Lament
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The Pyre
A lament I lay my body Onto the pyre I sacrifice myself To the roaring fire Every morning This is the price I pay To keep on the fight To see another day Every day I have to make the choice To lay down my desires To silence their voice I have to feel the… Continue reading
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The Painful Choice
A lament What will I suffer for?For what will I bear this pain?The trauma inside of meBears fruit once 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… Continue reading
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Don’t Pity Me
A lament 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… Continue reading
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Too Late
A lament Don’t tell me now That you’ve always appreciated me Don’t tell me now Of the things you like about me Now that I am no longer Hiding my pain Don’t belittle me With these kind refrains You mean you liked me But never said While I had all these voices Insulting me in… Continue reading
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Vulnerability
A haiku on rejection A lament Painful emotionsThey said that I should share them Then say it’s too much Continue reading
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The Broken Record
A lament You carry the broken record Everywhere that you go You despise every vocal You despise every note You hide it behind your back As you joke about your day It’s when you head up to your room That you let the record play A screeching sound begins Piercing your soul like a knife… Continue reading
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Pride Before Fall
A lament Cold are the stars As the bitter winds whip A lone tree on a moor By darkness, stripped Ravaged by a storm Of its own making Its twisted roots snap Cracked by the shaking Eerie sounds echo Whenever the wind eases Luminous insects gather Bringing a host of diseases Its end is near… Continue reading
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What Will I Choose?
A lament What ailment will I choose?How will I suffer today?On the menu of painTo which side will I sway? Will I choose the void?The silent scream of sorrow?As I put my dreams on holdOnce again until tomorrow Or will I choose to take stepsTo do the things that I love?Then suffer the days of… Continue reading
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Authenticity
A lament We wear the mask Until we forget who we are We take the real us And hide it in a jar We follow their script Until we forget our voice We follow their directions Until they become our choice We play their game so long Jumping through every hoop That we forget it’s… Continue reading
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The Black Bird
A lament Knife edged talons Black as night And wings, such wings They blot out the light It descends With a terrible cry A bloodcurdling scream That twists the insides A clawed dark cloud Imbued with fears My eyes darken With blood-red tears Each wing’s beat A vicious hurricane As it drags its victim Back… Continue reading
Dawn & Dusk 