Respite Poems - Poems about Respite

...Demons hatched from isolated shell Has brought down to us hell Simple men with simple lives Introverts, quiet and withdrawn Summoned to fight this cause Trained as suicide bombers Bomb strapp......Read the rest...

...In the hidden realm, seeker of mysteries, Where do you float, my boundless Origin? Like a falling star, you bestowed upon me A fragment of your essence, to give birth to me in depths... But now, ......Read the rest...

... Why do you show me such treasure, only to deprive me. When you are gone, smoke fills the air, I'm misplaced in the mist of misery, w a n d e r i n g helplessly lost, masking melancholi......Read the rest...

...In the depths of her despair, she's confined, A solitary figure, lost in her mind, Engulfed by shadows, no end in sight, She battles demons in the darkest night. Her thoughts, like poison, eat ......Read the rest...

... From mine chamber, breathless and perspiring upon the bed, I spy you there, out my window, looming overhead. Your gaze, a silent arbiter in the night, I cloak my naked shame, to veil my plight......Read the rest...

...Poetry soup is an international site that values the voices of different birth rights. God created our world with it' varied cultures and tongues. I don't think he ever intended to exclude any on......Read the rest...

...So we’ll go no more a bowling So late into this night Though our arms be still as willing And the lanes be still as bright, For balls wear out the fingers And arthritis shows its might......Read the rest...

...(prelude) the buzzing of the evening insects presage evil ! here are black wolves ! here are ghosts and fiends and here are blackest of demons ! and black be the murk ton......Read the rest...

...Who will wipe away these tears when helpless on my bed I lie wearied by my woeful fears knowing that I soon will die? Crying softly through the night praying for a hopeful sign asking for a ......Read the rest...

...A mute vow, ancient as time itself, that spans between us, Is a smile knotted in a veil of unheard kisses, A respite in the symphony of love, where we, masters of the secret notes, Bring to life a......Read the rest...

...The sun is out, the sky is blue; I’ve done the things I’ve needed to, So I can sit and watch the flow And how the river sparkles so. I can’t stay long, but while I’m here, Before I have to get......Read the rest...

...We suddenly strolled down Lakeshore drive facing Goethe street named after Wolfgang von Goethe famous German poet just at the crosswalk while waving to the hidden Walter Payton nooks wandering......Read the rest...

...In this vast void of existence, we stand, Hearts bleeding out, met with the back of a hand. Alone we stagger in life's endless night, Chasing shadows, devoid of respite. We drift, lifeless shel......Read the rest...

... The rhythms of the night Sounds of a dark symphony A mysterious cacophony Sends chill up and down the spine Shadows chase the light of a full moon Across meadow and forest green No stranger t......Read the rest...

...Poe’s Hourglass: A Melancholic Decree Once upon a midnight dreary, As sands slip through life’s hourglass, eerie, I pondered upon my penitent past, And the regrets that will forever last......Read the rest...