Best Fatal Flaw Poems

Home invaders
Climbed the fence;
Huffed,
Puffed,
And blew the windows in,
Suddenly, they're inside a mansion.
They came prepared
With large duffel bags.
They grabbed all they could -
A family heirloom,
Jewelry,
Knickknacks, etc.
Then one walks out to the balcony
And a caged parrot locks eyes
With the stranger,
Bows its head,  thinking - 

"Please, don't...

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You seemed to be perfection in my eyes
Everything of beauty in you I saw
Your pure honesty left no place for lies
But alas, I’ve found your one fatal flaw

“What could this flaw be?” You ask me so sweet
Certain the answer could not be that grave
“If I...

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FATAL FLAW
Let it be known
& be shown
  to accrue
upon demand

 servitude
where  hearts reside
then align
     as one
after the storm
 within

eloquence&grace
   shall be
a free intent
to withstand
   & embrace
    turn into gold
upon
the errant tide
    then to arise
to debate a begotten gain
 in fractured hearts
sheltered
  then
  to hold unbound
&to inspire
ere
   shrivelled
on the vine


THIS IS AN OPEN(organic) FORM VERSE without grammatical symbols the ' open' relies upon 'the one breath limitation' & so inherently requires the 'reader' (reciter) to input and respond thus making the form a two way interplay and often a unique interpretation...

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Violence whisks life away
Anger
Overturned
Your fatal flaw...

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