Emotions
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Burnt Heart
My heart burned black Festering with fury Anger glowered as embers Scorching inside me Bitterness oozed out Viscous like oil My skin blistered with rage Throbbed with boils I knew this anger Would eat me alive So I planted something Deep inside A golden seed Of truth and hope That purged my clogged arteries With… Continue reading
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Needles
A poem about shame A thin needleThrough her headAre the wordsThat her teachers said She feels itEvery single dayAnd there is no wayTo make it go away It sews in patternsOf inferiorityAnd crochets a latticeOf poisonous jealousy How can crueltyBe so intricate?It feels as ifIt was all deliberate So she will makeA pattern of her… Continue reading
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Awakening Beasts
Sleeping beasts Stirring from rest Their heavy-set jawsLaden with dread Their fearsome roars Shake the earth Cause dormant memories To begin to emerge Fearsome dragons Towering giants Attack siege walls With shouts of defiance The ground trembles As emotions awake And the fortress of the mind Is exposed to their rage Continue reading
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Adversity is not the End (repost)
Though the fire burns,It will not consume me Though the flood rises, It will not drown me Though the wind howls, It will not stop me Though the lightning flashes, It will not blind me Though the storm rages, It will not engulf me Though the lava encircles, It will not entrap me Though the… Continue reading
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They Still Don’t Understand
I don’t knowWhat more to doTo explain to peopleWhat I go through I have written poemsOf light and darkTo show the battleThat goes on in this heart I have revealedPulled back the curtainOf how writingMakes vague emotions certain How it turns wisps of cloudsInto blocks of stoneSo I can break them downAnd move them on But still they don’t… Continue reading
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Dragons of the Heart
She raises dragons In her chest Beasts of fiery fury Of blood-soaked red Her heart trembles At their churning Her hands write To sate their yearning Endlessly they eat Words and phrases Little chunks of knowledge Severed from pages They spewed out flames Dark and bitter But their thick clouds of smoke Were making her… Continue reading
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Rage
His intestines writhe Like a decapitated snake His bowels squirming From the force of his rage His jaw is clenched Bolted shut His tongue restrained Like a rabid mutt When he speaks, he spitsLike an agitated cobra Like a bubbling cauldron His fury spills over He let it spew Out of his mouth And lets… Continue reading
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Derailed Thoughts
Thoughts derail Go down wrong paths Get stuck in cycles Of fear and wrath The voice is so familiar It sounded like his own But by the time he realisedHe was too far gone He’s been going in circles For hours now Thought he was solving the problem But it was all a sham A… Continue reading
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Messages From the Deep
Emotions are Messages from the deep Old parts of you Trying to speak A crowd of voices Boiling up from within Each one screaming Urging you to listen Some can guide Some can inform Some are misleading Or by pain, are warped Some can empower you Lead you to change Others ensnare Wrap you in… Continue reading
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Castles of Dark
He fought fearsome foes In abandoned castles of dark Ignored the melancholic whispers That clawed at his heart He crossed bleak landscapes Scaled rivers and fjordsWrestled with bearsAnd fought obsidian swords He subdued dragonsAnd outwitted sorcerersTo the poor and orphansHe gave up his last morsels Who is this man, you askWhat kind of hero is this?To face… Continue reading
