Emotions
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Failed Foundation
I feel beneath my feet The ruins of a foundation A groundwork that was laid But was completely wasted A life spent But spent in vain Now these stones Are just a source of shame I prepare to break These reminders up But something in me Causes me to stop My failed foundation My so-called Continue reading
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A Court of Fear and Loathing
My thoughts gather On this spiral staircase Each one sneering With malevolent face They’ve all prepared Each one has a speech Either some accusation Or a declaration of defeat I spin round In this amphitheatre But my attempts at defence Will have no impact here Their white papers Rain down As cheers of derision Echo Continue reading
Anxiety, Depression, Emotions, Fear, Guilt, Hope, Pain, Perfectionism, Poetry, Rumination, Trauma, Truth -
Authenticity
We wear the mask Until we forget who we are We take the real us And hide it in a jar We follow their script Until we forget our voice We follow their directions Until they become our choice We play their game so long Jumping through every hoop That we forget it’s a game Continue reading
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Embittered
They thought because I was quiet That I had nothing to say But I held my words within me Until I came to this page They left no space For my voice to be heard So I went to a place Where I would never be spurned Their loud voices drowned out My attempts to Continue reading
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Drained
I hate this This crushing pressure To be the person That always delivers I cannot fail Because if I do Others can’t cope Or know what to do I have achieved so much That if I stop People panic When they notice the loss They suck my talents dry My gifts, my generosity But which Continue reading
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Jester
I am not sure How I got this role I did not apply But was still enrolled Chosen as the happy one Who cheers everyone up Who always smiles And shows true love I was the one To carry other people’s burdens But found myself alone When I was hurting I danced so long That Continue reading
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Curse or Crown
A young man has an affliction Suffers from a curse It’s been there his whole life He’s had it since birth He can feel your emotions As if they were his own When he sees someone wince His insides groan Describe your situation And he will experience it Open the sorrows of your heart And Continue reading
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Invisibility Cloak
A young man lives In a shroud of smoke His staggering steps hidden For he wears an invisibility cloak He found it one day In a cupboard in his room It promised to hide his secrets Instead, it became his tomb To all who looked at him He looked like he was doing ok But Continue reading
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Winter Days
I feel the ice Congealing around my heart And like frost-bitten toes My emotions drop off The winter days encircle me The coldness seeps in I have forgotten what summer is like The beautiful blooms of spring I shiver on the porch Waiting for these days to be over For this ice palace in my Continue reading
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Hope is a Home
Hope is a home Not a hotel An impenetrable castle A magnificent citadel It is not a train In which you hop in and out It is an exploration ship Crossing an ocean of doubt It doesn’t always feel secure It has peaks and troughs But it is a place to shelter in When the Continue reading
Dawn & Dusk 