Angst Above Poems

In my hour of need,
Screaming out,
Beyond the blur,
"Take heed."

Though I cannot be certain this has happened before,
Ripping this shell apart,
Seen in dreams,
This is what I...

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...bugger...

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Wish I could completely forgive you...
Substantially forgive you...
Simply forget everything and start anew
Wish I had more chances to show you my worth
Give me more chances...

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What’s above,
And what’s bellow,
Is arbitrary at best,
When someone is East,
Is someone else always West?...

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The clouds look like cotton balls,
Unspun cotton candy.
 
Oh! How I sing the song of sweet victory.
Horizon finds its resting place in the abyss
The distance...

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Rise above as you sink below 
Twisting thoughts of the past unknown 
Nothing stable 
Nothing sane 
So much loss 
Imaginary gain 
Puzzle pieces cut to...

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ABOVE THE CLOUDS

To hell with these monotonies,
no strings attached I fly.
Live normally with anomalies,
myself, my sole ally.
Disguise realised through shrouded lies,
I wore to please beliefs.
And...

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A continuation of The World Above Me, a special collaberation between myself and my good friend Justin Connor

8/17/12
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The shelter opens its door to the world...

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Look above!

Way up in the sky!

 I'm on the tallest building I could find

Where the birds don't fly

I have come up with a new scheme

...

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Selfish accusations align the walls
while the honest roof crumples to the floor-
and you're on the skyscraper ledge,
debating to jump
yet you don't have capability
to lose what...

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Rise Above

Life tragedies, pain 
Wretchedness, gloom, and sorrows
Those destroy man’s joy.

© Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen
March 16, 2010
Poetic Form: Senryu...

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sharp talons descend
brother rabbit runs from fear
frozen teardrops red...

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The rope is tightening
My burns are stinging
My nose is bleeding
My eyes are crying
but above all my heart is broken...

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Nightmares to day dreams
feel like my brain would freeze
had no ease, no rest and no
peace.
The hurt blazing, inferno sky's
fading as none of the light came...

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