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"wrenched" poems
Better that every fiber crack and fury make head, blood drenching vivid couch, carpet, floor and the snake-figured almanac vouching you are a million green counties from here, than to sit mute, twitching so under prickling stars, with stare, with curse blackening the time goodbyes were said, trains let go, and I, great magnanimous fool, thus wrenched from my one kingdom.
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Monologue At 3 AM
#*It's at the point of desperation that the soul finds its deepest desire, and in that desire lies everything of which true life is made. Perhaps the first and central question concerning surrender ought not to be, “What am I willing to give to God?” but “What am I willing to receive from Him?” For it's only in the realization that I have nothing to give Him and He has everything to give me that true humility and surrender come. If I would simply receive all He offers me and let Him fill me up I would have no room in my hands to hold onto anything else.   But how often it is that we won't receive it until everything else is lost. It's the secret and inexpressible dreams of the soul which are the hardest things of all to let go and the last to go. When they are finally gone we have nothing left to run to but Him, and when we do we find that He is the beginning, the end and the center of every secret dream. Ah, blessed Peniel—that mysterious and holy ground where heartache collides head-on with romance, that deep and shadowed land where we struggle with God and with men and we overcome, that painful yet glorious place which we may leave limping with a wrenched hip but we do not care, for we have seen God’s face— like Jacob, may we not pass you by without being forever changed.*#
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Jul 2, 2016
Jul 2, 2016 at 2:06 PM UTC
Wrestling at Peniel
A flawless red curve of Seductive lips Your bold tongue On the cusp of mine I savor your words Reckless declarations Breathed down my throat Slashing my soul A wound that won’t heal Exposed to the memory of ********** Memories that make it my ruin The way you wrenched my heart Racked my mind Molested my soul The desolation you left me with When you were done I look for Pink To comfort and inspire My emotional essence You will see if you Look into my eyes.
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Mar 24, 2014
Mar 24, 2014 at 1:35 PM UTC
Pink
#*It's at the point of desperation that the soul finds its deepest desire, and in that desire lies everything of which true life is made. Perhaps the first and central question concerning surrender ought not to be, “What am I willing to give to God?” but “What am I willing to receive from Him?” For it's only in the realization that I have nothing to give Him and He has everything to give me that true humility and surrender come. If I would simply receive all He offers me and let Him fill me up I would have no room in my hands to hold onto anything else.   But how often it is that we won't receive it until everything else is lost. It's the secret and inexpressible dreams of the soul which are the hardest things of all to let go and the last to go. When they are finally gone we have nothing left to run to but Him, and when we do we find that He is the beginning, the end and the center of every secret dream. Ah, blessed Peniel—that mysterious and holy ground where heartache collides head-on with romance, that deep and shadowed land where we struggle with God and with men and we overcome, that painful yet glorious place which we may leave limping with a wrenched hip but we do not care, for we have seen God’s face— like Jacob, may we not pass you by without being forever changed.*#
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Nov 14, 2015
Nov 14, 2015 at 12:48 AM UTC
Wrestling at Peniel
I was shacked with a 24 year old girl from New York City for two weeks- about the time of the garbage strike out there, and one night my 34 year old woman arrived and she said, "I want to see my rival." she did and then she said, "o, you're a cute little thing!" next I knew there was a screech of wildcats- such screaming and scratch- ing, wounded animal moans, blood and **** . . I was drunk and in my shorts. I tried to seperate them and fell, wrenched my knee. then they were through the screen door and down the walk and out into the street. squadcars full of cops arrived. a police heli- coptor circled overhead. I stood in the bathroom and grinned in the mirror. it's not often at the age of 55 that such splendid things occur. better than the Watts riots. the 34 year old came back in. she had ****** all over her- self and her clothing was torn and she was followed by 2 cops who wanted to know why. pulling up my shorts I tried to explain.
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Who In The Hell Is Tom Jones?
