Best Abdicate Poems

Shattering the pieces,
a lullaby torn in two,
fairy-tale lies,
and unforgettable you.
I clench your jacket,
reminiscent flashbacks-
as I fall to my knees-
you aren't coming back.
And if by some miraculous fault 
you come running back
you'll realize the door's been locked-
chained-
abandoned, 
I gave up.
Because once was enough, two was too...

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CAN I ABDICATE THE THRONE

congratulations 
your sitting in the dentist chair
the new dentist checks you out
sends you into a whirlwind
when he’s ready to crown you
right there and then

suddenly
as you just suppose
your supposed to say
“ahh”
and the inside of your cheeks
pierced

numb
that’s how you feel
displaced
this is not at...

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Abdicate the throne born from thorns
We’ve borne trauma too long
Heed voice of conscience that so warns
Time’s now to sing love’s song

Shifting from ‘me’ to ‘we’
Holds our happiness key
In carefree, joyous spree

All attachments thrown
Abdicate the throne 

12-February-2022
Quietus ...

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Standard bearer,
above the fray

Others follow,
trackless fields

Trailing echo’s,
dead and gone

Then tomorrow
—tomorrow then

(Villanova Pennsylvania: August, 2020)...

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