Dragged Poems | Examples

You entered my silence like a violin bow dragged with blood

You entered my silence like a violin bow dragged with blood through shattered stained glass
I sewed your laughter under my eyelids and lungs, and the light transformed into myriads of fragrant wounds
I coughed wild moon petals for weeks, my mouth full of the echo of your ever-burning footsteps
There is no cure for you, you are the high fever that shapes bones into transparent crystal bells
You are the imperial chandelier fallen right in the middle of the sonata, when the air still trembles with flame and glass
And I lean daily among the shards, gathering your syllables like phosphorescent fish above my heart
I taste them with fear, checking if they still smell of sound, if they still shake the rooftops of my orbit
Every morning I bandage my lungs with sheet music, hoping that silence will flow from me
But the silence breaks anew and your echo returns like a kite torn by a storm
So I clutch your broken glass in my fists, to make it sound like the violin again

dragged into retirement

I was dragged into retirement with my rear end bumping against cinders
It was the last thing I wanted to do; except maybe die.
But God spoke by giving me ailments that convinced me I had to quit
Winter is a horrible time for me, I have asthma that turns into pneumonia
So quit I did; last year, in June, the day after my birthday.

I have had eight months of retirement now.
Forced retirement due to my health
And I say thank you!
Every single day is a joy
I do not have to drive on the freeway expecting to die every second.
I can cartoon, paint, write poems, sleep all day, stay up all night.

I had never anticipated such joy.
This is a God-given vacation.
I want to say thank you.
My boss called yesterday asking me to come out of retirement.
I laughed until my dentures hit the wall.

Train To A Broken Heart

I said I'm on a train to meet you,
But you won't be waiting there,
I look around the platform,
I guess you really don't care.

I used to ask for you to be here,
But now I just want your call back,
But I can't find you here,
So I guess it's time to pack.

I drag my suitcase along,
And wonder through the streets,
I swear I heard your laugh in the air,
My heart skipped a beat.

I'm on a train to leave you,
Why weren't you waiting there,
Platforms still empty,
And you still don't care.

Dragged Out of Fashion Show

Gucci really outdid themselves on this outfit.
I clap way longer than the others.
I stand up and whistle and hoot too.
Someone escorts me out, for I am a spectacle.
But I could not help myself.
The model winks at me as they drag me past her.

Dragged

You don’t like my structure;
Sit and call me sell out,
as you reap each reward;
Scoffing at discipline,
get up and try coward;

You don’t like my structure,
schedules drive you mad;
Complain yet do nothing;
Sleep whenever you want 
with a hand out yawning;

You don’t like my structure 
eating what I worked for;
Stop hanging on me then! 
I’m done with your comments;
I won’t be dragged again.

I Am the Dragged

Sarcasm now i know some eye brows are
raised to never be up
Right hooked to
schooled was always
out by choice
kept my opinion to my
voice
The lowest for of
Whit mean what in Scotland
see how i misformed the form
i am the dragged a
long long ago's we had
time for me to
Go but you cant
stay out of the
shadows at the back of my
mind how you
one of the others wants its
turn my hand that
played with
Fire everything you have
got to be certain
one of you made the
on shoulders of giants
i stand with running spike
shoo i'm gone

Dragged Down

Eyes heavy,
Breath labored, 
It's not easy,
Feeling weighted.

Like chains restrain,
The dopamine,
In your brain,
You feel strain.

Hooks in your heart,
Secured with distrust,
It's torn apart,
You feel it bust. 

Now what?
Another fight,
Another "you're nice, but",
Where's the light?

Now I fear,
I am another clown,
Painting smiles so clear,
As I'm dragged down.

Dragged Into the Same Situations

Hypnotized, the bare soul asleep
None of the howl could summon it
The morning stars fade in its existence
Engraved within two lives

Path lies but studded with shattered glass
A man came with the tears, voiced his pain
Spewing all the disappointments, lost in his escape
Just like a life that I ever had, stabbed 
When everything stuck in a maze of shaft

We both have the same sun
But the sun with a miscellaneous face
Randomly it blasts our universe
But mostly it shines for the sake of itself 

Roam in the world called wild, we walk with no guiding cane
We just walk, fingering the trail of remain shadows
Perhaps we are the most regardless creature on earth
For we are blind to the fragility of our own

Dragged

the devil whispered 
the name given
to me 

so soft,
so deceiving 

crawl to me Frank
beg for 
my hand 
don't you turn 
your head 

peak your ears
hear my plead
I will do you 
no wrong,
I am your 
noble steed 

Frank,
dont quiver 
keep my touch 
still 

turning my head 
into an
unkown direction,

he grabs my soul
as if it were 
so light 

dragging 
my feet,
mud leaking
to brain 

dragged to the 
dungeon of flames 

do I have power
to change such a
chamber? 

can I resist
such a whisper?

the flames tempt,
more than any 
temptress 

voice and grip
slip as I 
turn my head

Dragged To Hell

I am exhausted
All these faces haunt my soul
No sleep comes to me
When I killed them they all cried
Now they watch me with those grins
I know I'll be dragged to hell


For Freddie's Tanka Contest
Let me see if you can guess I wrote this one.

Look What the Cat Dragged In

Miracle of Miracles, look what the cat dragged in
I suppose you been loafing in that den of sin
Those so called friends of yours are nothing but fools
Yet they prey upon your soul like a bunch of tortured ghouls
I aught to make you pay for all that wasted wine
I aught to throw you out you silly drunken swine
But try as I might I simply can't deny
I'll always love you, though I can't explain why

Something the Cat Dragged In

That's what I saw in the mirror today.
Wish the cat
Would drag it away...

Dragged

As he dragged me by my hair
From the bedroom to the stairs
With every scream of every step
As the roots pulled from my head

As my blood splattered on the kitchen table
As his fist and my face collide
I wondered how soon before I would die
With every explosion of pain a growing desire

As his anger subsided
Ripped and bruised skin dressed
Presents and flowers around me
As guilt attempts to make better

And though from outside
I hear the call of something different
Something my mother , father, brother and sister all yearn for
In the face of losing all that I love
I turn from my pain and believe in maybe this time

Dragged Against My Will

A man was on his way home 
to prepare for his daughters
graduation 
he never made it 
because of racial discrimination
walking down the road
with a heart beaming full of pride
for a child he sired
he could not wait 
to open his arms wide
and loving hold her
telling her how proud of her he was
it never happened 
BECAUSE 
his body laid in pieces 
along the road side
a joyous event 
turned in to something
that induced many to cry
James remains were left in front 
of an African American (black) cemetery
he went home to be with his LORD
let not your heart be troubled
work together to be on one accord

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