Paralyzing Poems | Examples

Parasomnia

This paralyzing Dream inebriates me,
intoxicated by Death’s perfume,
I don’t believe I’m here to battle my
Demons, I’m here to keep them 
safe and sacred, reach them
toward’s Heaven’s skies, raise and
teach them about Heaven’s signs
Is it sacrilegious and blasphemous
or the way God would treat his 
Creation?

Valerie prayed I rose from a lala,
prayed I grant her wishes and
replace her father, prayed on
my soul like Kikyo, prayed I
upgrade her to a Mercedes;
she’s tired of her Impala. I
preyed on her conflict, preyed
on her lack of confidence, preyed
on her weakness, then created
Wonders

I warmed her silver
winter tundra in golden
orbs, spun slender
springs and softer
summers, now her
guard’s falling with
her brazier, is there
a posture in her
posture, can I trust
the feelings that she
Fosters?

Still Paralyzed

Time wasn't on her side, for if it were, I'd still be alive 
Time caught up to her and strangled her, strangling me 
A hangman's noose wrapped around our necks, 
snapping them like brittle winter twigs 
I breathe, but I died when she died 
When the stool was swept from beneath her feet, 
My whole world changed 
Our world 
My mind, my life, my wife- gone 
I feel bit, bitten bad, bitten by a venomous fang 
Paralyzing my motivation to exist, to think and to live 
I have nothing to live for and everything to die for 
It should have been me, not her 
I was the bad bone, for so long... 
The hard egg turned soft
I did everything wrong 
Until,
She did me right 
She was my catch, 
my snatch 
She was my dream 
She was my everything...
and more! 
She done me right
And she was the light 
that shined the light 
That set me right 
and straight me right 
My lovely wife, gone   
My only life, gone 
And just like that... 
my whole world 
changed forever
I wept yesterday 
I've wept today 
And I will weep again...
in all my tomorrows
Until, 
I can't weep, 
no more

Seed of Shame

I remember staying quiet
hiding under a rock
a paralyzing fear
~ literally petrified ~

I'd lost my tongue
in shock at the injustice
my head spinning
in a whirlwind of confusion

It never occurred to me
that someone could be
found guilty and punished
for something I had done

And still I sat there numb
in my evergrowing shame
to this day guilty and unforgiven
~ I was old enough to know better

The love

Silently, you gaze and cheekily,
and you pretend,
he doesn't look at you,
from gaze of his corners
and his expression
not momentarily
but too a simple wish,
as you blush head down
so silently,
being lovingly
sparks so fly
&  notices
He wishes,
to feel your tease
and cheeks radiantly,
flushing like car fluids,
Dawn's not hung like heads
of a morning hunt
of the prancing rein-deers
being shot for just action,
for just being mammals.
What we need to respect,
is to snap out of the despite,
of the barrier we do create
and paralyzing
its better than
satisfaction,
we are better than this,
the lust of our skin
is the end of humanity,
love has a better feeling..
two souls aligned uniting.

Agoraphobic

       Paralyzing fear cages him in; 
  Perennially trained outdoors - his jealous eyes 
       Roaming about free - strange faces 
  Oh, how he wishes he could be... 
       One of those faces!

winter fragments

it is cold: i am old

cruel ruminations
paralyzing winds
sharp icicles
lifeless season
forgotten dreams 
life…death / light…dark
*->*->*->*->*->*->*->
random cruelty
windy paralysis
icy roads
seasons without life
dreams forgotten 
death…life \ dark…light

it is old: i am cold

Beginning

gravity pulled
me to your eyes
for the first time
instantly paralyzing me
alone in that 
warm blue ocean
beauty lit the sky
on fire and the moon 
exploded into fireworks
melting all my bones

Dying stars

The night volume is turned up high; it's the prisoner of despair 
Self-conscious this paralyzing world that is running out of air
A dire need of change for the fearful stars are made so aware
The cries their loved ones make when one falls and dies are echos of the mind, I swear
It reverberates through the heavens as countless humans choose to aimlessly, stare
At their last night; now just a silhouette of time when they showed us how to care

Child's Perspective

Imagine feeling helpless, defenseless and alone.
Imagine behind each dark door new terrors
    of the unknown.
Imagine looking forward to the years ahead
With secret, silent brooding, and paralyzing dread.

Now, interject a smile, and a hand held out in love;
The warmth of acceptance, security and trust.
Chase away the demons, the terror and the night.
Let love bring out the brilliance of one small soul's light.

Bring out creativity, intelligence and fun.
Fill that life with goodness, encouragement and success.
Chase away the demons, the terror and the night.
Let Love bring out the brilliance of one small soul's light.

Copyright Chula Fleming May 17, 1983

Toxin

Taken from the chosen reality, have the locks of the celestial Edens gate been opened by the stained keys of a belladonna bloom, where the palate of its enchanting toxins have been sown as hells ploy, swilled continually as an enriched elixir of a paralyzing elation that's only self serving in its allure, as it can only offer ruin.

Alfredo Gonzales
5/23/2024

Too Close to the Edge of the Precipice

"I'm going down to the river gonna take me my rocking chair
Going down to the river gonna take me my rocking chair
And if those blues don't leave me
Gonna rock on away from here" by George Harrison...My father-in-law used to say this a lot but it was from an old Blues song probably more of a folk kind.

Too close to the edge of fate we stand,
On the mountain's peak, a risky land.
At the precipice of life and death,
Each step we take with anxious breath.

Too young to bid this world goodbye,
Too well to let our spirit fly.
Yet fear grips us, a paralyzing chill,
As we teeter on the edge, so still.

Injury and danger lurking drear,
Reminding us that death is near.
But in this moment, we find strength,
To step back from the edge at length.

So let us live with courage bold,
Embracing life, breaking the mold.
For though we're scared of what may be,
We choose to live, wild and free.

Will I Still Wear My Scars?

When this cold, broken world is healed of its sins,
and flooded with light and the warmth of your grace,
When all is reborn and remade for forever,
and time's paralyzing fear is erased from reality,
When you raise my humble body for an endless celebration -
a dance, a song, a heart-bursting Hosanna -
When you make all things right ...

Will I still wear my scars?
My scalded flesh ... it is all I have known.
Shall it be refashioned into flawless skin?
What age will I be? How skinny? How fat?
I have been many things, and there is more I could be ...

Forgive my curiosity, for I know it matters little.
Better to focus on shepherding the fragile soul you gave me.
I leave my future body to your hands.
It, as all else, is your gift to give.


4 February 2024

Divorce

Did it take you by surprise,
Invade your psyche like a sly snake,
Venom slowly paralyzing love?
Or did it come in like a whirlwind, 
Razing the romance and tenderness,
Casting sweet memories of marriage 
Even further into the chaos of hate?

Predators and Prey

We all live on the food chain
Even if we cannot see it
There are predators that lurk
And those of us who are prey

Fight as prey might
It always ends up running
Never can the predator be defeated
Only postponed for a night

Living under the gaze of their eyes
Constantly aware, on the look out
Never knowing the next attack
Until it's already happening

We can run, or we freeze 
Fear's hold so paralyzing
That all we can think of is survival
And try to be a pleasing prey

Fear Paralyzes

Fear is paralyzing.
It can be a thief, robbing a person of joy.
Comprising
Trembling, sweating
It can cause fast heart rate, poor boy. 
Getting 
Chest pain
Fear is the ploy.
Chained! 
Fear is paralyzing.
It can cause fast heart rate, poor boy.
Chained!!

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