Sorrow 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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Headaches and pains which I constantly feel
As I twist and turn throughout the night
Longing to conclude this vicious ordeal
Lacking the strength to win this fight
Until...

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I didn't expect the moon would darken so soon
The clouds were not dense black in the sky
Wind so gladly entered the pink balloons 
They insisted...

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Seasoned eyes, see both the past and present.
Bookended between times now out of mind.
A tattered soul recalls a steep ascent.
Experiences; a life intertwined.
Understand that time...

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A fragile nestling, far too young for flight,
unable to respond to mother’s calls,
is grounded, unaware of its harsh plight.
Indeed, if God knows when the sparrow...

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How heavy and unbearable is the guilt
I have sustained and harbored for years?
Was it my wish to be the last in the casket?
I've grieved enough...

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When I say “I can’t take anymore.” 
It’s really quite a shame 
That doesn’t mean I’ll shut the door 
It’s become a losing game 
No...

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Life on Earth is but a brief interlude,
watercolors fading, becoming air.
Yet, loving once surely we could conclude
love is the purpose of our being there.
Night upon...

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To the Land of Normal I long to go -
a place I took for granted in my youth,
where pain and sorrow rarely did I know.
I...

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Quintain of: sorrow, despair, agony, misery, lament scoring 
pain
Dolesome drum o'er jaded psyche taps a dark, palling 
refrain
Hamstrung harp bridled soul with dissonant chords 
enchain
Shrill...

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A tune of sorrow played on fiddle strings,
Unanswered questions haunting midnight’s hour,
The voice of melancholy softly sings,
Beneath the stars that light the lunar bow’r,
All waiting...

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