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InsurgentsThe day has just dawn and the infidels are all over the lawn, they are setting up tents in the field and continue to ignore the written deal, the widows and single women are at...
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Categories:
absence, abuse, character, earth,
Form: Narrative
Soul of skeptic writhes with agonizing torture like a burning man in Dante's InfernoSoul of skeptic writhes with agonizing torture (like a burning man) in Dante's Inferno
Self immolation as sacrificial bleating lamb
promises eternal martyrdom
awaiting voluntary die hard protester,
where countless vestal virgins provide blissfulness
(think Playboy mansion on steroids)
synonymous with...
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Categories:
abuse, allusion, america, anger,
Form: Free verse
Everything happens for a reasonThere is a story behind it,
you can see and find it.
But hurt, anger, every shed of tear, every throw up, every stomach ache, every sneeze, every hair that is easily to rip off, every...
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Categories:
abuse,
Form: Rhyme
Boy With An EyeBetwixt the vibrant threads of a busy bazaar,
A foreigner's gaze seize on a singular star,
A boy with one eye, an enigma raid,
Their dialogue begins, a journey to trade.
"Your salesmanship shines," the foreigner inquires,
"Does schooling attend...
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Categories:
boy, child abuse, courage,
Form: Epic
looking for wordsLooking for words.
Pink and blue billows on the poetic sky drip of eager words
Alas, towards dawn, a westerly wind blew cleared the sky
In the morning blank screen lit up when the sun shone.
But the sun...
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Categories:
absence, abuse, age, allusion,
Form: Blank verse
I'm TrappedI'm trapped inside a maze that's my own head
I don't know if I'd rather find a way out or be dead
Twists and turns, memories that burn
Burn the perfect picture of someone I thought I knew
I'm...
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Categories:
abuse, anxiety, child abuse,
Form: Rhyme
Beautiful GirlsI see the way your body dances through the halls of our home, how dirty you are. dirty little girl.
My teacher said this is not what we do. Mom tells me this is bad.
They’re wrong....
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Categories:
abuse, angst, child abuse,
Form: Free verse
Split ScreenTwo people are on the screen which one is your dream? Two dresses are hanging on the door which one did you picked up on the shore; two cabs are waiting at the gate which...
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Categories:
absence, abuse, adventure, appreciation,
Form: Narrative
A Distant Goodbye
Make changes to break the cycle
Be mindful, always aware
Never create a fearful unsafe home
Always protect and care
Fear as his dads car pulled into the driveway
Watching the removal of his dads belt
Knowing what was coming next
Not...
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Categories:
abuse, addiction, change, family,
Form: Rhyme
rainbow allianceRainbow alliance
On a barbed wire fence between Chile and Argentine
hangs thousands of plastic bags, some of the bags from top shops
London, New York, Paris, and Bonn.
Here are Japanese, Swedish bags, Arabic bags, and...
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Categories:
7th grade, absence, abuse,
Form: Blank verse
I’m hungryIn a time where innocence should reign,
This little girl faced trials, her heart in pain.
Her upbringing, not necessarily the worst, I’d say,
But love and stability seemed far far away.
Naive to the world, she sought to...
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Categories:
abuse, anger, betrayal, child,
Form: Free verse
The Compassion I Didn't HaveWe thought life would have been
so simple: flowers and hugs,
sentimental nights and songs;
then, reality came with its pain...
we were no longer that invincible,
rather two people so gullible!
The compassion I didn't have
hurts inside, now it's tearing...
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Categories:
absence, abuse, break up,
Form: Rhyme
dependenceDependence
Looking out of the window
at the doctor's waiting room
his receptionist had gone outside for a smoke
she wore black underwear
under a white nylon dress
Faux pas?
What do I care, who dresses in a black T-shirt
jeans and a...
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Categories:
absence, abuse, anxiety,
Form: Blank verse
a female worldThe female world
There is a new low in the Trump hatred
by the political class, a new court case
has turned out to be a titillating show
where a prostitute appears as having
the time of her life, as she...
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Categories:
abuse, addiction, angst,
Form: Burlesque
Gummy on solanaIn the realm of Solana, a gummy's in charge,
A silly meme that's living large.
It's making folks rich, breaking the mold,
Turning regular folks into millionaires bold.
A funny candy leading a financial spree,
Who'd have thought it? It's...
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Categories:
abuse, 12th grade, 4th grade,
Form: Bio
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