Metaphor Betrayal Poems
These Metaphor Betrayal poems are examples of Betrayal poems about Metaphor. These are the best examples of Betrayal Metaphor poems written by international poets.
The Sight of Your LiesLord knows the Devil
I encountered. Hidden
hypocrisy swayed naivety I
exuded. Smiling with grace but
crossing betrayal behind your
back while holding my hand with
the other. Delicate melodies of...
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Categories:
analogy, appreciation, betrayal, bible,
Scarlet ParadiseIn the storm of my mind,
You were my quiet yearning.
Nothing to hold onto, nothing to chase,
Nobody can adjust to this phase.
Do not claim the jargon...
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Categories:
betrayal, depression, extended metaphor,
Mannequin of Metaphors
When the
malevolent moon
drapes
black current vines
around my neck,
etching
the blood of betrayals
in my white-whirling wings ~...
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Categories:
angst, betrayal, dark, deep,
My Man, His itA mother to you, a son to me, sucking the life out of my bosom and weep in disgust when it's saggy.
Men love a tempting...
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Categories:
abuse, anger, betrayal, dark,
Live like a Jackal, Die like a dogHear the flames crackle
Fall on your sword
Live like a Jackal
Die like a dog
The lion is weary
Hyenas dart and bite
Their...
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Categories:
abuse, anger, betrayal, dog,
Prisoner of Poetry
When my muse ruled
my conscience's compass,
waterfalls of rhyming rivers
revealed unspoken secrets -
long forgotten in my heart.
Exposing vulnerable verses
from vaults where vines
had wrapped my tongue
into...
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Categories:
analogy, angst, betrayal,
Some things shatter, some things bloomCrushed.
Dust chokes the air
And encircles the vicinity
Burnt.
Charred and battered.
A blackened stump,
The remains of what once was alive.
Hacked to pieces.
Still, lifeless—
Left to die
Will you still bloom?
Will...
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Categories:
abuse, appreciation, betrayal, dark,
A legacy forgottenConsider my grave your resting place too,
An empathetic soul who rests here.
Worry not poet, it haunts no more,
Covered with maggots, I've rotted here for a...
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Categories:
betrayal, corruption, extended metaphor,
Blue Cheese and Old Pickles
I fought the good fight, yet still I lost
and you stood in brackish silence
with bitter reward in briny eyes
proffering spiny frowns
shoulders crumbled with aging ache
and...
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Categories:
angst, betrayal, emotions, feelings,
My Existence Itself Is My Threat - Part 2"What is my role?" I asked.
"You are part of the crew," he said, not the captain as I was told.
"But I know maps! I read...
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Categories:
anger, betrayal, conflict, extended
My Existence Itself Is My Threat - Part 1I dream of far shores where my name was meant to be carved.
I aspire to climb mountains where my flag was to be raised.
I imagine...
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Categories:
anger, betrayal, child abuse,
Silent StormsA weir holds back the river
against the flow of the morning tide
I wonder how many thoughts,
unspoken, lie behind its barrier-
ponderings of love, turmoil,...
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Categories:
betrayal, day, imagery, metaphor, morning,
BetrayalAlas!
Love's dose reduced
venom produced
hissing mattresses, grass beds of dirty vipers......
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betrayal, love hurts, metaphor,
Sockdologizing Old Man TrapYou sockdologizing old man-trap long decayed
where claws curl tight in dust and brittle bone
your lies are hyenas dancing in the flame
their jaws a rattle tearing...
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Categories:
betrayal, corruption, imagery, metaphor,
Dumping Ground
Bringing your troubles; like I was your dumping ground
Walked away with my life without as much as an amen
No words spoken, until my happiness drowned...
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Categories:
angst, betrayal, corruption, extended