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Sevens, Shovels and Spades

...Sevens, Shovels, and Spades Dig, dig, dig. Black soil and stone Earth worms wiggle , Decay bones Dig, dig, dig, scatter seeds there Sprouting, searching sun and air Dig, dig, dig, To hide ......Read the rest...

Categories: six feet under, death, farm, garden, grave,
Form: Free verse

If only you knew

...Written for the poetry contest "If only you knew" Sponsor: Silent One 2nd Place This poem is inspired from the song “liability” by Lorde. sat down with my brother the other day asked him if......Read the rest...

Categories: six feet under, angst, cry, dance, death,
Form: Free verse

Awaiting a growth spurt that never happened

...Awaiting a growth spurt that never happened When a boy, I wanted to be as tall as my father (he passed away October seventh two thousand and twenty linkedin to congestive heart failure), who ......Read the rest...

Categories: six feet under, 12th grade, 9th grade,
Form: Free verse

This Greyling Sallow Place

...Gloomy dismal, and forlorn... that's how this day was borne in a Greyling sallow place where death doth reign without a face. In a boneyard of decaying flesh, one fresh abyss was dug to th......Read the rest...

Categories: six feet under, sad, silence,
Form: Free verse

The last high

...Bruising my vein Can’t stay in my lane Don’t even feel any pain Acting like my arms are a pincushion A dirty needle about to push in Need that rush Want the voices to hush Never coming down ......Read the rest...

Categories: six feet under, addiction, anger, dark, depression,
Form: Free verse

Can't Leave My Damn Home

...This was written back when Covid-19 at it's height. As sung to the tune "Can't Find My Way Home," by Steve Winwood/Blind Faith. "Can't Leave My Damn Home" ------------- I've binged Game of Thr......Read the rest...

Categories: six feet under, humor, parody, satire,
Form: Free verse

Falcon Chooses Prey

...Falcon heard mouse from sixty-six feet Thought the creature gave a curious tweet Young mouse’s fear was his main feature. Falcon instantly chose a new creature His intended prey was totally unawa......Read the rest...

Categories: six feet under, bird,
Form: Rhyme

Dead Reckoning

...Why did I have to silence my brain Thinking it would alleviate the pain, If only that hair trigger had paused ... Now look at all the troubles I caused Forget the moment the last breath drew T......Read the rest...

Categories: six feet under, death, grave, hurt, motivation,
Form: Rhyme

Wounded Sigh

... The sun has long receded from the sky, Pallid gloom invades the wintry air, Morbid silence hangs over him, Memory sleeps like hibernating toads. Trees stand bare with no leaves t......Read the rest...

Categories: six feet under, angst, depression, loneliness,
Form: Free verse

Gravedigger

...We pass through this world pretending we belong Failing to consider we won’t be here very long Clinging to the illusion we’re in control Yet at the end of our dilution wait’s a graveyard ho......Read the rest...

Categories: six feet under, death, destiny, introspection,
Form: Rhyme

One Missing

...I want to write a song today from six feet under here. Won’t paint to kill the dead saints but I want to make it clear that I’ve been praying in the dark while lying in this grave, and wishing the......Read the rest...

Categories: six feet under, inspirational,
Form: Rhyme

Suffocation

...He got buried six feet under No eyes to see the thunder He has no heart to feel sorry He has no soul to feel any worry He simply is and is all there will be He would want a will but would fail a......Read the rest...

Categories: six feet under, anxiety, dark, death, deep,
Form: Rhyme

Morally Bound

...Oh can't you see my heart is free No mortal cord can tether And still I pray to face each day Through calm or stormy weather The sands of time and hills to climb I'll traverse without ......Read the rest...

Categories: six feet under, character, courage, devotion,
Form: Rhyme

Jest

...Jest Show me your creation, Written down in black ink. Let me see your darkest thoughts; I need a place to sink. I want a place to disappear; There really is no esca......Read the rest...

Categories: six feet under, death, love,
Form: Rhyme

Dead

...Dead Swear to God you want me dead. You run your middle finger up and down my spine. Too far gone to smile so I cry and apologize. The clouds are dark but we’re moving on. I’m not waiting on the......Read the rest...

Categories: six feet under, angel,
Form: Free verse

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