Sorrow Baptism Poems

Guilt gets nothing built,
Of sorrow there is no need to borrow,
Anger ill suits an angler,
Patience requires a degree of experience,
Kindness is a great antidote to...

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Peace, a wonderful journey of the Heart.
Travesty of a broken mind in pain it imparts.
No longer can we enjoy a beautiful day.
The loving heart of...

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I do bereavement well, as Death and I are one.
Kin to each and closer still we have both become.
Ner have I traveled far, nor long...

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Piercing        
           ... my fingers 
  ...

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She fell and saw the swirling serpent of fears 
Lakes, rivers and all things flowing for countless years 
Are her tears from her eyes of...

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Mother don’t cry for me 
I done chose the life I lead.
Lined with trouble, doubts and 
pain. Marked for death with 
life’s cold stain. They...

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Bring on the pain
	For I have seen my misspent ways
Bring own the Rain
	So I can let it wash me away
Bring on the insane
	So As I...

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Pelted with pistachio shells April 3rd, 2021

Watermelons, grapefruits, oranges...
lobbed at yours truly ruled out,
hence the missus dreamt up bright idea
to enfilade me courtesy pistachio shells.

Rather...

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Broth of froth fulfils its duty
Calls me forth for cleansing
Seaside summons with her beauty
Sordid sins, my drama mending

Tickled toes consume her tulle
Shell gems of replenishment...

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Show me someone keen to die,
And I will show you someone who does not know how to live.

Show me someone who is prepared to die,
And...

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DO NOT FOLLOW ME

Me, myself and I
Get the likes you try
Addicted to self and my
Inflate yourself a lie.

Do not follow me
I don’t pretend to be
Nothing,...

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My Mother was born on October 3, 1916, and died on August 6, 1997.
She would have been over a hundred years of age. I (we)...

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Sometimes it seems like God doesn’t care,
We pray and pray and nothing happens,
The pain and sorrow get worse and worse and we wonder? 
Does God...

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Reborn,
Ashes to ashes,
Dust to dust,
Through nothing but sheer will to survive and overcome the obstacles set before him,
Came one man,
Reborn,
From the mist of heartbroken tragedy,
Reborn,
Nothing...

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A Baptism in Blood


When tragedy cuts clean
through your hopes and your dreams 
like a razor through flesh
All that's left is a mess
Your blood pools on...

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