Sad Kyrielle Poems

Sometimes in tempests’ aftermath
a thing of beauty may appear
which takes the place of heaven’s wrath.
Upside down, smiling, rainbows cheer!

One day you may be feeling sad,
but...

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When her smiles are no longer real
And she laughs only now and then
If every thought is now kept sealed
Hold her until she feels again

When memories...

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With my head against your breast,
  your very heartbeat pounds within your chest;
  a soft rumbling thunder between the tears
  resounding loudly,...

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WHEN WOULD YOU ALL TAKE MY SAY

In traditional modern home I’m a daughter
I’m told what I should do, what I should wear
I haven’t grown up...

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Why has happinest abandoned me?
I know not how it feels to behold glee.
My soul yearns to be free,
Oh Lord take away this misery.

I dread a...

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             September

Yesterday when we were walking
You asked me how I was feeling
That gale...

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 When you've suffered great loss
 And sorrow's span seems too far to cross
 I'll be there with a hand to lend
 Your broken heart...

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It's now seven straight days of rain.
It just exacerbates my pain.
Gone is the sun and sky of blue.
God it seems is crying for you.

What sorrow...

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WALKING AWAY HEALED ME


I wanted truth, you told me lies,
you love me but you agonize.
Now, I am glad you acting mild
for I and her have...

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Doctors make their routine rounds each day
Well-meaning zealots come in the room to pray
I sit here sharing tears with you
I wish there was more that...

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She lies there as though asleep
In her own world, dark and deep
Why can't I reach that terrible place
Why do I feel helpless, losing face

She hit...

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These halcyon days seem fleeting
As our blue blood begins heating
Lie to ourselves, we've pretended
Together our hearts suspended

Both dive deeper in denial
Our thoughts we try to...

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The sky at night, my only friend
A gracious space where I can mend
Absorbs my cries when I am torn
And heal a heart that's so forlorn

This...

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*1ST* *QUATRAIN:*
Upon Natures Bay, Lies A Tomb/ Underneath The 
Tree, Laid Its Crust!/
A Maiden Weeps, Her Hands So Cold/ For Her 
Suffering, Have Being So...

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The sun has set and evening falls.
A silver sliver-moon hangs high
above my house; behind its walls
I’ve made my bed, and here I lie.

I think of...

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"Alas! The lessening light, the worsening my plight-
My face- a somber expression..." excerpt  from 
*a poem by Just That Archaic Poet


The summer of my...

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In this season of the year, I’m still so sad and lonely,
As I sit on your lap, please listen to all my wishes lovingly;
May you...

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Out on the porch in the still morn
Looking at the foggy damp knoll
As I think about being reborn
And eat grits from the new soup bowl

Neighbor's...

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Why Cause This
(Kyrielle Sonnet)

After I’ve raised you so many years
Your words have brought nothing but tears
The pain inside is felt so deep
Why do you cause...

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A lifetime of dreams, failures and successes
Agonizing energy spent 
Looking in past failure's 'rear view mirror'
Failures following, looming larger and larger,
Encompassing all of me
I am...

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