Best Sabotaging Poems


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Too little 
too late
God said to me 
in this dream I had about fate

So I asked him 
what did he expect, 
A goody two shoes 
a prophet 
a saint 
to be something I ain’t 

Not at all he said 
I want to be entertained 
Eternity is boring 
mostly people snoring 
especially at night 
and during the day on occasion 

Look god! I walk around an
Amazon warehouse all day 
pigeon-holing tat
picking this and that
How am I supposed to amuse you 

Well I do enjoy you 
breaking stuff on purpose 
sabotaging the line 
Bunking off for a smoke 
going to the toilet 
and drinking erm… doing coke 

Ok hands up!
I admit 
I’m a total chancer
and do stuff I shouldn’t 
But it’s alright isn’t it 
that Amazon place is full of s-hit

Yes it is a terrible kip
but more fun when you entertain
Like in your last job 
listening to you lie
not taking the blame 
asking me to help out 
In your moment of doubt 
All that stuff you stole 
and barely got away with
on the whole 
That was quite funny!

Oh the (paper and plastic) I gathered, 
before selling it to the highest bidder 
Throwing expensive stock out in the trash 
The owner was a bastard 
all things considered 
a miserly swine
But nevermind 
Thanks!
I did need a dig out that time 

Hey! remember when I was aged about 7
and was told my pal went to heaven 
Why did it happen 
A year later walking to school with another kid
he was only 8
And that nut-job attacked us with a hammer 
Put a hole in my friends head 
The blood pumped in fountains of red
I thought he was dead 
All the gore I’ve seen 
witnessed a killing at 18
Trying to hold down an abattoir job in between 

Yes! Life ain’t pretty by design 
sometimes the stars just won’t align 
Others times they go nova 
and leave black holes behind 
still you’ll never really understand 
The powers in command 

So how about this poem
Will it see me home 
Does it amuse you
are we cool?

You’re still alive aren’t you!

By
David Kavanagh

Silhouetted Stagnant Shadows

Silhouetted Stagnant Shadows


Stagnant shadows of night sequestered slaves in sight
Faces fading in fright as the fear feeds the lethargic light
Silhouettes of love in plight demons dancing in delight
As darkness devours the white, images surreal will smite

Within negative reflections of my loves dire defections
Outlines of lost connections metaphors of misdirection’s
Dormant internal infections reliving raging resurrections
Silhouetted projections of my dismal depleting affections

Black portraits of palpable pain never to rejoice and regain
Darkened phantoms of grain scornfully sabotaging the sane
Deceivers of the defiant drain tragically tangled of the twain
Vanity in a voiceless vain the sentinels stand in their reign

A dark matter display particles of light have gone astray
Within a decomposing decay a silhouetting fractal buffet
In my capturing love delay, silent shadows bitterly betray
And now my dreams are far away within a black hole ballet.





Sept.08.2017
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Premium Member The Poet and the Jester (On Embracing Duality)

It is the conversation
between the poet and the jester.
The poet- with solemn introspection;
the jester- with careless regard,
each captivating the other.

It is the ultimate irony
of this unlikely coupling,
entwining their words,
combining truth and mischief,
sabotaging established decorum.

Neither threatened nor contrite,
nor challenging the others' wisdom,
but with enthusiastic fornication
and eager indecency
they consecrate their mutual madness


All We Can Abolish

Horrid hellion hunger that rips apart the soul
Sadly starving siblings where death takes its toll
Crippled children crying a mother lives in hell
While wicked ways of man making money for their sell

Vindictive violent victories, of man vs. man
Kabbalistic killing kids a death wish with a plan
Wrathful widespread Wars with blood over spilling
Betraying battling brothers kiss their cross before the killing

Repeated rancorous raping for only a woman knows
Destructive demeanour dancing the desecration of a rose
Sabotaging silent stealing virginity within the night
Demonic deception dwelling a battle we must fight

Let us pray now for all of this we can abolish
Breathe in strength and give the world its needed polish.


