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Infliction Poems - Poems about Infliction

Premium MemberInfliction

He was just a boy alone in journey of life 
Morals, high standards upon family name he walks 
No recollection to memory, just brief thought in mind 
Certain image portrayed, locked away in the depths 
A way of life's poverty, morning dose's of the syrup 

Just a toddler throwing sticks on tobacco, outhouse out back
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Categories: infliction, absence, conflict, endurance, longing,
Form: Dramatic Verse

Premium MemberSilent Infliction

Silence breeds a droning bunch, 
a blackened kettle, a stolen lunch.
The dismal lead while sheep give chase,
a silent echo, a spoofed embrace.

Abandoned youth viewed once again,
a manifest of mice, not men.
Hypocrites now preach the word,
murdered lines and vision blurred.

Despair entangles a shallow light,
disavowed, this tale they write.
A painted faux becomes the rage,
dyed and bleached on
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Categories: infliction, change,
Form: Rhyme



Premium MemberOverflow Infliction

     Unswallowed lumps of lobster immodest
     Crustacean returns to pincers persimmon 
     Waitress whisk indiscernible clears linen 
     Custom of one equates her eight hour day


     Has It All Paul wipes away gourmet residual
 
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Categories: infliction, bullying, how i feel,
Form: Free verse

Self Infliction

The frontier of violence
strange land of our making
Wilderness of bones and blood
—buried in our fear

(Dreamsleep: September, 2022)
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Categories: infliction, fear,
Form: Free verse

Self-Infliction

Art, 
the poison with which
the universe stings…
the artist dead

(Dreamsleep: January, 2022)
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Categories: infliction, art,
Form: Free verse



Self-Infliction

Explosion, implosion,
tomorrow is gone

A new self-destruct mode,
old enemies throng 

We’re now on the poster,
PUBLIC ENEMY ONE

The canaries all dead
—with zero the sum

(The New Room: March, 2021)
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Categories: infliction, culture,
Form: Rhyme

Silent Infliction

A-bate
Y-ucky
A-nd

S-ilent
I-nfliction's
G-rime
U-sing
A-lcohol

Topic: Birthday of Aya D. Sigua (May 26) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
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Categories: infliction, birthday,
Form: Acrostic

Nasty Infliction

N-asty
I-nfliction's
C-ontagious
O-utbreak
L-ets
E-pidemic

B-ring
O-nerousness
T-o
E-very
R-esident
O-utrageously

Topic: Birthday of Nicole Botero (May 20) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
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Categories: infliction, birthday,
Form: Acrostic

Premium MemberInfliction In Action

INFLICTION IN ACTION

        Infliction silent or sonorous,
        disguised or detectable
         run parallel with journey of life.
                 
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Categories: infliction, childhood, how i feel,
Form: Free verse

An Infliction

I am inflicted with blue eyes and golden hair
Wrapped in a fair skinned temper sure to go nowhere
I'll resist her tempting smile - 'least I say I will
Then I'll tremble and say "please"-  'til I get my fill

I was born pure masculine - warrior through and through
She was born to conquer - now what's
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Categories: infliction, love,
Form: Couplet

Infliction - Violence On Children

Please let me out, I will not do it again, please, please, I am scared, I am scared, please, sorry, sorry, sorry, there are demons, rats, cockroaches, ghosts, I will not do it again, I am really  scared,Bang, bang, thud, thud...

They locked me up in attic without light. I kept banging the door really
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Categories: infliction, child abuse,
Form: Free verse

Infliction

The burning sensation of lust,
Red seeping from her core.
Her shattered heart,
Followed by shattered tears.
The anger gliding across her wrist,
Her solution still remains.
Yearning to lead a normal life,
Longing to feel the pain.
The numbness shortening her life,
The guilt reminding her of death.
Her self-infliction,
Her only solution.
"Get away!", she screams in her head,
Why can't she utter those words,
The fault
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Categories: infliction, abuse, dark, death, depression,
Form: Lyric

The Confusion of Infliction

I must admit dear,
evil survives within my head,
Monsters in the corner
all painted shades of red.

They walk among us
yet you'd never know they're here,
Spirits in the wind
leaving whispers in our ears.

Screams ringing in the darkness
forever leading us astray,
Replacing all our colored memories
and fading them to grey.

Laughter all around
but we are alone,
Strangers in this house
but we're without
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Categories: infliction, addiction, confusion, death, depression,
Form: Rhyme

Infliction

You try to hurt me with your vicious words,
Sayings that are not repeated.
You push me up against the wall,
Yet I am not defeated.

I tell no one of the abuse;
My thoughts are now in silence.
I try my hardest to defend myself;
Yet I can’t escape the violence.

No matter how hard I try to impress you;
My efforts are
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Categories: infliction, abuse, age, anger, angst,
Form: Free verse

Infliction

Pain and Hurt is the worse

Especially when inflicted by the one you love the most

Then the cycle begins--- you hurt me--- I hurt you

But if you become the inflictor should you too?

Do what that person did to you Amplified

Take out that pain and anger until the score is Tied

But does that really make it even

When
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Categories: infliction, black african american, inspirational,
Form: Lyric

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