Sympathy Endurance Poems

Rock Me

Dearest Mother, 
how should I begin? 
You were/are mine, 
"Claimed", forever.

You adopted me, 
to see that life was not...
meant to be: cruel or hard,...

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I had a quarrel with my own life 
I didn’t want to divulge it to anyone I knew
It was then I met the one who...

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As a kid walking round the school corridors
I'd get people eyeing me a lot, open doors
As they try and look at my white skin 
And...

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Hello, Oblivion am I welcomed to thy realm?
            down into the darkness 
 ...

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A name i detest to be called.
My chest compresses as i travel back in time,
An asphyxiating guilt, back then so conscious,
Each day I was chained...

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In the pews, only the mutter of silence 
Escaped out into the streets and town.
And slowly floats away into the distance.
Choosing to bear the ill...

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Time came when she could no longer afford her pretty makeup.
No money for saloon, she couldn’t imagine the kind of life she had given up.
And...

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I’m daydreaming inside my car...Looking out the window in a lackadaisical daze...
I’m wandering inside my weary head...longing to get godly praise in many ways
I’m whispering...

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I have no place to call home
I have no man to call friend
Alone in this dreadful world
With the sky as my roof:
And the clouds as...

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The soul as resident under the celestial tent,
where the pleasure spectator benches rent.
Flowered horses with petite ballerina,
cute monkeys with funny hats playing the concertina. 
Jumping...

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I see the weight of your woes
        Sagging over your shoulder
    And its slipping from...

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(for C.)

I know your frustration –
I can see it in your eyes
The daytime teased you with idle thoughts
And the nighttime wore a disguise

They never give...

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Me... creature of comfort? Bah

Once again mine lock, stock
and barrel trade in balderdash
finds yours truly (i.e. me)
to type poem frisson a$$ off
as dentures chatter and...

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Around that lonely house by the hill
The stray cat prowls through
His eyes glowing like meteors in the dark
And his fur's fawn rough
The stray cat strolls...

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I'm trembling…
Your soul resembles a remnant rage within me 
I'm ascending…
Reaching towards the surface of His sweet serenity

Then, I descend 
To my utter demise…
But, it's...

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