March.21.2016   THE ALPHABET CONTEST - LETTER A- Abolish -By Alfred Vassallo

Collateral Lamb

Thus I sail the sacrificial scabrous seas and touch tormented tides
Battle-scarred in the breeze and washed ashore where evil hides
The Sun regrettably retreats where malice mortals digressively dare
Walking barren saliferous streets where I live on a penniless prayer

The citadels of submission crucially crumble where they saintly stand
In their unholy cognition you are a slave to their carnivorous command
Embedded in stone my tangential tears will endure beyond the grave
Bludgeoned to the brutal bone by the unlawful carnal knowledge knave

Lost in oblivion my blood runs calamitously cold by the river's edge
Beware the Ophidian with sabotaging scales leaving you on the ledge
Deceivers of the realm punitive penetrators connivers as they clutch
They manipulate and overwhelm with their torturous tender touch.



Let's stop the abuse...and spread the real love




Aug.01.2017
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1 original, poem on the theme of abuse, emotional, sexual or physical.
Any form is acceptable.

Premium Member Enemy- In a Me

Sometimes I like myself more than I should
Other I wonder how I ever could
I believe I'm My worst enemy
Sabotaging myself so as not to be free
A variety of drugs, gallons of booze
On and on like I've nothing to lose
© Jay Moore  Create an image from this poem.


a SuRpRiSe in ur eyez

There’s a surprise in your eyes…
It reflects a million truths and lies
Here’s my heart before it dies…
I don’t need anyone to the core, 
Denying them all once more
Dear God, why am I hopelessly in love?
Dear God, why am I helpless like a dove?

I’m self-sabotaging myself once more
There’s a surprise in your eyes I adore
You need to truly know my inner core
I’m letting my wings of wonder soar

I’m going through the highs of life
Surprise in your eyes pour away the strife
I’m glowing like the sunlit moon
Pretty dear, you and I will be together soon
Lovely are your eloquent eyes that melt my core
Lovely is your brown eyes of elegance galore
Lovely are the surprises in your eyes in store

Denying them all once more
I don’t need anyone to the core
Here’s my heart before it dies…
Here’s my mind before it dries…
Denying it all the way once more
Dear God, why am I hopelessly in love?
Dear God, why am I helpless like a dove?

I’m self-sabotaging myself once more
There’s a surprise in your eyes I adore
You need to truly know my inner core
I’m letting my wings of wonder soar

I’m going through the highs of life
Surprise in your eyes pour away the strife
I’m glowing like the sunlit moon
Pretty dear, you and I will be together soon
Lovely are your eloquent eyes that melt my core
Lovely is your brown eyes of elegance galore
Lovely are the surprises in your eyes in store

Darling, I love you so…
I want your touch very much so
Darling, just let me go…
Because it hurts to see you though
Just know I miss you so, you know?
Dear God, why am I hopelessly and foolishly in love?
Dear God, why am I helpless, yet tranquil like a dove?

Premium Member Scribe Under Fire

Scribe Under Fire

The wall had been there for an eternity
	
	closing gaps of time and sacred places

		field stones memories and gentle caress


Hans could not write any longer any 

	shorter it was too loud and far too quiet

		the truth did not escape the lonely

			fortress of sheltered dreams’ betrayal


He had lost a touch of his mind and a hand

	already in previous senseless exchanges

		luckily he was born tough and left handed

			before right became wrong and left was a crime


When the trenches had become thicker 
		
	with blood bodies sticky bayonets guts

		gore debatable glory and forlorn medals

			Hans wrote from the depth of soul and despair


Hell bombs grenades shrapnel and agony

	enacted a torrid cacophony of fire and noise

		his nostrils became scorched while his ears

			refused to hear and to listen any much longer


Scribbling poetry on the back of cigarette packets

	his molten fountain pen fused with his mind

		and he fought for his life his sanity and one

			terminal act of kindness morale and advice


Hans could not release even one more shot from the

	gun dangling from overburdened shoulders but

		the sergeant shouted ‘attack you wretched coward

			 for King and for country for honour and sweet victory’


It had been a modern war and someone must have

	known about shell shock or post traumatic disorder

		but when they executed him with clean merciless shots

			from a nameless firing squad because it was not for refusal


But for spreading fake news about the beauty of war for

	sabotaging innocent minds of future generations for

		soldiering with a mighty pen and not with a glittering 

			sword so he was shot at the wall for writing and not fighting


September 2018

Socialization

Socialization

When does socialization become sexualization?
When does socialization become sabotaging?

