Farewell Conflict Poems

Day One

The bomb when it fell sent the planet to hell 
With unrestrained retaliation 
The damage was done and the end had begun
With no hope...

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I was aware I may have lost my mind,
pinpointing on the time,
circular reasoning,
whether in front or behind.

Are thoughts a linear path like the heart?
Regarding sight,...

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Dear secret, have I depicted your story? 
Can I finally now lay you to rest?
Please understand, 
I never bid farewell, 
Esteem I cannot forget,
From mutual...

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Can't keep my head held up high 
Soil is by my feet 
Ashes scattered 
Consumed 
Becomes whole 

It leaves me 
Standing here 
This was always...

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"Fare thee well
If not forever, still forever
Pride which not a word could bow
Bow to you, and by you rejected 
Fare thee well"
Not now nor ever...

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Oh Man, where am I?
What caused this pain and why?
I desperately cannot live this insane life.
For the pain of memories brings in strife.

I grab my...

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One choice and circumstance
set us apart
Forever divergent
forever two hearts

One lasting reminder
of what can’t be fixed
The eggshells lay scattered
the pieces all nixed

In less than an instant
the...

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I have nothing more to write. I have nothing else to give.
I have nothing left inside. I have no reason to live.

I have everything that’s...

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Bricks through windshields,
Darts through hanging pictures of me 
And cracks in the photos, framed on the shelf 
But they're not there physically
My trust makes a...

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You my dear will never make it in my family,
For our blood runs thick with tradition and legacy.
We hold ourselves to a higher standard,
And you,...

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It's so hard for me to say this to you 
I wanted things to be different but they're not
And my passive aggressive opinions must be...

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I walked in and pulled myself up to the bar,
The place was dingy and smelled like sour beer.
The people all had that same stare,
Inebriation wrinkles...

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In the final act, alone you stand,
It's just you, amid the shifting sand.
Regrets, like echoes, in silence collect,
From things ejected, and paths unchecked.

Pain, an arrow,...

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People die every second of the day
Death is the absolute absence of life
People are murdered, slaughtered in daylight
Sadness is at the center of the fray.

Babies...

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Yes, I know I must go to confession.
But, oh my, it has been over a year!
So, what if I freeze during the session?
I’m worried Father...

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