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"despondency" poems
Depression is hard to understand. The dictionary naively refers to it as, "feelings of severe despondency and dejection." But what does the dictionary know about depression? I think depression is more complicated than that. But I don't quite know what that consists of. I've been trying to figure it out for months now, and I just can't seem to understand. I don't know what depression is, but I can tell you what it's not. Depression is not polite. Depression doesn't knock before he barges in. He just lets himself in, unannounced and unexpected, and leaves me gasping for what little air is left in the room. Depression isn't clean. He doesn't tidy up after he makes a mess. He comes into my life like a hurricane, and leaves me to pick up the crumbled pieces of my rubbled life. Depression isn't moral. He steals my happiness and kills my spirit. He doesn't abide by any common rules or laws, he makes his own rules and I have to play by them. Depression isn't popular. The only "friends" he has are his victims. He drags me away from everyone who used to love me, and leaves me isolated in a cold, dark place. Depression isn't respectful. He claws his way into the lives of so many genuine people and drives them to the brink of insanity. He has no regard for my thoughts or my feelings, stomping all over me until there's nothing decent left to salvage. Depression isn't creative. He tells you everything as it is and makes you see all of the terrible things poisoning the world. He doesn't sugarcoat the truth, no matter how much it hurts, and he helped me clearly see even my smallest of flaws. Depression isn't nice. He calls me ugly and tells me I'm worthless. The words he whispers ring in my ears: **** yourself, **** yourself, **** yourself." It's hard to define depression. It doesn't fit into a small box. I've practically driven myself crazy trying to figure out what it is and why this is happening to me. I don't understand depression, and no matter how hard I try to define it, I always fall short. I don't know if depression can ever be defined. While I try aimlessly to define the undefinable, depression ruthlessly takes advantage of me. I can try as much as I'd like, but I don't define depression, depression defines me.
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Mar 2, 2016
Mar 2, 2016 at 7:05 PM UTC
Defining Depression
Depression is hard to understand. The dictionary naively refers to it as, "feelings of severe despondency and dejection." But what does the dictionary know about depression? I think depression is more complicated than that. But I don't quite know what that consists of. I've been trying to figure it out for months now, and I just can't seem to understand. I don't know what depression is, but I can tell you what it's not. Depression is not polite. Depression doesn't knock before he barges in. He just lets himself in, unannounced and unexpected, and leaves me gasping for what little air is left in the room. Depression isn't clean. He doesn't tidy up after he makes a mess. He comes into my life like a hurricane, and leaves me to pick up the crumbled pieces of my rubbled life. Depression isn't moral. He steals my happiness and kills my spirit. He doesn't abide by any common rules or laws, he makes his own rules and I have to play by them. Depression isn't popular. The only "friends" he has are his victims. He drags me away from everyone who used to love me, and leaves me isolated in a cold, dark place. Depression isn't respectful. He claws his way into the lives of so many genuine people and drives them to the brink of insanity. He has no regard for my thoughts or my feelings, stomping all over me until there's nothing decent left to salvage. Depression isn't creative. He tells you everything as it is and makes you see all of the terrible things poisoning the world. He doesn't sugarcoat the truth, no matter how much it hurts, and he helped me clearly see even my smallest of flaws. Depression isn't nice. He calls me ugly and tells me I'm worthless. The words he whispers ring in my ears: **** yourself, **** yourself, **** yourself." It's hard to define depression. It doesn't fit into a small box. I've practically driven myself crazy trying to figure out what it is and why this is happening to me. I don't understand depression, and no matter how hard I try to define it, I always fall short. I don't know if depression can ever be defined. While I try aimlessly to define the undefinable, depression ruthlessly takes advantage of me. I can try as much as I'd like, but I don't define depression, depression defines me.
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A brother from another mother He got your back always when no one else did A brother from another mother He is always there even when u are defeated A brother from another mother He reminds you of the lyrics to you favourite songs A brother from another mother He corrects you when you are wrong A brother from another mother He is always there even when the world rejects you A brother from another mother Tells you that you are the best even when you are not Even when you are in the mood of despondency He gives u reason to keep your hopes alive A brother from another mother He is more than just a brother
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Mar 11, 2013
Mar 11, 2013 at 5:17 AM UTC
A BROTHER FROM ANOTHER MOTHER
She was told to get to a nunnery; Warned not to get involved, To step aside. His love was inconstant as the moon, Defined by worthless trinkets And very poor poetry. Instead, She went lily picking, Broke her mirror on the bank (is that a belly bump sinking), Shattered him to despondency. It's time for poison and rapiers: The royal family's dead; The stench is lifting.
