Best Harden Poems

con't

The damn memories
are still so clear.

And now I am alone,
the only one left
because my brother
sliced his neck
in what has become
a family tradition,
that is, to leave
of your own volition.

If I could only get
the reruns to quit
maybe my goddamned
head wouldn't split

and I wouldn't feel so

fragmented

broken into a...

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O my life's pleasant breeze, my only dream, 
Let fresh breeze of better days waft again, 
Come, feel my heart-felt woes, if not just feign, 
To make lurid nightmares seem not so grim;   
O come, let me once again look forward 
To meeting...

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The darkness settles in my chest
like a heavy beast crouched
waiting to pounce
patiently he counts
the minutes that add up to years
storing the repressed tears
and smothered hate
that only add to his weight.

He keeps the dark memories alive
catches me by surprise
re-running scenes on
my mental movie screen.

Their clarity is...

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Solid harden black stilled heart
Blood flowing yet spiritually stuck
Tired and exhausted toward the mouth
Cold, miserable distain spewing out 
spinning, twirling like a flag on a pole
Dripping, driving like a man on a mission
Repented on the fallen on knees 
Solid harden black stilled heart


2/11/2023
Written words by...

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con't

I watched in disbelief
as I saw her hand reach
flash of white sleeve
her back as she turned to leave

and the brick that fell
as time stood still
it tumbled down in slow motion.

And I was only three
and powerless to move
or voice a warning
stuck in the molasses
of that summer...

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Thought in vain rests on rock
Deep thought enters the heart
Rock is to heavy for the soul
It crushes deep thought

Those who live in a rock house
Should not though glass
Eventually cutting deep into a soul
Emptying the love of a heart

A rock will never warm without fire
Tears of...

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his heart is hardened
 rock solid emotionless
 no apathy found 
~
concrete thoughts bottled  
spirits rains in lots distrust 
hardened his heart is


Written words by James Edward Lee Sr © 2022...

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con't

So Chris and I became aware
very young
that she really didn't care

and might even watch us die
without blinking an eye.

Our goal was to survive
until we were

old enough to be missed

should her control slip
or temper ignite
on some hot summer night.

We were never free
of her clutches
we'd cringe when
she'd...

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A HARDEN HEART NOW SET APART SOFTENED-

All I had was a heart of stone;
My Father came along and molded it
Made it soft, softer than clay
Remade me whole, a better way

All I had was a cold, cold heart
Jesus came along and warmed it up
Now I am...

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A heart coldest now stone
Stone doesn't pump anymore 
tensions build solid to the core
 Love has gone 
And the heart no longer beats on 
Such a hardened heart 
Does so now in part 
--a solid crust it's love lost


12/20/21
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr...

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a softly moist beating heart 
Has somehow hardened in retardants
Hollow mind a splinted soul
A wandering spirit
A cold Frozen Heart
No one comes near it
Beating heart 
fleeting heart 
Harden heart come soft again

1/28/21
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr © 2021...

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frozen harden hearts 
soften by God's Holy Hands
mode me renew God
~
take this bitter cup
clear make new mine mindset heart
give me a new start
~
God renew mold and
shapen my harden heart so...
that I be revived

10/14/24
written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2024...

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was she unruly, unholy
questions placed and asked
she stood before me blacken
in her silhouette she was dark
shade and shape of black
draped down her strains of hair colored dark
nothing but midnight loss of color roth
absent of pigment color loss
invisible at night
yet at daylight, days she shines
she glows...

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Inspire lines, Lord Grant my mind'  within these treacherous turbulent times;
Misdirection now so normal, masks great evil in modes quite formal.
The forces at Dunkirk; faced death, yet shared their courage and laboured breath
As from their islands boats were readied, by good hearted folk; intent...

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