No Escape Poems - Poems about No Escape

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) ...Read the rest...

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) ...Read the rest...

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...Read the rest...

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...Read the rest...

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

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

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

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...Read the rest...

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

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

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...Read the rest...

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

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

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!...Read the rest...

There’s one place I go to, quite frequently I may add. It’s quiet and secluded from everything, but most importantly, everyone. No one knows of this room, The color is taupe with bare walls all except one picture. The...Read the rest...