No Escape Poems - Poems about No Escape

We can’t escape it, don’t know what to do. People at each other, guess it’s overdue. Yeah, we’ve read about it. Is it here? I doubt it, but I’m here to tell ya that it all is true. Cuz the world’s falling fast into decay. Makes me wanna stand up, shout to say - I don’t really know man! Where we gonna...

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Poet’s sleep with their memories to hate or to love Voices unanswered the night’s turtledove Darkness remembers what daylight forgets As dreamers reenter — what twilight begets (Dreamsleep: April, 2018) ...

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A heavy ear an empty heart Breathless voice with eyes that dart Love forsaken rebirthing pain Hope redundant —lost refrain (The New Room: January, 2024) ...

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Fear acclimated to my very senses, a dire undertaking This is, living in the present, yet a time traveling mind Sent me to relive the past, not to learn from it, but as Punishment, a judgement of my weakness that silenced me post haste. A dead heart yearning to beat another day, it's dying remorse for careless actions...

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The time that I spent dazed, Now trapped in this downward maze, I never looked for escape anywhere. Every single step, I didn't care for help. I never looked for escape anywhere. All the destruction follows me So God watched Satan oversee As lost souls on my Journey whispered "Don't stop believing." - I did I raise my head high Hoping for clearer sky But night...

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A homeless man with a cell phone connected to his pain Desperation on his speed dial —muted inhumane (30th Street Station: November, 2023) ...

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I run, sprint, I jump, They chase, there're catching up, Keeps going, then black....

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~ Written with a certain poetess in mind. ~ we can't run away from ourselves ~ there's no place our hearts can escape us...

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In dark corners of the city, old shadows are found In dark corners of the city, premonitions abound In dark corners of the city, the doors swing one way In dark corners of the city, your soul becomes prey In dark corners of the city, where hope goes to die In dark corners of the city —your dreams say goodbye (Dreamsleep: October, 2021)...

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mother-in-law’s tongue Sending up new brittle shoots barbs beyond the grave May 23, 2021...

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Alone with my thoughts —the devil makes three (Dreamsleep: February, 2021)...

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In a barren apocalyptic landscape, under a withered, bare, and grossly malformed weeping willow tree. Lies a lone stone which reads: There is no escape From the house of the dead. The stone, in pristine state, stands as a testament to all who enter there. The interloping tendrils of a wisteria vine, have encircled and strangled all in its...

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You can't run away from the ashes —as their memory burns from within (June, 2020: University Of Pennsylvania Hospital)...

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Run or die Faster, faster The will to run wanes Write or die Poem after poem Though I'm ever sadder...

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The leopard can't escape the zoo No matter how much he has plotted I'm guessing that the reason was Because he'll always be spotted!...

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