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Aug 15, 2015
Aug 15, 2015 at 10:42 AM UTC
Poor Misunderstood Ophelia
When you were there with me We were dancing with glee Late night talks, making each other blush, smiling, laughing were our things Everyday which gave me new wings Thinking about our love i flew-up Without taking any back-up Then a day came when you were not there That day even a sun felt hemisphere I was there sitting alone in darkness And blaming why God is so heartless I texted and missed you a lot But silence and despondency were what all i got I am waiting and I'll keep waiting for my beloved to come back If you see her please tell her that she left someone who is waiting for her on the half track.
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Aug 29, 2018
Aug 29, 2018 at 11:59 PM UTC
Untitled
*Inclusion: the action or state of including or being included within a group or structure Solution: a means of solving a problem or dealing with a difficult situation* **Now, is ‘inclusion’ the ‘solution’?** Is confiding not always in yourself, but being able to confide in people you trust: a group, a team, not an impeccably simple way to solve complications? Some people that dwell in isolation succumb to despondency and desolation and invariably, wrap themselves in a costume of facades. Inclusion eradicates these issues. We as humans want answers to our questions, resolutions to our complications; a myriad of different perspectives can quickly enlighten and open the eyes of those who truly seek a solution. Solution to what? Solutions to those “impossible questions”, Solutions to those “exasperating situations” we can’t seem to get out, Solutions to those “family troubles” "relationship troubles", "work troubles", most importantly, those “social problems”. Inclusion is no secret, it’s the biggest weapon we as people have. Inclusion gives all of its users the power to control. Inclusion is power, the real wealth beneath our skins. With inclusion, we have the solution. (d.b.d.)
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Oct 7, 2014
Oct 7, 2014 at 12:58 PM UTC
Inclusion is the Solution
awakening with the gradual rise of the subdued heather hued sun a palpable spectral silence permeated the air the anticipation of celebration intercepted by an enveloping phantom black malaise hiding in obscure shadows the terror of the twin towers final doom elucidated quivers of melancholic nuances rippling through the greying vicinity my birthday september 11th a tuesday my night to sing at abravanel hall with the utah symphony unable to serenade death our voices remained indubitably silenced in hushed wistful reverence ensuing 9/11s channel somber sentiments cloaked with annihilation while dark visions occupy smudged iphone screens this anniversary i will dissipate despair transmuting dark despondency splashing all with lucent petals of delight i’ll live this day with passionate intensity and those subsequent with equal ardor ferociously painting back the light i will raise my voice with effervescence and sing in wild abandon for my precious brothers that were lost demonstrating devotion through a refusal to be silenced by fear bestowing honor with a conspicuous message that love wins ©2016janetaylor
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Sep 11, 2016
Sep 11, 2016 at 6:22 PM UTC
9/11 birthday
embedded in the most tenebrous corner of my mind, harlequin memories of serendipity, dripping like bittersweet wine, tantalize me, begriming what was once an unsoiled canvas. engulfed in my despondency, I repose homely until my mind's taste-buds savor the saccharine flavors of its own derisive thoughts. aroused to say the least, my mind's libido is now being satisfied. I lie here, welcoming all that my thoughts and epiphanies have to offer. I am unable to disclose what's bestowed to me but that's irrelevant. My mind is here... and open and anticipating the pleasing rush of these thoughts that venture through my head. The pleasure is overwhelming, forcing my chakras open as my ajna awakens from its long slumber. I crave this foreplay and I plead with the universe to make it never-ending but it seems my cries fall upon deaf ears and I'm left open-minded and unfinished.
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Mar 13, 2015
Mar 13, 2015 at 1:06 AM UTC
Mental Foreplay
Lost in his thoughts With her eyes closed Waking up from her fancy By the call of a pigeon With a message from him Conveying to meet him Near the river side Of the Gulmohar tree Hearing the trumpet of The evening conch With an acceptable smile Ready in his favourite Shining peach fruit dress Wide eyes with black kajal Long black hair decorated With magical fragrance Of buds of jasmine flowers Colourful bangles filling Her soft wheatish hands With musical bands Sitting under the flame tree Decorated with beautiful Orange-red Gulmohar petals Waiting for her beloved Lasting the wait till dawn But never did he come Flowing kajal with her tears Turning her to black cheeks Back to her despondency Like a broken soul Comes again the pigeon With a message on its body Written by human blood Dear, move on in your life I am, no more in this life Jasmines giving an odour Bangles becoming colourless Kajal, blurring her vision Falling down on the floor With her eyes closing !
