies jolted as their lives were stolen. The gods finally entered to clear the room, to pile the dead onto the carts, to visit the crematorium. To finally shovel the mounds of striped clothing, to recycle and burn the rest. But this end comes as a sweet release as their ashes were sent through the chimneys and into the air to rest in their graves.
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Sep 12, 2014
Sep 12, 2014 at 3:16 PM UTC
Zakar (זָכַר)
He calls himself Dr Swalik Take a long sharp skewer Pierce the body in numerous places But please, please do not pierce any vital organs Place said scammer in a pre heated oven 100 degrees or gas Mark 4 When the agonized screams have reached their loudest Reduce the heat Baste liberally with honey and olive oil Add chopped herbs of your choice Re baste the scammer and turn up the heat Gas Mark 7 would be about right When the skin is crisp and golden brown Serve up the scammer on a wooden platter Serve with buttered new potatoes And **** apple sauce
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Sep 21, 2015
Sep 21, 2015 at 7:27 AM UTC
To Cook A Hello Poetry Scammer
Even though disappointed thousand times or struck in a fight, She is now finally rising from her life's darkest night. So, today I stand here, Afraid to reveal my heights recite my ideas, and fight for my rights. You detained me of my will, Agonized my mind descended my skill. And confining me to fork and knife, Yes, it is true that this Is the story of my life. She who was pressed from all sides remained victorious in her spirits overcoming her fetters giving wings to her mind. She, the nucleus of our society deprived of her living, with a tormented mind and fractured within her own kind. If she tends to be so weak, Then the future of our country is bleak.
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Apr 10, 2014
Apr 10, 2014 at 9:44 AM UTC
Give Her The Wings
Old Harold lived on the second floor In a darkened room with an old locked door. My cousins and I used to tease him there, And he’d chase us out, give us a scare. I didn’t know exactly who he was, “He’s a mean old man,” said my favorite cos’. “Grandma let him live here after Grandpa died. She doesn’t even like him and we don’t know why.” When he was out we would take a peek. Around the ocher walls and his bed we’d sneak. There was nothing but an iron bunk And a glass-front chest filled with lots of junk. One day Old Harold must have complained About our pestering…we really were pains! But no parent’s lecture could keep us away. And Grandma’s yelling at him not to stay. Old Uncle Harold disappeared for years. We would make up stories for littler ears. But one day my father had news of him. He lived with “a harlot” and his checks she’d skim. I was old enough to know what it meant And asked Dad why uncle Harold seemed bent. “He was gassed in the War in a field at Verdun.” Dad told me in a tone that left me stunned; “And was then sent around to pick up the dead. With the gas and the horror, his mind just went.” Now I recalled all the times we had teased And agonized him when we should have pleased. But now it was too late to apologize, He was so lost, he wouldn’t recognize His grown tormentors, when he hardly Knew my father, the kindly mentor, Who visited him every week, Who paid for anything to make him last, And reminded him of better times past; Telling him of the time he caught a butterfly And brought it to show the girls and guys. How he wanted to let it fly away, But when the boys had killed it anyway. He cried and was called a coward then, And as my father spoke and wept again. Old Uncle Harold died alone In a sterile, cold-floored nursing home. None but Dad came to grieve And I, only an hour away, shunned the feeling and just felt numb, Until Dad called and told me the story Of Harold’s death and only then Could I say, “I’m sorry!” to his ghost. I should have said it long ago; the one who Maddened him least repented the most. If I could say “Sorry” for the times we made him shout. I realised he’d just have yelled, “Get the hell out!”
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Dec 3, 2018
Dec 3, 2018 at 11:00 AM UTC
Old Uncle Harold
Old Harold lived on the second floor In a darkened room with an old locked door. My cousins and I used to tease him there, And he’d chase us out, give us a scare. I didn’t know exactly who he was, “He’s a mean old man,” said my favorite cos’. “Grandma let him live here after Grandpa died. She doesn’t even like him and we don’t know why.” When he was out we would take a peek. Around the ocher walls and his bed we’d sneak. There was nothing but an iron bunk And a glass-front chest filled with lots of junk. One day Old Harold must have complained About our pestering…we really were pains! But no parent’s lecture could keep us away. And Grandma’s yelling at him not to stay. Old Uncle Harold disappeared for years. We would make up stories for littler ears. But one day my father had news of him. He lived with “a harlot” and his checks she’d skim. I was old enough to know what it meant And asked Dad why uncle Harold seemed bent. “He was gassed in the War in a field at Verdun.” Dad told me in a tone that left me stunned; “And was then sent around to pick up the dead. With the gas and the horror, his mind just went.” Now I recalled all the times we had teased And agonized him when we should have pleased. But now it was too late to apologize, He was so lost, he wouldn’t recognize His grown tormentors, when he hardly Knew my father, the kindly mentor, Who visited him every week, Who paid for anything to make him last, And reminded him of better times past; Telling him of the time he caught a butterfly And brought it to show the girls and guys. How he wanted to let it fly away, But when the boys had killed it anyway. He cried and was called a coward then, And as my father spoke and wept again. Old Uncle Harold died alone In a sterile, cold-floored nursing home. None but Dad came to grieve And I, only an hour away, shunned the feeling and just felt numb, Until Dad called and told me the story Of Harold’s death and only then Could I say, “I’m sorry!” to his ghost. I should have said it long ago; the one who Maddened him least repented the most. If I could say “Sorry” for the times we made him shout. I realised he’d just have yelled, “Get the hell out!”
