Best Maimed Poems

Limerick: An Invasion by the Maimed, Tamed and the Lame

An invasion by the Maimed, Tamed and the Lame
Is still an invasion by any other name
     “She stoops to conquer!”
      Hearths freeze in fire
Better life for theirs...

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FOR THE UNSUNG MAIMED AND DEAD—2015 

On the ragged edge of brittle time, the paddle of life
Plays ping pong minuets of war and peace.
Yesterdays’ enemies have now become today’s allies;
And old war buddies are now the worst of new enemies.

In the crucible of chaos, deception...

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My thoughts are maimed 
Pictured moments untainted and framed
Every scene chronologically sequenced 
To the epic memory, a prison in which I am sentenced
Blessed, I forget I am
Constantly polluting my body with sickness
Enveloping frothing in its thickness
Causing illness they are parasites
That paralyze the host
Eat any self...

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Your curiosity pulled
the poisoned dirk of loneliness
from the deepest chamber 
of my quaking heart.
With steady hand 
pressed to the open wound,
the healing process began
as wonder turned to love.

After washing away 
festering insecurities
then wrapping me 
in the gauze of your embrace,
you breathed into me 
new desire...

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