Long Tormenters Poems

it had indeed become the autumn of his life and he had harshly lost

every spring in his step when his wife began to abuse his good faith

abandoned him by the way side and the side...

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Abe Lincoln As A democrat
© Ben Burton 8-25-2014

The evil of men being sold
Long past, since Mr. Lincoln's fight
Still, dark suspicion blooms and grows
And loots the cause of civil rights

The North designed a whipping horse
Down in...

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Did you know that...                            
As my love breathes,...

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Chairman Xi Jinping you seek a new geo-strategical order

Sick of the blame game burden and fake foreign news

Like viruses internet hacking sanctions and accusations

Spew a fault line of tsunamis and earth shattering quakes 

Pacific surfers’...

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I am broken in my spirit,
As I stand by helplessly,
A witness to your suffering,
Unable to set you free.

Your blood has drenched the granite floor;
Your tormenters laugh with glee.
And in my shame, I understand…
You are doing...

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The experts were angry at first, but by the time they thought to invite me to the party all three were livid.
Three men were backed up on three walls, bodies crossed, minds set, angry faces,...

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She thought she had thrown away the key
That locked the door to those memories
But that door cannot be secured with locks
And it sprang open again like Pandora ’s Box

Hands touching her private places
Contempt and disgust...

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Another sleepless night on the streets

I think I'm going insane

With all

these voices 

Inside my head

Telling me stories

Mostly threat...

Addiction isn't my friend

All
it has done is cause me pain

Thus

Bringing forth more friends

But

These things

Are evil

Tormenters of the mind

In...

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I know why the cage bird sings
She sings nostalgic melodies of the jungle
Where she flew along , on the wings of the dawn without the restrictions of her cage 
A beautiful place designed for her,...

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The day was dark and gloomy, here he come via the Delarosa 
The burden of the cross too heavy to bear as blood trickled down his face
The crowd cried out in agony as they saw...

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It cut, I bled
It spoke, I listened
It commanded, I obeyed
It laughed, I wept

Dirty things were done to me
All painful and all true
My body became a battlefield
My mind split into more than a few

Meanness, nastiness, anger...

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Upon you there will be, and upon others, you will see,
the heart being tornmented until all pain carried, comes heavily.
Wondering then if there is strength left to rise above, all the reverie,
cause by the tormenters,...

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HAVE SEEN
I have seen mentors become tormenters 
I have seen Shepherds lead there flocks
To the gates of hell like Berizebu 
I have seen Fathers turn against their daughters 

Beyond forested mountains and valleys 
I have...

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The queen of the monarchs had yet to land
Her subjects, waiting, for her royal command
They dare not take a nibble, a sigh or a drink.
She made the first move, so they pondered a think.

One little...

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Why does one feel outcast?
Why base self-worth on the opinion of others? 
A great and tragic lapse in ego,
irrational thought, and weak superego.
An outcast allows themself to be victim, 
being subjugated by their perceived “tormenters”.

A...

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This other realm of conscious thought
emotions wrought with twisted knots
psychic battles with invisible enemies
those lying tormenters of my sleep

Sword of truth is drawn to find
wings of hope...my dragon mind
we soar to heights in battle free
to...

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The tormenters tried to bully me. 
 I danced away, acting delighted.
This seemed to irritate them
But they teased others.

The rumor-mongers tried to guilt me.
I tossed their guilt into a burn pile
And lit it on fire...

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