Best Burdensome Poems

It's always those who reside in our hearts,
whose words, like lightning,
electrocute our soul,

and in each pain there is a lesson.

Her life was like a room...

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Light the nation a new fire;
Awake the apathetic’s desire;
Like sheep to Shepherd’s crook;
We need a new course, old Book.

Our founders risked it all;
Starting with Lexington’s...

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Like an ebony rose in a province 
of ivory and golden flowers,
you poisoned each peaceful petal
with your senseless scent of death.

You were never just another...

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In shadows deep, where childhood fears reside,
A father's wrath, a son's tormented life,
A torrent of abuse, a soul's despair,
A question lingers, heavy in the putrid...

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A mother was born and dreamed of a beautiful life.
A new journey had begun - but a hard path lay ahead.
Demons seduced her companion -...

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I woke up at the break of dawn,
with the feeling that all hope is gone,
I was not sure where to begin,
but I was determined to...

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A sonnet was invented by Shakespeare,
the love bard who wrote without any fear.
He had little problem with flow and rhyme,
his words still admired after all...

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This morning, I opened a drawer to my yesterdays
of crumpled poems half written, but thought I'd tossed
Here I am, reading them, through a tearful haze,
and...

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Amidst the solitude of empty pews in hallowed halls
she took a seat and prayed she would not be forsaken.
Candles lit, soft glow throwing shadows on...

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WASTED WORDS


Lounging near sleep and lingering time
are Eliot, Dylan and I.
We discuss preposterously shaped women
and laugh ‘til our heads roll down
the stairs and onto the...

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A pall hangs over all today; the air is chill.
A dreary gloom descended before the day began!
It snowed the day before, and big branches
split off...

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Forgiven
She wore a scarlet letter on her back
Tied up with chains 
That strangled and kept her from being free.
She could barely breathe…
Her guilt and shame...

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Growing, growing, tall and strong, vines and thorns they are,
Enveloping my body, leaving bruises, scratches, scars.

Only getting burdensome i try my best to flee,
But when...

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A palpable hovering haze
of intention or expectation
hangs in the silence

Avoiding the issue of attraction
As it weighs burdensome
On the lightheartedness of friendship
And its virtue of affection

Subtle...

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I may cringe when I feel the burdensome need
to forgive someone for doing me an odious deed.
But I cannot hide in dark aubergine shadows
knowing it's...

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