Paradoxically Poems - Poems about Paradoxically

we only wanted to be kids not heroes. we wanted to catch ships of clouds at the sky not black seadevils in the drain. we wanted lemons for lemonade not salt for our wounds. but there it came the dramatic change of scenery prohibition of dreams and innocence he iron lung in the birth parlour rabid dogs raiding the cathouse curtains falling over our eyes Mad Hatter...

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Though absolutely insured because of family’s opulence We can’t verily buy a bed guaranteed to give peace-prevalence. Though our financial records show investment’s gain Our health so stressed complains of physical pain. Though we press toward heights of being prosperous We may retrogress due to financial qualms, grievously torturous. While boastful of grand wealth abundance Our bratty heirs are shameful in their...

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Hate feels heavy With too much worry Cause for anxiety Mood feels dreary With thoughts too heavy With touch so weary Not much more to say As with fragile play Upon the lost way Now in sorry grip This senseless mad trip In a strange odd sip Lost is seldom found Upon quicksand grounds With quagmire around Strange paradox here Devoid of good cheer Sinking and stuck here Leon Enriquez 05 March 2019 Singapore...

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Shambling alone on the periphery of human warmth Shorn of friendship Ostracized from faith Limited in contacts to nuclear kinship Sausage-linked by an umbilical cord In aeons Saturated with discord In the darkness away from candelas lumens of neons Reduced to a bag of misery bones Away from feelings In war-weary zones Teeming with sleazy dealings Fed up with life Terrorized by famine Enveloped in knife led strife In portions...

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laughing i can barely see through my tears laughing i can barely see how i've been torn joyously enjoying life i never want to leave here joyously enjoying life not longer torment do i have to hear with this hand in mine i can finally tie the knot with this hand in mine i feel no longer...

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