Son Emo Poems

When death, like silence 
Creeps into or sleepy lives

We feel the moorings untie 
The threads that tangle our lives

We feel the currents of emotion upend...

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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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We could not communicate, because she spoke a language
I did not speak. Six people tried to help her before anyone called for me.
I do not...

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MOSES’S EXODUS BEGINS 

Moses was easy pickings for Satan who saw in him a true son
For killing an Egyptian who was beating on a Hebrew,...

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She felt hollow, numb, used up.
The life she thought she had
Was ripped away in what felt like seconds.
Since he came home and finally told her...

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Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall
Humpty's mother was very sad
To see her son in the hospital

Humpty Dumpty was slowly dying
Humpty...

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Sobriety 
 In the beginning, it is like walking on a narrow track
With olive roots over the ground to trip you up and branches
Of trees...

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Heart of Swiss

I try to be thankful for each blessing in life
I found my soul mate, though late, a dad for my boys

Life comes with...

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By Laura Dee Battle
May 10, 2015

My legs are growing heavy from all the miles behind
Perpetually erasing time, like a memory in rewind
A muse I used...

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