Darksome Poems - Poems about Darksome

...The Lake..... lies… still, a glistening sheet of tin foil, shimmering in a cold-eyed wind. At night the lake still... lies… still; a coffin with lid screwed light-tight. On occasion, the......

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...A seaman's life Looking at the map, I have been to most countries  that have seaports but no time to explore work  had to be done whether it was Monday or Sunday I have crossed many seas. The P......

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...Raindrops Rise When the sunrise goes extremely high… Raindrops rise in the baby-blue sky When the sunset goes way down, Raindrops paint an upside down frown When the sunrise Makes the raind......

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...A run-on sentence, free verse/rhyme poem… Baptizing myself miraculously in the benevolent, bubbly bathtub…playing in the cleansing water like a beloved cub Rubbing my blitheless, blessed body wit......

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...Driven insane by sorrow, there’s no tomorrow to cure it… Honestly, I’m in vain and so guilty…feeling way less than legit… I’m holding you close in my optimism and its memories along with it Torn a......

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...I don’t feel good at this I’m feeling so hopeless I need some happiness I’m feeling dread instead I’ve been consuming sorrowful bread I’ve been feeling rather dead I want to repent of being s......

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...Love without trust is but a mere lust I wish I could touch you, but you’re just dust It’s a must to count my blessings in the making I was wrong to trust you and it’s heart breaking You are sca......

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...A lion with a passion so ravenous Unable to be satisfied by love her bite of sensuality poisonous She lives in her empty pit of self-love this shepherd of men, her body of goats who yearn to b......

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...Consuming happiness to the point of no return, no return I let the fires in my bosom burn on and on and on Resuming on with my gladness, smiling — now, it’s your turn To shine on like the sun in t......

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...She runs to top the hill and listen for songbirds. On this grayish, black and white scene, there are only crows in the sky, screeching like a hawk who has eyed a snake. What is that rust......

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...Apple of my eye darling daughter numero deux gifted me... Twenty four years ago – February 4th, 2023, whose existence begat by this dada and da mama aye revel in your bursting at figurative ......

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...I’m in distress I can’t express How I feel deep down inside This feeling is a terrible tide How do I impress Everyone here in excess? I’m just here to simply abide By God’s Law, I don’t subsid......

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...1. The clouds flew in embrace with the wind, In occassions many, they came together, To bless the land with manna dew and To bring to rest the flames of the heart, To call to the winter moon and......

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...Inspired by Disturbed’s songs… We are the animal inside my soul, my soul We are the animal, so crack open my skull We are going insane inside our wearisome brain When will we be sane again? Is ......

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...I’d be the only one to save me To heal me completely, to set me free Set me free from despondency Wish you’d understand me, baby I’m patiently a wanderlust boy In a world full of angst and joy......

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