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Alexander K Opicho (Eldoret,Kenya;[email protected]) Sembene Ouasmane the son of a fisherman the son of wolof tribesmen the owners of Atlantic you are a bad liar, my kinsman and foreman why didn't you wait for me to grow up you only belied to me for your to die earlier i begged for your pipe for i also to **** it with passion you told me to hold on until i grow up only for you to accede to July death in 2007 i am tortured in this life without without you agonized by daily chores without a glance at the fume of smokes being blown from the magnificent ceramic pipe on your mouth, i wanted you teach me what Maxim Gorky and Emile Zola taught you i wanted to learn from you what you learned at the Moscow cinema school was it cinematographic Marxism or filmographic socialism that you learned? i wanted to get you alive so that we can sing together the songs of Cedo and Xala, why were your gods collecting the pieces of wood; was it humility and humanism? I wanted to see the powerful words of human side of governance coming from you sober gentle mouth onto African plateau that is replete with commonaplace selfish power struggles, i will build a monument in respect of your service to African literature and your service to protection of humanity;both Arabic and African your service to humanity as you forgave a French woman who stole your book only to publish it under her name in a dint of ****** wham pam pams.
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Jan 27, 2014
Jan 27, 2014 at 10:09 AM UTC
Ode to the pipe of Sembene Ouasmane
I've been listening to music. I've been striking up conversations. I've been avoiding any sort of reality. Because.... My grandpa is dying. Fading away from the vital jokes and squishy hugs. Lying in his bed with his brown skin turning pale as the pages of a book. That is nearing its end.. I've been walking around aimlessly remembering the time, when I went through the same thing with my grandmother. Visiting in the night, on the day.. that they'd pull the plug on the machines that were keeping her alive. She was in so much pain for so long... For months it was inevitable,  yet that big heart of hers wasn't enough to fight another hour. Disgusted with myself because I was praying that she wouldn't die on my birthday. Because I'd hate the thought of living after then if she did. Selfishly not considering the pain she was in all along. Her lungs were failing as a tube made a temporary home in her throat so she could breathe... Her heart was failing and her doctor  was kind. Trying to ease her passing and made sure she was alive until all of us made it there to: How sick is this... For us to, "see her off" Her skin turned yellow and empty like a living corpse...and her breathing was helped by a mask. As the minutes went on. And I told the current event to my friends in different time zones...they let me bare my tears across a small screen as I'd write to them with blurry eyes and a heavy heart. I never knew that knowing when someone you loved die could damage you so thoroughly. Friends staying awake to 6 AM. And when she has minutes left on her clock. That painful silence.. Was the sound of a broken heart..not like glass..but an agonized scream inside. Unable to openly mourn for her you lean against the wall and cry until rivers grew jealous.
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May 29, 2014
May 29, 2014 at 11:18 PM UTC
(Papa's in the hospital)
I've been listening to music. I've been striking up conversations. I've been avoiding any sort of reality. Because.... My grandpa is dying. Fading away from the vital jokes and squishy hugs. Lying in his bed with his brown skin turning pale as the pages of a book. That is nearing its end.. I've been walking around aimlessly remembering the time, when I went through the same thing with my grandmother. Visiting in the night, on the day.. that they'd pull the plug on the machines that were keeping her alive. She was in so much pain for so long... For months it was inevitable,  yet that big heart of hers wasn't enough to fight another hour. Disgusted with myself because I was praying that she wouldn't die on my birthday. Because I'd hate the thought of living after then if she did. Selfishly not considering the pain she was in all along. Her lungs were failing as a tube made a temporary home in her throat so she could breathe... Her heart was failing and her doctor  was kind. Trying to ease her passing and made sure she was alive until all of us made it there to: How sick is this... For us to, "see her off" Her skin turned yellow and empty like a living corpse...and her breathing was helped by a mask. As the minutes went on. And I told the current event to my friends in different time zones...they let me bare my tears across a small screen as I'd write to them with blurry eyes and a heavy heart. I never knew that knowing when someone you loved die could damage you so thoroughly. Friends staying awake to 6 AM. And when she has minutes left on her clock. That painful silence.. Was the sound of a broken heart..not like glass..but an agonized scream inside. Unable to openly mourn for her you lean against the wall and cry until rivers grew jealous.
