Lament
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The Painful Choice
A lament For what will IEndure this pain?For what will I faceMy trauma again In every interactionIt stirs from its restA splintering knifeIn the centre of my chest If I choose to be realVulnerable and genuineThen for days I will sufferFeel the torture within But if I shield myselfThen I must faceThe distancing of relationshipsAs… Continue reading
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Lonely Lighthouse
A lament Lonely lighthouse Dark thoughts cripple Their bony fingers So thick yet supple Brick by brick They tear it down Even as storm clouds Gather round They screech as dreams Crash into the rocks Shriek with glee As sailors cry out in shock The coast is littered With crumpled ships And the capsized are… Continue reading
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The Words are Gone
A lament The words are snatched From the tip of my tongue They turn to ash As they leave my lungs The cogs in my mind Grind to a halt As the words vanish Into a fog Sometimes when I speak The words are switched And they cause damage I don’t know how to fix… 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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Stormweather Friends
A lament I don’t want Storm-weather friends Can’t they see the message That it puts in my head? That I am pitiful A charity case A way for insincere people To maintain face That I am of no interest Have no worth Except as some sorry thing To be picked up from the dirt In… Continue reading
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Wicked Branches
Twitching branches Pale, ghostly arms Sickly leaves unfurling With blackened palms Greedy and cruel With clinging vines Wicked whispers which Corrode and undermine Spiteful words Birthed this jungle here And so festering self-doubt Leads to paralysing fear The branches lock Around their victim Twitching delightfully As he starts to listen Continue reading
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Premonition
A lament It lurks in your mindA secret thoughtThat years of depressionHas brought to the fore Like an itch under the skinTingling in your feetLike a tarantula on the backAlways just out of reach It’s a dreadful premonitionThat nothing mattersThat all joy is fragileAnd always shatters Continue reading
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Fungus
A lament Ennui is a fungusEating at the brainA wretched infectionOf unspeakable pain Beautiful paintingsMelt into grey mushAs soon as you liftThe cover to look At a brush of your handGlowing jewels fadeTheir serene texture convulsingInto rugged rock again Beautiful melodiesTurn to discord and bickeringAs soon as they knowThat you are listening The pen that… Continue reading
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Fog of Confusion
A lament I am lost In a vapour of confusion A maelstrom of misery A fog cloud of pollution Twisting and turning On an outdated map As chittering voices Mock me with laughs On this journey Of desperation I lost my bearings And my sense of direction Then I see A familiar landmark A broken… 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
