Lonely Self Poems

Quote: A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else. By John Burroughs


Life has many ups...

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My only enemy left is myself
No one to displace the spring of hate

If he stood across and challenged me
I would surely fight

I would combat with...

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"Cry for the soul that will not face the body" Dory Previn 

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Crowded amongst loved ones
But feeling lonely within
Shrouded in silence
While surrounded by din

The pain encompasses
It's all I am it seems
It rules my emotions
And shatters my dreams

I...

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Mind marooned 
in complex convolution,
obscurity singular 
in each living entity. 
The psyche silhouettes
unique elements,
to alien attributes 
they won’t adhere. 

The reserved recess 
hides the riddles,...

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Watching the movie "Wizard of the Oz”, what do I see,
Cowardly lion does not have courage,
"Courage! What makes the flag on the mast to wave?",
'What...

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Take the lifeless, 
use their parts
to make a wretch and
declare it art—
Frankenstein, Frankenstein!
You are to blame
for the deadness
in your heart.

Great scientists
applaud you.
Does it feel lonely,
playing...

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I felt like a book 
very tired old and worn out 
needing rest on shelf....

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Aye kid, Baby joe
You should know the norms
The world is filled with phonies
Shouting behind the curtains
Do nothin but only to blame

Aye kid, little joe
Cover your...

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White rope of sunlight
Tethered through my chest
Shot clean through to my spine.
Gordion knotted to my backbone.
I can feel the knuckles of it
Between my shoulder blades.
Pinching...

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Another lonely night.
Shallow buzz of cars passing by reminds me the world is awake,
Though my mind fights to claim otherwise
A path lighted my moon glow.
Door...

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when am I in a raging sea
when am I in a towerless keep
you see the armies flanked around him
labelled with exactness
when am I on a...

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So many good acquaintances-- I wish I could get to know
Alas, we're kept apart-- cuz I made them think I'm too weird, though :(...

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Am I the villain in the story
Or am I just lost in time?
The world I live in seems profound
But in vain, I forgot to live...

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(This poem was first published in my second book LITTLE PINE in 2016. The inspiration was an image in a dream of a delicate amulet...

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