Best Inflicted Poems
Self Inflicted Blues
This day I grow tired
and so incredibly weary.
My heart holds only dreams
of a Life unfullfilled
A Life not nurtured,
yet barely a glimmer
of the spirit that once was.
I do have memories of some things good
-not all bad,
But the fear that I am alone
is Like a fingerprint on my Life.
Shadowing, waiting to pounce,
always there, unshakeable.
It's the mirrors...
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Categories:
inflicted, hope, life, me, age,
Form:
Free verse
Inflicted Wounds
The wound inflicted, you will never see,
for it lies in the recess of my mind
Internal is the bleeding; let it be!
You try, but peace of mind you can not find
Who is the God you worship? Speak His name!
I want to know; does he condone this pain?
Is He the one who let you maim and shame,
and...
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Categories:
inflicted, pain, psychological, words,
Form:
Sonnet
Inflicted In Time Till End
all stars and planets
inflicted in time till end
...
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Categories:
inflicted, philosophy, visionary, universe,
Form:
Haiku
Self Inflicted
Tongue lashings are bitter
they hurt and injure
Gnawing at both the heart
of victim and abuser
With each hostile strike
both hearts bruise and deaden
Hostility a most deadly poison
injected as cheeks redden
No word of a lie striking a chord
You live by the sword you die by the sword
AP: Honorable Mention 2020
Submitted...
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Categories:
inflicted, grief, hate, irony, meaningful,
Form:
Rhyme
Choosing To Punish Myself
A zig of happiness sparked the upper peninsulas
Of my wildebeest heart, a mere tich.
Could that teensy beginning shake my
Anger, which I had determinedly
Held onto for three weeks longer
Than anyone sane should have?
Come on, the spark said, laughing. Come
And play. We can be mad tomorrow.
I was not in the least bit tempted.
Stubbornness held me fast.
I refused...
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Categories:
inflicted, anger, introspection, self,
Form:
Free verse
Self Inflicted
Moral Standards, self respect, a sense of peace
In a struggling world, trust and honesty expected, received
Family time, Sunday worship, where did it go
Changing world, liberal views, Standards removed
Political correctness, allow the changes, just accept it
Society weakened, sinking slowly, watch it crumble
Even the heroes are villains, chaotic thoughts
The world we knew can rest in peace,...
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Categories:
inflicted, political, social, self, self,
Form:
Free verse
Self Inflicted - a Suicide Story
Ability to face his fears, gone!
Bewitched by a demon for so long.
Could not conceive a positive thought.
Doom and dread was all he sought.
Echoing hallucinating voices in his mind.
Friendships meaningful, he could not find.
‘Go ahead, end it now!’….
He’d hear them say.
Interdict he should live to see another day.
Just then, he concluded what to do.
‘Kill...
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Categories:
inflicted, confusion, death, sad, suicide,
Form:
Abecedarian
Self Inflicted
In this world of possession,
Where, criticism creates frustration.
Sufferings and pain have easy flow,
Negativity and jealousy are in full glow.
Where emptiness is all around,
Pessimism can easily be found.
Intolerance growing day by day,
Depression is like the fever of hay.
Now hate and anger are spontaneous,
Stress and worries are simultaneous.
People are violent by choice,
And nothing is left to...
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Categories:
inflicted, celebration, happiness, life,
Form:
Couplet
Massacre So Self Inflicted
A ripe body of Adolescence, nuzzled by beauty
on which hair is polished by crystals and sapphire
but lacks in the garrison of virtues and patriotism
becoming blind to the significance of its own felicity.
So gullible is its owner, that Dorian Gray is her preferred suitor,
so false are her choices like bringing Tilapia to Canada to strive.
Protracted...
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Categories:
inflicted, education, environment, planet, political,
Form:
Epic
Self-Inflicted
her sunken eyes see
fat where there is only skin
her body withers
when pain is self-inflicted
the cure is soul-forsaken
Written 1/24/2016 for the Contest of Anthony Slausen...
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Categories:
inflicted, pain,
Form:
Tanka
Self Inflicted
Should I allow my mind to rove
I may be taken aback somehow
remembering forbidden love
induced by guilt I so feel now
reflecting back on cotton threads
tossing neath the weight of skin
sweat pouring from the brow
absorbed in heaven we in sin
remembering the night of you
cherished no strings that bind
we belonged to us alone
a...
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Categories:
inflicted, life,
Form:
Rhyme
Self Inflicted - For Contest
Self Inflicted
The wounds were “self-inflicted”
unmindful of the pain
that surged within the shattered soul
a never ending rain.
The priest in sanctimonious lie
anointed, blessed, and prayed
the parish nodded knowingly
they too had been betrayed.
The charlatans of Christendom
succumbed to mourning wail
while covering for demons
who should have gone to jail.
Thus did the guilty wash their hands
lead guileless sheep to follow
the scent...
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Categories:
inflicted, abuse, power, religion,
Form:
Verse
Self-Inflicted
SELF-INFLICTED
I BRING IT ALL ON MYSELF, I AM
THE CATALYST OF MY OWN DEMISE
ALONE WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING
GROWING OLD WITHOUT GROWING WISE
I FEEL THE PAIN, YES, OF MY OWN MAKING
BUT LOOKING BACK INTO THE CORE
THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL IS TAKING ME
BACK INTO THE ABYSS ONCE MORE
I WRITHE AND I SCREAM
POURING MY INSIDES OUT
WITHOUT SLEEP,...
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Categories:
inflicted, confusion, depression, introspection, life,
Form:
Lyric
Self Inflicted Foggy Harbor
Put yourself in a leaky boat
knowing it's not designed to float.
Pain within your scattered mind.
Utter black is all you find.
No solace will be granted here.
You're sensing that the end is near.
Bleeding from those wounds inside
you just can't take this endless ride.
Drifting now from shore to shore.
You won't be waiting anymore.
Into the murky depths you sink.
Death...
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Categories:
inflicted, depression, suicide,
Form:
Couplet
My Self-Inflicted Fate
Time,
Always
Moves ahead.
Who will be left?
Waiting now behind,
For a sign from above,
As if blind to the present.
Look no further than your own mind!
Do you not perceive your surroundings?
Mediocrity the doom of us all....
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Categories:
inflicted, time, , fate,
Form:
Etheree