Sometimes Love Deceives
...when i close my eyes
your memory seeps
with the remora of mind
i can feel your breath
sigh with night's air
as the draught from your stare
allures me in the depths
of your umber eyes
the ...
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Categories:
remora, abuse, betrayal,
Form: Free verse
I Was Not Consulted
...I WAS NOT CONSULTED
by
JOHN M. ARRIBAS
Here I am, I was not consulted
But unceremoniously evicted
Into the cold uncaring world
Stranger then handed me furled
Into the hands of my ejector...
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Categories:
remora, character, creation, culture, i
Form: Rhyme
Precious, Precious, Symbiosis
...for years, your hungry maw had fed
on salty tears and blood I'd bled
you suckled without thought or rest
on milk of kindness from my breast
you chewed upon my weaknesses
and slurped them up fo...
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Categories:
remora, addiction, caregiving, dark, introspection,
Form: Couplet