You are the sweetest of my torments. You're the tangible torture of citrus The bite followed by the **** Fresh and unbearable in the same instance You're the lemon zest scent; Sultry, as I quarter fruit In my hot summer kitchen. You're the juice in the cut As the knife knicks my thumb; The sweetness meeting the wild coppery tang of blood in my mouth. You're in the twist in my chest That exists somewhere between my heart and my stomach Both organs being wrenched apart... When I see your picture And remember that we haven't spoken in months.
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Jul 9, 2015
Jul 9, 2015 at 4:19 PM UTC
Sour.
Many in this world will become wolves and even more will be sheep. It is the few who become shepherds that protect the sheep from being populated by the wolves of hatred, fear, and willingness to appose such on the sheep, that are the true protectors, heroes and great leaders that young men and woman should strive and wish to be. The way of the wolf is one that will turn your heart black, your back to your friends, and your back to the world that will cause your mind to become all that is evil, wrenched, and destructive on this Earth. Become the shepherd Drive out the wolf
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Feb 16, 2012
Feb 16, 2012 at 12:13 AM UTC
The Wolves , the Sheep, and The Shepherds
She comes to me every night... When all is asleep with stars lit yonder. Comes to me with subtle might Peeking fiendishly from darkness's cover Await such time she'd choose to show Await the chance to finally take. Ready to pounce like a well tensioned bow Arrow-like talons, ever honed to stake. Awake or asleep, she would come without fail. Creep is her gait; this shadow clad figure. Always a ***** in my impervious mail. Claiming her wants with ferocious fervour. Deemed to be strong, easier to succumb. Don't fight...don't struggle... Don't call for aid... Just wait and will yourself numb She'd come regardless of prayers that's said. She was here with me last night In bed, I stared at a being that's faceless... And my heart wrenched tight. Gripping and feeding me senseless... Soon as she came, she left but not before Siphoning the good and replacing with dread... Stole was what she did; left me wanting more... Once deed is done, into the dark she fled. I know her all too well, Nocturnal guest that I unknowingly invite Her intentions to incite, not quell Send me spiralling through emotional blight. Day will recede, making room for dark She'll come; swift and without sound. She'll arrive majestic; inflicting her mark I'll wait for her, ready and unbound. Looking forward to her return This silent foe whom I find familiar. With every touch I cringe and burn Oh secret friend whom I'm beginning to savour... She is synonymous with various names Each would bear the likeness of semblance Let fly her cloak of not dissimilar aims Endearingly I call her..., Despondence...
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Oct 3, 2014
Oct 3, 2014 at 12:23 AM UTC
Familiar F(r)iend
She comes to me every night... When all is asleep with stars lit yonder. Comes to me with subtle might Peeking fiendishly from darkness's cover Await such time she'd choose to show Await the chance to finally take. Ready to pounce like a well tensioned bow Arrow-like talons, ever honed to stake. Awake or asleep, she would come without fail. Creep is her gait; this shadow clad figure. Always a ***** in my impervious mail. Claiming her wants with ferocious fervour. Deemed to be strong, easier to succumb. Don't fight...don't struggle... Don't call for aid... Just wait and will yourself numb She'd come regardless of prayers that's said. She was here with me last night In bed, I stared at a being that's faceless... And my heart wrenched tight. Gripping and feeding me senseless... Soon as she came, she left but not before Siphoning the good and replacing with dread... Stole was what she did; left me wanting more... Once deed is done, into the dark she fled. I know her all too well, Nocturnal guest that I unknowingly invite Her intentions to incite, not quell Send me spiralling through emotional blight. Day will recede, making room for dark She'll come; swift and without sound. She'll arrive majestic; inflicting her mark I'll wait for her, ready and unbound. Looking forward to her return This silent foe whom I find familiar. With every touch I cringe and burn Oh secret friend whom I'm beginning to savour... She is synonymous with various names Each would bear the likeness of semblance Let fly her cloak of not dissimilar aims Endearingly I call her..., Despondence...
