Guilty Poems

Guilty by Omission

Hang your head in shame:
kept quiet in the face of injustice
~ the lingering taste of cowardice


Wordku: 5-7-5 words

AP: 1st place 2025

The UK was never innocent just cowardly

The uk is guilty too
Stop hiding behind America 
You were involved too
It's time for you to take the stand
Reveal the blood on your hands 
Accountability is calling your name 
America can't take all the blame 
When it was them who followed your lead 
Joining the slave trade from your influence

Don't hide behind black American history

Precious Moments

There aren't enough hours in the day
to do all I need to do
and for me
to be there with you
not enough days in the week
to go where I want to be
or for you
to be here with me
and tho' someone said, 'Crime don't pay,'
in a moment you stole my heart away
you're guilty don't want to lose you
an

who is the guilty party

lucky the whale swallowed him whole as he fell overboard
He was in his best suit, and his tie with a tiny clip of a sword
You are the judge, the jellyfish king said into his head
He had never been judge, this undertaker named Ned

The fish were excited that a human was going to judge
They wanted him

SELF-TRIALED UNAWARNESS: GUILTY

       (Apropos Of Self-Reparation)

It has been said that we must love others
As we love ourselves, loving each other
As does the Author of love in loving us all:-

(Thus, be food for thought if hungry)

Dwelling in the court of the inner sanctum
Of contemplation, 
Sage mind of jurisprudence charged my poor soul

I'm Guilty

Of only havin' eyes for you. Of makin' everyday better than before. Of hatin' thinkin' bout you with anyone makes me blue. Of missin' you every time we say be safe leaves me wantin' more.
Of treating you like my Queen. Of textin', callin', tryin' talk to you too much. Of not noticin' if you have

Betrayal guilty as charged

Betrayal (guilty as charged)...

within mine marriage,
and all the ramifications
that happen therefrom
courtesy the social media platform
of Facebook Messenger,
wherein those subscribing
to an orthodox dogma
may consider said website infernal
(even more despicable
then once upon a time
Old Rotten Gotham
sliding down into the behavioral sink),
where sirens wail their plaintive call
seductively luring and captivating
(courtesy their cam girl schtick)
yours truly just another netizen,
(albeit

almost feel guilty

Vibrant red cherries with grinning white centers
Hanging in a clump, conversing with their relatives
Fresh and sassy, showing the world their prettiness
I almost feel guilty eating them
But not really

guilty by tattoo

Though opposed by federal court
Trump’s sport-like media report
Features flights at night
With head-shaven blight
And the hog-walked men we deport

What slave asks for anything more
Than a rave in El Salvador?
With expenses paid 
In dirt they’ll get laid
While six million bucks pays our whore

A Poet's Regret

These days I have been indulging myself, 
But lurking guilt always dims my joy, 
In the rhythm of rushed life, 
I even forgot how to write! 

-Vagabond
 

Guilty

Guilty

You Make It Seem
So Irresponsible
Everything We Do,
Like A Future
Foretold That We
Were Warned Would
Happen, No Matter
What Wrong Choices
We Made... 
Or Didn't. We
Irresponsibly Die.

How Cruel.

Bye-Bye.

-Gray Squirrel

12-02-2024

THREE SIDES TO EVERY STORY

Jane and I met on our first day 
Of school, Grade one,
Now in 4th Grade, always had fun,
Jane used to often come over to sleep,
Best friends, loved each other a heap.

We would stay up late, told 
Ghost stories, till the night was old
And played with our Barbie dolls,
Until it was almost light,
But the next day

You say you hate him but why do you feel guilty then?

When he asked you politely, you chose to ignore his eyes and not acknowledge him.

Why are you wondering why tears roll down your face?
You two had a lot of tension before, you did not the best things and him too.

There is none of you to blame.
But whenever you say you hate him, why do you

feeling guilty

I forgot the American flag was out here
Placed it there myself for the fourth of July
this means it was in the rain at least twice
I feel a bit guilty
my daughter was a Captain in the Air Force
I am glad she does not drive in the rain
I did not see it there
due to the weeds

feeling guilty in jail

he had never felt this alone
disrespected, abandoned, ignored
he dared not ask for any favors
he knew none were coming

he deserved this hard, gray concrete crate
a place to chastise himself for bad choices
no one would come visit him here
he did not expect them to

nothing about this place was friendly
the men guarding it treated him like a non-human
he

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