Creativity
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A Heart of Pain
My heart quivers Rattles in its cage For it has so much That it longs to say With every clench It expels words Every tightening An expression of hurt The arteries engorge Swell under the pressure As they carry the message To its listener Through tortuous vessels Both lesser and greater Until at last it… Continue reading
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Release the Words
I may be rash I may be raw But I must give voice To these words I have held them in For far too long My aching fingers Worn to the bone But now my insides Are clogged with hot oil And I must release it Before I boil So I let the words out… Continue reading
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The Black Sheep
I am the black sheep In a sea of white The thundering storm cloud Among soft pillows up high I crackle with energy In a world so sedate The force of my emotions Refuses to dissipate I do not speak I can only roar The tragedies I seeI cannot ignore I tried to bleach myself… Continue reading
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The Widowed Writer
Sadness isThe bitterness in her bonesThe dark embersGlowering in her soul The darknessIn her empty eyesThe merciless pitBurrowing inside It is the fake laughAnd that fake smileThe eternal prisonHer handpicked trial It is the weightThat holds her backIt is the veilThat drapes her in black It is the burdenThat cannot be sharedThe secret hurtsOf which nobody cares It is the… Continue reading
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A Poet’s Curse
Being a poet Is a terrible curse I am condemned to write Everything in verse Rhymes haunt me And metaphors stalk me Everywhere I look I see potential for stories Sometimes I sit In complete darkness Try to starve this monster Until it is harmless But then my mind’s eye Suddenly cracks open The absence… Continue reading
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Werewolf Writer
The moon goes up And the words come out Watch yourself now There’s a werewolf about His silver fur blackensLike the nib of a pen He sits on his haunches And starts howling again Stories rise From watery graves Poems wake up And haunt the page When the writing is done The werewolf retreats Goes… Continue reading
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I Need to Write
I write Because I must It’s not by choice I cannot stop The words find me Wherever I go They hunt me down Hold a knife to my throat I write ideas down But more will come Once the dam bursts I am overrun But in this torrent I do not drown I feel like… Continue reading
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Writers Do Not Sleep
Leave me alone I don’t want to write Don’t you know It’s the middle of the night? Go away Let me have my peace It’s not time for writing It’s time for sleep Go on then I will review some work Polish them up Wipe off any dirt A new idea? I’ll note it down… Continue reading
Dawn & Dusk 