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I saw you staring blankly in your room You were lying down, like energy has nowhere to bloom Mama always deliver you food You don't eat with us anymore I heard you cried, Mama told us about it I understand why and my heart wrenched I wish I can do or say something, anything But I don't know what act or words will be soothing I know your body misses to puff that smoke from a cigarette It is hard to stop, friends who've been there told me about it But you had to, we've been telling you to And because your body is also disappointing you I wonder where your sweetness has gone to Maybe they literally seeped into your blood and runs through Maybe I had inherited it in my veins too Don't worry I am proud, because this is from you Worrying has been your hobby lately Because our youngest still has one more year 'til she finishes her college degree The house, electricity, water expenses, and the money Because you could work no more, as per your exhausted and old body I wanted to tell you that everything's gonna be alright But, Papa, I cannot lie I honestly don't know if it will I am also doubtful, I am also worried But Papa, as your eldest, I am ready To take on the responsibility you carried I know, I know, it'll be heavy But I can do it, don't worry about me You have worked hard enough See, we already came this far If it wasn't for you, I wouldn't have had The best family I can wish for, and the best of life So please, be energetic again Please eat with us again Please dry your tears Please get well Please tell us those sweet-nothings Or the corny jokes that had us laughing And we'll tell you, you're still the most handsome being Our eyes have ever seen So get a lot of rest This is just an obstacle, a test Sit back and relax Just watch your eldest, just watch
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May 22, 2015
May 22, 2015 at 5:28 AM UTC
To Papa
I saw you staring blankly in your room You were lying down, like energy has nowhere to bloom Mama always deliver you food You don't eat with us anymore I heard you cried, Mama told us about it I understand why and my heart wrenched I wish I can do or say something, anything But I don't know what act or words will be soothing I know your body misses to puff that smoke from a cigarette It is hard to stop, friends who've been there told me about it But you had to, we've been telling you to And because your body is also disappointing you I wonder where your sweetness has gone to Maybe they literally seeped into your blood and runs through Maybe I had inherited it in my veins too Don't worry I am proud, because this is from you Worrying has been your hobby lately Because our youngest still has one more year 'til she finishes her college degree The house, electricity, water expenses, and the money Because you could work no more, as per your exhausted and old body I wanted to tell you that everything's gonna be alright But, Papa, I cannot lie I honestly don't know if it will I am also doubtful, I am also worried But Papa, as your eldest, I am ready To take on the responsibility you carried I know, I know, it'll be heavy But I can do it, don't worry about me You have worked hard enough See, we already came this far If it wasn't for you, I wouldn't have had The best family I can wish for, and the best of life So please, be energetic again Please eat with us again Please dry your tears Please get well Please tell us those sweet-nothings Or the corny jokes that had us laughing And we'll tell you, you're still the most handsome being Our eyes have ever seen So get a lot of rest This is just an obstacle, a test Sit back and relax Just watch your eldest, just watch
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I was new to the school I had no friends Fear wrenching my gut And so I smiled I met some people They turned me away Bullied behind the back And so I smiled Finally I made true friends And got asked out But of course it never did last And so I smiled Then the friendship all went wrong Promises broken, loved ones lost Blood was shed, turning hands red And so I smiled Horror, black clothing So much more Crying and dying all inside And so I smiled A grandfather left Passed away No longer shall we play And so I smiled Glaring eyes crossed Hatred shown in the hall Between friends turned enemies And so I smiled True friends turned sisters Moved away Leaving me alone And so I smiled Fear wrenched me again As I tried to mend Broken friendships from childhood And so I smiled Now I have met some girls Not true friends but close A boy I like is more than friends And so I smiled But a smile no longer means happiness Now it's simply a brave face. So how do I reveal to the world That I am somewhat happy?
