HINDSIGHT 20 20: OPTIMIZING FREEDOM
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Enclosed around parental safeguard
my personhood was exposed to freedom
bound by subjection to authorities
which my mind never questioned
since I acknowledged such as the ideal…
Then my se...
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Categories:
overprotective, blessing, character, christian, encouraging,
Form: Narrative
My Internet Boyfriend
...It started out slow
And then it got serious.
I thought it was just a game until you called me kitten
Feelings got in the way when I saw your face
You were trouble from the beginning and I knew it...
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Categories:
overprotective, abuse, anxiety, boyfriend, break
Form: Free verse
Stricken With Anguished Nausea
...Stricken with anguished nausea
Written three years ago tomorrow,
yet superimposed (likened to
emotional palimpsest) upon
mental state of yore
recent post traumatic stress
triggered courte...
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Categories:
overprotective, abuse, age, analogy, angst,
Form: Rhyme
Helicopter Parent
...she is overprotective, pushing helicopter parenting craziness to the edge
she chaperones her daughters on dates, sitting in the middle of boy’s car
father is at the end of his patience, perched on...
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Categories:
overprotective, parents,
Form: Rhyme
Kites
...The Heraclee sky was a lurid, neon blue but the morning was surprisingly cool (at 54°). The antemeridian sun managed to cast sharp, surreal, black-hole shadows, giving the world a baroque art look, a...
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Categories:
overprotective, beach, feelings, french, life,
Form: Free verse
My Brother
...In life your my first best friend, the big brother many wish they had, when I felt empty you never let me stay sad. You was always there to catch me at my fall, the best big brother of all, when I wa...
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Categories:
overprotective, beautiful, blessing, family, growing
Form: Free verse
The Forgotten and Fluctuations of Awareness
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"The Forgotten and Fluctuations of Awareness"
When the crime
was committed,
the writing
was already on the wall,
no one listened.
It climbed insidiously
out throu...
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Categories:
overprotective, love, mother daughter, muse,
Form: Narrative
The First of Many
...We sat beneath a night sky of graduated charcoals, blacks and interstellar blues. Fall’s begun its indispensable work, banishing the harsh sun, the creepy lanternflies and hot summer nights.
The s...
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Categories:
overprotective, anxiety, friendship, humor, school,
Form: Free verse
Family Move
...In 1967, Magog was no thriving town. Dad had lost his job due to the company’s closure so he accepted a transfer to Sudbury and our destiny took a turn.
I was nine and my family’s move affect...
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Categories:
overprotective, adventure, courage, destiny, fate,
Form: Haibun
Domestic Disturbances
...This is dedicated
To that man who expresses love through hatred
I'm tryin' to make it clear that you leave scars everytime you say ""
If you love your woman, why do you beat her?
Why do you mistr...
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Categories:
overprotective, courage, hip hop, inspiration,
Form: Rhyme
Different Spirits Within Me
...It's too many different spirits within me
My personality is constantly shifting
I'm the most humble but act different next minute
I'll admit it I'm twisted
Tell me to act innocent on my living si...
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Categories:
overprotective, autumn, beauty, change, crazy,
Form: Bio
Coming Home
...COMING HOME
by
JOHN M. ARRIBAS
I Was Just a Teenage, Yet I’ll Not Forget That Day
When We Were Notified That My Brother Was an MIA
That Chilling Notice Was to Play Hard on Our Lives
A Long La...
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Categories:
overprotective, angst, brother, heartbreak, heartbroken,
Form: Rhyme
Nothing Smells Like Heart
...overprotective
like ink in a scar tissue
you said I'm stuck in a bad version of a life
and gave me your life mask as a present
now I have an owl in my iris
you've cloak me in aluminum foil
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Categories:
overprotective, love,
Form: Free verse
Protective
...protective feelings
remain trapped
within
can't get rid of
overwhelming
urge to run to your aid
even now
even after
these years
of estrangement
I still find myself
feeling
overp...
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Categories:
overprotective, psychological,
Form: Lyric
Sin's Only Strength
...Sin's only strength is to blind us to God's love,
Nothing can separate God from His child,
Ego's the choice that allows Satan his day,
Need to control what God thinks is his mainstay,
Grace deeme...
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Categories:
overprotective, faith, love,
Form: Rhyme
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