Trauma
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The Widowed Writer
Sadness isThe bitterness in her bonesThe dark embersGlowering in her soul The darknessIn her empty eyesThe merciless pitBurrowing inside It is the fake laughAnd that fake smileThe eternal prisonHer handpicked trial It is the weightThat holds her backIt is the veilThat drapes her in black It is the burdenThat cannot be sharedThe secret hurtsOf which nobody cares It is the… Continue reading
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Burnt Heart
My heart burned black Festering with fury Anger glowered as embers Scorching inside me Bitterness oozed out Viscous like oil My skin blistered with rage Throbbed with boils I knew this anger Would eat me alive So I planted something Deep inside A golden seed Of truth and hope That purged my clogged arteries With… 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 Bitter Crowning
The prince honoured blameWith a throne seatHeld on to grudgesAnd to the bitterness of defeat He had been wrongedAnd it had to be acknowledgedBut he used it as an excuseInstead of using his courage So he crowned bitternessAs the chief emotionHe revelled in itAnd drank its poison It rotted his worldAnd stagnated his dreamsAnd he realised that thisWould… Continue reading
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Adversity is not the End (repost)
Though the fire burns,It will not consume me Though the flood rises, It will not drown me Though the wind howls, It will not stop me Though the lightning flashes, It will not blind me Though the storm rages, It will not engulf me Though the lava encircles, It will not entrap me Though the… 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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Dragons of the Heart
She raises dragons In her chest Beasts of fiery fury Of blood-soaked red Her heart trembles At their churning Her hands write To sate their yearning Endlessly they eat Words and phrases Little chunks of knowledge Severed from pages They spewed out flames Dark and bitter But their thick clouds of smoke Were making her… 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
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Rage
His intestines writhe Like a decapitated snake His bowels squirming From the force of his rage His jaw is clenched Bolted shut His tongue restrained Like a rabid mutt When he speaks, he spitsLike an agitated cobra Like a bubbling cauldron His fury spills over He let it spew Out of his mouth And lets… Continue reading
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Spiteful Vapour
A spiteful vapour Rises from a glen To hunt and haunt The hearts of men Travellers freeze Goosebumps bristling As they sense a presence Disturbed by their visiting Icicles form On a furrowed brow As a local kneels And breaks old vows Lips trembling Heart fiercely beating As an ancient hatred Starts retreating Continue reading
