Ryan Geoffrey Hayward Poet Rhyme

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apple cores

The washed up of shores of the apple cores,
Magnetized child to her waist and cradle,
Teenage years amplify their fears,
he'll be washed up in a couple of years.

Eyes of angst, piled up beach banks,
Gators in the shallow & fear of gallows,
Pressing on the neck in a dream of sea-wrecks,
Popping of balloons near sinking Saloons.

Remember the day in which we'll run & play
Ignoring the truth of everything they'll say,
Hopping along to every child-hood song
& ignorance to a hot furnace's wrongs.

The floor being turning points of doors,
wood that follows ends up rotten hollow
The knife in the chest that proves so fatal,
the blowing of a child's delightful petals.

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Paige Hind August 3, 2026 at 10:42 PM wow, really breathtaking ending... I loved this unusual poem, Ryan Geoffrey Hayward August 5, 2026 at 5:25 AM Thank-you Paige. I used to do this a-lot. Have a really beautiful image of a child contrasting with a very dark poem that offers a glimmer of light at the end. I certainly cop a-lot of abuse for these types of poems but I like to reflect themes often ignored in society like mental illness, alcoholism, child abuse, etc.