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Can’t you see your beauty? That shines inside and out? Why do you stay blind? Why don’t you open your eyes? Loved by everyone, yet you cannot love yourself.                             Why? You're wonderful the way you are. A masterpiece created with the finest paints. Your skin is the perfect canvas. Adorned with beauty, yet you insist on marring it. You paint it with pain and desperation, angry slashes fill the canvas stained rain. You say, “It’s been a bad year.” your eyes on the floor. Don’t be ashamed, you're not alone anymore. I used to paint to, I've been there before. I would paint onto my canvas anger and despair with a paint soaked brush—dripping red. My heart begins to tear, to think you’ve landed in the same darkness, where the light is difficult to see. Oblivious to those who love you—you are blind. Unaware of those who say they love you—you are deaf. Relinquish your brush, and let yourself heal. Open your eyes and see the light in front of you—extending its hand. I will help you walk this road, paving the way with dreams of brighter days. Traveling to the land of hope and dreams, the land of safety and acceptance, the land where you can be free of your demons. Everything will heal someday, the marks you made will continue to fade —until they are but silhouettes on a blank canvas. Your heart will heal, until the day you no longer paint with the colors of pain and sadness, but with shades of hope and joy. When you finally see that you are not alone. When you hear the cries of those who wept for you. When you feel the sorrow of those who prayed for you. When know the truth of those who said they loved you. I walked by your side, guided you when you could no longer see, and listened to you when you screamed and cried as you fought your inner demons. But now you must listen to me, my friend. There will be better days, hold your head up high and smile. The best has yet to come.
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Feb 1, 2014
Feb 1, 2014 at 9:33 PM UTC
{Un}Conscious. Lavish. Agonized. Insight. Redemption. Extricate.
Can’t you see your beauty? That shines inside and out? Why do you stay blind? Why don’t you open your eyes? Loved by everyone, yet you cannot love yourself.                             Why? You're wonderful the way you are. A masterpiece created with the finest paints. Your skin is the perfect canvas. Adorned with beauty, yet you insist on marring it. You paint it with pain and desperation, angry slashes fill the canvas stained rain. You say, “It’s been a bad year.” your eyes on the floor. Don’t be ashamed, you're not alone anymore. I used to paint to, I've been there before. I would paint onto my canvas anger and despair with a paint soaked brush—dripping red. My heart begins to tear, to think you’ve landed in the same darkness, where the light is difficult to see. Oblivious to those who love you—you are blind. Unaware of those who say they love you—you are deaf. Relinquish your brush, and let yourself heal. Open your eyes and see the light in front of you—extending its hand. I will help you walk this road, paving the way with dreams of brighter days. Traveling to the land of hope and dreams, the land of safety and acceptance, the land where you can be free of your demons. Everything will heal someday, the marks you made will continue to fade —until they are but silhouettes on a blank canvas. Your heart will heal, until the day you no longer paint with the colors of pain and sadness, but with shades of hope and joy. When you finally see that you are not alone. When you hear the cries of those who wept for you. When you feel the sorrow of those who prayed for you. When know the truth of those who said they loved you. I walked by your side, guided you when you could no longer see, and listened to you when you screamed and cried as you fought your inner demons. But now you must listen to me, my friend. There will be better days, hold your head up high and smile. The best has yet to come.
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looking d                  o                    w                       n on this earth, the moon sheds iridescent liquid pearl gems,   Lamenting for EARTH,                              a earth that's                                  pregnant                WITH sorrowful burdens, how must I not feel despair, feeling the moon's magnificent repercussions of sudden eruption, feeling of sheer dread, tearfully pleading for it to end, In shock, for a moment, muted are my words, my tongue asleep, Fingers crave, mind agonized... martyred for words. My pen bleeds ink, innovating a remdesivir, to cure the world, if only there were a cure for ONE    & ALL! To cure the world of the pandemic burdens of HATE, INJUSTICE and VIOLENCE, but until then, we must not dabble in silence! ~SacredInkedBlood
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Jun 8, 2023
Jun 8, 2023 at 10:19 PM UTC
We Must Not Be Silenced (Recent Title Change: previous title: The Cure
arise vehement sea and hammer with your suffering fists all the crags and lonely stones upon the shores of the naked coast where crouches at edge of bluff the foundations raw cantilevered walls and the arcing buttresses that shelter dreams held secret hurl your agonized and eager waters at stone and mortar shake the bedrock on which rest the touchstones in the deepest cellars let your echoing tremors buffet and rebound within the resonant chambers hidden below your ululating winds calling to memories in their veiled towers peering from windows narrow and high their fluttering lamps clinging to the light they search the tumult with eyes fearful and uncertain cloaking forsaken desires that thirst without end
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May 10, 2022
May 10, 2022 at 5:14 PM UTC
Tempest
Time has put a vagrancy on my mind Subdues conformity and material worship With scalding epileptic convulsions of imagination My mouth blood-stained, shrieking like a pianting A painting by Munch gives way, yields, yes yields To an unrelenting detonation of the unconscious An existential filter of real or imagined transformations Which by miraculous tongue restores a belief To wonder and levies no compass on perception Yet reveals a tormenting estrangement That does mount a strenuous and contemptuous protest Against familiarity with agonized shrieks of obdurate tenacity Where the phantoms of my imagination enact their mysterious mysteries And produce a poetic alchemy of violated imagination
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Sep 23, 2012
Sep 23, 2012 at 3:31 PM UTC
Think, ha, ha, yes think