Flashbacks Poems - Poems about Flashbacks

I leave the sun-dappled autumn sidewalk, entering the office The empty chair there lingers. dark tendrils coiling in my mind— my blind rage pleading for quiet healing. flashbacks clash like striking thunder opening buried treasures of truth. and in that final brand searing cry My heart reborn, mindlessly adrift in spectral mist. I gladly depart as sleet glazes, streets so slick….. ...

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Summer’s in the rearview mirror, re-experience it at your peril. it’ll only distract you now, and maybe depress you. Summer shifts your orbit, from classrooms and remote zooms, to lollygagging by beaches and snuggling in cozy hotel rooms. As intense and vital as last summer was - as they all are - it’s already blurring in memory. Soon only the memory of...

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Are the feelings meant to subside now you have gone? What if I still lay petrified in my bed? Is it supposed to get easier as time goes on? Cos I still carve your initials in lines of red I don't want to feel you anymore. As I hear you creep. I want to be done fighting this war, That I fight...

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For turning you invisible, I'll always be regretful, when things got critical was easy to be forgetful. I left you in a state of shock , in tears heavier than a rock. , I heard you, but left you on mute, now you know I'm forbidden fruit. Just another day without me, can't you see I set you free. I know I killed...

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Those flashbacks often dance holding my heart's strings. With their curvaceous move, they usually lost their balance and their obstinate move further reduce the tension of those strings. And then those memories fall, releasing the tightly held strings & then what happened next have been confined only to myself. These flaccid strings stretched to such an extent that they usually...

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Around, all around, the dark memories gather. My dread grows as the dark one's touch falls against my naked soul. It mutilates me, and darkly my blood drips to the broken ground. In horror I cry out while the reaper takes me Now alone, my essence falls upon darkened eyes. THIS IS MY HELL....

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His eyes were wild with angry He roughly shoved her out of the vehicle I froze, terrified Her life was in danger Or was it my life in danger Our lives where in danger She was begging for mercy Once the love of her life, Now a merciless monster. Once the beloved father to her child, Now a furious...

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In the middle of the night I ran myself a bath. I sat on the ledge with my feet in. I sigh as I look down at the familiar blade in my hand. I stare for a moment at my body and wonder if there is any room left. The outside of my lower legs look clean and...

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SUMMER HEAT FLASHBACKS… Dry heat cracked the ground; Wet whips cracked ancestors’ backs— Juxtaposed flashbacks:-...

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These days seem familiar Like my messy hair, Each memory; a strand of hair Every brushstroke I see flashbacks of renowned moments Distant memories; they begin to fade Every brushstroke Putting my hair in place Now looking like beauty and grace Ready to begin my day...

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It takes me away felling sick of my own life, wondering if I should live or die Swallowing pills down untill I'm done Stand on this roof till the morning comes I stand and simplify my hate, Suicide is my only fate As I jump it takes me away, Flashbacks to the miserable days then Darkness surrounds me like a lake,...

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Historical Foreshadowing Marring- The once brilliant Sanctuary -A commonplace Event- Without a place. An opening up Of old and new torments And Run On Thoughts -Half Unanswered- Stop at the border -In semidarkness- The edge of eternity....

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A sudden embarrassment, a moment of shame A lifetime remembered —in flashbacks of pain (Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2019)...

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There’s this terrible strife in my life That leaves me feeling sore Good that you took away the knife So, I can soar some more I’m awfully sorry, dear, I can’t help myself anymore You’re the one I truly adore to the deepest core I need someone beside me right now somehow I wipe the sweat of sheer shame from my brow There...

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Your arms surround me, As the sun drowns in the sea. The golden sand beneath, Feels soft to my bare feet. Silver streaks of moon rays, Break through my hair. As the day melts into night, I can feel the cold air. Our fingers hang entwined, As your shadow falls on mine. We keep no track of time, Or moments that slip by. Now, memories lie in...

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