Aftermaths Poems - Poems about Aftermaths

Ode to Krish

...
She is not made of atoms,
but aftermaths
the kind that linger in a room long after
the lights remember to flicker back on.

Her spine?
An origami of fallen yesterdays,
creased by collapse,
...

Genocide in Real Time

...We cowardly witnessed the genocide of many human beings
Live, live, live in real time
That was an odious, callous and vicious crime
We said nothing, absolutely nothing about the sad and...

Ode to Aaliyah

...She is not made of atoms,
but aftermaths—
the kind that linger in a room long after
the lights remember to flicker back on.

Her spine?
An origami of fallen yesterdays,
creased by collapse,
b...

UNDERBELLIES

...UNDERBELLIES


What underbelly is this 
          containing quiet grasping greed for
my magical sword gifted to me by St Michael ?
       What underbelly is this that 
deciphers my Heart thro...

My Destined Starlight

...Soul
Breaking 
Lies whispered,
Seeking escape,
Soaked in caged deceit;
Mimes mocking withering 
Posies, left parched and sundered—
Suspended beneath obscured dusks,
Dripping amidst blinding a...

Bathing with Bathsheba

...Bathing with Bathsheba

By Mark D. Stucky
As you bathed bare below the high palace
were you intentionally seductive?
The citadel was in plain view,
and so apparently wer...

A Choice of Paths

...Each day presents a choice of paths
As we journey through life’s meadow,
Seldom do we foresee the aftermaths
Making our way in sun and shadow,

Knowing not what the future may hold
...

Possibilities

...I am burdened with the knowledge of a million aftermaths. 

My mind splits each possibility, each more real than the last. 

Each path is unnaturally woven with rapid memories. 

As I reach mor...

Acts of War Iv: Jihad

...I can bring you a holy war. 
Of souls and sour things…
I feel your slings and arrows of poison sight!
I dealt with your Hypocrisy your lies, your bitter night.

I simmer in your black bile of se...

911, 20 Years Later

...20 years ago,                                                                                                                                                                       In New York City,  ...

Fate Has a Way of Finding Us

...Poetic justice is real
Here is the ultimate deal
Things come back and bite you
So your retaliation and anger should be few

Smack in the middle of the back.
Things will come around and track.
...

Aftermaths

...Some aftermaths burst unseen within,
as aftershocks of sorrow,
arriving as electric jolts
that crash through your skin.

Those shockwaves subside, twinkle out
like embers;
the Kleenex runs out...

Dali Paints Exploding Head

...Six years after the atomic bomb
Plunked down in Hiroshima 
Tearing people into pieces
Dali was still losing sleep over it

He begins to collect strips and struts
Developing a surreal idea of wh...

Power Outage

...Here I sit alone
Alone in the dark
No light anywhere
Not even a little spark

The lights went out
Halfway through the storm
Life tomorrow will be
Nothing like the norm. 

Hurricane Zeta
Ca...

Love Them the Same

...Can’t help that I am dangerous but cautious 
Been in situations that left me broke down in this world lost in this 
Feel the pain that has drained my eyes peeled my skin away
Aftermaths of traumas...

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