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Jun 9, 2016
Jun 9, 2016 at 1:38 AM UTC
The Gulmohar
the world sits on the wing of a dove being swallowed whole by a fiery goddess descended from heaven on a chariot of ivy i am incarcerated by shaking flesh and itching cloth the road before me is giant and knows no bounds the graveyard is warm and wet with spirits and dew and red clouds are born from fire in the dawn there is an intelligent horse being ridden by a snarling insect and this man has come to claim our souls our sunset blood burns boils blisters until a million animals wounded i'm still alive, transfigure me into a creator choke up my nostrils with the scent of your *** invade my lungs with the burn of your god caress my toungue with the infinite promise enter my brain from above, and regurgitate your anxiety on me slimy worms devour a psychadelic tomato laughing into transendency, an eyeless eel has dissappeared into a pocket i speak from balconies, from terrible heights, from hastened windowsills in a million desperate quarrelling cities this is where i **** up illusion, i give up to despondency i ring the great iron bell that resounds with corruption, with hatred, with hideous *** and admiration, i scream and cavort on rooftops alone with a black & blue midnight covered in electric lights and gunpowder tongues here comes the disintegration of my mind disgraced by the eye of the earth and spat into a realm of salivating light i am swimming through digested heartbreak and melancholy livers sickened by madness and homemade bombs and ****** the rainclouds carry a truckload of babies' hearts and it's raining eyes over the city now the cry of the mind escapes from waving mouths in impotence as millions of bacteria invade the brain may these lines be answered by the bird of the sun by the worm at my ear by the sight of my skeleton by the stench of ***** in the air by the dead gong shivering through midnight by the bleeding eye of abandoned dreams by the prophets in proclamation by the god of all my sorrows
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Nov 30, 2011
Nov 30, 2011 at 9:55 PM UTC
intelligent horse
the world sits on the wing of a dove being swallowed whole by a fiery goddess descended from heaven on a chariot of ivy i am incarcerated by shaking flesh and itching cloth the road before me is giant and knows no bounds the graveyard is warm and wet with spirits and dew and red clouds are born from fire in the dawn there is an intelligent horse being ridden by a snarling insect and this man has come to claim our souls our sunset blood burns boils blisters until a million animals wounded i'm still alive, transfigure me into a creator choke up my nostrils with the scent of your *** invade my lungs with the burn of your god caress my toungue with the infinite promise enter my brain from above, and regurgitate your anxiety on me slimy worms devour a psychadelic tomato laughing into transendency, an eyeless eel has dissappeared into a pocket i speak from balconies, from terrible heights, from hastened windowsills in a million desperate quarrelling cities this is where i **** up illusion, i give up to despondency i ring the great iron bell that resounds with corruption, with hatred, with hideous *** and admiration, i scream and cavort on rooftops alone with a black & blue midnight covered in electric lights and gunpowder tongues here comes the disintegration of my mind disgraced by the eye of the earth and spat into a realm of salivating light i am swimming through digested heartbreak and melancholy livers sickened by madness and homemade bombs and ****** the rainclouds carry a truckload of babies' hearts and it's raining eyes over the city now the cry of the mind escapes from waving mouths in impotence as millions of bacteria invade the brain may these lines be answered by the bird of the sun by the worm at my ear by the sight of my skeleton by the stench of ***** in the air by the dead gong shivering through midnight by the bleeding eye of abandoned dreams by the prophets in proclamation by the god of all my sorrows
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Somewhere in the tremor of this monsoon rain Your heart itched in remembrance And denial took its hands away from your eyes and so, you cried, you cried a mountain of tears Enough to fill the gardening pots When you watered your roses With salted despondency And the flowers began to wilt You realized to set these dreams free But even then, they were too far within Like the arteries in your chest Keeping you alive
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Apr 21, 2022
Apr 21, 2022 at 8:01 AM UTC
Monsoon Rain
The absence of relief deluged my existence, My hands trembled with a fear of defeat And with my legs about to give away, I stood there, trying to fix my broken pieces. My bones felt like cracked crayons about to shatter, into infinite irreparable fragments. Stillness, silence, loss and sadness, Strengthened the demons residing in my mind. Yet I tried to fade the reality with flashes of soothing memories. Hoping, that the lost silvery rays of my past, would overpower the dark entities residing within me. Although I knew quite well, they were feeding on the darkness I myself created. Now I was nearing my end, Like the moth nearing the alight candle. Happiness, contentment, love, And every little soothing emotion was lost in the silhouette created by  the dark entities who claimed my mind their home. Adding to their darkness were the shadows of eerie disappointment. All relief was now hidden in some unreachable fraction, of the dark labyrinth my mind now was. I was deluged in insecurities, finally accepting my worthlessness. Yet a latent emotion called hope, still managed to swim in the dark waters of the abysmal pit of despondency which was engulfing my mind like a black hole. I moved my fragile body and tried to stand. And with the little strength that was left, I tried to calm the demons residing in me, like a mother trying to calm her weeping infant with a soothing lullaby. I succeeded for a silvery moment, but the momentary relief was lost again. Alas! I knew they were now awake for eternity. Then finally, defeated and hopeless, I shattered like a house of cards forever.
