Prayer Angst Poems

Push the limits…try to find outlets and coping skills for yourself
Pull away from the urge to throw those childish, languishing fits
Explore and implore with me...

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Title 3/ Confluence Quote:  Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses. Confucius

In the poetic story of my life, 
I hesitate and ponder 'don't be so obvious,'
but whatever I am thinking - becomes a...

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Batteries flickering faint blue light-
I'm dying a little more each day.
Feel like I've offered far too much,
hungry hands would rip my heart away ...
Everybody in...

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Bittersweet pyrrhic victory...

if a 2024 November presidential Biden win
pandemonium likely to occur, 
subsequently figurative tectonic upheaval  
might set United States in a tailspin.

Though discouraged,...

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Though hope retreats, a master seized the reins
to steer his legions straight into the storm.
He stands as stone while motivation wanes 
and cityscapes recede beneath...

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into your soul it burrows deep
into your mind when you're asleep
into your thoughts for you to keep
it will become a part of you

and when the...

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Sun, a flaming ball in the sky 
Waterlogged lands have long gone dry 
The soil of the land turned crusty 
Oh God, on us, have...

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Saw you cry cry cry and pout
No doubt...I don't care anymore
What are you crying about?
Can't you see I'm jaded to the core?

I hear people preaching...

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I have to push myself outside
For I am an introvert 
I don’t swell with purple pride
Inside not how I work

I’m self sufficient near to a...

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In the barn turned snack bar,
I scraped the face of my big toe
ascending the stairs. I didn’t care.
Sucrose sweets, summertime treats
belonged between my loosening teeth

Rotting...

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If Thou take not our hands,
and feet,
our bodies
hosting ghostly minds,
our organic inside lives
flowing out emphatic love

We will continue to fail,
to fear,
to feel tired,
retired,
weary,
untreaded,
worn.

When I try...

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My eyes watered so heavily 
To the music sounding so heavenly 
I’m the perfect state of mind 
To cry at every sound 
This time around...

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It’s Friday afternoon. Anna, Lisa, Leong and I are sitting around our common room - sagging actually - after a long day.
“I need a break,”...

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The night submitted to me as it celebrated my weakness,
selflessly we shared sorrow,
poisonous tears flowed from the pupil of my eye,
I curse my reflection in...

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When doubt and existential angst meet faith,
     the saved hold on and cleave unto their God
through prayer; like Job's wife, apostates...

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