Too Close To The Sun
Have always known my limitations
it's a fact that can't be missed
I'll always go out on a limb
and you're an attraction I can't resist
am I being reckless to gamble on such a crazy game
am I overconfident and like a moth to a flame
will I melt my wings
these and a thousand other things
will I crash and burn...
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Categories:
flying, romantic love, sad
Form: Rhyme
Matsuo Basho: English translations of Haku about Summer 1Matsuo Basho: English translations of haiku about summer, life, sun, sunshine, sunlight, melons, willows, rain, rivers, hats, shade, sad, sadness.
Such coolness
when shouldered:
the summer’s first melon.
—Matsuo Basho, translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
A wicker basket
shields the coolness
of the first melon.
—Matsuo Basho, translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Morning dew:
the muddy melon
exudes coolness.
—Matsuo Basho, translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Early summer...
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Categories:
horse, life, river, sad,
Form: Haiku
His Misty Eyes
Stoically he sat
keeping the tears static
in his misty eyes while
my tears burst like rain clouds.
We let time pass, then rose
to leave the theater....
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Categories:
sad,
Form: Free verse
Stone WallsIt is a dawn, my love did call
as misty rain on fields did fall
l wept for thee, they didn't see
it wasn't meant to be
it is a night, the light burnt bright
but shadows , on walls , did write
l sang my love, across hills above
to echo's, of my, true love
It is the morn, l...
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Categories:
children, heartbreak, humanity, sad,
Form: Rhyme
BitterWhen the moon turns bitter and cold,
The night starts whispering tales untold.
No caress remains without a scar—
No hand can heal what nights unbar.
You're not just thirsty for the day,
But for a wine that fades away,
That pours from dreams you used to chase—
Now lost in time, now out of place.
A prisoner trapped in silent breath,
A cage...
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Categories:
sad, dark, emotions, grief, introspection,
Form: Free verse
THE CARNAGE SEWNAs this life now quickly drifts away,
I'm unable to look around and say,
...
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Categories:
sad, 8th grade, 9th grade,
Form: Bio
Beautiful EyesBeautiful eyes
Tell vicious lies
In the middle of a storm
I’m not surprised
I haven’t cried
Searching for your warmth
I love you
But who knew
You didn’t feel the same
Did you love me too
Or was I just new?
Your favorite little game
A brand new toy
For you to enjoy
My light died within me
I fell for a boy
It was me he destroyed
Forever lost in...
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Categories:
sad, betrayal,
Form: Free verse
Between Safety and Danger
tiptoeing
through a minefield
f r a u g h t
with combustible opportunities
a groom
jilted at the altar by bride
who'd rather stay
"just friends."
humiliated at his...
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Categories:
sad, break up, devotion, love
Form: Narrative
Carry youI carry you with me
Everywhere that I go.
In my eyes,
In my smile,
In the way I walk,
How I talk,
Even how I act and dress.
I am something of you merged,
Bits of what you were,
Pieces of what you are,
Snippets of what
..you could have been,
And as I continue,
I will become something of you never seen.
I carry...
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Categories:
sad, death, grief, loss, love,
Form: Free verse
The Forgotten Soul -made couple of months ago!!Alone I rot, yet no one cares to see,
The darkness deep within me.
I reach for loving hands,
Yet all I get is emptiness in these dark lands.
My voice is lost like whispers on the sea.
The wind may howl,
But no one will think of me.
I am a forgotten soul,
Never to feel whole.
They dance in warmth, while night...
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Categories:
sad, anxiety, cry, how i
Form: Rhyme
I weep for meI loathe what I have become
Things I tacitly permissed
Weigh me down with water
Shameful of my tears
That I am thin of heart and humour
Quick to temper now
Hard and dark, where once
Was soft and light
It is me whose hands are bloodied
I held the dagger and carved
Into myself for attention
Now I weep for me
...
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Categories:
hurt, lonely, sad,
Form: Free verse
It Doesn't Feel Alright at All
It doesn’t feel alright at all
over half the country is cast a pall
of shame... that they’re Americans
Some find them arrogant
...
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Categories:
america, destiny, fate, sad,
Form: Rhyme
The Hurt is Real
Treated like you don’t deserve
tepid greetings that unnerve
No sparks of warmth nor dying embers
Did you hurt somehow this family member
Once you got along just...
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Categories:
sad, family, hurt, pain, relationship,
Form: Couplet
BestfriendI want this loneliness to end,
I need a bestfriend,
I'm tired,
I'm lost,
Where do I run to
When I need to cry?
You know, the water droplets that come out of eyes
When your heart is heavy like a
Bag full of wet cotton,
That ache worse than a grazed knee,
Where do I run to?
Who do I run to?
I'm lost,
In an...
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Categories:
sad, angst, anxiety, best friend,
Form: Free verse
Pardon Me"Good for nothing?
Yeah, I know I am.
I know I'm a disaster,
I made everything worse all the time;
I know it all, you made sure of that.
Now, what can I do except saying sorry?
Sorry for the existence I guess,
I don't know what else...
Every time I apologize you say I'm just saying,
Trying to be humble,be good but always...
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Categories:
sad, anger, emotions, forgiveness, hate,
Form: Free verse
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