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Aug 15, 2014
Aug 15, 2014 at 11:13 AM UTC
Defeat
The absence of relief deluged my existence, My hands trembled with a fear of defeat And with my legs about to give away, I stood there, trying to fix my broken pieces. My bones felt like cracked crayons about to shatter, into infinite irreparable fragments. Stillness, silence, loss and sadness, Strengthened the demons residing in my mind. Yet I tried to fade the reality with flashes of soothing memories. Hoping, that the lost silvery rays of my past, would overpower the dark entities residing within me. Although I knew quite well, they were feeding on the darkness I myself created. Now I was nearing my end, Like the moth nearing the alight candle. Happiness, contentment, love, And every little soothing emotion was lost in the silhouette created by  the dark entities who claimed my mind their home. Adding to their darkness were the shadows of eerie disappointment. All relief was now hidden in some unreachable fraction, of the dark labyrinth my mind now was. I was deluged in insecurities, finally accepting my worthlessness. Yet a latent emotion called hope, still managed to swim in the dark waters of the abysmal pit of despondency which was engulfing my mind like a black hole. I moved my fragile body and tried to stand. And with the little strength that was left, I tried to calm the demons residing in me, like a mother trying to calm her weeping infant with a soothing lullaby. I succeeded for a silvery moment, but the momentary relief was lost again. Alas! I knew they were now awake for eternity. Then finally, defeated and hopeless, I shattered like a house of cards forever.
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Bugles sang, saddening the evening air, And bugles answered, sorrowful to hear. Voices of boys were by the river-side. Sleep mothered them; and left the twilight sad. The shadow of the morrow weighed on men. Voices of old despondency resigned, Bowed by the shadow of the morrow, slept. ( ) dying tone Of receding voices that will not return. The wailing of the high far-travelling shells And the deep cursing of the provoking ( ) The monstrous anger of our taciturn guns. The majesty of the insults of their mouths.
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But I Was Looking at the Permanent Stars
Dear Moon, You looked beautiful tonight. The kind of beauty That grabs all eyes and insists that they pay you attention. But moon, tell me, are you lonely up there? The infinity of stars that lay scattered in your presence, seem as if they could be pleasant company, but is it all an illusion? The stars trick the foolish into thinking that they are in your constant amity. That’s what it looks like to us, Moon. But those stars have never uttered one word to you have they? Immeasurable distances make conversing quite difficult, I would imagine. Are you sad, Moon? Is it distressing, Luna, that us, the ignorant, believe that just because our eyes see the stars in a way that makes us believe they are near to you, that you are not hurting? Child of the night who lives solitarily. Do you weep? Do you shed tears that we mistake for beauty against the vast night sky? Daughter of the dark, who graces all with her entrancing despondency, Was there ever a time when you had hope that somebody, anybody would save you from your fate? Do you feel forsaken my love? What have you done, Moon, that would condemn you to this paradoxically poetic reality? You didn’t want this. You only wanted to shed awe upon us, and light the path home when it got too dark. And what have you gotten in return? Isolation.
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Nov 5, 2013
Nov 5, 2013 at 10:59 PM UTC
Dear Moon
step 1: de·ni·al noun the action of declaring something to be untrue. i thought about sending you an email today. i got through four drafts before i quit. i haven't talked to you in three months. i haven't deleted your messages in three months. i haven't stopped thinking about you in three months. my heart is still synced with yours. it stopped beating 131,487 minutes ago. please leave a message after the beep. step 2: an·ger noun a strong feeling of annoyance, displeasure, or hostility. i'm glad you're gone. you were a house but you were never a home for me. i've moved three times since i left. you shoved your fingers down my throat and left me retching in the snow, excuses tripping on their way out of your cherry bitten lips. you made me your slaughterhouse, blood on my hands and heart. i am made of too many things, a conglomeration the size of a galaxy, thirty people sewn into my skin. there is a hole in my chest the size of your fist. please leave a message after the beep. step 3: bar·gain verb negotiate the terms and conditions of a transaction. (maybe if i had loved you a little less you would have learned to love me back) step 4: de·pres·sion noun severe despondency and dejection, typically felt over a period of time and accompanied by feelings of hopelessness and inadequacy. i spent more time thinking about you than i ever did about myself. i'm not sure if this is selfish or selfless and i'm not sure if i know the difference. i hung up on you once and you didn't speak to me for a week and i'm not sure if this is love or hatred and i'm not sure if i know the difference. i haven't spoken to you in seven months. please leave a message after the beep. step 5: ac·cept·ance noun agreement with or belief in an idea, opinion, or explanation. you told me that acceptance was the same as tolerance. i don't think i believe you. i haven't spoken to you in twelve months. please leave a message after the beep.
