Angst Quintain (Sicilian) Poems

I wonder why bereaved people even bother with mourning clothes when the grief itself provides such an unmistakable wardrobe. Jandy Nelson

What I scribe assists and...

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I will survive
Or I will die 
I will connive
I will lie 
I want to feel that drive 

I want to be alive 
I don't want...

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 Pierced by dart poisoned with deceitful doubt
I beseech God Who can calm angst of heart
Yielded to His truth from unbelief-clout
Humbly pleading for spiritual fresh...

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Your soft shadow fell across my way
while in contemplation at the park
you suddenly stopped the sun's bright ray
illuminating my path with dark;
until black clouds filter...

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Vitriolic stances generate vicious marks. 
Sweltering, an irritating swamp of sadness. 
The bold spirit is infused with pitiful dark. 
Levied by cruel words exuding madness....

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I fear I lack a certain angst I ought,
prerequisite of any proper bard.
I’ve started losing sleep over the thought
why milkshakes bring the boys out to...

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10/14/21

Everything follows you home, 
Your skin is denying,
The usual monochrome, 
For grip marks applying,
The shell of your catacomb. 

Parts are tempted to find out, 
The...

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Anxiety

Racing thoughts fill my brain,
As if they are tearing up the track.
My head pounds like falling rain,
And my heart is under attack.
Is there anything that...

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Reaching out and never being able to find
It can be a completely empty feeling
Going through loss starts a battle in your mind.
They're not coming back,...

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The sky was filled with starlight, 
clear as transparent glass.
Yet everyone seemed uptight -
the judges who ruled en masse,
earthly stars who shone over-bright.

A winner would...

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I recall the moment I first met you,
my heart practically jumped from my chest.
For, at that magical moment, I knew
that you were different from all...

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Flying high, carried by the winds of hope
happiness knows no bounds to bind my wings.
And I feel ready to do more than cope,
no longer youth's...

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We've experienced pandemics before
but the COVID-19 virus is new.
This coronavirus we can't ignore
so self-quarantine, we're told we need to,
it’s not safe to socialize anymore.

The whole...

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Days of children's innocence
Have gone a shade of grey
By a society focused on the senses
Overpowering the need for spiritual higher grade
As self gratification has become...

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