Anxiety
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Dark Towers
Dark towers Scourges of the sky My sunset canvas Is scarred and maligned They cut into shreds My days of azure blue Their spiteful spires puncture My birds of truth The horizons of the future Are maimed and obscured And cumulus clouds Are strategically lured Ancient foes erected These structures to intimidate But to fade… Continue reading
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The Machinations of Crows
Crooked crows With beady eyes Whisper and croak As they strategize In their frenzy Their feathers they shred As they scheme and plot Their misdeeds of dread They orchestrate the downfallOf my kings and queens Gathering ever more influence Under their wings Their crafty counsel Deposes my thoughts And their dark murmurings Form their own… Continue reading
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Left Behind
A lament EverydayI start undergroundHearing the footstepsOf everyone else pound I must get up earlyTo try to catch upSo that I am notLeft in the dust Some days I make itOn others I fallSometimes I am assaulted By nasty things that crawl But whatever the circumstanceOr how hard I chaseI always start at a disadvantageIn… Continue reading
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The Black Beast
Concealed in the darkHidden amongst painA treacherous beast cowersFrom the light of day A fiendish foePretending to be a friendIts words of warningHave nefarious ends Among the rippling windsIn the twilight hoursFace the fearAnd confront its power In its coreIs a golden lightThat this black beastHad tried to hide Continue reading
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Don’t Wake the Monster
Don’t wake the monster That sleeps in his mind It broods in its fortress Of a thousand whispered lies With bared teeth, it snarls Accusing with its claws It thrashes in hysterics Screaming at his flaws The struggle is brutal To put it back in its box On the darkest days The fight never stops… Continue reading
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Self Sabotage
A caustic emotion Muddies the water Like a belch of octopus ink Before it is slaughtered A desperate squirt In vain protection Leaves the animal In disorientation And in this swirl Of black catastrophe The octopus becomes Its worst enemy And so it swims Right into the trap As jaws thud closed With a thunderous… Continue reading
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Awakening Beasts
Sleeping beasts Stirring from rest Their heavy-set jawsLaden with dread Their fearsome roars Shake the earth Cause dormant memories To begin to emerge Fearsome dragons Towering giants Attack siege walls With shouts of defiance The ground trembles As emotions awake And the fortress of the mind Is exposed to their rage Continue reading
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Adversity is not the End (repost)
Though the fire burns,It will not consume me Though the flood rises, It will not drown me Though the wind howls, It will not stop me Though the lightning flashes, It will not blind me Though the storm rages, It will not engulf me Though the lava encircles, It will not entrap me Though the… Continue reading
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The Boy And His Circle
There was a boy Who decided one day That he would neverTake a risk again So he marked out safety With a circle of sticks He sat down in the middle And his tension released But a thought gnawed At the back of his mind What if what was safe Changed over time? How would… Continue reading
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The True Crown
She holds in her hand A broken crown A diadem hidden Behind a crushed frown Glittering with jewels Catching rays of light But their radiant beauty Remains out of sight Kindness as emeralds Love as giant rubies Silky soft sapphires Shimmer in their brooding The cracks enhance Rather than taint Adding texture No jeweller could… Continue reading