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Aug 8, 2014
Aug 8, 2014 at 8:11 PM UTC
the five stages of loss and grief
step 1: de·ni·al noun the action of declaring something to be untrue. i thought about sending you an email today. i got through four drafts before i quit. i haven't talked to you in three months. i haven't deleted your messages in three months. i haven't stopped thinking about you in three months. my heart is still synced with yours. it stopped beating 131,487 minutes ago. please leave a message after the beep. step 2: an·ger noun a strong feeling of annoyance, displeasure, or hostility. i'm glad you're gone. you were a house but you were never a home for me. i've moved three times since i left. you shoved your fingers down my throat and left me retching in the snow, excuses tripping on their way out of your cherry bitten lips. you made me your slaughterhouse, blood on my hands and heart. i am made of too many things, a conglomeration the size of a galaxy, thirty people sewn into my skin. there is a hole in my chest the size of your fist. please leave a message after the beep. step 3: bar·gain verb negotiate the terms and conditions of a transaction. (maybe if i had loved you a little less you would have learned to love me back) step 4: de·pres·sion noun severe despondency and dejection, typically felt over a period of time and accompanied by feelings of hopelessness and inadequacy. i spent more time thinking about you than i ever did about myself. i'm not sure if this is selfish or selfless and i'm not sure if i know the difference. i hung up on you once and you didn't speak to me for a week and i'm not sure if this is love or hatred and i'm not sure if i know the difference. i haven't spoken to you in seven months. please leave a message after the beep. step 5: ac·cept·ance noun agreement with or belief in an idea, opinion, or explanation. you told me that acceptance was the same as tolerance. i don't think i believe you. i haven't spoken to you in twelve months. please leave a message after the beep.
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A leaf spirals downward, Over covered heads and uncovered cars, Children sleeping in grass Drool dripping from their gums, A football field seeing practice Where someone's leg Was recently snapped in half, Overflowing sewer grates, Dilapidated septic tanks, Wastewater disposal facilities With a runoff into A river filled with needles and rocks And bodies, And it hits the ground with a silent explosion, Until the wind sends it off and sets it somewhere out of sight. Like when a glass bottle Shatters on a bar top and Sends shards soaring Into the eyes Of onlookers, Everybody knows what's next. Did you hear? Fall is here. The boy who starves so that he may be warm And the girl who freezes so she may not starve Have a chance encounter And bask in mutual despondency. They share their warmth, And they share their food, And neither has enough of either. But even at their demise, The sun still goes up and down On the horizon, Painting a scene of ignorance Or apathy, And lying. The heat will dissipate soon, What with Winter coming, But it does not matter: Everything is already frozen.
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Dec 27, 2011
Dec 27, 2011 at 6:49 PM UTC
Transitions
I twist and turn, Suffle in my Hospital bed. The drum of The dextrose drops, Plays as the background For my despondent lulluby. Clickering and clackering; The white feet On the frozen Hospital floor Feature the vocals Of the weeping relatives I do not know. A chorus Of morose songs That bellow From the valley Of faded faces Dulls the senses Of the patients In the ICU. Doctors wearing White garbs With darkened eyes Whisper to each other Like a cult gathering With prayers And curses On their lips. They appear To me Like snakes On the tree Throwing sins And travesties To the Invalid saints. I, fight fervently Against sleep. Although almost Twenty-four, Am a child Again. A child who Detests sleep Like the plague That took me. In this hospital bed I start my vigil; A pilgrim to zion Daunted by The task before him. Beset on all sides By treasures And trinkets That would Want him stray. My eyes serve As the lamp To which My body, A servant, Keeps alight. In wait For the return Of the master. An encounter To rekindle The bond In childhood. A chance To decide Which fashion It will end. So eyes, Stay alight, For your oil Will only Last one night; Keep the fight. Despondency May fill these Final moments But at the moment Of the master's Return The chorus Of faded faces Will turn into Choirs of angels And there; Sleep.
