Rejection
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The Words They Chose to Say
They wrote their words On my skull Now under the waves My head, they pull They judged me When they didn’t even know me Ruled me out When they didn’t know my story Words they threw With little thought Like poisoned darts In my mind, were caught Now I hear them Every single day The… Continue reading
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Dark Waterfall
I was drowning Under a black torrent Clinging to a cliff Of misfortune and torment I tried to grasp On to higher handholds But my bony fingers Had grown ice-cold I cried for help From those above They berated me Rather than pull me up Their toxic words Spewed like bile Adding to the flow… Continue reading
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Black Heartstone
They took my heartstoneTo a poisoned riverThey held it underUntil my soul withered That precious gemThey stained it blackDrained its goodnessBefore giving it back It sank in my chestA dragging anchorBound to the sinkingShip of my anguish I sat with itBy the pool of my tearsAnd wept untilShimmering cracks appeared The glowing jewel underneathHad not… Continue reading
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He Carries Sorrow
A man carries sorrow On his back Wandering in exile In a hidden cul-de-sac News spread Of his decline in health And so people gathered round Eager to help They gave advice Stood from afar Suggested exercises To strengthen his arms They advised techniques Got him walking differently Corrected his posture So he did not… Continue reading
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Desecration
Desecration Of the heart His dreams mocked And torn apart Carefully crafted Over many years Careless guests Covered them with smears The pearly marble Was blown to ash Intricate pottery Was mishandled and smashed Fragile vases He had strived to preserve Were maligned untilThey lost all worth He was left alone Sitting in the ash… Continue reading
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The Black Sheep
I am the black sheep In a sea of white The thundering storm cloud Among soft pillows up high I crackle with energy In a world so sedate The force of my emotions Refuses to dissipate I do not speak I can only roar The tragedies I seeI cannot ignore I tried to bleach myself… Continue reading
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They Bruised the Sky
Bloodied skies Over treacherous plains A weeping moon Has no words to explain Caskets carried On broken shoulders The funeral pyresNow overflowing What sort of violence Can bruise the sky? What sort of treachery Causes the moon to cry? Cruel words Catch in the flesh And bring a million Dreams to their death 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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The Masked Man
A lament No one cared who I wasUntil I put on the mask Until I made fitting in My most important task Only then did they Let me in their circle Even though for me It was extremely painful So I tightened the mask To keep the pain at bay But this meant I had… Continue reading
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The Spiders are Watching
He sees clusters of eyes Brooding in the shadows Unblinking and fierce With irises of yellow He freezes in fear As webs wind His breath ensnared And placed to one side He holds glass Colder than ice The cracked edges Are sharper than a knife They will watch But will not help For the gold… Continue reading
