Angst Allegory Poems

In shadows deep, where dreams retreat, Hope deferred, a heart's defeat.
A whispered promise, lost in mist,
In longing's grip, where souls persist.

Each fleeting glimpse, a flicker...

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Mind is racing 
Slow down and strategize
Take time 
Have a break 

Think clearly 
Focus on this mission 
On this goal 

Got to be hungry 
Nothing...

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The I'll wind has been down
As we wait the harvest of whirlwind
The cycle is turning full circle

The  tempest is stirring
The eerie silence can be...

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I am the door she ran through;
Broken, off the hinges, jammed in place 
I lie on the floor that once brushed off my shoulders 
Unable...

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Consider the practice of pedagogy.
Sounds less like a noble profession,
And more like a pervert’s kinky fetish,
A groomer’s form of fieldcraft.
Socrates taught Plato,
Just as Shumann mentored...

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Seeds of Love,
Carelessly planted,
Means you take,
Sanguine Heart for
Granted.

Sow them well, 
One by one,
Each time you’re
Through.
Look what 
you’ve done.

If plans 
Go Awry,
(Sigh)
Let the seedlings 
Quickly Die…

For...

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When you’re dying of terminal sadness,
It’s easy to fall for false cures,
Distracted by tempting amusements
Whose needs seem more pressing than yours.
When you’re two moves adjacent...

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Batman Batman
Where are you today
can't you see the super villian
almost on his way

He's ready with his hatred
filling lives with lies
pretending he's the innocent.
and laws do...

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What if the mark of the beast was believing a lie
Not 666 that can be seen by the eye
When God makes it obvious and we...

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Simply in a vow of non silence
I pledge my truth to your bindings
In leather wrapped leaflet drop
Of liquid sentences unheard of: flopped

The truth is wrapped...

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You have my voice that sings
My eye’s that love to see
My heart beating when it believes
My hand writing poetry of what should be
My steps walking...

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1
Autumn, harmattan
—forest everywhere 
births green or rust hue

2
Harmattan
—my lips are eager
to map the season

3
Fog-ensnared ocean:
fishermen gasp
in the net of harmattan 


©Nket Godwin...

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Are we but dancers on an unlit stage
Disclosing secrets hidden in the angst of now
Revealing the ups and downs of then.
Singing in the choir of...

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Because you knew you weren’t in this forever
You had an escape plan since day one
I kept tearing up the map
In hopes you’d just forget about...

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There she was, silenced; in the hush of the night,
By nature's decree and the will of the almighty divine's right.
Upon the pyre, her form ablaze,...

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