Depleting Poems - Poems about Depleting

Sessions

...Regret has found me knocking at its door again. Shame answered immediately as if it had been waiting for its old friend. Opening its door where the comfy couch is that I turn my thoughts over in exch...

Though an atheist

...Though an atheist..
please oh lord brace and fix me with monetary salvation

After umpteen times being swindled
reducing me to abject poverty
psyche of mine
broke into a bajillion little pieces...

I spent my childhood being enraged

...I spent much of my childhood being enraged
Fairness mattered to me
I was a kindness advocate
Deploring bullies, liars and thieves

Good thing I did not know about sex trafficking or rapists
I c...

Giveaway

...Thank God... the taunting is diminished,
Because that is not what life is all about,
We are meant to connect and give but you made this all about yourself,
Maybe if you realized from the door that...

Believe the Facade of a Narcissist-No More

...Mirror, mirror on the wall ~
don't let me fall for a narcissist's words
for fear I'll find myself tangled in the web
of silk threads cunningly spun to lure me in. 

You might take those words to...

Who Pays

...
Who Pays?
Miracle Man
10/25/2024

Many drift through life just depleting their days,
For any unforgiven sins they’re the one who pays.

If they’ve given scant thought to their life e...

where’s the pause button

...we’re incomplete
cravings bleating 
depleting joy...

Emancipation proclamation from Samson fixation

...Emancipation proclamation from Samson fixation

Otherwise titled deep into my fiftieth year of passive aggressive rebellious puberty.

Yes, I chickened out getting a haircut yesterday August twen...

I see, I watch, and I observe

...I see, I watch, and I observe,
It's a hazy night.
The clouds have clouded the moon,
The moon vanishing, as if it were noon.

Though it's not a shadowless night,
The shadows of us are reflected ...

The Invitation

...
I do it often,
drag a perfect morning
in through the front door of myself
and make it a reluctant guest,
replace its colors with my own
dour palette, drown out
its soft voice with noise.

I...

More n nine months on

...More'n nine months on...

and still I feel infuriated at myself
concerning squandered funds
passively, senselessly, and willingly
surrendered nest egg
to computer hackers
(imposters, jackknifi...

Suffer a Beating Than Cheating

...voting depleting
they would suffer a beating
then started cheating....

Terror Bugs: Part 5 - A Freezer Mice Adventure

...[Continued from ‘Terror Bugs: Part 4 - A Freezer Mice Adventure’]
__________

A water cannon screeched around the corner on two wheels
Four and twenty Terror Bugs were nipping at...

Sand

...
Sand
Miracle Man
3/18/2024

Sand appears to hotfoot through an hourglass,
unrelentingly depleting our precious time.
Without discernible deviation and no impasse,
plays no favorites ...

As Time Slips By

...Crystal winged hourglass flows muted gold sand
as time turns red dawn to pink dusk once more;
 life’s tapestry fades as years so expand 
but love in the heart gives youth to restore
when ...

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