a message in white coats
the weight of silence
cold eyes trace the fragile air
uncertain dawn waits
a storm in my chest
a sigh rests between lost words
a hush in the air
...
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Categories:
absence, angst, anxiety, bereavement,
Form: Haiku
TragicFor tragedies we come together,
Though not for long.
The fire of intimacy
Intimidates, chars fragile façades.
Blood bonds over-stretched,
Anemic. Silent months pass, when
Tentative tentacles reach out,
But do not touch.
Reliving a past of life bond’s
Dilution revived in hard times.
The falsity of our closeness
Buried in shared grief for a moment.
Familiarity creeps in with
Sinuous connective threads suggesting safety.
Yet these are taut,...
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Categories:
bereavement, conflict, corruption, death,
Form: Free verse
AshesLet us start at the end because that is where it all began
Ashes
I clinched my fist because I did not want to let go
I literally watched you slip through my fingers
I cursed the day
The day I looked into your eyes, lying there
On a bed that represented hope
Until that moment
The moment I realised that you were...
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Categories:
absence, bereavement, death, depression,
Form: Free verse
Into HellThey say that those in hell won't come back. Internally in pits of darkness, it's the hardest thing to break someone free.
Wanna hear about the night that Chris Nielson died? Wanna hear about the night his wife Annie couldn't take anymore, the night Annie's mind got fried?
Both of them trying not dwell and continue to...
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Categories:
absence, bereavement, death, inspirational
Form: Dramatic Verse
JusticeThey say
Justice is blind
But one person
Who cares only about themself
Gets to decide what justice is?
If justice
Is sending an innocent man
Away
From his family,
His friends,
His life,
No trial,
Because you don’t like his tattoo
Is justice,
I want no part of it.
Can you not see
If it can happen to him
It can happen to anyone.
Because he came here
Illegally
Is he less human?
Does anyone...
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Categories:
america, bereavement, discrimination, immigration,
Form: Free verse
Driving Wheels, Crosses On The Side Of The Road
Crosses on the side of the road;
Belief in passengers goes by —
Where wrecked light within flowers grow,
Crosses on the side of the road
That besides the glass window hold,
A memory's attest to time —
Crosses on the side of the road,
Belief in passengers goes by —
...
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Categories:
bereavement, christian, death, faith,
Form: Triolet
Saturday, We HidWe watched him die,
He was nailed up high,
Alive for hours,
Before the sky turned black;
Thunder rolled,
Lightning flashed,
It is finished, was the cry
That came final from his lips;
He died, we cried, we ran and hid;
He was taken and laid in a tomb,
Borrowed from a friend,
Laid there,...
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Categories:
bereavement, christian, death, easter,
Form: Free verse
Pope FrancisMy Dearest Pope Francis,
Although your beautiful body is gone, Us Catholics will remember you forever. As a Catholic person, I will never forget you. Your legacy will remain within our hearts. As always, God sends His very best at the right time. I will not mourn for you, you will never be gone to me....
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Categories:
bereavement, blessing, celebration, courage,
Form: Free verse
FRANCIS OF GODFRANCIS OF GOD
Spiritual fruit of God,
Reflector of loving peace,
Pontiff of justice:-
Labors of love completed,
May his spirit remain here:-
...
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Categories:
bereavement, christian, eulogy, love,
Form: Tanka
The BoxI was grateful for the love of family and friends
But I was longing to hear your voice just once again
Then I came upon a box that I had not seen
There was a note that read ‘just a few keepsakes to you-from me’
I would recognize that handwriting anywhere
It was from you, my beloved my dear
I...
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Categories:
allegory, appreciation, bereavement, encouraging,
Form: Rhyme
Let Them Miss MELet them miss my smile
Let them miss my hair blowing in the wind
Let them miss my laughter
Let them miss me
Let them miss my cooking
Let them miss my stories
Let them miss my jokes
Let them miss me
Let them miss my hugs
Let them miss my kisses
Let them miss my warmth
Let them miss me
Let them miss my...
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Categories:
absence, bereavement, emotions, family,
Form: Free verse
job descriptionJob description
If you like to be an executioner
can be failed as doctors
or nurses who needs the thrilling
feeling masterful
Given the last, fatal injection
give a sense of power
so strong it can lead to premature
ejaculation
What can be better legally kill
the condemned and feel
proud of a job, both well paid
emotionally rewarding...
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Categories:
absence, abuse, bereavement, betrayal,
Form: ABC
YOU'RE STILL HEREI feel you when
the night swallows my joy.
As the sunlight hits my face
I remember your smile.
When the wind blows a kiss
I know you're with me....
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Categories:
bereavement, grief, lost love,
Form: Free verse
My scientific experienceSo just a man human frail..Now confronted and really
Aware of a veil..' No real power no real plan, yet the thought
Of what has been happening? Over a fifty year span.? I
Not from a truly religious background, although my grandfather had been a beleiving man, yet death had taken
Him before my birth.' A few short...
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Categories:
appreciation, bereavement, betrayal, bible,
Form: Rhyme
The Ocean And The SkyAll the moments that have led to now
play out—
projected onto the insides of my eyelids,
a film I’ve watched a thousand times.
And still,
it shakes me to my core.
Visions of the ineffable,
with impossible implications.
I wander through a twisted maze—
of lies and revelations,
bitter clarity, manic fantasies—
pulled in every direction
by truths that don’t belong
in any single reality.
?
Into paradoxical dreams,
I...
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Categories:
bereavement, courage, grief, loss,
Form: Free verse
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