Misanthropic Melodies
...Misanthropic melodies played from a broken violin
Prehistoric prophecies that ignite new ideas before they begin
Telescopic telomeres that formulate a scientific grin
Endoscopic X-rays and a docto...
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Categories:
belittlement, life,
Form: Rhyme
belittlement
...i settle for the littlest scraps i can secure;
i settle for the littlest scraps, and even then they're hard to procure.
i kneel for the most jaded of hearts;
i kneel for the jaded hearts, even whe...
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Categories:
belittlement, abuse, angst, dark, depression,
Form: Rhyme
Pedestal
...
3/2/35 03:19
I glorify men
Placing them high on a pedestal
Where my father fell short
The bar is in hell
And the bare minimum are the crumbs I live off
Satiated from nothing and empty p...
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Categories:
belittlement, anger, dad, father daughter,
Form: Free verse
I Dream
...A WORLD WITH NO HATRED, ONLY LOVE AND PEACE
NO NEED FOR JAILS FOR THERE IS NO CRIME
DISEASES AND ILLNESSES THAT CAN ALL BE CURED
A WORLD LIKE THAT WOULD BE FINE
COMPASSION AND CONCERN FOR THOSE I...
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Categories:
belittlement, dream,
Form: Rhyme
More Or Less
...We tend to give a little more
to the little ones.
Nonetheless,
it's not a matter of
belittlement.
The lesson in lessness,
is not a matter of nothing less
nor nothing else
nor is it about st...
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Categories:
belittlement, children, food, meaningful,
Form: Free verse
Sickness
...
A sickness corrupts my heart
My lips burn from the sickness
My fingertips feel frozen
And everything I eat is tasteless
This sickness eats my confidence
And erodes my self-esteem
Every ...
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Categories:
belittlement, dark, depression, how i
Form: Free verse
Drifting From Dreams
...Back when
all that laid ahead
were the unheard
tales of time
tensely twirling
towards tomorrow.
Where our
hollow heedless
heads of hope
would wistfully
follow.
Still strumming
ou...
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Categories:
belittlement, growing up,
Form: I do not know?
Pieces of Me
...I once knew a little girl coming of age. She often put her trust in people, places and things. She met liars, cheaters, users, abusers frequently in her mind, soul
her self esteem broke, her kindnes...
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Categories:
belittlement, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Carpe Diem
The Blank Page of Life
...Life is like
a blank page
roughly wrinkled
in withering white.
Begrudgingly
bearing it’s
abandoned
brand of
belittlement .
Which only can
be broken
by the olden
unspoken truths
ly...
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Categories:
belittlement, life, perspective,
Form: Alliteration
Belittlement
...Medasse to all who directly or indirectly taught life’s lessons without realizing it, It amazing how some people behaviors or patterns are disrespectful and how they are belittles towards one another...
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Categories:
belittlement, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Bio
Fig Leaf
...flimsy fig leaf blade
belies the belittlement
of hiding under...
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Categories:
belittlement, emotions,
Form: Senryu
After the Hurricane
...Rest now…
To idle from natures’ merciless dispossession
Lifeless muscles slump
Still now,
Though exhausted from the blow
Perhaps you are the same;
Now we are one.
Breathless, windless, airless...
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Categories:
belittlement, nature,
Form: Free verse
Burnt Tears
...Diane Perna
BURNT TEARS
I remember a tormented childhood with
Dad’s words laced with poison and Mom
tossed acid on my tears by saying no words
to stop it and even joined it.
I remember t...
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Categories:
belittlement, angst, anti bullying, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
She Says Shes
...She says she’s 29
38
54
22
19, 84
And the fire of my desire for her
Grows insatiably with each word.
She tests my head,
My heart…
Her sole consolation
Awash in the tides of passion
Sea...
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Categories:
belittlement, america, anxiety, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
Our Love
...Our Love
Sometimes i wonder about the wonders of the world,
If our love was a breeze,it would be the kind acknowledged from Heaven,
If our love was a song,we the best nation can't compete,
If our...
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Categories:
belittlement, 1st grade, 3rd grade,
Form: ABC
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