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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
Bob the BuilderYou apologize over and over,
Yet do it again cold shoulder.
In church every Sunday saying you’re a “righteous” man,
But at home you’re the devil’s right hand man.
It’s crazy how your so smart and calculated with...
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Categories:
addiction, anger, childhood, dark,
Form: Narrative
Tunnel VisionI want to rip my face off. I pinch and poke in hopes of leaving a clean flattened surface. I long for my skin to smooth out. I assure myself I am aware of what...
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Categories:
addiction, anger, angst, cry,
Form: Free verse
Hills And CrossesHills & Crosses
I hung myself on a cross
To atone for my works
An attempt on my soul
To rid him off of his unwholesomeness
To cut off the tree of transgressions,
I continously ate of its...
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Categories:
addiction, bible, desire, religion,
Form: Free verse
the tribeThe lost tribe
Holocaust, the ongoing tragedy
this time, it is the Palestinians who are victims
from a tribe that has learned that if one has
to survive, they must be ty, able to tell
lies and cynically plays on...
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Categories:
absence, abuse, addiction,
Form: Blank verse
Backwards Spells of FEAR Part I
so easy to fall, and so hard to break free
somehow as a child I knew
it was as if they knew my name before I had a clue
at 10 reading books about orphans
free from the...
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Categories:
abuse, addiction, child, fear,
Form: Free verse
Cynicismim playing cards with pandora
and she’s bleeding her hand
its so painfully obvious
i see her grand plan,
because calamities hit a set
and she’s feeling alright
but theres one card left
im holding hope tonight
and its hope which
keeps me...
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Categories:
addiction,
Form: Rhyme
Cardsim playing cards with pandora
and she’s bleeding her hand
its so painfully obvious
i see her grand plan,
because calamities hit a set
and she’s feeling alright
but theres one card left
im holding hope tonight
and its hope which
keeps me...
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Categories:
addiction, anxiety, hope, mental
Form: Rhyme
a different kind of loveA different kind of love
Easy, in and out your breath
lungs unsullied by cigarette smoke
Siesta nap, a lazy Sunday afternoon
when flowers are recklessly nude
Breath, taking
should you stop
I would fall into a chasm
pale rainbows, a stillborn moon
rusty...
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Categories:
addiction, age, august, dance,
Form: Blank verse
Funny Guy and Crazy PlayboyEvery girl, every woman
in his hometown
is wild and insane
about that funny guy
and crazy playboy
who deceives anybody
and walks through the halls of Hell
to make them his dearest possession...
until his desire does wane!
Funny guy and crazy...
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Categories:
addiction, adventure, character, desire,
Form: Lyric
Ode to NicoleLife is such a delicate dance.
I never even had a chance.
Getting older, everyone is gone.
Alone, I feel so alone.
My friends left long ago.
The streets are so unforgiving.
I wish I knew another way of living.
Weapons don’t...
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Categories:
abuse, addiction, anxiety, death
Form: Rhyme
A wolfs embraceThere is nothing like falling for a wolf.
To which you would do anything for.
After once wounding the wolf,
there is not a length you will go to repay the wolf.
For allowing his fangs in your neck
means...
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Categories:
abuse, addiction, allusion, animal,
Form: Free verse
Real painDouble pain in my heart
The sad I feel tears me apart
From my our family I had to band my brother
That would of killed our mother
The operation didn't hurt this bad
Or make me as...
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Categories:
abuse, addiction, age, anger,
Form: Rhyme
Through Jaded EyesI deserve it at this point,
I see it coming every time.
I know your promises are hollow,
and your love riddled with lies.
I've stayed this long just hoping
(that) maybe one day things could change.
Despite repeating cycles,
foolishly,...
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Categories:
abuse, addiction, conflict, confusion,
Form: Rhyme
Lets just be togetherThe opposite of addiction is connection
Riptide provides a strong direction
Gathering us up and bringing us along with a pull so strong
It took us a long time to get here
both of us a bit worse for...
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Categories:
addiction, love,
Form: Rhyme
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