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Oct 30, 2014
Oct 30, 2014 at 12:32 AM UTC
Brave Face
i was wrenched from a bed that was not my own to begin with. into the sunlight, they dragged me, hands yanking at my long hair. i clutched my body. jaw set, i silently vowed not to cry, to take it like a woman should – to look them in the eye, to stand unashamedly in front of my neighbors, my mother, and my sisters. to stand in front of the town, and face the inevitable. the Pharisees threw me to the ground, gave a swift kick to my side – gentle, compared with what would come. the women, eyes glossed with icy detest, spat in my face. *so the ***** has been caught*, they hissed. But i refused to give them the satisfaction. i wouldn’t close my eyes during it. couldn’t. Jesus, they barked, *we caught her sleeping with a man she doesn’t belong to*. you know what to do. the little children and the rabbi and the mothers and the sons, they felt the ground for smooth, heavy rocks. i bowed my head slightly, as fingers trembled over new, prune-colored bruises on my ribs, my stomach. i unlocked my knees and lifted my chin, met his eyes. he paused for a moment, nodded his head slowly. If you are without sin, please, cast the first stone. i bit my lip, waited and watched, squinting in the sunrise. the Pharisees grumbled, the townspeople eyed me, but said nothing, until they left, one by one. that Jesus, they mumbled, He’s always finding loopholes.
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Sep 29, 2010
Sep 29, 2010 at 4:56 PM UTC
John 8:1-11, Or Of the Woman Caught in Adultery
ON TURNING ONE DOWN WITH THE PLOUGH, IN APRIL, 1786 Wee, modest, crimson-tipped flow’r, Thou’s met me in an evil hour; For I maun crush amang the stoure Thy slender stem: To spare thee now is past my pow’r, Thou bonie gem. Alas! it’s no thy neebor sweet, The bonie lark, companion meet, Bending thee ‘mang the dewy weet, Wi’ spreckled breast! When upward-springing, blithe, to greet The purpling east. Cauld blew the bitter-biting north Upon thy early, humble birth; Yet cheerfully thou glinted forth Amid the storm, Scarce reared above the parent-earth Thy tender form. The flaunting flow’rs our gardens yield, High shelt’ring woods and wa’s maun shield; But thou, beneath the random bield O’ clod or stane, Adorns the histie stibble-field, Unseen, alane. There, in thy scanty mantle clad, Thy snawy ***** sunward spread, Thou lifts thy unassuming head In humble guise; But now the share uptears thy bed, And low thou lies! Such is the fate of artless Maid, Sweet flow’ret of the rural shade! By love’s simplicity betrayed, And guileless trust, Till she, like thee, all soiled, is laid Low i’ the dust. Such is the fate of simple Bard, On Life’s rough ocean luckless starred! Unskilful he to note the card Of prudent lore, Till billows rage, and gales blow hard, And whelm him o’er! Such fate to suffering worth is giv’n, Who long with wants and woes has striv’n, By human pride or cunning driv’n To mis’ry’s brink, Till wrenched of ev’ry stay but Heav’n, He, ruined, sink! Ev’n thou who mourn’st the Daisy’s fate, That fate is thine -no distant date; Stern Ruin’s ploughshare drives, elate, Full on thy bloom, Till crushed beneath the furrow’s weight, Shall be thy doom!
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To A Mountain Daisy
ON TURNING ONE DOWN WITH THE PLOUGH, IN APRIL, 1786 Wee, modest, crimson-tipped flow’r, Thou’s met me in an evil hour; For I maun crush amang the stoure Thy slender stem: To spare thee now is past my pow’r, Thou bonie gem. Alas! it’s no thy neebor sweet, The bonie lark, companion meet, Bending thee ‘mang the dewy weet, Wi’ spreckled breast! When upward-springing, blithe, to greet The purpling east. Cauld blew the bitter-biting north Upon thy early, humble birth; Yet cheerfully thou glinted forth Amid the storm, Scarce reared above the parent-earth Thy tender form. The flaunting flow’rs our gardens yield, High shelt’ring woods and wa’s maun shield; But thou, beneath the random bield O’ clod or stane, Adorns the histie stibble-field, Unseen, alane. There, in thy scanty mantle clad, Thy snawy ***** sunward spread, Thou lifts thy unassuming head In humble guise; But now the share uptears thy bed, And low thou lies! Such is the fate of artless Maid, Sweet flow’ret of the rural shade! By love’s simplicity betrayed, And guileless trust, Till she, like thee, all soiled, is laid Low i’ the dust. Such is the fate of simple Bard, On Life’s rough ocean luckless starred! Unskilful he to note the card Of prudent lore, Till billows rage, and gales blow hard, And whelm him o’er! Such fate to suffering worth is giv’n, Who long with wants and woes has striv’n, By human pride or cunning driv’n To mis’ry’s brink, Till wrenched of ev’ry stay but Heav’n, He, ruined, sink! Ev’n thou who mourn’st the Daisy’s fate, That fate is thine -no distant date; Stern Ruin’s ploughshare drives, elate, Full on thy bloom, Till crushed beneath the furrow’s weight, Shall be thy doom!
