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The Cradle in the Sea
...I spotted an object from afar it was drifting towards the east And the ocean current was flowing towards me and I could feel the pull of something bigger than me extracting my energy, and for a bri......

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Categories: heavy as lead, birth, boat, books, business,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member On nights when sleep flees from me like a shadow scared of its own existence
...On nights when sleep flees from me like a shadow scared of its own existence, I wonder if we are cursed or blessed, we who think beyond the edges of reason, For "bad" is too simple a word......

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Categories: heavy as lead, fantasy,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member I will stand here until she passes, a woman in white, shining purity
...I will stand here until she passes, a woman in white, shining purity, With half a voice, I'll tell her that memories never wear such garments, And I'll lose myself in the stream of thoughts, in the......

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Categories: heavy as lead, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member You Are Always On My Mind
...I wore his dog tags and his medal for the valor they implied. My heart was aching, sorrow engulfed me, I felt torment inside. Life lost meaning. I had hated that war since it first begun. Now the ......

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Categories: heavy as lead, son,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member I wish to break through, to heal my soul with the whiteness of words
...I wish to break through, to heal my soul with the whiteness of words, But they hide in my shadow like shy animals. My story is a forest where the echo of footsteps has been lost, And my pain is th......

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Categories: heavy as lead, fantasy,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Weep
...In the silence of the night, I hear you weep, Tears falling softly, like secrets you keep. Your heart aches with sorrow, heavy as lead, Each sob a whisper of the pain in your head. I long to hold......

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Categories: heavy as lead, cry,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Kiss
...Solitude Away from life's attitude Not seeking gratitude Not wishing anyone to be around Nor do I want found Rather watch as life drives on by Get along I try Usually I cry Walking alone th......

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Categories: heavy as lead, allusion, chicago,
Form: Rhyme
Work In Progress
...WORK IN PROGRESS Why wait for a muse to get inspiration When the words are there in your head If not in the brain, perhaps in the heart As seat of emotion and passionate drive Where all feelin......

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Categories: heavy as lead, creation,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Soldier
...Life lost meaning. She had hated that war since it first begun, Now the worst thing of all, disbelieving that it had taken her son. She wore his dog tags and his medal for the valour they implied......

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Categories: heavy as lead, soldier,
Form: Rhyme
Contingency Plan
...Your contingency plan is dead from the minute it rolls off the bed. Your contingency plan is dead and it is not going to spread; it is packed with corruption and it is as heavy as lead, it is pointin......

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Categories: heavy as lead, betrayal, blessing, business, change,
Form: Free verse
Life Before the Internet
...I recall writing checks in my spidery crawl. The TV then was a humming spaceship with glowing innards that deep-scanned all who glued their flickering, bug-eyed minds to it; it abducted whole fa......

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Categories: heavy as lead, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Rain
...rain hitting the asphalt, the cracking concrete, water weaving its way down the overpass. Residents cover up with plastic, a conflagration of yellow light on garbage bags hitting tree tops, branch......

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Categories: heavy as lead, absence, bird, city, love,
Form: List
Premium Member On Criticizing Others
...Rein in those opportunities to criticize Think of all the good things to be said Remember to see through others’ eyes. Or sometimes simply resort to sighs. In disagreement, merely s......

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Categories: heavy as lead, anti bullying, how i
Form: Villanelle
Loved By Him
... Life is wonderful when you're by faith led, Giving you hope when heart's heavy as lead; Trust in God, He knows the count of your hair, Let Him guide, don't be a fidgety hare; Lean on ......

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Categories: heavy as lead, faith, god, love,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Distortions
...In the Hall of Mirrors, What do I see? A distorted image, can that be me? I can look tall, with a gigantic head, Or have big feet, as heavy as lead. Tiny hands and the most extended face, A sto......

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Categories: heavy as lead, 10th grade,
Form: Rhyme

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