Best Retracted Poems

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“The Fallen”



Remote,
he sees himself 
in the reflection of cold close 
yet distant shop windows, 
his final journey along the 
Hard Time Roa......

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...When I was 4 1/2 years old, 
as abrupt as a spanking, 
my once reliable mother brought home 
a hospital surprise 
with an alien face and 
a blood-darkened eerie belly clip 
that was to suddenly......

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...out in the county and up the highway
anger hangs like lost voodoo over Miami
dances on bumperstickers
floats on airwaves
scars faces with perpetual glares
colors perceptions darkly
alters moods and
d......

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...Restless restoration
Return
Remove all the rubble remaining from the rampant rift you released and retracted
Remember?
I recognized and revealed your ravishing rituals and repugnant relations 
R......

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...Release the pain
brought on by thoughtlessness,
One silly refrain
Can hurt, it's so senseless.

Bitter words spoken
can't be retracted.
Hearts that are broken
cannot be reactivated.
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...In loving times,  when our hearts were paired
Life was great,  in the feelings between us shared. 
Our relationship flourished,  And contentment grew
In each other we trusted,  in the years love d......

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...Pride and prejudice has been ripped from me,
and my strength has abandoned me,
yet my will still crashes against the 
breach within.
My citadel a long forgotten fortitude
left to rot and decay.
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...I retracted my finger
from the pond's surface
and the earth made waves
that rippled through her heart
She sent an invite
 asked me to say
 we discussed dreams
until she yawned
I danced around......

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...While a part of my soul longs,
To be carried away,
Far far,
From myself,
To another world,
To a mountain top,
To a lonely place,
To where the air is thin and light,
To where sensations stop,
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...Quietly recalling
Those few days long past
Where night rose undisturbed
Allowed to live in solitude
Distant from the hum of the city
And the glare of its radiance
For here silence is silence
A......

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...Fruits noirs

Sans qu’on y prenne garde,
Le ciel se tisse du grillage
Sombre des branches.
Elles  s’étendent  chaque année,
Et chaque année,
Grignotent un peu plus d’espace,

Au point de par......

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...Say something kind,
say something nice.
Before you open your mouth
you better think twice.

Words are like weapons,
they hurt and they scar.
They can't be retracted
no matter who you are.

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...What trace of shadow, of language long and distempered in memorial
elegy, of abbeys as dismembered dolls lifted from their wrappings, of
hallowed grounds embedded with upturned forks while cigarette
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...These four walls mean freedom, 
From the rain, suffrage and the stains, 
Liberty from oppression and religion, 
To make other songs and trains. 

No austere twangs or cold voice, 
No dais glute......

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...Yeah we met and it started out great
We didn’t need words – we were in sync
But then something went wrong and it all came apart
That synchronisation started to fade

I thought it would be love a......

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