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weary of mothers and friends losing their children, before their time, weary of failing to achieve reconciliation with whatever one nominates the force that regulates, fate, Name-Your-God, deity of your choice, nature, laws of physics, the "whatever" that controls, interferes, that you think to believe wills these event's occurrence non-randomly cessation of formalities, one sided truce signed and delivered, unafraid to call this what it is, **** and damning fate, for no god could be so cruel... If only there was a Dislike button for life and the poems wrenched from death at 5:00 am this thought is my sole inhabitant once again, nature's bosses distort, another friend's grief asks, cajoles me to betray my/thy belief banish it or me, for we both cannot be cohabitants under the one roof, of this limited mind, where flailing poems never good enough, failing to express my sorrowed rage
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Jan 25, 2015
Jan 25, 2015 at 6:03 AM UTC
A Childless Mother (weary of mothers losing their children)
The shoreline bites at the toes of attendees, watching the little appendages curl up together. The footprints there have been etched into fossils, the sand crunching together and sounding like echoes of war cries and whispered endearments. The raft is loaded. The time is traced. A caterpillar in a chrysalis hums a love song, glows with the light of ‘vita vita vita’ as the gathering crowds taste dead languages. Children eat from lunch boxes carved with runes. Sometimes a glipse of twenty years is caught, a journal is forced open by the wind; it’s pages creak, the voices from the world's coffins that have been wrenched open start a hymn and the songs pile up in our ears as dust. Those who are do not mourn titter respectfully as men in white coats try to push the raft into the water, but you were so lovably stubborn. You always returned and even here you knew it; your final laugh was filtered through sign language. I step forward and push, float you off into the water, put my fingers over the candle and over the lips of dead kings as masses shoot the sky. The match roars and your raft gasps as it burns, old things being laid to rest and new ones kindling.
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Sep 26, 2013
Sep 26, 2013 at 6:28 PM UTC
The Romance of a Viking Funeral
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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I watched as my heart was wrenched out of my body. I watched as the blade twisted into my chest, And punctured my lungs so I couldn’t breathe. As the sword withdrew, My heart spilled out and lay beating on the floor, And she didn’t even carry a look that indicated the words: “I’m sorry.”
