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Categories:
dark, gothic, horror, metaphor,
Form: Haiku
The Weight of TimeI feel the weight of time
Pressing down on my neck
I thought the weight of
stress would dissipate
with time
but the frosting
no longer tastes
better than the cake.
How could the snow
no longer look the same?
Santa nothing but...
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Categories:
betrayal, dark, death, fear,
Form: Prose
recycled reflectionscrawling words
slithering
waiting for something
questions without answers
in the zone of twilight rerror
Oh No!
erring inhumanly
gaslighting
becoming gas
volcanic eruption
savage rays
in the breezy trees
insanely iconic
epic hunt
beyond reason
a dangerous game
a masked requiem for a virulent era
a robotic rumination
fleeing...
raging rubble
deliverance...?
...
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Categories:
dark, society, surreal,
Form: Free verse
Sensitive BehaviorLast night together baby, pains my core.
One two three four, one two three four.
La la la la la, la life is gonna stop.
La la la la la, la husk is gonna rot.
Festering in my basement,...
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Categories:
dark, death, gothic, sensual,
Form: Free verse
Calls My NameThe orb calls to me, beckons breast beat,
blood in veins permeates, face red with heat,
as I asphyxiate, am dominated, reach climax.
Each time lustful, more powerful, sensual.
I crave this fix, my only reason to exist,
addicted to...
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Categories:
addiction, cute love, dark,
Form: Free verse
The urge to fallI want to disappear into oblivion
Into an abyss so deep, I forget my own name
I wish to fall so far, I no longer know how to speak
When I open my mouth, no words will...
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Categories:
dark, deep, depression,
Form: Free verse
Nothing left to giveThe world is burning
And there is nothing that I can do to make it stop
I have no money
So I share posts in hopes of someone else having money
I have such little hope
So I share posts...
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Categories:
anger, angst, corruption, dark,
Form: Free verse
Future ShockReliving every moment since it started,
the good, the bad, the downright pitiful mistakes
made by yours truly, wiser with age
through the journey of discovery.
Sadly, the other bearing the brunt of it,
no one is to blame if...
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Categories:
city, dark, humanity, political,
Form: Free 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:
dark, abuse, anxiety, child abuse,
Form: Rhyme
Dark fightDemon hauls
Silent Loud screams
Unheard screams
Echoes of a silent dark room
My demons
Lark
Inside my dark mind
Trapped in my sanity
Piercing screams
Seeking refuge
Refuge from my fears
These demons
Never let it rest
I'm loosing
Loosing it all
Already evident
From these aching...
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Categories:
dark, death, depression, grave,
Form: Free verse
You All Hold The KeyIn this cell is where it all grows
The fear
The hope
The lost
The dream
The success
The grace
The signature
The fall
The race
The plan
It all grows here
Inside you
Inside me
Inside us
The balance shifts
The weight heavy
The cross awaits
Time the judgement
In this place
We are...
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Categories:
addiction, anxiety, courage, dark,
Form: Free verse
Consuming FireLicking my wounds.
Recovering from the pain.
Is it supposed to
feel this way?
Empty, cold, and dejected.
Ashamed of not enjoying it.
Radiating heat filling me up
from my pelvic floor.
Somehow, I am wanting more.
More of the pain
without it there’s
no...
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Categories:
addiction, body, dark, drug,
Form: Prose
Bad News, Morose NewsIt’s like being hit by a meteor
Where there’s no tomorrow
It is like doomsday, really
Where everything is ugly
And absolutely nothing is pretty
I just received the bad news
That my sister-in-law had died
Suddenly and extemporaneously
Without being sick tremendously
I...
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Categories:
dark, death, death of
Form: Rhyme
In The Waiting RoomLet me introduce myself
My name is suicide
I live in the shadows
Just at the back of your mind
You’ll probably never meet me
Sometimes I'm on posters
Usually in your doctor’s waiting room
You may glance at me
Put me to...
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Categories:
anxiety, dark, suicide,
Form: Free verse
The Conversation of SleepI dreamt only of green alkanet.
One by one,
I'd see another,
mutilate my view,
talking in tongues of five,
as they destroy the delicate balance,
between this world and new.
...
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Categories:
dark, dream, extended metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Specific Types of Dark Poems
Definition | What is Dark in Poetry?
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