Categories:
heavy(p), day,
Form: Free verse
Villanelle of a Metal Queen
Villanelle of a Metal Queen (c) 2025 by Russ Dodson
I just don't know where else to start
to tell you of this love of mine
she is the beating of my heart
these feelings that I must decline
I just don't know where else to start
the memories both sweet and tart
hold feelings that I would enshrine
she is the beating
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Categories:
heavy(p), girlfriend, music,
Form: Villanelle
Pau - Old School Cool
Old School Cool (c) 2025 by the Entangled Pair
She's hot, yes, but she's also cool
she is a gem, she is a jewel
I think she's great (and I'm no fool)
she beats those drums like she's old school
she pounds those skins, sometimes it's funny
she hits them like they owe her money
and one thing more I'll tell you
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Categories:
heavy(p), cool, how i feel,
Form: Couplet
Heavy
There are times that life
is very heavy
Just living seems to
take all my energy
Last week took every
ounce just to work
and exist without
any extra motivation
to write, to spend time
with friends or to create
something artistic
I am grateful that I survived
but this next week
my goal is to survive and
try to add some joy
to my heavy days
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Categories:
heavy(p), grief,
Form: Free verse
The Weight of Tomorrow
I sit alone beneath the sky,
Uncle, thinking of your last goodbye,
The world feels heavy, dreams unclear,
With every step, I carry fear.
Graduation looms - so close, so wide,
But doubt and worry walk beside.
You always knew just what to say…
I wish you could be here today
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Categories:
heavy(p), 12th grade, age, anger,
Form: Rhyme
Who will hold her exhaustion when it gets too heavy
Exhaustion was a burden she would always have to carry
A lingering shadow that gave her no peace
Even haunting her in her sleep
Her most notable feature
Was her eye bags so heavy
They begged to be heard
Screamed to be released
Hoping someone will save her from the abyss
Of Exhaustion
Tired from a life of always running
Away
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Categories:
heavy(p), depression, discrimination, mental health,
Form: Free verse
Summer Winds
Summer Winds
Amidst strong winds, John was treading the road
Carrying on his back a heavy load,
It was a pitiful sight
To brave the wind in such plight:
When load fell down, it
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Categories:
heavy(p), summer, wind,
Form: Limerick
Heavy Burdens
Heavy Burdens
Always under pressure.
With heavy burdens.
Sometimes you're running out of daylight.
Consumed by responsibilities.
Running low on energy.
Unexpected loss through grieving.
So much on your plate.
Never have a chance to breathe.
Time is always flying.
Kids are always needy.
Never time for yourself.
No choice but to carry on.
Dwelling
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Categories:
heavy(p), blessing,
Form: Rhyme
Heavy
My terror grows with each passing night,
As slow, steady darkness steals away sight.
Footsteps and whispers add to my fright —
Is there an end to such desperate plight?
How long, too long, till dawn’s early light!
I clutch my candle in trembling hand,
And watch the shadows dance to understand
What I envision as its light expands
Through the room and
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Categories:
heavy(p), dark, fear, horror, night,
Form: Lyric
In a room with heavy curtains, where shadows dance on walls like forgotten memories
In a room with heavy curtains, where shadows dance on walls like forgotten memories,
It's not just about touches, nor bodies pressed together or rumpled sheets,
It's about how you undressed me of layers of silence and fears with your hands like a gentle wind,
In the bed that seemed a secret island, you taught me to be
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Categories:
heavy(p), fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Heavy Hands
With the weight of the world
In your hands
You quickly learn and understand
Dependency is something to be ashamed of
When you hand that weight to someone else
You wanna take it back
You practically beg
So you don't see them in the same pain
With the weight back
You begin to crumble
And all 8 billion of the people
And all
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Categories:
heavy(p), abuse, anxiety, corruption,
Form: Free verse
Pain Is Heavy
There is this weight pulling at me
It's trying it's best to hold me down
It's making me feel as though I'm alone
Even when there are people around
I wish that it would go away
Somehow disappear and let me be
But that seems to be a wasted wish
It refuses let loose of its grip on me
I'm having
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Categories:
heavy(p), confusion, dark, emo, emotions,
Form: Rhyme
Heavy Quiet
Separated from the world by a thin wooden door,
here silence speaks of a world no more.
An unbreakable bond just turned to dust,
betrayal’s darkness, detached trust.
Bearing the burdens of which, alone
the weight bowed down , yet sorely known.
Shadows guard a silent gate,
destined for a somber fate.
Amidst the hush, the pain is deep,
a shadowed wound I’ll always
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Categories:
heavy(p), children, conflict, dark, feelings,
Form: Rhyme
Heavy heart
I’m so tired of goodbyes and I dread those new hellos
I dread those new hellos because I can’t take another goodbye
So I guess I’ll just stick to what I’m used to
I try looking on the brighter side but somehow those energy suckers just come around and leave me less than full of life
You get judged
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Categories:
heavy(p), life,
Form: Free verse
It was heavy
Wearing your ashes was the
Heaviest thing I've ever carried
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Categories:
heavy(p), death,
Form: Free verse
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