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Mar 2, 2019
Mar 2, 2019 at 2:30 AM UTC
coldhearted
Living on borrowed time Decision at drop of a hat Down an empty vandalized street, I walk through the horror of silence and silence of serenity perdurable pathway of life The ghastly sights and the rustling gates scattered people with unknown tastes emptiness in their eyes, anger in their words void is profound down the perdurable pathway of life Bifurcated roads upfront my perception, one to hell and one to heaven the other end of roads, a mystery I stood there comprehending, while my mind harks back to before I came down the perdurable pathway of life Endurance of a toiler Stoicism, a rare trait, out of gratitude to employer pain and suffering he undergoes for common good loyalty to his master, inspire of hardships sincerity and humbleness of the bloke will inspire me, down the perdurable pathway of life Deprived of education desolated on streets laboring disparate from parental love, subject to father's fury fractious relations but still ignores himself, for family and domicile The kid's love and determination, will inspire me down the perdurable pathway of life Spurn love took her down Her heart wrenched and pushed her beyond limits killed herself, leaving her parents to sore reality not a wise choice, but courageous I ponder upon courage, rather than cowardly suicide Death is not an option down the perdurable pathway of life Happy faces around taunt me to do simplest Reality speaks otherwise Reckoning on past, the pathway is wrought conscious and hard choices right ahead The bifurcated roads to heaven and hell? I've seen it all, down the perdurable pathway of life
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Aug 2, 2012
Aug 2, 2012 at 4:52 AM UTC
The Ghastly Choices
Living on borrowed time Decision at drop of a hat Down an empty vandalized street, I walk through the horror of silence and silence of serenity perdurable pathway of life The ghastly sights and the rustling gates scattered people with unknown tastes emptiness in their eyes, anger in their words void is profound down the perdurable pathway of life Bifurcated roads upfront my perception, one to hell and one to heaven the other end of roads, a mystery I stood there comprehending, while my mind harks back to before I came down the perdurable pathway of life Endurance of a toiler Stoicism, a rare trait, out of gratitude to employer pain and suffering he undergoes for common good loyalty to his master, inspire of hardships sincerity and humbleness of the bloke will inspire me, down the perdurable pathway of life Deprived of education desolated on streets laboring disparate from parental love, subject to father's fury fractious relations but still ignores himself, for family and domicile The kid's love and determination, will inspire me down the perdurable pathway of life Spurn love took her down Her heart wrenched and pushed her beyond limits killed herself, leaving her parents to sore reality not a wise choice, but courageous I ponder upon courage, rather than cowardly suicide Death is not an option down the perdurable pathway of life Happy faces around taunt me to do simplest Reality speaks otherwise Reckoning on past, the pathway is wrought conscious and hard choices right ahead The bifurcated roads to heaven and hell? I've seen it all, down the perdurable pathway of life
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A cool and close mist Hangs over the highland shrubs and trees Wild and tall grasses bend heavy Laden with the chill dew of a perpetually hidden dawn 10 lifetimes of experiences Have I gathered since I entered here I feel it was but a few hours ago Though I have not seen the sun Nor has the darkness of night Yet begun to creep into these woods Maybe from a dream or perhaps I passed it earlier this strange house A ***** place with slanted roof and chimney Sticking out of the earth in such a way That it appeared to be a natural growth I feel as though it is so very familiar Though I cannot say why Or why no matter the direction I turn Or for how long I walk I come unto its doorstep again and again In my mind it has replaced my own home If ever I did have another And whoever might have been waiting there I have long since forgotten Yet when I reach this house Time and time again I cannot muster the courage to reach out To take hold of the handle and turn it To enter in to that abode And here I come again I see it emerge out of the gentle fog Comfortably nestled on a hillside I stand for a moment at the gate The walk through it and up the long path Interspersed with a step or two here and there As it turned inwards and outwards Ascending the hill into the home’s entrance In a moment I stood at the door yet again Hand half outstretched towards the **** I placed my hand upon it Feeling the cool of brass Yet the warmth of something else Something half remembered from youth From years long since entwined with dreams I turned the **** gently Not yet feeling the click of the lock I felt a fresh wind at my back And I rather spontaneously Wrenched my hand and wrist All the way to the right I could feel the weight of the door Unhindered by any lock or stop And I pushed it open That mighty wooden thing And was greeted by a deepening night Full of countless radiant stars.
