Angst Engagement Poems

He says I’m beautiful but does he see
The pains of my heart the shuffle of my feet
The rains of dark mysteries of my inner beasts
That...

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 our turnaround time
 
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LET’S GET IT ON-

Embattled spaces 
Confound places
Let’s get it on
Incorporate prayers
Unsound harmonies
Strained melodies
Let’s keep it real
Rebuke the storm away from 
Thee quiet space
And let us...

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winter's fresh breath kiss
 morning frigid  holding calms 
captured reminisce 
~
winter's dawning whole
nestled between seasons host
cleansed freshness can't miss



1/25/22
Written words by James Edward Lee...

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Separation can be the death of a loving relationship, 
but can resurrection come too? 
Can one give a reprieve from
Braking bonds that bind. 

Threads that...

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Since retirement
I have gradually become more disappointed
with watching
and listening
to performers,
to on-screen entertainments,
to emotional yet disembodied hypnosis,
to vicarious fascinations
now suspiciously corrupt

Performance watching
becomes a cheaply vacuous substitute
for...

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The soul of the earth 
is worth more than dirt
As the soul of man, not material

The heart of dust
Is just, NO unjust
when mixed wit water...

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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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And I am captivating pleasantries
 I am optimistic
 In my realities 
I am comforted by my comforter made of cotton silk
Etched in gold
My blanket embraces...

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Don't dance with Lucifer                     ...

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Stand up! Brothers and sisters
The viral demons are raging everywhere
Threatening our precious lives

Stand up! Brothers and sisters
Arming with our rationalism and wisdom
We must be united...

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what IF-why
as you read these lines, Jesus were to part the skies
and you and I would both be physically breathing yet a life
neither of us,...

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Verse 1 and I feel so empty inside
 there's no better reason to deny
God's nature I'm his creature
And I can't fly
I'm not sure why

Chorus and...

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When I thought of dreamland
Sleeping
The dozy dreams-cape dazing
Deep into that darkness shuddering
Nightmares
I crave the trembling, thudding tingle
In my shrieking, I could not awaken
Chattering and chattering...

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You knelt, and from a bended knee
offered me an engagement ring.
Then you asked, "will you marry me?"
and my heart just wanted to sing.

You'd chosen a...

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