Best Sanctum Poems

Written: January 27, 2024
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"Remember, the entrance door to the sanctuary is inside you. Why do you stay in prison when the door is so wide open? Move outside the tangle...

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Privileged is the right of ingress, bearing your beloved name, 
To chambers of your heart, where burns a sacred flame,
Of inner sanctum divine, in sanctity of a heavenly place,
Strumming beats esoteric, vying ataraxis of ethereal grace.

Reserved for you and I, is a secret temple, tolling...

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Growing out of childish pranks,
With the storm and stress of turbulent teens,
I locked within my mind’s cupboard,
A portrait vaguely sketched, but never finished.
Rough it was, though fancifully done,
The silhouette of a masculine figure,
The Gallant who would reach one day,
To hold my hand and own me...

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In my mind I have a place
Somewhere peaceful and serene
Where I escape life's hectic pace,
Where no-one else has ever been.

I imagine a desert island
Surrounded by a sapphire sea,
With palm trees, and fine white sand
An oasis there, just for me.

I paddle in the crystal water,
As I...

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"The dream of a hidden door in the deepest and 
most intimate sanctum of the soul, which opens . . . "

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Sipping from the well of sorrow
withstands an unusual life cast.
Sad rivers and sifting sand remain
tuck away this tragic river
apart from the entire world.
Tears stream down my chin
a liquid flow of unending love.
A waterway radiates pure splendor. 

Isn't it frightening to adore... 
something death may reach?
A...

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Through your heart’s inner sanctum,
I, savor your deep inhale
bringing you closer to God.
Will you be my breath?

© Drake J. Eszes

*Linda-Marie 'The Sweetheart of P.S.' contest: "SPICY": 4th place. YAY!*...

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sometimes at the other
I am this waiting
this vibrant worthlessness

my cousins think it
my friends imagine it

and a hope of beautiful soul
delivered of his body

a long time absent
during very long Time

he will have died...

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There is a place inside,
Maybe deep in my heart,
Where I sometimes hide,
When I fall apart.

Many secrets here I keep,
All my feelings, too,
The dreams when I sleep,
And my wishes to come true.

It is where I can go,
When life is just to much,
I let my emotions flow,
And...

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You keep giving me titles for limericks, you do
The Sanctum of Sinsations is the latest from you
Appreciate the help
It's really heart felt
A bunch of thanks, my friendly buckaroo


© Jack Ellison 2015...

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In a cave where
Light is water
Sight is ruler
Of disorder
Lest the body
Cross the border
Bumps and bruises
Soon discover

In a cave where
Light is air
The next step
May not be there
See the truth
Use some care
In dark places
Light is air

In a cave where
Light is life
One mistake
Your cold as ice
Don't find yourself
In...

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An addiction it is!
                                     An addiction to my being.
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There's a beauty in her eyes
That I would claim my own
There's a pain she tries to hide
And she suffers it alone

But in my arms, she's bare to me
Through her soul, aware of me

And I see her fighting there
Alone and unaware
"I see you."

The innocence of hidden...

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Serenading peace within,
lull me in thine hushing tide
for fate is now a foe.

Lose me in your endless fathoms,
instill within a glint of hope.
Raise me to the lofty heights to lose all fear
below.

Till fate above me shines once more....

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INNER SANCTUM

The eyes reveal a man’s inner world
Laying bare his demons 
Those who seek to know him better
May glimpse the truths he guards 
Carefully within

Illuminating what he feels he must hide 
The eyes  
Drag us in 
Captivating us
Bringing many questions to the fore 

The...

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