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Bitter BerriesSome berries look so enticing until you have tasted them.You then discover the truth as to their sweetness.I am sure that a lot of us have had to swallow bitter berries in our lifetime.Swallowing those...
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Categories:
abuse, break up, hurt,
Form: Rhyme
BrutalityI haven't even processed
And There came another .
once again buried
Innocent's story of brutality.
My worries doesn't stand a chance
For what they went through
Places full of joyous chants
Their voices ignored as deafening...
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Categories:
abuse, anti bullying, courage,
Form: Free verse
The Spirit of Longsuffering
Oh, how I thought this life was a sentence,
forbidden to serve, for this, my life-time.
Concerned each day, outwith God's calm presence,
that I was done for, gone, alone, and lame.
And yet with time, its continued...
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Categories:
abuse, blessing, god, hope,
Form: Sonnet
No love like yoursYou were dressed in a midnight blue
Hooded cloak, the full moon an apparition
Of your face.
I fell in love with the eternal abyss of your
Heart and pondered upon the fists you clenched
Fiercely only to see...
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Categories:
abuse, native american,
Form: Free verse
Mother, I've got something to tell youFighting the feeling with each new
Ripped stitch
Flesh simmering in this hell
And I'll make no apologies for what I
Tell you
When you rather sink instead of swim,
Believe me I'd rather be with God
Than in your dour...
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Categories:
absence, abuse, anger, angst,
Form: I do not know?
I AM A HUMANI am a human of skin and bone
That has always felt alone
My parents ruled with fear
A heavy use of fists when near
Autism limited me to learn
So Teachers neglect in turn
Children thought it was fun
To...
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Categories:
abuse, anger, i am,
Form: Rhyme
The QuestI battled against the sharp stinging slaps I received
Seems life decided against me or so I believed.
Retired from work at first some just tranquil peace increased,
Till one by one, all my relatives suddenly ceased.
Severe problems...
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Categories:
abuse, anxiety, conflict, depression,
Form: Couplet
Covered in BlueI have seen many hues of blue, some deeper and darker than others.Some hues of blue were like storm clouds that hang in the sky, threatening and menacing before they dumped their rain that ran...
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Categories:
abuse, courage, mental health,
Form: Rhyme
Categories:
abuse, death, depression, emotions,
Form: Haiku
Ask me about meAsk me about me and I will tell you about me, ask me about me and I will satisfy your curiosity. You walk around the entire town looking for where destiny is bound, digging up...
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Categories:
books, change, child abuse,
Form: Narrative
sudden illness and a nurseSudden illness and a nurse
it is Saturday, the air has a whiff of spring
and I was too tired to go to the bakery
to get my, one a week Danish Pastry
It was a week when...
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Categories:
abuse, allusion, analogy, angel,
Form: Blank verse
Angry ChoicesAngry Choices
You swooned at me, and I fell in feet first.
You made me feel as if I was brilliant.
But it was all a hoax.
My thoughts meant something once.
Now it's nothing but silence from me.
You taped...
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Categories:
abuse, anger, break up,
Form: Free verse
I wish I hadI wish I had
I wish everyday I could do it
I wish that I could make it work out
I wish I was not terrified to have it
I wish I had the devotion to obtain it
I wish...
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Categories:
abuse, anxiety, depression, emotions,
Form: Free verse
Slow Healing
For all this time, I couldn't call it - rape.
I couldn't use that word, and make it real.
Like plowing a field before it's harvest,
or pruning the trees at summer solstice.
It wasn't the right thing for...
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Categories:
abuse, anger, betrayal, courage,
Form: Iambic Pentameter
My long Distance LoverHe toiled on the railway station’s platform, A mundane existence, devoid of passion’s warmth. No romance graced his life, no partner by his side, yearning for companionship, he sighed.
He perused matrimonial ads with care, seeking...
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Categories:
abuse, africa, allusion, anger,
Form: Free verse
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