Emotions
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Abyss
I reached for the sunDreamed of successBut my path led meTo the depths of an abyss The glare of hopeSeared my eyesScolded my arroganceFor daring to defy I was leftScrabbling in the darkTo gather up the piecesOf my broken heart It was there I foundA luminescent stoneThat had been hidden in meAll along Continue reading
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Black Heartstone
They took my heartstoneTo a poisoned riverThey held it underUntil my soul withered That precious gemThey stained it blackDrained its goodnessBefore giving it back It sank in my chestA dragging anchorBound to the sinkingShip of my anguish I sat with itBy the pool of my tearsAnd wept untilShimmering cracks appeared The glowing jewel underneathHad not… Continue reading
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The Tempest in Me
Dark shadowsTrembling treesCower and beholdAt my thundering Mountains shakeAt the foaming seasFor now they seeThe tempest in me Spinning cloudsCoalesce withinThe white billows ripplingAs they turn black and grim The ground tremblesThe paper quakesAs the words within meStart to awake Continue reading
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Writhing Dragons
Two dragons reside In the pit of my stomach Their roars echo In the walls of my gullet One is coal-black With glimmering red eyes Who blasts its bitterness In my brooding skies The other is of emerald A deep merciless green Writhing in jealousy At all that it sees Sometimes they wrestle Sometimes they… 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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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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He Carries Sorrow
A man carries sorrow On his back Wandering in exile In a hidden cul-de-sac News spread Of his decline in health And so people gathered round Eager to help They gave advice Stood from afar Suggested exercises To strengthen his arms They advised techniques Got him walking differently Corrected his posture So he did not… Continue reading
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Dark Bubble
A poem on depression I don’t write these words To garner sympathy I write these poems To help you see To understand the depressedThat you meet in lifeTo help you understand What they fight To help you visualise The daily struggle To catch a glimpse Inside their dark bubble To show what helped me To… 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 Decay of Silence
A lament Moss grows On unused tongues And damp builds up In wordless lungs Silence heralds A cruel winter And suppressed emotions Will eventually splinter I held in my words To avoid the painBut that wretched painFound me all the same Continue reading
Dawn & Dusk 