Emotions
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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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Dark Waterfall
I was drowning Under a black torrent Clinging to a cliff Of misfortune and torment I tried to grasp On to higher handholds But my bony fingers Had grown ice-cold I cried for help From those above They berated me Rather than pull me up Their toxic words Spewed like bile Adding to the flow… Continue reading
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Shadow Birds
A lament Shadow birdsPerch on lanternsMigrating dailyFrom their home in the mountains Their dispiriting criesPierce the glassAnd make their homesIn people’s hearts They spread outTheir gloomy wingsAnd summon miseryFrom hidden springs Winged sorrowsOf times gone byReturn each nightTo make people cry Continue reading
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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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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
Dawn & Dusk 