Socialization isn't sexualization
Socialization isn't sabotaging
Saboteur isn't a socialist
Socialization isn't sacrilege 
A socialist isn't a sacrosanct
Socialism isn't sadism
A sadist isn't a socialist
Salacious isn't socialization
Socialization isn't admitting safe sex
A satanic isn't a socialist
A socialist isn't a scandal monger
Screwy isn't socialization
A socialist will not be scruffy
Socialization isn't scurrilous
Seamy isn't socialization
Seduction isn't socialization
A socialist isn't seductress
Sociality is morality..

©® 27/12/17... Junaid Abdul Wakeel. #YoungWriter

When I Was a Child

It started when I was a child
I was a kid with a gift
That no one understood or recognized
Instead of loved I was picked on and ostracized

However I blocked it all out
But little by Little its all coming back
Like layers of an onion
That held me tightly wrapped

Bits and pieces of my memory
That were hidden away in code
Deep within my mind a door was closed
I?ve reached in to remember because my life is now in jeopardy

All the emotional and sexual abuse that I closed off to survive
Has been staring at me sabotaging my life
This life is not what I have dreamed and I am dying inside
And if I don?t face the truth of what was done to me 

Then I will surely become the monster that I despise
And as the tears bellow up
I again take another breath
Like soot in a fireplace and a hair ball in a cat

I cough up the toxic memories
As images flash through my mind
With my face in the toilet I begin to cry
My body begins to stiffen as nausea rises to the top

I then begin to wail from deep in my chest
It?s a hideous cry that sends chills down my spine
As I grit my teeth and hang on for dear life
A thought runs through my mind why.. why.. why.. why.

I?m tired of the black outs
I?m tired of the fear
I?m tired of the loneliness that have held me prisoner here
I?m tired of the pain and suffering that has come in my parents name

I?m tired of all the trauma and I?m tired of all the drama
I?m tired of the neglect that?s been perpetrated on my soul
Keep your hands off of me, keep your beliefs away from me
From all the mental abuse and all the negative remarks
And you still don?t see how you?ve damaged my sensitive heart
 
I?m tired of hearing all the denial
I?m tired of hearing how there is nothing wrong with you
I?m tired of you blaming everyone else but you
I?m tired of hearing how you hate this and you hate that

I?ve tried for years to heal this wound
But it seems to have spread to my nephew too
I don?t know what else to do
I even ruined my only serious relationship to get revenge

In my mind I justified their crime 
From all the bad advice and all the dysfunctional decisions
And I thought I was reversing everything 
When I vowed never to get married and have kids
But that sabotaging act has done me more damage
© Ron Flatow  Create an image from this poem.

Premium Member Cain's Self Denial 2015

Cain's Self Denial 2015

4 a m again alone,
In a room full of peers
A raging war is being fought,
Confined between your ears
Drafted into battle, with no enemy to engage
Yet volunteering unwillingly fueling dueling rage
Mystic river flows, with the blood of innocent
No longer even knowing, or caring how truth was bent
Angry at nobody, and everyone in between
Sabotaging yourself, and unraveling every seam.
Imaginary enemies
Whose roles change day to day 
A game with no clear rules 
Consciously  unconsciousness, I know that I must pay 
What promise can be spoken, to bring life into the void, uttered self denial, to speak within the ploy
And the enemy I can't see,  nor begun to understand 
Callously reflects my cards and always tips my hand
The price you pay for breaking souls, just keeps on feeling cheaper 
You soothe your conscience with the ancient line that your not your brother's keeper
There's no bad and there's no good, you played the only hand you could 
.
And the hollow eyes around you, pretend they couldn't see
You shake your head and try your best to pretend you don't believe 
Yet you know too well the horror. . .  Of what you've come to be

Premium Member The Enemy Within

THE ENEMY WITHIN



She’s in there arguing with my affirmations.

