Best Deadbolt Poems

...Waiting is the greatest pain, 
Though most of me remains slain; 
Legs propped up on iron heaters, 
In my mouth spins an egg beater- 

Roughly, duct tape holds it there, 
Wrapped around my crims......

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...Do Not Open the Door-                              
Merely because someone or something is on the other side.
There is no—Back to the Future...
NO redo’s’—cannot always simply just close the door.......

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...No deadbolt here;
No bell informing
Of presence--
My echo returned,
Calling me
An awakening voice…

Enter, I beckon;
Child of mine
Long before conception--
Loving you
Even when still
and ......

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...The cabin sits against the forest wall
hidden from human site, it stands alone
isolated
in the dead of winter, the cold has a jagged edge
things crunch
twigs snap, upon a sparrow's landing
the ......

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...How often will I turn my head
                                       reaching for your voice
                               bidding my feet to walk away
                                      (as i......

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...A dark night, no stars, no moon,
light rain
the rumble of distant thunder
a gunshot, close
the sound of feet,   running
loud voices,    screaming
a car door slamming shut
tires skidding
anoth......

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...I'll take some time to dance with my demons.
I'll take some time to speak with my angels.
I'll take some time to think for myself. 
I'll take the time to fulfill their requests. 

Then, I'll shi......

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...There are times the wind will blow a door right in your face.
Sometimes, a door is slammed by members of the human race

There are doors designed to keep some people in and others out.
Sam did no......

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...Underestimated

A Poem by Debbie_Philly 
" I wrote this all the way back in 2009 when i was still getting my footing...  "
Underestimated 
 
The wind blows
My mind is frozen
Blocked, deadbolt
       ......

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...Midnight at my bedroom window
I thought I saw hanging a black widow
When suddenly I heard a bunch of noise
And realized it was a hoodlum gang of boys
Looking for trouble down the street
Making m......

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...Peter Pan Syndrome the most
accurate way to summarize
psychological mindset of yours truly,
particularly as a boy with brown eyes,
who did NOT holistically acclimatize

himself with peers, whic......

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...Not much about Goldilocks is really well known,
Except she liked to hang out in the woods all alone.
Of other customs and habits we have just a splintering:
She was whiney, persnickety,
And obvio......

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...Tomorrow begets tomorrow begets tomorrow 
Until the deadbolt day of sweetest sorrow 
When discordant bells chime frost on spiral stairs 
And time forecloses on it's borrowed wares. 

The days be......

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...The warmth of your fingers
Caressing my shaking shoulders,
The comforting weight of your arm
Resting around my waist.
Until you closed that door.

Rotted wood and a flimsy frame
The rusted gol......

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...Let’s put the painting
		there
    no        
there
next to     that one
     yeah
    yeah

Socks paired
his rolled tight
hers flat.

Where to eat
        Here
    No  
let’s try that......

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