Captive Poems - Poems about Captive

MIRZA GHALIB ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS Urdu poems about life, death, Love, longing, hearts, being captive, strength, cruelty, temper, the sun, darkness, shadows and faith. I’m the captive of Love, the Huntress, otherwise I’d have strength to flee. —Mirza Ghalib, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Your sidelong glances? Arousing. Your cruelty? Demoralizing. —Mirza Ghalib, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Her temper’s an...

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Silence, listening for the echo of a thought, Blessed by the soothing, gentle flakes, Breaking through the darkness, skies delighted By the music, song of joy, falling quietly, Hope in hasty flakes, feeling like yesterday’s Soft light, pouring over the moonlit life… Silence, whispering through the stillness, Blessings poured out in the lives who hear this, The muffled music of a thought,...

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In his cage of thoughts, the captive man writes with wings of ink, surrounded by crumpled parchments like autumn leaves, he dreams, of things seen through his tarnished window, a portal to the world beyond, where the vast ocean whispers its stories with waves of longing. His canvases are giant ships carrying on their decks free souls, with the will...

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When you bother yourself with things you can not do, You forget what you can. When you hide the real you behind the curtains of your inability, You break the confidence you built for years Into pieces, to be fed to your growing ego. And then, do you feel different? Lose yourself slowly in this world of acceptance? Weakness turned you...

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She was a captive from the start Escape was risky, would she try? Freedom beckoned, time to depart? But freedom needed wings to fly Escape was risky, would she try? But each attempt left her in tears She just could not conquer her fears Freedom beckoned, time to depart? Yet her will just...

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held captive his fleshy lips quiver in an oasis of rusted canteens ...

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I am a captive of these household chores, Cleaning windows, wall and floors. Fighting dirt all the way, Until I am old and grey. Up at 5 to start the sandwich brigade. Pack their lunches and homemade lemonade. All are up so make breakfast - bacon and eggs. Little one wants to stay home - he begs, Dry up the tears, all...

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Held Captive Miracle Man 1/21/2024 I’m held captive by morning thoughts, that came unannounced and uninvited. I’m shown a path covered with leaves, still moistened from a morning mist. I’m drawn to follow the footprints, laid down from before my time. Which led to a gate where once I’d stood, but prior it bore no lock. A sign said smile, transportation awaits you, and still, I hadn’t...

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Written: September 09, 2023 ______________________________________________________________ In the abyss of night, I'm held captive tight. Addiction to idioms fuels my Phoebus fight. I abide, vouching sporadically to escape, From the clutches of zeal, I can't reshape. But my quill rebels; it won't be subdued. It dances on my fingertips, its blaze renewed. Beleaguered by a kindle of syllables, they persist, Won't charter me to chime,...

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Choice is removed, when melancholy falls Gloomy feelings, as all life stalls Debilitating depression confirmed and proved When melancholy falls, choice is removed Without and within, emotions smother Invisible hurdles one after the other Shroud of grey, cannot break out or break in Emotions smother, without and within Time wastes as I watch, wistful waiting Introspection is strangely captivating Mark off another day with...

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"But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ. Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men." *Ephesians 4:7-8 of the King James Bible I was once a captive of my own humble pride With my soul shut...

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“Trauma is personal. It does not disappear if it is not validated. When it is ignored or invalidated the silent screams continue internally heard only by the one held captive.” ...

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Senses externalised, we’re held captive by myriad forms of fear and desire and so unless presence is adaptive, bemused by illusions, it will soon tire in pursuit of objects it would acquire. This recognition for us is enough to shift into calm, exiting seas rough, whereupon soul’s freedom is ours to claim, making easy challenges, that seemed tough, drenched in love and light, in...

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I’m captivated by a verse from Paul: take captive every thought that enters in so that you might obey. A cry is raised above the din; hard pressed, I am assaulted, under siege. To me! To me! I hear my lord and liege and cast my eyes on him, for when he’s standing tall, this world’s enticements pall. ————— for the Captivation Poetry Contest sponsored...

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She’s trying to be strong. Not like so many times before. Honestly, this is abuse. She has a punch-drunk sense of reason at this point. The distance is old, the winter is long and he’s always in control. It’s old shoe and she’s had enough this time. Slow deliberate steps in the...

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