Pain Anxiety Poems

I see the slope im sliding down
slowly losing a grip on the rails
because down there lay delusions
unrest temptations to just give in,
pandoras showing her hand
but...

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Chasing rainbows

When all hope just seems to fade,
When the darkness throws more shade,
When your heart can't catch a break,
Negativity you can't shake...no more


Bridge
Please look to...

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In the dimly lit corners of her existence,
She lingered, a ghost in the midst of persistence.
From the womb, she was marked, a black sheep born,
Destined...

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I can't believe I thought that
Gift wrapped my own brain 
For sentimental reasons
And to avoid going insane

Place thoughts in a letter 
Mailed them to a...

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They say eyes are the windows to the soul, 
Hiding behind a facade taking its toll.
Saying you're fine when you're anything but, 
In your mind,...

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*Dear No One*

In the silence, I whisper your name
A echo of memories, a heart in flames
I search for solace, a refuge from pain
But like the...

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Hey girl!
Sleeping with a heavy heart still?
Unquestionably, I understant!
I understand the anxiety,
the pain, the depression
of things not going your way.
Unquestionably, I understand!
I understand the weight,
the...

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"One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life. The word is love.

Sophocles, Greek Poet

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Tanked temps pools inky smears ere striking lights,
nightstand...

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love its a crazy thing
 really
it makes people go nuts
they'll  do things they never thought they do but most of all it breaks you...

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"Marionette of Flesh in a Borrowed Dress"
- Daniel Henry Rodgers

The hourglass, 
a skeletal jester, 
mocks in the tomb's chill,
Each falling grain an emaciated sigh, 
"Soon...

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Why were tears invented
            Why does pain invite their flow
Why must someone feel so...

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Tears fill my eyes
Sadness fills my lungs
No one else can see
The things I am running from

Shadows start to move
Voices start to yell
It’s like a grand...

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In shadows cast by sorrow's shroud,
There dwells a girl, her voice not loud,
Unwanted whispers fill her mind,
By kin, by friend, by spouse unkind.

Alone she walks...

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Author  Dana Redricks 
April 30, 2024

The level of Brokenness runs so deep even if I tried to explain I feel no one could understand....

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The sadness of getting lonely, weary and old
is none other than the anguishing thought,
we can't avoid feeling or mentioning at all cost;
daily unrest triggers the...

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