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Gnaw At Poems - Poems about Gnaw At

Premium Member Prolegomena Soliloquy - Pt 1
...Tell me, my friend, does infinity not unsettle your reason, or is it a comfort—to believe it meaningless? Look beyond the rust of your disbelief— this isn’t the frostbitten dogma you im......

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Categories: gnaw at, beauty, christian, easter, faith,
Form: Lyric
The Feast
...## The Feast They gather in the shadowed corners of my mind, A ravenous horde, their forms undefined. Not flesh and bone, but whispers sharp and cold, They gnaw at peace, and stories left untol......

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Categories: gnaw at, anger, anxiety, depression,
Form: Free verse



Motherhood: A gift or a curse?
...Dear Mother, I didn’t understand before, As much as I understand now. No matter how cruel a mother you may be, You are still my mother. You wore me down to my brittle bones, And continued......

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Categories: gnaw at, mother, mother daughter,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member In this dream of normality, where everything seems a mask
...In this dream of normality, where everything seems a mask, an illusion surrounding us, I lose myself in thoughts, like a river flowing without direction through the fog that separates us. Normality......

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Categories: gnaw at, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Sailing
...There are days when the water exhales softly, its glass surface holding the light like a promise, and my boat - once battered and splintered - glides steady, sails catching the wind at just the......

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Categories: gnaw at, depression, extended metaphor, growth,
Form: Free verse



Anywhere But Here
...The walls close in, peeling paint whispering stories I’ve worn too long. The air clings heavy, stale as forgotten dreams, suffocating, soaked in dust. The clock ticks louder than the fractur......

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Categories: gnaw at, dark, depression, hurt, loneliness,
Form: Free verse
Echoes Of Relief
...Take away my pain, my relentless thoughts, That gnaw at the edges of my peace, The whisper of anxiety that lingers, Even in the quiet moments of rest. In dreams, I find no refuge, Just shadows......

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Categories: gnaw at, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
Monsters
...Monsters? What are monsters? Are they the things that lurk in the darkest places where you can barely see them? Or monsters? The ones that walk among us taking form as people we may or may not be......

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Categories: gnaw at, conflict, dark,
Form: Free verse
nirvAnA in rEvErsE
...nirvana in reverse My mind is filled with doubt Guess I chose a different route Found a cure to the ache I'm about to break for your sake Alone My mind is full with angst Anxiety and dilemm......

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Categories: gnaw at, angst, emotions, endurance,
Form: Lyric
Embracing Authenticity
...Author Dana Redricks July 18, 2023 In the depths of my being, a struggle stirs, a battle against society's chains, My sexuality, an enigma to unravel, ongoing to break free from the shadows it r......

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Categories: gnaw at, appreciation, confidence, conflict, deep,
Form: Free verse
A Weight That Never Lifts
...Pain, my constant companion You cling to me like a shadow A weight that never lifts An unwelcome guest in my soul You pierce me with your sharp claws And gnaw at me with your teeth You consum......

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Categories: gnaw at, happiness, pain, success,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member Killing Me Slowly
...You are always on my mind Like a virus eating away my soul The more I try to get you Out and be free the more You gnaw at my resistance Tormenting me day and night I try gently to ease you o......

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Categories: gnaw at, analogy, betrayal, conflict, crush,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Cul-De-Sac
...the good The doors to my mind and heart circle as revolving doors. A peek inside and you see happy memories and joyous events, the loves, and lifelong friendships A cul-de-sac, tho......

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Categories: gnaw at, anger, dark, hate, life,
Form: Free verse
Streets of Waste
...Addiction takes on many disguises You feel left alone with your own vices Yet, you don’t think there is a problem Which is the problem you can’t see Once your family was willing to hel......

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Categories: gnaw at, addiction, dad, dark, drug,
Form: Rhyme
Schisms
...We are winded and on the ropes. Backwater banjo boys strum against us. Clouds feed upon a shoaling light. A bad day for going out or staying in. A time to be sleepless. We must live timidly, or p......

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Categories: gnaw at, poetry,
Form: Free verse

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