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Nov 5, 2014
Nov 5, 2014 at 8:42 AM UTC
Sleep
It isn't sadness; that is the biggest misconception. People treat it like an emotion infecting a blue day, labeling slightly soaked cheeks as this ailment of the mind. The term is cracked like a whip in stinging insult: weak, powerless, loser, outcast. It is feeling a lack of feeling, where one exists in a mental state of wanting to be anything but lethargic yet finding nothing worthwhile inside with which to take action: no talent, no skill, no interest. It is not only not believing one has any energy but seeing nothing to which to give it, in yourself, in others, in the world. It is severe despondency and dejection, consuming worlds like oozing, viscose magma dribbling uncontrollably as burning ***** from the mountain's fiery mouth burping filthily as is sludges onward. It isn't sorrow, or misery, or despair. It is inadequacy, an ebb of interest in life, with a sliver of interest to take it.
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Aug 19, 2014
Aug 19, 2014 at 12:05 AM UTC
Pain without Torture
To crave, Wails of agony, voices soaked in terror? Call after call, message after message. Care, love, sympathy? Succor, surveillance, support? Tear after tear, hands shaking and grasping? Pity, solace, warmth? To receive, Levigating guilt, being disintegrated. Evanescensing from reality. Blood clotting and drying. Those who are paid to give care, Who seem as though sympathy; Hadn't glazed over their eyes in decades. A room so cold and sterile, That not even the warmth of my breath Could stop my bones from shivering under my skin. Desolating abandonment, Hums of fluorescent lights, In chorus with sobs of despondency It isn't what I wanted. But it is what I deserved.
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Aug 24, 2024
Aug 24, 2024 at 2:40 PM UTC
IVC
(Early Mornings) It is 4:10 AM Here i am, facing you... Haven't showered...haven't brushed...haven't gurgled Too early to look...but, i could not resist seeing This person with disheveled hair Eyes are not too willing to open Avoiding the uncertainty surfacing...slowly but surely Making itself known, this morning so early... An empty shell, is what i could see A looming nonentity... No coffee yet, but, the eyes already speak You don't answer, your looks are so bleak That is how you tell me i am  stubborn But i've been this way since birth...so torn You tell me, i am just in denial In front of you, it is like, i am on trial But, i am just a mortal Maybe we are both tired How can we ever go back to being inspired? Maybe you'd rather shatter into pieces...like i would, I'd carefully gather your shards...would you gather mine, if you could? Now, later, tonight, tomorrow...we always face each other There are days, when i look at you, you make me smile, i feel better! But, most times, i hate the reflections, they make me glare And i so despise the thoughts that ensue...i counter your stare ..... I close my eyes, with a plea, A blink could not erase, the images that i see.. I have never wanted separation And yet, Fate brought me here, in isolation You're my silent pal...my silent witness You say nothing when i become senseless I leave you in the morning I come home from work in the evening And i find you still here... on this wall Welcoming me home...where i just sit, or stall Faint jazzy sounds comfort me A few hours rest...late at night...i sleep...i am free Then, again, the alarm ruins the stillness of the moment Robs the dawn of its precious silence And i rise...to drown anew in despondency...in self pity, Or is this lunacy? All i see is gray...and black Be it dawn...or dusk. If  ever i surrender I'd be swamped with the stark truth, the reflections you offer ...this can't be a facade, ...in front of you, it's just too bad I am U n m a s k e d... ....I am weak, powerless...i crawl Over and over, i struggle not to fall, Over and over, i  look at you... but, just the same..i fall.          (January 22, 2015) Sally Copyright May 2015 Rosalia Rosario A. Bayan
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Jul 9, 2015
Jul 9, 2015 at 5:29 PM UTC
UNMASKED
(Early Mornings) It is 4:10 AM Here i am, facing you... Haven't showered...haven't brushed...haven't gurgled Too early to look...but, i could not resist seeing This person with disheveled hair Eyes are not too willing to open Avoiding the uncertainty surfacing...slowly but surely Making itself known, this morning so early... An empty shell, is what i could see A looming nonentity... No coffee yet, but, the eyes already speak You don't answer, your looks are so bleak That is how you tell me i am  stubborn But i've been this way since birth...so torn You tell me, i am just in denial In front of you, it is like, i am on trial But, i am just a mortal Maybe we are both tired How can we ever go back to being inspired? Maybe you'd rather shatter into pieces...like i would, I'd carefully gather your shards...would you gather mine, if you could? Now, later, tonight, tomorrow...we always face each other There are days, when i look at you, you make me smile, i feel better! But, most times, i hate the reflections, they make me glare And i so despise the thoughts that ensue...i counter your stare ..... I close my eyes, with a plea, A blink could not erase, the images that i see.. I have never wanted separation And yet, Fate brought me here, in isolation You're my silent pal...my silent witness You say nothing when i become senseless I leave you in the morning I come home from work in the evening And i find you still here... on this wall Welcoming me home...where i just sit, or stall Faint jazzy sounds comfort me A few hours rest...late at night...i sleep...i am free Then, again, the alarm ruins the stillness of the moment Robs the dawn of its precious silence And i rise...to drown anew in despondency...in self pity, Or is this lunacy? All i see is gray...and black Be it dawn...or dusk. If  ever i surrender I'd be swamped with the stark truth, the reflections you offer ...this can't be a facade, ...in front of you, it's just too bad I am U n m a s k e d... ....I am weak, powerless...i crawl Over and over, i struggle not to fall, Over and over, i  look at you... but, just the same..i fall.          (January 22, 2015) Sally Copyright May 2015 Rosalia Rosario A. Bayan
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are suggested quickly, no time taken to utter the words. yet. it will take a while to order, to plant, it will all be lovely, unless bitter words entice despondency, low spirits from a loss of hope, of courage. we shall carry on until the paint runs out, then we shall clean the old rugs., order two hundred bluebells. he often has good ideas. sbm.
