Fear
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Deep Wounds
Deep wounds In secret places Angry scars Not the only traces Bitter is the water Tainted with pain The sky weeps An endless torrent of rain Take my hand In the midst of this storm Hold me close Keep me warm When darkness strikes The tender parts of my heart Lord, take the shattered pieces… Continue reading
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The Search
Bruised heart Always burns Bitter wounds Still never learn Empty tables Where friends once sat Dark clouds My emotions entrapped Reaching hands Grasp thin air Paper and pen My mind becomes clear I searched for answers For freedom, for friends It was in quiet reflection That I found peace in the end Continue reading
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Mind Forge
Bring me to the mind forge That deep place within me Where emotions are metals And writing the smithy I enter the mind forge My emotions a metallic mix The impurities are removed The inconsistencies are fixed This page is my mind forge Where emotions are melded Where they are forged in unbreakable iron And… Continue reading
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Hope’s Star
A lament Into darkness I fell Lost sight of all light Pierced by agony By the depression of my plight I held a star in my hand Its heat burned me But if I let it go No other light will I see O tempestuous storms Hear my cry Tell your waves to calm Do… Continue reading
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Spitting Cobra
Spitting cobra Venom in my eye Erodes my facial structure Exposing my insides My scars are within Where no one can see It’s when I come to these pages That I begin to bleed My words are weighed down with meaning Burdened with grief They carry far too much sorrow For me to even speak… Continue reading
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When Words Were Gone
Life set fire To what I loved most Stole the words from my lips Like an unseen ghost The seat of my ideas My passions, my inspirations Was turned into ash Reduced to a charred wasteland Where words once flowed There was a cavernous void The fountain in my heart Was savagely destroyed Words evaporated… Continue reading
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Anger at Anxiety
I am fury I am rage You fed me lies You caused me pain You wrapped me in chains Made me live in fear You pierced me with sorrow Took everything I held dear In dark you hide Afraid of the light You cast long shadows In hope of causing fright But anxiety, you’re weak… Continue reading
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Dark Days
A haiku on hope Dark days without end Light is a lost memory It won’t last always Continue reading
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Anxiety
Brooding on the horizon A nebulous force A shifting uncertainty A dark power source It is fire under my feet A shiver down my spine That whisper in my head I always thought was mine It chilled me to my bones With a heinous lie That one look from me And it would multiply But… Continue reading
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Dark Waters
Tidal wave of emotions Thrash against my soul Sharp arrows piercing Dark skewers taking hold On this blank page I leave their mark The jagged script Makes me gasp Is it wrong To express such pain? Dare I show God This torrent of black rain? His heart swallows my darkness Like a drop in the… Continue reading
Dawn & Dusk 