Sadness
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Desert Flower
Desert winds Harbinger of death Lilac flower wilting In the desert’s hot breath The velvet petals Are cruelly ripped Dignity unravelling As the plant is stripped The swirling sands Like a veil, drop And the flower sees What it has become It is a rag-doll skeleton A twisted scarecrow A creaking, cracked signpost Of misery… Continue reading
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Stewing Sadness
A poem brews In a hidden room My hunched back cracks As I stir the giant spoon I am marinating in misery Stewing in sadness Feeding this frothing pot Of anger and madness So then I add A powerful ingredient That can redeem these musings From their malfeasance And this pot of Writhing misery and… Continue reading
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Dance in the Rain
Black clouds thundering With dark sounds My golden notes drowning In puddles on the ground The rhythmic raindrops Beat me down Becoming the bassline For this sorrowful sound This miserable music Refused to go away So I started learning To dance in this rain And as I was twirling My golden notes rose Shimmering like… Continue reading
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Empty Instruments
I try to drown out The terrible noise With a host of empty Instruments of joy I flood my senses With sugary notes Cherry-topped tunes On ice cream cones I bash my head With heavy bass lines To try to drive The sadness from my mind A mindless melody A simplistic symphony Repetitive lyrics That… Continue reading