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Oct 18, 2023
Oct 18, 2023 at 4:09 PM UTC
A Place that was a Home
A cool and close mist Hangs over the highland shrubs and trees Wild and tall grasses bend heavy Laden with the chill dew of a perpetually hidden dawn 10 lifetimes of experiences Have I gathered since I entered here I feel it was but a few hours ago Though I have not seen the sun Nor has the darkness of night Yet begun to creep into these woods Maybe from a dream or perhaps I passed it earlier this strange house A ***** place with slanted roof and chimney Sticking out of the earth in such a way That it appeared to be a natural growth I feel as though it is so very familiar Though I cannot say why Or why no matter the direction I turn Or for how long I walk I come unto its doorstep again and again In my mind it has replaced my own home If ever I did have another And whoever might have been waiting there I have long since forgotten Yet when I reach this house Time and time again I cannot muster the courage to reach out To take hold of the handle and turn it To enter in to that abode And here I come again I see it emerge out of the gentle fog Comfortably nestled on a hillside I stand for a moment at the gate The walk through it and up the long path Interspersed with a step or two here and there As it turned inwards and outwards Ascending the hill into the home’s entrance In a moment I stood at the door yet again Hand half outstretched towards the **** I placed my hand upon it Feeling the cool of brass Yet the warmth of something else Something half remembered from youth From years long since entwined with dreams I turned the **** gently Not yet feeling the click of the lock I felt a fresh wind at my back And I rather spontaneously Wrenched my hand and wrist All the way to the right I could feel the weight of the door Unhindered by any lock or stop And I pushed it open That mighty wooden thing And was greeted by a deepening night Full of countless radiant stars.
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*Superimposing marks On red, swollen lips Bit and bled from chattering teeth That tolls nervous as a cuckoo clock chirps. A bumpy road with Spidered cracks Like a well dried jerky strip Wrinkled, and tough. Bit and chewed With no bones underneath And no guts to go forward. Warning skies Of red in the morning. And thunderstorming nights That flash with lighting so intense You'd think an old-age photo party was commenced way up high. And rain so furious You'd think the clouds were tearing themselves to pieces.* -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- As a cloud, I think I should add That we aren't all fluffy and white Nor scary and dark. Our seasons do not come easily For we undergo much To make it "rain." And even more to keep it calm. Thunder is not a weathering crash, It is yelling from another room. And the lightning flash, rage, That leads to liquid pain. The hard pressed wind that tosses your hair Are witheld screams until tolerance level reaches maximum, And snaps. Like that old willow's trunk, Wrenched from the earth, Because the sky is powerful And we are only along for the ride. But, there is sunshine that warms our tops While the bottoms are in shadow, wrought in darkness that writhe along uneven surfaces. But, there is moonlight that makes us gleam, Like silver was sewn into sides. But she is not always there, And as her light fades So Do We.
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Jul 15, 2013
Jul 15, 2013 at 1:37 AM UTC
Cloudy
If only I could write you  a poem From a music perspective I'd scream all day that I hate that I love you. I'd smoke **** get really  high Numb my days with morphine and totally blackout If only I could write you a poem From a death perspective I'd remind you of dreams Strive for what you believe in give a **** and for as long as you are alive never say I wish i knew If I write you a poem From a poet perspective I won't tell you that my heart is broken I'd say Its been wrenched Castrated, It's an empty weight It has been ruthlessly devoured If only I could write you a poem From a love perspective I'd argue that it's only a feeling that needs more analysis It's the only acceptable form of insanity globally
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Jul 22, 2018
Jul 22, 2018 at 1:32 PM UTC
If
Black dog Jan 2018 I spend all my hours crying and crouching in dark despair, consumed by self-pity; neither living nor dead, my mind poisoned by grief, ruined, undone, bitter and broken; my love wrenched from me. My dream smashed into a billion pieces. I'm finally ready to embrace the black dog with all its teeth and fury, fearless, numb, exhausted, done. I'll gladly drink down the bitter pills to end this state of loss; to spread my flesh, to let the cold waters draw me down; with pockets full of stones, anything to stop this intolerable feeling! I am nothing but empty!, I’m sick and tired and at the end! And for those that may remember just how retched a soul I had become; I pray and pray; that I am soon completely forgotten.
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Jan 28, 2018
Jan 28, 2018 at 9:23 AM UTC
Black dog
Light's patterns freeze: Frost on our faces. Light's pollen sifts Through the lids of our eyes ... Light sinks and rusts In water; is broken By glass ... rests On deserted dust. Light lies like torn Paper in corners: A rock-pool's pledge Of the sea's return. Light, wrenched at the edges By wind, looks down At itself in wrinkled Mirrors from bridges. Light thinly unweaves Itself through darkness Like foam's unknotting Strings in waves ... Now light is again Accumulated Swords against us ... Now it is gone.
