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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.

ANGELIC DECEPTOR

ANGELIC DECEPTOR 

Magnetic mantis,
in pious genuflection,
attracting its prey:-
...

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Categories: angel, betrayal, conflict, extended

Nebulous Horizon

When alabaster twilights 
rain upon celestial roses,
with tear-soaked trinkets 
of ancient aromas ~
I wear their amaranth scents 
upon acrylic wrists, 
and tie my terracotta threads
of...

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Categories: angst, betrayal, dark, deep,

Barracuda

edged teeth grate live bones
ransacked by its spineless bite
red bubbles at sea

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Categories: animal, betrayal, image, metaphor,

In the Mouth of Desire

in the mouth of desire, inverted spires
lean toward the grots of Hell.
tongues forked, skewered with sapphires
in the mouth of desire, inverted spires.
Adam's apple burning cores,...

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Categories: betrayal, bible, celebrity, corruption,

A beautiful lie

I wonder how it truly feels to be loved.

Is it like the minutes before the sun rises,
 when it begins to shine so bright,
 and...

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Categories: betrayal, break up, confusion,

Where do all the apologies go

Where do all the apologies go
The ones unheard, unspoken of
Do they haunt the houses they can't move on from
Do they move through the walls
Waiting for...

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Categories: betrayal, color, community, home,

while my guitar gently weeps

lady of the tiger tattoo,
i, the lonesome hunter in queue,
bathe your toes, obscenely straining,
a beleaguered virtue waning
while my guitar gently weeps, i
should scold desire, but...

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Categories: beauty, betrayal, desire, lust,

What lies behind the key

You asked me a question without saying a word.  Could I ever love again?
I couldn't find the answer.  should I ever want to?...

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Categories: addiction, betrayal, death, depression,

The Sight of Your Lies

Lord 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 Paradise

In 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 it

A 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 dog

Hear 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 bloom

Crushed.
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,