Introspection Divorce Poems

I’ve been told
“things work out for the best”
in that way each of us
Divinely blessed 

God in control they say – 
if only Time didn’t hurt…

I...

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The lump in my throat compelled me to believe.

that once there was a time of festiveness,

which has now turned into a vicious rhythm.

The unrealized desires...

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 He called to say he's running late,
for stranger things have happened.
Two stained glasses in the sink,
on a counter, lay a letter. 

'Dear wife', the...

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I.  The coming storm…

Looking into the distance along a windswept beach. Feeling the vast vault of alabaster sky. High! Feeling the cooling winds, as...

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Each Beating Heart


        in a box on my desk is a picture
      ...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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Six children alive and sired
Fathering three and tired
The other three reject me
A traitor in me, they see

Married once; now again
My sanity to regain
At what cost...

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File Number

364 was especially hard to deal with today. 
The worker made a check in the empty box. 
She used red ink. 

Wife beater, 
drinker,...

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Stop Killing My Country

Accused of political banter, 
to speak the words, God Bless, 
and America in the same sentence. 
Bespeaking the fear, 
of being proud,...

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Used by the Muse

Here I sit, after the holidays. 
Everything is quiet, 
and waiting for the big party, 
to end the year. 

Struggling on page...

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I believe those are
the same stars
as when we first
met--the heavens
far more constant
than the human 
heart; and the promises
we made, sincere as 
they were before
the light,...

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The Agenda

You, make me
laugh, 
or… 
we use too,
all the time, 
together. 

Our great love of adventure, 
and the shared spirit of freedom
overwhelming to be part...

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I am a Victim, 
Lured by mascara, and by a pretext piety 
Induced through lust by immoral vermin 

I am a Victim 
Blindfold through cunnings...

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Divorce
Let me start by giving you  a small  anecdote
About  a husband and wife at the divorce court
Ranting and Raving till the judge...

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Squandered, wasted, apathetic and distant
These are the words that describe my existence

Invisible, nobody, forgotten, unwanted
I try to move on as though I'm undaunted

Days end in...

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