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Self Infliction Poems - Poems about Self Infliction

Point of View

...some say demons
I call them traumas
some say addictions
I call it self infliction
some say crazy
I call it misunderstood
some say boundaries
I call it protection
some say bad seeds
I call th...
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Categories: self infliction, humanity, life, society,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberALCOHOL

...A Absolute wreckage

L Lights gone out in blackout consumption

C Carnage of gigantic proportions

O Oblivion through self infliction

H Hostage to addiction

O Obstructionist behaviour

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Categories: self infliction, addiction,
Form: Acrostic



The Music Stops

...The jaws sing
As the drip, drip, drip,
Of the petroleum chorus
Dances across
The inverted aluminum
And the hissing starts
And the hissing stays
Its smell a warning
A final omen
Like the last...
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Categories: self infliction, death,
Form: Free verse

Self Infliction

...The frontier of violence
strange land of our making
Wilderness of bones and blood
—buried in our fear

(Dreamsleep: September, 2022)...
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Categories: self infliction, fear,
Form: Free verse

Self-Infliction

...Art, 
the poison with which
the universe stings…
the artist dead

(Dreamsleep: January, 2022)...
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Categories: self infliction, art,
Form: Free verse



My Name Is Addiction

...To those of us that struggle with addiction,
 It's a choice you could say a self-infliction.

    You’re a slave to the substance and you’re not aware,
 A heavy cross for one to bare.

    All ...
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Categories: self infliction, addiction,
Form: Rhyme

Self-Infliction

...Explosion, implosion,
tomorrow is gone

A new self-destruct mode,
old enemies throng 

We’re now on the poster,
PUBLIC ENEMY ONE

The canaries all dead
—with zero the sum

(The New Room: ...
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Categories: self infliction, culture,
Form: Rhyme

My Foolish Heart

...Living life dangerously with my heart on my sleeve
So reckless, So careless. Others can't conceive
Have you no walls? Where is your protection?
You're bound to get hurt by self-infliction
They lo...
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Categories: self infliction, heart, love,
Form: Rhyme

Withering

...I opened my heart, as a bud in bloom
A fragile flower, gently held in his arms
I welcomed the warmth of his touch
He was my morning dew, slaked my thirst
and sated my hunger for love.
Hi...
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Categories: self infliction, abuse, feelings,
Form: Free verse

The Music Stops

...The jaws sing
As the drip, drip, drip,
Of the petroleum chorus
Dances across 
The inverted aluminum
And the hissing starts
And the hissing stays
Its smell a warning
A final omen
Like the las...
...
Continue reading...
Categories: self infliction, death,
Form: Free verse

The Music Stops

...The jaws sing
As the drip, drip, drip,
Of the petroleum chorus
Dances across 
The inverted aluminum
And the hissing starts
And the hissing stays
Its smell a warning
A final omen
Like the las...
...
Continue reading...
Categories: self infliction, death,
Form: Free verse

The Music Stops

...The jaws sing
As the drip, drip, drip,
Of the petroleum chorus
Dances across 
The inverted aluminum
And the hissing starts
And the hissing stays
Its smell a warning
A final omen
Like the las...
...
Continue reading...
Categories: self infliction, death,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberThree Dead Gods

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Three Dead Gods
Jesus
The world according to Art

Three crosses
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Burdens
self infliction
caring, a full
blown crucifixion
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	Three ...
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Categories: self infliction, abuse, allah, art, bereavement,
Form: Free verse

Infliction

...The burning sensation of lust,
Red seeping from her core.
Her shattered heart,
Followed by shattered tears.
The anger gliding across her wrist,
Her solution still remains.
Yearning to lead a no...
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Categories: self infliction, abuse, dark, death, depression,
Form: Lyric

Telepathic Connections---

...The world,The homes,
The people and their emotions,
Initial contractions of real
expectations, for I have 
telepathic connections

The world,The homes
The people, Hiding emotions
of true natu...
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Categories: self infliction, community, emotions, eulogy, nature,
Form: Rhyme

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