Cruelly Poems - Poems about Cruelly

If Someone Had Stayed

...Everyone slept after spilling their pain
into arms that held them without asking,
while I sat wide awake,
longing for someone who never came
to ask me how I was holding myself together.

If onl...

The Twine that Binds

...Out of my mind and lost in time
Holding on to a love unkind
Unwind the twine that cruelly binds
Me to my severed valentine

Her voice still calls through echoing halls
As madness clings to crum...

A Bullet With Yesterday's Date

...In sepia tones, the echoes twist and sway,
When shadows stalk the moments lost to time,
A spectral dance where ghosts of youth hold sway,
Their laughter mingles softly with my rhyme.

Each birth...

I believed these poems belonged to me, sculpted from polished breaths

...I believed these poems belonged to me, sculpted from polished breaths,
Under the flickering light of candles, a refuge in the dense darkness,
Each line a profound catharsis, each verse a wound wrap...

ECHOES OF HER

..."Echoes of Her"

I miss her luscious lips, the way they’d part,
Whispering love, then silencing my heart.
Tantalizing kisses, like fire and wine,
Left a burn on my soul — sweet and divine.

Th...

For Every Sheep in the Flock

...Grant me sunrise, cruel warden
Would you deny me that which makes us human?
What violent hatred grips your heart
To demean and dehumanize so freely and purely

How is it that you dream, violent ...

A Fevered Night, Unscheduled Departure II

...I creep into your room, my steps are unsteady,
You went to bed with symptoms of the flu,
A soft child’s breath is what I seek,
To touch, to comfort—to ensure peace.
But as I peel back the covers,...

ECHOES OF HER

..."Echoes of Her"

I miss her luscious lips, the way they’d part,
Whispering love, then silencing my heart.
Tantalizing kisses, like fire and wine,
Left a burn on my soul — sweet and divine.

Th...

Blowing a helluva Hooley

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Rarely not windy
In the far flung
Squarely unfairly unsung
Seriously deliriously magical

Mystical..mythical Catlins
Rather adept at being 
Scarily palaver kept..
Wild & warily windswept

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Her little light

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The colours of the world have faded
My life, I would of traded
She was taken to soon
Her time on Earth a fleeting tune
Only three brief years she knew
Now, she’s gone from our view
The world ...

Love Hate Away

...From whence it came and for what purpose, completely mystifies.
Could be from earth's galaxy with The One God to look toward
or another universe, though those with degrees say such is jive.
Perhap...

Why Did She Abandon

..."How sad when it comes to face the world as an orphan! Chasing shadows, he/she searches for the love and protection lost. Having no trail to follow, the search goes on endless"~  By Poet 


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Shadows of the Valley

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Written: May 13, 2025, for contest by  Robert James Liguori 

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On the golden steed, dreams catch flight,
In the sunny flame, rings of final sigh ignit...

American madness a fury unbound

...American madness, a fury unbound,
A lost nation teeters beyond solid ground.
We've crossed the stark line, flags droop low and still,
The hour grows late; has reason lost its will?

I walk as a ...

Grand-mother

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i miss the way she looked at me
i miss the way she held my hand

i miss the softness of her cheek
i miss the games and girlish laughter

i miss the passion in her day
i miss the time she'd s...

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