Restrained Poems - Poems about Restrained

...She taught me to pray with hands that bruised the bread and sometimes, me. The kitchen smelled of cinnamon, but the corners were quiet with grief. I was loved--loudly, then not at all. Her ......

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...Against a willowy wailing backdrop of inner chaos, an indignant incendiary mask stifles the simmering cauldrons, of a stoic stage clown post lachrymose performance wearily stunning yet stung, or t......

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...The radiant shine leaves your aurora dimming ever so quickly, as in northern regions you are—borealis falling into the southernmost Sahara negative gradients descend—australis The gloss of mor......

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...I think of her, I breathe her, when I sleep I dream of her, when I wake I live for her. I think of her… Her happiness, her well-being, consumes my thoughts all day and into the night......

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...("Swastika Moon", 2025, original encaustic) Swastika Moon Luna with her light of darkness Reflecting Sol on Gaia’s face Dancing with restrained abandon Swirls within this holy place ......

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... Restrained on a leash that extends ten feet or so, the little pooch is as compact as a battery and charged with as much energy. With his tail erect perfectly to the perpendicular, he beams a......

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...I flew the international route Had an epiphany, no doubt Surrounded, the mix of folks Of ages, languages, life walks What if we suddenly can share One intellection, maybe pair? A story from ......

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... I'm a prisoner of poetry Chained to the curse of the verse Locked in the labyrinth of lyrics For my better or for worse I'm a prisoner of poetry Captive to words and notions Jai......

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...Weaning away feral instincts treasured Soul’s eye is now mindful and touch gentle The pilgrim’s progress is by mind measured With scent of love lost in labours mental The vibrant void records e......

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...No! you weren’t born to be beaten raped chained to a life bloodstained ingrained with pain wordless worthless voiceless choiceless No! you can’t live being beaten raped chained to a ......

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...God’s timing impeccable, bringing together presidential adversaries, ringing in the new year, giving us a chance for revival. We hear about truthtelling stance. We shall all pass into the great b......

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...too little too late too forced too late too restrained too late now it's just too late you could have been my love but i waited made you my regret no one wants to be someone's regret......

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...uninhibited with one restrained with another responses vary too between brother and mother if this be the truth recognising ego is at play judgment scars innocence till love becomes our ma......

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... I tread so lightly upon taut thread of being holding back restrained fearing failure ever poised lopsided by threat reward......

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...Obscurities of one's fractured mind Patterns of destructive, haunting thoughts The ones that shatter all sanity And contaminate one's mortal soul I suppose it is time, finally I so des......

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