Boyfriend Recovery From Poems

It started out slow
And then it got serious.
I thought it was just a game until you called me kitten
Feelings got in the way when I...

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An Unforgettable Morning

I stepped out of my boyfriend’s car,
and was hit, again and again
until half of me got pinned,
between the car
and the edge of the...

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I was at my desk when in he came. 
His hair was dark, his eyes the same. 
Excited, I blurted, almost a shout. 
"Hey you,...

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Parents now trusted me enough to take my lil' sis out on Halloween!

Sis, a jellybean, me, a green bean, walked to get my boyfriend, just...

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Sucking away vitality destroying your soul; 
His delusions and anger cannot hide what's inside;
Vehemence in the face of adversity his demeanor breeds fear
Apprehensive, what next?...

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Break my neck; snap it in two, snap it in half
don't give me that incredulous, frightened look as I ask
don't hesitate in front of me,...

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Words

I told you I'd been writing again.
Trying to make true form to go with my name.
Everything I do
and everything I say; 
Designed to fill me...

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I've been beaten down, back stabbed and drug through the mud
But yet all I search for is my true love
I've been thrown down stairs and...

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An Echo Poem by Neethu Panicker and Brian Johnston

WHY DOES IT HURT?
 
Why does it hurt,
When you whisper “Good-bye Love?”
Why does it hurt,
When you don’t...

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Her paintbrush is a razor,
Her canvas, her wrists,
"I deserve the pain."
She shrugs and insists.

One day the brush will push down,
And it will cut so deep,
That...

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She

She smiled, gently,
her warmth infusing me,
with a serene stillness of time.

She settled, slowly,
in my waking thoughts,
a soothing balm of simple joy.

She remains, scribbled,
on the walls...

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Within Me

Flowing through the rivulets of my everyday thoughts,
memories of you surface, gasping for air, breathing in,
permeating, absorbed by the pores of my ageing skin.

Famished,...

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You and I.


You.

Your heart blazed,
with a warmth of spirit,

soothing,

alluring,

soaked in truth.



Your smile burned,
branding me permanently,

gentle,

tender,

enveloping my being.



Your love was complete,
from the depths of your soul,

unsaid,

yet...

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Why is it
I am always wrong?
Something
I have always done?
Why is it
I am 
Never good enough
In your eyes
In challenging times?

How many times
Do I have to say
“I...

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What will be
Will be!
I know of this, first hand
Your life was taken away
So abruptly!
I will 
Never forget
That day!
Till the day 
My body dies
And
I am with...

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