They laughed at our pain
...A circus act
A puppet
A clown
When you think of these you think of a
Performance
Or even entertainment
You think of
Comedy
You think of
Jokes
You think of
Laughter
So what happens...
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Categories:
desensitised, discrimination, murder, prejudice, race,
Form: Free verse
SLEEPLESS IN MY BATTLE
...(Perhaps the desire to find Nirvana has become tainted? A worm of a man has done this to me; has burrowed into the fruit of my dreams.)
We who wield the mighty sword
leaded and sha...
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Categories:
desensitised, abuse, emotions, war,
Form: Free verse
I walk in the shadow
...I shore up my doubt, behind a loosely bound hope
Which in turn is propped up without foundation
Cynical of a life, at the mercy of luck
Collateral damage feeds my reservation
I shore my up to...
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Categories:
desensitised, how i feel, life,
Form: Rhyme
Deep
...
You can’t avoid it, it’s all over the news.
Every clip and video, millions of views.
Varying opinions, not all of them healthy.
Is all this attention because they were so wealthy?
Some people...
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Categories:
desensitised, death, deep, psychological, society,
Form: Rhyme
Harangue
...I walk in the shadow
I shore up my doubt, behind a loosely bound hope
Which in turn is propped up without foundation
Cynical of a life, at the mercy of luck
Collateral damage feeds my reservati...
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Categories:
desensitised, allusion, rain, weather,
Form: Pleiades
Moving On
...Moving on is what they all want to do,
But the victims can't because they are too traumatised,
Or their bodies too damaged,
Maybe even worse, with all contact in this world severed.
The parents...
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Categories:
desensitised, abuse, addiction, age, anger,
Form: Didactic
My Self Worth
...My mouth always late to stop
speaking thoughts outside the box
direct and true words causing shock
saying things the rest do not
singled out too many times
meaning the impact declines
e...
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Categories:
desensitised, pride,
Form: Rhyme
Words Forbidden To Be Expressed
...Words forbidden to be expressed
A dangerous fact to be disclosed
Making the whole world depressed
I am sorry that you are so obsessed
With the words never to be expressed
The words are secretly ...
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Categories:
desensitised, conflict, culture, sorry, war,
Form: Rhyme
Reflections of Me
...An image portrayed by my mirror,
not projecting the correct colour,
negatives disregarding this persons
experience, reflecting
inevitable cold reality of
demise,
no more paste...
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Categories:
desensitised, character, depression, identity, image,
Form: Free verse
The Lord Mighty In Battle
...God's anointed are chosen to stand against
the children of darkness; those devoid of light.
They become the prey, none-the-less, they
choose to stay.
Surrounded by the enemy day and nigh...
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Categories:
desensitised, christian, war,
Form: Free verse
The Source of Your Magic
...Your presence is like a thin fabric
That I wear here and now with comfort
Unveiled through each breath I take
My eyesight like a pair of scissors,
Slices through with each blink you mirror
An...
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Categories:
desensitised, devotion,
Form: Lyric
My Last Prayers
...holding onto the fears of our fathers
and to some new forms of paranoia
the wind easily scatters us like feathers
you wouldn’t think we’re the descends of Noah
the mind is divorced from the hea...
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Categories:
desensitised, how i feel,
Form: Rhyme
News Time
...News Time
Upon waking I checked the online news. And was shocked to see a plane crashing. The photo showed it clipping a motorway bridge. It looked like a whale about to die. The cart wheeling crash...
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Categories:
desensitised, anger, angst, conflict, death,
Form: Verse
So Much
...There’s so much suffering I never want to see
So much profanity I don’t ever want to hear
Desensitised to never want to care
Hypnotised to ever need to worry
There’s so much pain I never want t...
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Categories:
desensitised, emotions, truth,
Form: Rhyme
Black Sheep Drawback
...‘BLACK SHEEP DRAWBACK’
Discouraged, anxious and unsure—pitch black tarmacs start their war
Petrified, panicked and distressed—uncertainty cracks amidst unwelcomed guests
Dissociated and desensit...
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Categories:
desensitised, fear,
Form: Rhyme
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