Life Betrayal Poems

“ Affirmation without discipline is the beginning of delusion. Jim Rohn “

Relentlessly I pace around the room,
like a caged lion, dreaming of vast forests,
yearning for...

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Passage of Time
Time, that unforgiving mistress, whisks us away like autumn leaves on a gusty day, scattering our lives like petals in the wind. She...

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As I succumb to the wounds you've inflicted
gasping for air, for life,
eyes bloodshot, cheeks wet,
Will you love me then?

My cold, bloodied body will lay lifeless...

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"Your enemies know you, as you know them, and truth bears on--face to face ... The Mirror Cracks ... Your friends know you, as you...

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He enters the room with raw emotions as he reflects on the commotion that lead him to file the case, he had blood dripping from...

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Colour my soul black,
Tonight with your hatred,
Colour my rose black,
Tonight with your fate!
 
You were the rainbow,
I looked up to
You were the light;
the hope I...

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(FICTION, PLEASE.  It is easy for me to write in the first person, but nearly all my poems are fiction.  Please don't attribute...

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The Termination

Hallo Ann, let me tell you about your mother,
she was younger than I and a dancer 
She got a job dancing at a club in Madrid
alas,...

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stream of consciousness 


A laughing clown filled the heavenly screen
full of malic, behind him, men were eating children
Wine and blood ran down their chests 
they had the...

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On being emotionally bankrupt

Sentient beings distraught
psyche rent asunder
courtesy false accusations
heated words exchanged like gunfire
pox upon the house of Deborah Hunter,
a vicious vindictive 
girlish looking septuagenarian...

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Written by Gail DeBole
on April 24, 2024

He ransacked the dumpster near the vacant campground
Looking for small trinkets like a well-trained bloodhound.

You know the story. His...

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Once upon a time
Behold the stream of everlasting dote 
The fiddle and a young stag 
Cute, happy, naive young love
Happiness lighten their infinite world 

Hidden...

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Walking a mile in these shoes, Some of
us say it's learnt behaviors and that one
becomes accustomed to treading
through these life's interferences of
one's decrees.

Walk a mile...

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Earth Day April 22nd 2024

I lament bidding Gaia's creatures adieu,
an inner conflict dust brew
within this scribe, who offers ye to chew
(like sweet treats metaphorically) thee...

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Do you truly reveal your essence?
Or do you project an illusion untrue?
A mirage of falsehood and pretense?
Do you know how to just be you?

Beneath the...

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