Emotions
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Well of Sorrows
I have in me A well of sorrows Its dampness permeates Seeps into my bones I filled this chasm With wretched tears Hiding them from The scorn of my peers On some days It overflows As ink-stained tears That form into poems So I will let this flow Of tears start So other emotions Can… Continue reading
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Gloom
A lament Depression is like Being locked in a cupboard When the mansion of your mind Is waiting to be discovered It’s like finding an oyster With a blackened pearl Or rockets with no fuel On a dying world It’s like a record that has Become stuck on the chorus Seeing a single band of… Continue reading
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Locked Inside
I built a cageFrom the strongest steelTo lock away memoriesTo pretend they weren’t real I accepted the secrecyOf hidden painRather than endureThe agony of change I suffered in silenceIn this bath of hot oilMy insides meltingFrom this toxic toil So I built a new cageFrom a kinder steelAnd I locked away my shameSo that I… Continue reading
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Don’t Pity Me
I don’t need your pity Your kind, empty words My pain is rotting meat Your words, tasteless herbs Don’t deflect, don’t divert The blood-stained flows of my heart If it is too much for you to bear Please don’t bother to ask I don’t want people To feel sorry for me To gawp at my… Continue reading
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Stormy Waters (repost)
Dark, stormy waters In the glass of my soul Inner turmoil concealed Within this fragile bowl As the darkness thrashes Like a tortured snake Tremors roar inside me The bowl starts to shake I lift open the hatch And let the darkness out My insides feel relief As the troubled waters spout They hurl themselves… Continue reading
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Golden Day
Once in a while I have a golden day When the dark clouds are shattered By a sudden sun ray When the only weight That rests on my head Is a radiant crown Not that wreath of dread When my weeping heart Makes a different sound As a harmony of serendipity Is suddenly found These… Continue reading
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Enigma
I am an enigmaA walking contradictionOne day I do the impossibleThe next I am bedridden My mind can masterComplex puzzles and problemsAnd then at the smallest effortSuccumb to exhaustion I can write thingsThat impress even myselfBut then struggle to find the wordsTo ask for help I don’t understand This juxtapositionBut I will find a wayTo… Continue reading
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Hollow Reed (repost)
I am a hollow reed That wails as the wind blows I am mourning church bells Echoing with resonant tone I paint with black This paper, my canvas My words are a seething sea Brooding, tumultuous I do not mince my words They are not for the faint-hearted I will not underplay my emotions Not… Continue reading
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Bitterness (repost)
Stale milk Stagnating inside We harbour envy Then it rots our minds It darkens our corneas Until all is black It poisons our tongue Weaponises it for attack The world melts away Leaving only sharp edges The sun diminishes To darkness, it pledges Your flesh turns cold As the warmth disappears Your emotions embalm No… Continue reading
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Rotten Remnants
A lament My spoken words are woodenRotten remnants of tree carcassSo flimsy and flakyFailing to fulfil their purpose They fall to the groundHollow and frailFor mould and fungusTo turn them stale I plant them carefullyTry to build a forestBut a soft wind blowsLeaving me embarrassed So I embalmed my heartIn thick white waxAnd allowed my… Continue reading
