Song Abuse Poems

I've toiled in shadows, my hands calloused and worn,
Laboring silently, my spirit tattered and torn.
For the promise of pennies, I've bent my back low,
While the...

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Radicalizing Our Young
Miracle Man
5/1/2024

The college protest problem,
isn’t insurmountable.
But a good first step to take,
is holding activist accountable.

They travel throughout the country,
Their aim, stirring up trouble.
Today...

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Where art thou unknown spellcaster?

If in fact such a female and/or male exists
an insufferable existence clamors for surcease
against riptide of ineradicable anguish.

Living hand to mouth
for...

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(Lights dim, single spotlight illuminates the speaker, dressed in simple attire. Voice starts trembling, building in intensity)

Can forgiveness mend, a childhood, 
fractured in the dark?...

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It is a poem nobody wants to write,
About what will never be right,
About those who think they have the right,
To take from a child all...

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Someone to Care


I’m weary of this haunting place,
Trapped by insecurities and fears' embrace.
I yearn for them to flee,
To vanish without a trace,
For this oppression still...

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Cursed
I was cursed from the moment. The sperm hit the egg
 that laid inside my mother’s womb 
I was cursed with the DNA from both...

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 Little ones gone
house gone
husband gone
life gone
dreams discarded
they tell me run along
I leave my homeland with a song

one day
I may be old
I will come back...

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In a world where chains restrict,
my one wish would be for everyone to be free.
If I could alter the fate of those forced into silence...

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"Sweet child in time,
you'll see the line
the line that's drawn between
good and bad"

Having cold sweats again in this godforsaken ninety degree heat. Shivering uncontrollably. God,...

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My height hurts my height,
I mean of freedom,
freedom in any angle,
mainly for my inner self.

Unjustly treated height,
opportunities between my fingers,
anger conquering my heart,
hurting that right...

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Walking on eggshells
Tight lipped
Uncertain of every word spoken
Least the tempest
Will be released  

Roaring
Waves splashing
Wind storm blowing
Boat rocking
Turquoise water falling

Aimed for shore
Making no headway
Two feet...

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* Content Warning: this poem touches on physical/emotional abuse*

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        “dabble,...

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It’s not what you think.
I promise. 
Today is just not going the way I want it to.
My plans aren’t working out.
My body is disfigured.
And my...

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She is a low life skank 
Trailer trash honey

Dressing all up 
And taking your money

But I would trip her if I saw her
And spill my coffee on...

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