Damage Poems - Poems about Damage

I count fifteen enormous branches on my giant oak If lightning got them and they fell, it would be no joke. I bet each one of them weighs at least forty pounds This magnificent tree might be the largest oak around....

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I come with cracks you can't see at first— Hairline fractures from love turned curse. Each “I love you” I gave was a losing bet, Now I cash out in shame and cigarette. I’m broke—not just wallet, but soul and pride, A man half-standing with nowhere to hide. I lean too hard on the one still near, Drowning in love, suffocating with...

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Nick was hurt one bright morn Strokes hit his brain stem, connections were torn They carried him off the rugby field Horror began and an old world was sealed It looked like a coma, but that was a disguise He could only converse by blinking his eyes Locked in, his body would not respond With the outside world, a broken bond. Anger flared,...

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The thought is a terror when alone and you feel weak. Sometimes, the stakes are so high, for fear you dare not speak. Neither bet your honest dollar it will not enter through that door; Its arrival will unravel everything, ending your lives if nothing more. It's a fearsome being; such a despicable thing. It's my dad,...

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Feeling blessed that Allah has allowed me to receive continued care for traumatic headaches neurological damage extensive medical treatment even though I receive death threats on my life by domestic terrorists bitter angry filled with rage because I wore wires pregnant for the fbi buying weapons and drugs from junk sick officers selling drugs for...

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They are afraid. They see the power I contain. They tried to collar it and control me so I would never see that power. What they failed to understand is the care and love they endlessly received was coming to an end and with that failure, they would bend the knee. The bombs they dropped turned my love to anger. They tried playing victim. They tried to change...

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Hurricane You crash ashore like a savage one-eyed lion attacking its prey. Hunger gnaws at your belly, the trip from Africa has been long. Wind like claws slashing and ripping, roofs torn from their moorings and flung aside like paper. Concrete and steel buildings assaulted and torn apart like Lincoln logs. Your voice roaring, torrents of...

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The face that used to be cheerful is gone The illusion dims all real hopes Break thousands of hopes and ideals The loss of life at a young age For those who are trapped by drugs Don't and don't try it If you don't want to live in misery Drugs are very dangerous Sin, and destroy all souls and bodies End up in prison...

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Collateral Damage Social Evolution Cleanly Sliced... With A Selfish Edge. -Gray Squirrel 11-08-2024 ...

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The hardest lesson old age has taught me, About life is that collateral damage will never let me be. When I was young collateral damage was not real to me, It was something dreamed up to by others with no plan B, Those in Authority who could not see, That everything should be free, And no harm should ever come to...

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In the rush of living my heart stops between each beat and for a moment or maybe just half a moment she is there. Not once, but always; Waiting for me between those beats, in every one of my remaining days. “ I miss you.” Written as if the sun’s passing mattered more. As if...

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Words left borrowed heavy on the heart Actions defaulting stillborn and dark Pawning the foundling orphan on loan Love unbequested — dying alone (Dreamsleep: April, 2024) ...

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Pain settles in quite instantly your senses are totally unprepared for this graveness the notion to sleep sets in like an energetic twilight phase the injury abruptly strangles thought my ears are always ringing with this strange metallic taste on my tongue my limbs are numb I weep a lot for no reasons out burst of...

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Conceptual paralysis Hot wired matrix delusional her hereditary mono-glide Diet tried smokers cough Apocalyptic pop-tart Disappoint a trend of the needy You gave it back Watching the watcher You had a laugh The diamond left its mount The horse shouted out rude names The map of life is on your palm Testing your attention to see if you're real The missing songs sang of castles walls Paradox...

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