Best Beat Down Poems

tromping hooves beat down
darkened, tear-stained earth below
battered, beaten, bruised
inside walls too thick to show
my true nature crouching low


©  10-10-2012

For: SKAT's  Tanka me this/that Contest

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I've been beat down
dragged through the muddy streets
of harsh words and slander

I've been ripped to pieces
thrown to the ground
kicked in the trash

there is no love for this
despicable female
so why was I born?

I'm hated by those who should love me
I'm the worse person ever
why don't I...

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alone and hurting
weeping and crying
numb and dumbfounded
confused and lost-
nowhere to turn.

tears and sobs
screams and howls
silence and cold
pain and heartache-
life must be ended.

self-esteem is shredded
and lying in tatters-
why re-piece the pain;
no need to go on
no one will weep....

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life can be tough
sometime very rough
I  have been up down
on the ground
and around
its been a fight
yes I 've been 
BEAT DOWN BY LIFE...

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I try to talk,
But i get beat down.
I try to walk,
But i just get tripped by someone else.
I try to stay real,
While everyone else is false.
I try to speak,
But everyone just has a rude remark.
I tried to fight,
But it only left a mark.
I tried to...

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Emotionally 
beat down
Over time
spent in
Emotionally 
draining 
Encounters
Of the
childish kind 
In misguided
Youthful
Attempts
At gaining 
Another's 
Acceptance...

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My heart is a drum, it's beating fast
A rhythm of rage, a pulse that will last
It's pounding in my chest, it's burning my soul
I'm fueled by the fire, I'm in control

I'm a storm that's brewing, a tempest in sight
A whirlwind of fury, a force that's...

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i I TAKE MY  CHANCE TO DANCE
as it stand 
it not always in the plan
so got t knock on my
can
pick up by the lords hands
i had to leave this town
cause i was
BEAT DOWN...

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must say
life got in my way
no longer do i play
i've be up
been thur lots of stuff
its been ruff
up down and around
guess you can say
been
BEAT DOWN...

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you see it happen to me
so let it be
at the wrong place
with a difference face
they didn't like my race
so i got  call a clown
and
BEAT DOWN...

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i I TAKE MY  CHANCE TO DANCE
as it stand 
it not always in the plan
so got t knock on my
can
pick up by the lords hands
i had to leave this town
cause i was
BEAT DOWN...

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