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Apr 9, 2015
Apr 9, 2015 at 1:26 AM UTC
. two hundred bluebells .
It’s been so many sweltering months. I still choke at the smell of pine and cloves. These scars are growing after I end all these hunts. You can see the bruises on my neck and the carving on my bones. Each individual finger and each single tooth. They embed into my being as I try to mend what you broke. My foundation rebuilt with my basement of truth. It’s there that I have to wander through smoke. It’s there that I crawled through the blood and despondency. So desperately trying to maintain a hollow connection to someone so lecherous. You stripped me of my color; of my effervescence. What once were gilded rays turned to acid showers. My skin began to boil and my heart began to spoil. I ripped myself apart to keep you whole. You threw my pieces aside like they never mattered. You had no plan, no goal. Instead of a future so lovely and lavish you abandoned me hopeless and tattered. After swelling to the poison in your silence, I finally understand who you wouldn’t let me be. Now I know them, and I hate what you did to me.
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Jun 23, 2022
Jun 23, 2022 at 10:50 PM UTC
Older Odor
When I was stationed at Enoggera, as a young platoon sergeant with 9 RAR, a Merino ram was offered, and accepted, as the Battalion mascot. The diggers called him Stan. The brigade RSM of the time was outraged because he viewed our adoption of Stan as a direct and improper play on his surname, which was Lamb. And, of course, he being as bald as a coot the diggers called him Curly. As I recall, Stan was a lively, ill disciplined beast with little respect for the niceties of service life, hence: When Stan-the-Ram met Curly Lamb a fracas did ensue. For Curly stood beside the road just outside B.H.Q.; His Sam Brown belt so shiny, his pace-stick 'neath one arm, The RSM of our brigade was used to war's alarm. But Stan, although a raw recruit and barely chewing grass, Unimpressed by Curly, charged and knocked him on his **** "It's contact rear" cried Curly, as he struggled to his feet, Turned about with arms akimbo his assailant for to meet. Meanwhile Stan's poor handler looked ready to desert 'cos Stan-the-Ram whilst in his care had Curly eating dirt. I guess he felt embarrassed, which was natural, wouldn't you? If involved in such a fracas outside of BHQ. Your questions are but natural and in answer I can swear, As these events unfolded I was marching off the square. Having Just dismissed defaulters I was feeling rather mean But my despondency was lifted by that ****** glorious scene. And in the mess that evening rang out laughter clear and loud, For I'd told them all my story and of Stan we felt quite proud. There was Sutherland and Massingham, and Peter Cowan too And Tim Daly called **** Gordon from his room, well, wouldn't you? And when **** heard my story he poured port into a glass, And we drank a toast to Stanly putting Curly on his ****
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Mar 10, 2019
Mar 10, 2019 at 1:45 AM UTC
A Memory
When I was stationed at Enoggera, as a young platoon sergeant with 9 RAR, a Merino ram was offered, and accepted, as the Battalion mascot. The diggers called him Stan. The brigade RSM of the time was outraged because he viewed our adoption of Stan as a direct and improper play on his surname, which was Lamb. And, of course, he being as bald as a coot the diggers called him Curly. As I recall, Stan was a lively, ill disciplined beast with little respect for the niceties of service life, hence: When Stan-the-Ram met Curly Lamb a fracas did ensue. For Curly stood beside the road just outside B.H.Q.; His Sam Brown belt so shiny, his pace-stick 'neath one arm, The RSM of our brigade was used to war's alarm. But Stan, although a raw recruit and barely chewing grass, Unimpressed by Curly, charged and knocked him on his **** "It's contact rear" cried Curly, as he struggled to his feet, Turned about with arms akimbo his assailant for to meet. Meanwhile Stan's poor handler looked ready to desert 'cos Stan-the-Ram whilst in his care had Curly eating dirt. I guess he felt embarrassed, which was natural, wouldn't you? If involved in such a fracas outside of BHQ. Your questions are but natural and in answer I can swear, As these events unfolded I was marching off the square. Having Just dismissed defaulters I was feeling rather mean But my despondency was lifted by that ****** glorious scene. And in the mess that evening rang out laughter clear and loud, For I'd told them all my story and of Stan we felt quite proud. There was Sutherland and Massingham, and Peter Cowan too And Tim Daly called **** Gordon from his room, well, wouldn't you? And when **** heard my story he poured port into a glass, And we drank a toast to Stanly putting Curly on his ****