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I want to protect you from the storms of life I want to be your umbrella in the torrential downpour we call tough times Though my fabrics may be porous and the water I shield you from may cause splash back I want to be there At times it may seem that no one loves you I’m **** sure that’s not true But I am not always sure that anyone else has a good enough grasp on the word to know That it by definition means you have to be there for the ones you claim to love Otherwise it doesn’t mean a thing Otherwise you’re just the dope standing in line at the store trying to get a return without a receipt But why would anyone want to return you? You may have come straight out of the package only to be a busted toy that fell into bad hands But as a porous old umbrella I can assure you In my life you are the best that I have got I’d rather shield you from the rain than any naïve, gleaming package Whom has no comprehension of how ****** life is beyond the store walls And you are far more beautiful anyways, with those missing bits and nicks in your plastic In fact I thought you were so beautiful I wrenched myself from my owner’s hands So I could protect you from the pain within the rain instead You were just a toy that had been trashed but I was willing to lose myself for you Willing to lose my time inside my cocoon of ignorance in someone else’s hands Just so that I could be blessed enough to call you my best friend I wanted to bear the weathers over our heads so that yours wouldn’t feel a drop And the only weather I can’t protect you from is the flood of your tears But when they surge upon us in times of trouble I prefer to invert myself and collect Allowing them to pool in the basin of my memories so that one day when you’re stronger than that We can take the time to look back and laugh At the broken toy that couldn’t see that her worst problems Could be fixed by a leaky old umbrella
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Jul 3, 2013
Jul 3, 2013 at 8:48 PM UTC
The Busted Toy & the Leaky Old Umbrella
I want to protect you from the storms of life I want to be your umbrella in the torrential downpour we call tough times Though my fabrics may be porous and the water I shield you from may cause splash back I want to be there At times it may seem that no one loves you I’m **** sure that’s not true But I am not always sure that anyone else has a good enough grasp on the word to know That it by definition means you have to be there for the ones you claim to love Otherwise it doesn’t mean a thing Otherwise you’re just the dope standing in line at the store trying to get a return without a receipt But why would anyone want to return you? You may have come straight out of the package only to be a busted toy that fell into bad hands But as a porous old umbrella I can assure you In my life you are the best that I have got I’d rather shield you from the rain than any naïve, gleaming package Whom has no comprehension of how ****** life is beyond the store walls And you are far more beautiful anyways, with those missing bits and nicks in your plastic In fact I thought you were so beautiful I wrenched myself from my owner’s hands So I could protect you from the pain within the rain instead You were just a toy that had been trashed but I was willing to lose myself for you Willing to lose my time inside my cocoon of ignorance in someone else’s hands Just so that I could be blessed enough to call you my best friend I wanted to bear the weathers over our heads so that yours wouldn’t feel a drop And the only weather I can’t protect you from is the flood of your tears But when they surge upon us in times of trouble I prefer to invert myself and collect Allowing them to pool in the basin of my memories so that one day when you’re stronger than that We can take the time to look back and laugh At the broken toy that couldn’t see that her worst problems Could be fixed by a leaky old umbrella
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We lay, you on your right side and I on my stomach you can hear waves crash (steel girders twisting under stress) An ocean of mercury, sloshing lightly- less than silently. Ripples radiating as waves collide and a drop is flung free, into the perfect moment of separation. As the bauble is balanced, I float momentarily flawless- circular with surface tension; my wagging tongue wrenched free and swallowed whole in the moment while I wait for your answer. I asked are you in love with me.
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Sep 2, 2011
Sep 2, 2011 at 7:47 PM UTC
***** and platonic
tonight i will replace draining my blood and the sight of the dark, intriguing, red liquid, being wrenched from my body with the familiar of wine. I've never been one to like the taste, so **** and untastful, but it's as if my taste buds have changed and the recipe was switched fore I've never tasted anything sweeter. (a.b)
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Mar 23, 2014
Mar 23, 2014 at 4:59 PM UTC
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