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Premium Member I Tried And I Failed
I tried to escape you long ago. 'Til fate set straight my own ego....

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Categories: failed, first love,
Form: Crystalline
Lost my frequency
I lost the frequency long ago At first it hadn’t seemed important I could barely tell the difference But once it was gone I couldn’t get it back There was a time where that didn’t matter Then it did And it was too late They tried turning the nob Hoping the new frequency would work But it never did The nob would twist Left and right Back...

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Categories: failed, 11th grade, deep, emo,
Form: Free verse



Capitalism, The Failed American Dream
the damned alarm howls at 5 a.m. like a thirsty rabid dog in the dark. I throw my bones into a threadbare suit, and drag my carcass out the door. the streetlights flicker, dying gods, the freeway hums a tired hymn. coffee burns my throat— fuel for another round in the machine. the boss with his middle fat finger, his gold watch, his ulcer...

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Categories: failed, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
You failed to listen
This is a proclamation of my mind’s commotion. No matter the relation, When I say no, you need to listen, I thought you would understand, But you persisted, And now I must live with this for my entire existence. Do you understand the definition of permission? Or you just did it to fulfil your sensations? Yeah, we had a sensual relationship and probably...

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Categories: failed, depression, sad, truth,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Failed Wishes
The yearly line I chose to change course is a self-afflicted wound that bleeds each day, as I travel the universe that spins in darkness on its journey through the blackness of space a second, a year, does not matter if finding a reason to nurture my soul comes once a year, in the form of wishes to be met that are useless where...

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Categories: failed, perspective,
Form: Free verse



failed marriage
Failed marriage In my village in the Algarve, I met a retired Captain in the US Army, he had a military walk and tended to dress like he was on a safari  He had a house in Florida with crocodiles on the lawn, he never said what he did when in the army. perhaps the catering corps  on his travel to see...

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Categories: failed, allusion, america, break up,
Form: Blank verse
The Fallen and The Failed
{"I anguish myself with the presence of a loved one to keep me alive inside of my head. Call me crazy, insane, a moron in all depths of despair, but my reluctance for somebody to love me as a whole rather than a midget of sensation was corresponding in waves through me. Our fingers have...

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Categories: failed, absence, abuse, addiction, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member To My Ex-Husband: I Was Fluent in What Failed Us
I missed the window of my telling you who you are. My greatest talent, f*cked too thin to mend, or maim when it mattered most. I’m not mad anymore, just sifting through the wreckage of my gift— this heft of language, all I ever said, only salve on hand to save us, too often out of stock. Words flawless on paper, I fell...

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Categories: failed, analogy, games, metaphor, perspective,
Form: Free verse
I Wish I Never Failed in Love
"I Wish I Never Failed in Love" In the realm of heartbeats, I lost my way A path that wound through love's disarray If I had one more wish, I'd undo the pain Erase the scars, rewrite love's stained refrain A tragic ending, where love went astray I thought I was special, but faded away A good man turned cold,...

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Categories: failed, age, character,
Form: Rhyme
failed humans
Failed humans The forest he traveled had many paths  there was always something new to see like a white tree that once wanted to be the tallest one in the forest, but hubris  had made it to lose barks and naked stand  He thought of Israel, this foreign plant  among tall coniferous  In the glade where rabbits sit to catch  the morning sun, a...

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Categories: failed, absence, adventure, age,
Form: Ballade
Before I Die
I'm so ashamed That when I die I don't want a picture of my face On the alter Or at my funeral...

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Categories: failed, angst, death, depression, funeral,
Form: Free verse
The Race I Failed To Run
In endless steps, I chased the line, This path I tread, my halt in time. Each stride I take, a half to go, A journey bound by fractions solved. Infinity in finite bounds, Where motion stalls and thought grew large. Achilles sprints, the tortoise leads, My race defined by endless time. Forever near, forever far, Where reason left me, here I fall....

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Categories: failed, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Failed
I failed to love The way I could I failed to hold on The way I should I failed to be there When life got you down I failed to care When no one was around I failed to be who I was I know you expected more I failed to be who you thought I couldn’t be who you adored Life has taught...

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Categories: failed, emotions, for her, for
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The need you feel
Sorry may've come too late to explain (for my part) and for all that I'm to blame. I left and stayed away too long.. between us, you never were the same. Your friends, always ever by your side, warn tell you that you're strong and better without. Tho' they weren't there when you were born. I was so young and...

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Categories: failed, daughter,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member As a Father I've Failed
As a father I’ve failed I should have been jailed My kids are not happy The blame’s on their pappy I pushed them too hard ...

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Categories: failed, children, father, feelings, loneliness,
Form: Couplet

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