Dependence Poems - Poems about Dependence

A cold, silver knife rests on my shaking fingers. I graze the blade across my life; the slicing of it lingers. I push the metal through my skin, right to my chest, it cuts. I have to let the blade in, to remove my outer crust. I peel, I tear, I rip to reveal my blood-stained bones. I put my hand up to my ribs, and...

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Independence vs In-Dependency They came with promises wrapped in lies, With deceit veiled in hope and disguise. Their flags stabbed the soil—our soil, my soil— Turning sacred lands into fields of toil, Whose fruits we'd never taste. You set foot in my village, my home, Did you feel the soil, once rich, now scarred? Did the earth groan as you took its...

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For Andrea's Life contest For the Life of Me For the life of me I can’t figure you out. In another life we would be the perfect couple. Under different circumstances we would be set for life. As it stands now, though, we are hanging on for dear life. So, grow up, be an adult and get a life. ...

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Her affections charm me like nothing else, Captivating kindness clutches my heart with care. Standing at the headland, her head rests, before we head home. I’m the head of the outing, though soon, heading from home, But she’s headstrong and she won’t be alone x I’m living brightly, daily and nightly; Everything stays Right where you...

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To lay beside you in the grave, The pleasure will all be mine To leave the laughter and crave For the fading sunshine, For what I am without you, For what I am without you. To leave the grieving soul And join you, The gentle breeze of heaven, Or bear the heat of hell too. For...

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I’m done with co-dependence or so I say I’ve burnt so many effigies for others I’m the giver in my codependency The taker burns all my oxygen She used to grant just a puff to breathe Her flame used to light up this scarecrow Marvel at how a selfless breath ignites Like burning man sweating gasoline This burning man has to stop...

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Dependence Looking out of the window at the doctor's waiting room his receptionist had gone outside for a smoke she wore black underwear under a white nylon dress Faux pas?  What do I care, who dresses in a black T-shirt jeans and a yellow  silk scarf  in the hope of looking seedy but elegant She inhaled the smoke deeply I am filled with lust, my lips dry oh, a kingdom...

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It’s a parasite’s world. The worm of laziness Clogging the mind, Ego refusing change. It’s a parasite’s world, Seeping through one’s blood and breath. Adoption, adaptation to change, an uphill task. Ignorance, dark, deep, masquerading ugliness. It’s a parasite’s world--- Where dependence is practice. And excuses-- strategy, to design. Deadlines met feverishly by others. It’s a parasite’s world, Where type of work affect quality. Where comparison and perks...

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you are the puppet, I am the strings, and yet you control everything, to wake up each day with a promise I've made, only for you to not see it through, does anything matter to you? alone in my bed, wandering thoughts, what's it for, to sit and rot? I'd rather not, but here you lay wasting each day like it's worthless to you anyways, with strings I command, yet you...

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I don't need someone who needs me... It doesn't make me feel healthy On the contrary, I feel sorry......

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Soul in need Yearns for peace Christ grants love. Faith hides fear Doubts draw nigh God's strength reigns Heart with thanks Worships now “Praise the Lord*!” *Psalm 118:28 Thou art my God, and I will praise thee: thou art my God, I will exalt thee. January 26, 2023 5th place, "Tricube" Poetry Writing Contest Sponsored by Sara Kendrick; judged on 1/29/2023....

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What he wrote in a room got darker, he could hardly see the static snow he was printing his mind upon. He knew that there would have to be a change, a mind-shift. His place in his world was becoming precarious. "Next summer" he thought, "I will take my desk and laptop out into the public square." He smiled at the thought of a...

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Without Yehovah I would stumble and fall I’d be like a blind man and crash ‘gainst a wall Without Yehovah my whole life would be bleak With nothing to hope for and nothing to seek Without Yehovah, oh how beastly I’d be There’d be no distinction ‘tween animals and me Without Yehovah there’s no reason for being Nothing to hope for and...

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Soul vs Face Hand to hand, Face to face, Always together, Yet never embraced. Back to back, Side to side, The space grows slowly, Yet we never look round. Look round for change, Look round to arrange, Look round to consider, Our life quickly fades. Arm to arm, Eyes down the way, We become strangers, Yet together we stay. Hand to hand, Face to face, Still together, But forever away....

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We strove to be Independent from an oppressive government not to become dependent on another one. John G. Lawless 7/4/2021...

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