Dark Shelter Poems

Will you come, Oh merciful Lord?
To touch and heal my bleeding heart.
When I sob in suppressed agony,
Ease my heart so torn apart.

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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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Enslaved by ego, we are bound,
fears and desires twirl us around
and the joy we seek seems distant,
for we walk not on holy ground.

Why oh why,...

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There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, 'Thy will be done,' and those to whom God says, 'All right, then, have...

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Dark heart
Onyx bruises
Madd lover
Entrapment fooling
Swollen lips
Teal tears
Indigo ears
Crying years


Violet prayers
In shelters
Only light
Love weathered
Emerald eyes
Need sleep
Courageous flight
Embracing peace...

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October is one of those months that begin to transition and change to prepare for winter.

As our days begin to shorten, this tenth month brings...

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Rescue-Zoo.com



I was sitting in their studio with a gal from cable news, taking part in my first and only ever interview,
Fielding friendly questions that pertained...

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Perhat Tursun

Perhat Tursun (1969-) is one of the foremost living Uyghur language poets, if he is still alive. Born and raised in Atush, a city...

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A child shelters ...
Under a bloody, swollen moon
Yearning the daylight
Soft beams show the way
But there is no ember ... no brightened clarity
No warm-to-the-marrow saturation
It is...

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Shelter me
 in this gray dark unsettling gloom
 that taunts and haunts my every move
it takes my breath, my heart, my soul depression looms;
 it...

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I want to go back to the days when words meant nothing to me 
I can’t mis hear words if no words are being said...

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long ago I hated the stones
 then before long grew up
 ran gauntlet after gauntlet
 till one day
 I wore the leather jacket
 they said...

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a shelter below the dark
clouds of shattered hopes
and dreams
a naive heart
drowned in unimaginable
unattainable
imaginations
victimized by the
beauty of treacherous mind
opening a tattered heart
submerged in tears...

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''Poetry is the shelter that we envy''.
These golden words deeply carved the years.
Time will come back
To give our words a peak
To confirm all those dreams
Resting...

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I like your name 
It’s pleasing to say 
A passion aflame 
Concealed by your way 

Incredibly tranquil
You sit very still
Makes me feel peaceful
Gives me a...

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