Persisted Poems - Poems about Persisted

...The first heart attack was quite mild: he put it down to indigestion at first, but the pain persisted. Some pills and lectures on lifestyle changes followed the stay in hospital. Yes, he'd try ......

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...At the risk of coming off turgid I offer this tale esoteric Hoping it’s not found insipid Nor causes one to be apoplectic But rather received with alacrity Without the need for paroxysm My word......

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...The sleepy begonias undulating slightly so undisturbed leaned forward to encourage and wish me good fortune, while the apricot trees spread around their strong aroma, a dazzling daylight was risin......

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... I was a happy child Carefree, talentless, happy Jumping around and singing tunes Tunes of bygone joy and unbridled dream But they scorned me They mocked the child I was within They tr......

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... A person at times can feel like they are a casualty of cruelty, at least in some small way or other. Some attacked my early writing. Their scathing reviews I can’t forget, yet......

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...I sat there. Stewing. Angry at the world. That day, on Easter, I had witnessed a Christian church service. It was cult-like. They worshiped beings, having little proof of their existence.......

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... They held me down and injected me with a needle that took away my ability to sleep It is true I haven’t slept in six years I imagine this persisted consciousness will remain wit......

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...A spring secret? Beyond the garden fence there sat a fairy who was weeping, dressed in finer clothing than the world had ever known She whispered to a marigold a secret meant for kee......

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...Bound to the bark, it drank the rain, And spread tendrils again and again Unnoticed beauty, soft and deep, While hurried, humans let affection sleep They rush on by, with eyes averted, A quiet......

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...Mermaid This afternoon a mermaid swam to the shore and took flight, so you didn’t, know that the beautiful creatures who live in our seas can fly, she lifted her delicate silky wings and flew seeing......

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...The deep, heartfelt ache, heaviness piled onto shoulders; the feeling of unattainable past experiences, the moments of mere temporary bliss, the unavoidable changes. No permanency tacked down,......

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... This is a proclamation of my mind’s commotion. No matter the relation, When I say no, you need to listen, I thought you would understand, But you persisted, And now I must live with this for m......

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...I saw you again today Walking alone in the hallway We did not even share a glance There was no falter in your stance You walked right by I could say I did not care but that would be a lie Becau......

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... 'The boundaries dividing Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?’ ......

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...Alice found herself in the icy grip of a desolate cell, her countenance devoid of emotion, her gaze lost in the abyss. As she hummed a haunting melody, fragments of her past began to surface, blurrin......

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