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Frantically unraveling into the throat of the earth Throbbing molecules quilting the fabric of my minds eye into infinite horizons Spoonfuls of dust embroidered in my hair Branches woven into the groves of desolate despondency My body clutching feebly into a mute embryo My tongue silenced into a spinning crimson ocean Tilting uncontrollably kissing the hard gravel
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Oct 21, 2014
Oct 21, 2014 at 1:02 AM UTC
Oppressed Savagery
"You were born to do this." I reminded myself as I sat there feeling encaged in a flurry of endless thought and emotion. "Why do I have to feel every aspect of every event of life, so deep?" I thought as I fought myself once again to simply pick up the pen and drain the overflow of despondency onto paper. "Breathe." The words, letters, verbs and thoughts continued to swirl in my ever rampantly unsettled abyss of ideation. Once I surrendered to the raging of the erupting of the soul..there was calm. It's likened to the deaf..taken away their ability to sign..The dancer with both feet removed. Had I no other pleasure but to expel grief, fervor and elation and form them into words to heal the shattering so entrenched..they appear unreachable..I'd beg to be buried with just a writing utensil and endless reams of freshly pressed paper. "Theres Light." I mouth that..as I continue to jot as if I were stitching my heart back together with this pen. Even though I'm within this seemingly grave like cave of aching..I can write. The beauty is in the creation..The ability to construct, like a carpenter..all that your heart desires with your own two hands..to simply Heal the paragraphs of life that were written badly, write over them or erase and rewrite..if only it were that easy. I don't aim to undo..I cannot. Just to poetically fabricate from this point on..allow the stumbles to happen and Love greater than thought fathomable. Surrender. To the page. Scribble it out, empty it onto line after line..and crawl atop..until the words fill the fragments and the ink stains your fingertips..Keep climbing upon the proverbial stacks of paper until the towers reach the aperture of the pit. Creating the mending of affliction, soothing the misery of the choking of words you cannot utter, but you can scratch them onto tablets to deplete the churning of the mind. Write. Write badly. Write as if in a mad race to the finish line, then start over again..Until the trails of Letters stretch so long..you could dance upon them for days. Then Breathe. Soak every word into your skin as if attempting to heal the afflictions.. then Become it.
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Apr 30, 2016
Apr 30, 2016 at 5:24 PM UTC
*The Voice of a Writer*
"You were born to do this." I reminded myself as I sat there feeling encaged in a flurry of endless thought and emotion. "Why do I have to feel every aspect of every event of life, so deep?" I thought as I fought myself once again to simply pick up the pen and drain the overflow of despondency onto paper. "Breathe." The words, letters, verbs and thoughts continued to swirl in my ever rampantly unsettled abyss of ideation. Once I surrendered to the raging of the erupting of the soul..there was calm. It's likened to the deaf..taken away their ability to sign..The dancer with both feet removed. Had I no other pleasure but to expel grief, fervor and elation and form them into words to heal the shattering so entrenched..they appear unreachable..I'd beg to be buried with just a writing utensil and endless reams of freshly pressed paper. "Theres Light." I mouth that..as I continue to jot as if I were stitching my heart back together with this pen. Even though I'm within this seemingly grave like cave of aching..I can write. The beauty is in the creation..The ability to construct, like a carpenter..all that your heart desires with your own two hands..to simply Heal the paragraphs of life that were written badly, write over them or erase and rewrite..if only it were that easy. I don't aim to undo..I cannot. Just to poetically fabricate from this point on..allow the stumbles to happen and Love greater than thought fathomable. Surrender. To the page. Scribble it out, empty it onto line after line..and crawl atop..until the words fill the fragments and the ink stains your fingertips..Keep climbing upon the proverbial stacks of paper until the towers reach the aperture of the pit. Creating the mending of affliction, soothing the misery of the choking of words you cannot utter, but you can scratch them onto tablets to deplete the churning of the mind. Write. Write badly. Write as if in a mad race to the finish line, then start over again..Until the trails of Letters stretch so long..you could dance upon them for days. Then Breathe. Soak every word into your skin as if attempting to heal the afflictions.. then Become it.
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