Dark Pride Poems

Don't give them power
I, the fuel to my fire
Can walk out through dark...

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She struts
from the pages of infamy 
Black bold and beautiful 
No straightening of her Afro 
She owns her gorgeous 

Forget “The man,”
She’s got things to...

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Mind marooned 
in complex convolution,
obscurity singular 
in each living entity. 
The psyche silhouettes
unique elements,
to alien attributes 
they won’t adhere. 

The reserved recess 
hides the riddles,...

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Pride jumped into a frightening battle,
Too selfish, this war was never settled,
Almost so dark, felt like stars would rattle.
Inside, pride’s heart and spirit were mettled.

Pride...

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Astonishing, the level of acceptance, 
convinced through the horrors 
Addiction, unknown to others 
within the shadows 
Pride's last thread of hope. 

Refusing most certain transition...

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In tones of frenzied feelings,
Rage, responding to rage,
Chiseling on the stone, a heart
Dusted with doubt, jealously,
Hesitant to believe 
There was once a gentle light,
Glowing like...

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Respectfully, I'm about to be disrespectful because my feelings are hurt, being treated like dirt, and stepped on for the last time
It's okay because I...

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Proverbs 16:18 (KJV) “Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.”

I’ve been ashamed,
Ashamed of my lack of understanding,
My lack of consideration,
My lack...

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There was tiger named Archie Hoggerpipe,
Who, weirdly, wished to swap every dark stripe.
A turkey quickly agreed
To meet Archie's costume need.
Thankful lions ate Arch, leaving no...

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In twilight's realm, where moonbeams entwine,
Two owls engaged in a contrast of minds:
A Great Horned Owl, proud and strong,
And a Great Gray Owl, cunning and...

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What's this reflection?

Sad mockery of a younger, better man's dreams.
One hand with a choke-hold on easy prosperity.
The other splayed out - each finger scraping for...

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For centuries we tamed this land
We built our lives clenched hand in hand
The simple ways we understand
Mother Nature at our command

We hunted in the month...

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If you were a color you would be dark green.
Not a musty or dusty dark green,
But a comforting rich dark green.
The type of green that...

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It comes boldly, like the winter’s cold
Immodest and smug, it can’t be told
It lives in the arrogant and the vain
Always dignified, never one to abstain
It...

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Once feeling envy for your imposing life 
Lusted after your confidence and your possessions. 
The greed consumed me until the hunger 
overtook my natural sloth-like...

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