living with an abuser
...the pouting begins
abusers manipulate
first apology
within a few weeks
a blatant power struggle
narcissists rule
welcome to hell house
you can never fully please
seriously run
he will ...
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Categories:
power struggle, abuse,
Form: Senryu
Nikola Tesla - 1856-1943
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Tesla the inventor
an eccentric Serbian
once worked for a businessman
an entrepreneurial USAnian
when Edison had an idea bright
saw the light
and invented DC electricity
positive and...
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Categories:
power struggle, car, celebrity, fun, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
Fire and Fire
...Tug-of-War
Alpha Dog
Carnivore
Locked our horns
Power struggle
Crown of thorns
Neither bows nor bends nor folds
Instead digs their heels
Leans in and holds
Under weights of worlds sho...
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Categories:
power struggle, conflict, hate, violence, war,
Form: Rhyme
Mirrors, Unhung
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Within prismed images I was captured
along with twilight as it tinted the sky.
We were ensnared during a power struggle
at the hour when sunlight wrestled the moon.
Neither wanted to vacate th...
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Categories:
power struggle, angst, confusion,
Form: Free verse
Mind of the Heart
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Line of inquiry:
“feeling not thinking, soul with love linking ~
we attained God consciousness unblinking”
There are times I'm torn between feeling and thought,
consciously aware of ...
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Categories:
power struggle, angst, heart,
Form: Rhyme
Power
...Bigger not better
fame and fortune never end
a power struggle...
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Categories:
power struggle, life,
Form: Senryu
Kill or Struggle
...Aim to please
Aim to kill
Kill with kindness
Kill time
Time flies
Time to go
Go the distance
Go home
Home sweet home
Home free
Free to roam
Free falling
Falling down
Falling in love
...
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Categories:
power struggle, fun, love, repetition, silly,
Form: Blitz
Rouge Carpet Disaster
...This storys old but I will tell it anyways
What’s brewing is the same speech I gave myself yesterday
I'm using old material
And it's not even feasible!
And clearly not working
You can find tho...
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Categories:
power struggle, addiction, emotions, judgement, moving
Form: Free verse
I Dread To Read the Headlines
...I dread to read the headlines
They are so filled with strife
The tyranny and trauma
Has touched on every life.
What is it with us humans
We think we are supreme
We are but a corpuscle
It ...
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Categories:
power struggle, anxiety, conflict, forgiveness, truth,
Form: Rhyme
Sweepers Thought's
...i am a sweeper ,sweeps a yard of forty acers...
starts the day sweeping te falen leaves..
dirt of other peoples bad manners pf throwing dirt...
a supervisor who is a man of its own rules..
a po...
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Categories:
power struggle, abuse, appreciation, community, conflict,
Form: Rhyme
Me and My Love
...Its precarious, what we have
On scales, I perform a balancing act
Desperate to trust blindly,
Wishing I could be so brave as to throw my heart on line
I can’t, practicality is my curse
I once cu...
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Categories:
power struggle, emotions, feelings, how i
Form: Free verse
Running Out of Rhyme
...I used to move as fast as cars
runways built in space and mars.
I would dart as far as I could trace
the words moving off the chart
Every other sound that rhymes
Feels like argh, I paint a c...
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Categories:
power struggle, loss, lost, poetry, self,
Form: Free verse
Final Sign
...Talk about power struggle
I've been in the middle of it
Ever since mum and dad hit a puddle
And they were like they'd had enough of it
We were young to see the cracks
Maybe we sat on the crac...
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Categories:
power struggle, break up, divorce, emotions,
Form: Free verse
Politics
...Politics
Activities associated with
The governance of a country
As simple as
The administration of an organisation
But there is always power struggle
And greed for wealth
Politics become unus...
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Categories:
power struggle, money, political, power, sorrow,
Form: Free verse
Kindness
...A power struggle of the races
doesn't' need to be
as skin pigmentation
is what we simply see.
Though deep within each soul
is more than red, yellow, white or brown
there lives the spark of ki...
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Categories:
power struggle, appreciation,
Form: Rhyme
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