SHEER BEDLAM
...LIFE ESCAPES THROUGH MY HANDS LIKE FINE SAND BETWEEN MY FINGERS
TIME DISINTEGRATES IN FRONT OF MY EYES WITH NO WAY OF SLOWING DOWN.
THE INEVITABLE CREEPS AROUND THE DARK CORNERS AND LURKS IN THE ...
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Categories:
paralyze, conflict,
Form: Bio
Womb With a View
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I see the terror in their eyes…
of those who seek to paralyze
their lives screaming persistent cries
of sorrow and grief that belies
the turmoil and angst of disguise.
I see hunger, ...
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Categories:
paralyze, god, hope, humanity, power,
Form: Rhyme
Echoes Within!
..."Silence is the virtue of wise,
The words within you won't let you rise
Emotions are worthless to analyze
Pour it all down there, so as to paralyze"
Said they, in order to tantalize
But the voi...
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Categories:
paralyze, absence, pain, philosophy, silence,
Form: Free verse
The Feast
...## The Feast
They gather in the shadowed corners of my mind,
A ravenous horde, their forms undefined.
Not flesh and bone, but whispers sharp and cold,
They gnaw at peace, and stories left untol...
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Categories:
paralyze, anger, anxiety, depression,
Form: Free verse
Forbidden Love
...Bit by bit you built this in your head.
Take me where the angels are and fix me piece by piece.
I want to feel my stars align again.
Baby you can call the bluff, I'll play the cards.
Take every...
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Categories:
paralyze, angel,
Form: Free verse
Brave
...The sky is gray
The blue reflection from the ocean is hiding today
The rain that would be falling from the clouds above, is not wet but more a white gray dust
Each piece drops just like snow, but...
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Categories:
paralyze, courage, fire,
Form: Rhyme
Some Thoughts on Courage
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Courage comes from facing your fears
•We fear tomorrow at the expense of today
•Fear can confuse the mind; fear can paralyze the heart
•Fear about tomorrow costs us the joy of today
•Fear can c...
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Categories:
paralyze, christian, courage, fear, god,
Form: Free verse
I Am Fear
...I'm what fuels anxiety's climb,
stocking silence, shrouded in shadow.
Around since the primordial slime:
the more you feed me, the more I grow
morphing into terror, over time.
I'm what...
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Categories:
paralyze, angst, anxiety, emotions, fear,
Form: Quintain (Sicilian)
Midnight Glow
...They have no roots to anchor them;
Forsaken guides that steady them.
They toss and toil, burn midnight oil,
and hide the spurs that anger them.
What cast spell did paralyze?
Electric glow ...
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Categories:
paralyze, analogy, anxiety, christian, depression,
Form: Rhyme
His Love
...“Fear can paralyze us and keep us from believing God and stepping out in faith. The devil loves a fearful Christian!” - Billy Graham
With joy, my heart reaches from the shadows
Moved by love...
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Categories:
paralyze, appreciation, blessing, christian, faith,
Form: Free verse
The Bus Driver
...The prettiest thing I’ve seen today
Is often there a rare display
The shinning star in her constellation
That moves about insighting sensation
Like music to the ears
A treasure to the eyes
Wh...
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Categories:
paralyze, beautiful, crush, cute love,
Form: Rhyme
Man
...Light shines upon his face, the warmth embraces him.
Reflections of the past flash upon his eyes, all the good with the bad.
Flickers of the future he desires flitter in and out of view.
Paths st...
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Categories:
paralyze, adventure, encouraging, philosophy, religion,
Form: Free verse
REVISITING THE CEMETERY IN THE HEART
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When a friend of ours dies…who in our life has played a part
it is with the deepest sorrow we add thier tombstone to the cemetery in our heart.
Why her? Why him? Why now? We asked ourselves as ...
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Categories:
paralyze, death,
Form: Rhyme
I've Got Some Bad Ideas and a Terrible Hill to Die on
...How could I exist like this?
Get out of my head and on your knees
For another way to worship
Don’t wait on me, I haven't conquered anything yet
My times a soldier with a leaking social battery ...
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Categories:
paralyze, emotions, fantasy, lost, perspective,
Form: Free verse
Gray November
...November gray, predator's prey
Spark of the day stretched away
The month of gloom
For so long....don't stay!
Though time would fly
Yet it's preferential
Cause August slipped away
And Septem...
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Categories:
paralyze, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
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