When Yesterday's Song Forfeited Rhythm
When yesterday’s song forfeited rhythm
And past surrendered to dreams undone,
Spontaneous clamor of poignant echoes
Shattered her image in saddened mirror
Disillusioned by her heart’s revelation.
Merely clinging to clutches of hope
In tomorrow’s beats yesteryears roared
Willing to patronize fixation of love,
Though it was just an optical illusion
In lovelorn expanse of parched desert.
In intrigue of his chivalry she implored
When his
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Categories:
forfeited, emotions, heartbreak, love hurts,
Form: Free verse
Paternal Link Forfeited and Forsaken
Paternal Link Forfeited And Forsaken!
Irreparable father/daughter bond,
particularly with eldest an ache
that reinforces inadequacy,
keeps yours truly awake,
more so now versus
countless years elapsed,
when cherished bond did break
since ample hours prevail,
while said progeny
(i.e. star student) diligently accomplishes,
successful swansong swimmingly
freestyle with her (man) drake
near perfect match, who will never
induce emotional earthquake,
perhaps most readers would
write me off as a flake,
whose
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Categories:
forfeited, adventure, analogy, anger, forgiveness,
Form: Elegiac Lyric
Forfeited Language
I am tied to royalty
the way oceans
are fastened to
moon fluctuations
the way our skin
absorbs sun's radiation
with mathematical
efficiency
producing Nubian
improvisations
from translucent tans
and honey hued browns
to shades of ink
that rivaled midnight
when we opened our eyes
the earth contained starlight
tied to royalty
we made ivory crowns
fashionable
and kings requisitioned
vines for chains
If the moon's pull
causes oceans to move
towards
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Categories:
forfeited, slavery,
Form: Free verse
Invincibility Forfeited
Death...death...like a cold, distant fog
it looms over these beings
these frail human beings, myself included
attacking their defenseless, quarrelsome - filled minds
like ravenous carnivores sprinting upon their prey
I've counted three, thrice has death sent for the reaper
to bombard the people I depend for my source of sanity
It's a process by association
those very people bring forth their sickening
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Categories:
forfeited, how i feel,
Form: Bio
Life Forfeited, Law Transgressed
Life forfeited, Law transgressed
Clear morn in which to go hunting today
Indian prepared , went with no long delay
Family of four was hungry with no food
he setting forth in a very anxious mood
Deep into the thickened woods he raced
seeking tracks before the wind erased
Venison was what he desperately sought
his traps were empty with nothing caught!
He was
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Categories:
forfeited, culture, earth, journey, life,
Form: Rhyme
A Forfeited Chance
Lived life without considering its worthiness,
deceived by the glamor of vain riches,
followed desire where the road ended..and what did I find?
Faces with hilarious laughter and hearts that were unkind.
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Categories:
forfeited, evil,
Form: Rhyme
A Forfeited Chance
Lived life without considering its worthiness,
deceived by the glamor of vain riches,
followed desire where the road ended..and what did I find?
Faces with hilarious laughter and hearts that were unkind.
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Categories:
forfeited, evil,
Form: Rhyme