She's sabotaging my dreams.

She kicks my best decisions in the derriere.

She confuses my left brain, my god brain,

And she encourages the repetitive behavior



That never worked in the past;

She overrules the changes made by my spirit mind.

She never allows the cognition, of sane

Behavior to take the reins. She reassures me that I am fine.

She has redirected my thoughts so that concentration,

And gumption never sees eye, to eye.

Then she exercises and builds up her strength,

As I do nothing.

She loves me and comforts me

Whenever I am lethargic, and she tells me 

The best thing to do is nothing.

Whenever I manage to call in the troops of my adrenalin,

She conquers them with fear. She provides the lie that

My one voice is never going to be enough.

and tells me I will never be heard, and that

I will never be the mercenary of change so I relent.



I give in to the enemy within.

The only antidote I know is to tell my friends,

And they who stand with me can chant and pray...

And purge her from my system.

“Will you point the way”-

Will you please help me.?

Help me, to fight injustice,

Help me to restore integrity?

Help me to say no poverty.

Help me to defy authority.

Lend me a hand

As a poet and a friend,

Help to end the rule of this enemy

That dwells within.

I will be stronger if you do.

I am out of wit, only you can replace it.

If I run out of time – Only you can carry on;

If I run out of love, can you give me some?

I am out of ammunition,

And I cannot fight the world alone.

I cannot ask God before asking my kindred beings.

God will ask me why I passed up my fellow man,

To get to him.

My prayer is to be replenished.

What God has started; He will surely finish.

But he needs me to ask you for help as my friends,

To demolish this enemy that dwells within.

When I am stronger you can lean on me again,

Together, we 'll claim the victory,

Over this ill-advised enemy... That lives within me.

Premium Member Soul Stance River - 28

The Shoshone bargain their horses like apathetic bankers,
what we all have in common is constant starvation
and near death stumbles, several times this month our pack animals
have slipped and fallen on this treacherous route,
in the Bitterroot Passes there is virtually no game for food
and everyone is broken in some private way,
September snowfall is beginning to seize this rocky world
now the trail's knobs, broken timbers and deadfalls are even more sabotaging, 
all we have are weapons, tradegoods and clothing, and a whole lotta wet cold,
we're outta food provisions, and the whiskey has been gone since Fort Mandan,
sometimes the men catch small fish in the creeks and grab hold of grouse,
Sacagawea sulks no more than any of us when frustration and pain bite
she's real tough, and sexy in strain
she has been scrounging edible roots for us,
thank goodness she wanted to come with us to the edge of the world,
begrudgingly we kill and cook a colt, the meat is good and vital
but in so doing costs us so much,
11 days since the Bitterroot risk, marching 160 miles through this mountain crucible,
and finally an open, low flat pasture where game and efficiency can be gained,
we are not going to die in this stone necropolis, 
I feel a kinship to the Carthaginian General Hannibal
who succeeded 2, 000 years ago leading an army through the Roman Alps,
although we have no elephants,  but we do have a young Republic on our backs,

J.A.B.

Xprmntl

Eager
        wacky
               feisty
                      sabotaging
                                     
pachisi
                                              
sagenesses by,
                               
                            cry  DADA—

 sanguinely,
               cum
                  pacific
                          fables,

vain to hachured mean odiums'  
mind.

Yawping,
            let idiotisms
                            to habitual 
palaver
Xyster!



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Where Do We Go From Here

Where do we go from here, my friends? 
People down on themselves, in pain 
Hurting others all around them, for spite 
Unaware of the damage they do. 

People down on themselves, in pain 
Cussing, cursing, fighting, blaming, shaming 
Unaware of the damage they do 
Bruising, breaking, sabotaging, destroying 

Cussing, cursing, fighting, blaming, shaming 
Hurting others all around them, for spite 
Bruising, breaking, sabotaging, destroying 
Where do we go from here, my friends?

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