Short Barricade Poems

 The world is a cave full of thorns...

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barricade round him
afloat in the sea of pondering
I do not exist...

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cocooned in comfort
secure in pale barricade;
boiled for my breakfast...

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The Soldiers of light,
Breach the barricade of clouds:
Shadows of freedom....

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Never Give Up
Monoku by: Miracle Man
2/6/2022

adversity in life can be either our barricade or our bridge.
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Serene in silence 
nature's solemn dignity
inspiring passion
inexorable to time
barricade of permanence


12/28/2017
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Siphon your hope
barricade against your accusers
You should be a contender
Polish Lens like Spinoza
Nature is mathematical Godliness
Tell us truth is neigh
as we guide our silent prayers
into transmutableness...

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Regret runs through my mind.
Secrets I thought, none would find.
My willpower ebbs
For I am a spider, caught in its own web.

The decisions I have made
Set up this barricade.
I rue this life I led
For I am a spider, caught in its own web....

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at whatever age you find your voice
guard it
or they will pry it from your throat
silence your truth
mutilate your self-worth
barricade your life against such violence
arm yourself with nuclear verbs
and whatever you do
don't stop talking...

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momentary 
state of 
negative 
self-talk 
undermining 
growth
trying to 
regain it's
rain within 
the mind
cease and 
desist cut 
of at the pass
close the gates 
do not allow
the motivational 
sucking zombies 
through the barricade...

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The
night 
unlocks 
the portal
and there's an inflow
of the unheard during the day
for our wandering minds and perturbed hearts barricade
the tranquil flow from the stream of inspiration which is the essence of existence.


January 23, 2024.


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I scream and yell
A harsh front
To hide the hell
Icy shards
Protect my heart
Only his fire
Could rip apart
But now the flames
Have faded away
Barricade my heart
Once more
Icy shield never again
Will open it's door
He burned out 
His fiery blaze
Never again
Will the flames raise...

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We cut the country up in two,
Till family and friends I knew
We’re reddening the street
Beyond the barricade we threw
Up blocking their retreat.

And after we had over-run
The ancient order and begun
Another one as great,
I fathered fighting in a son,
Becoming what I hate....

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We cut the country up in two,
Till family and friends I knew
We’re reddening the street
Beyond the barricade we threw
Up blocking their retreat.

And after we had over-run
The ancient order and begun
Another one as great,
I fathered fighting in a son,
Becoming what I hate....

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Like a great parodied indolent 
Such illusions of meaningless digressions 
Compliant with a game of chance 
Purred for the sun to pass 
And built a twilight barricade 
Till hunger drew slack 
Then like a flack of mottled light 
Round beneath it 
Time in hours
It moved the world.....

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Slippery little devil isn't she?
Moist, she maneuvered into my well guarded emotions 
My art of avoiding negativity became novice 
Slippery little devil isn't she?
While going left, she made a quick dash to the right 
Beauty crushed my intuitions barricade 
Pain would soon follow her intrusion 
Slippery indeed...

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I detest many things
Traffic, lines and lies
But most of all, I hate the rain
Wet feet and ugly skies

It makes me feel a certain way
It stunts my motivation 
I want to stay in bed all day
Until I see the sun

Many people loathe a pour
 But not as much as I
I barricade, with chains, my door
Until the earth is dry...

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Hidden safe in my cozy shell, there is nothing to fear.
The world calls with it’s voice of adventure in the music of waves on sand and laughing 
voices
I peek out, but
I am so timid, vulnerable, fragile--
Too scared of being poked and prodded
	burned and bustled—and so
Retreat into my barricade,
Held hostage by familiarity....

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Past decade decayed in a mist of crimson
Last barricade barraged to escape this prison
The Shades of grey flow through my faulty prism
Light betrays - plain sight - guards march me back to my chasm
Cleaning crew - white suits - red spatter
Leaning cruelly towards me - empty eyes - soulless laughter
No body
Chains hold me
Cold so coldly...

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Oh to be content, a state of mind
A conclusive state I cannot find

But should I stop, consider, compare
Be it a place, then I'm almost there

What barricade stops me in my tracks
Do I over contemplate the facts

I'm more content than I do admit 
Epitomising content misfit 

Couplet Poetry Poetry Contest
7th May 2023
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Living soulless in the barricade 
Following the masquerade
Hating how we were made

Believing beauty is pain
Bowing to the strain
So they don't have to be plain

Flawless as porcelin
Trying to hide who's within
Not seeing that she's a gem

Disgusted by reality
Defying originality 
Defeating genuinity  

Painting butterflies today
Popularity is all grey
In beauty we're embay...

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Smoke and mirrors man the barricade 
  Between us with tricks of the dusk drizzled light; 
And formulates hold to the moments purloined, 
  Hold to the moments, hold good and tight. 
For distance is nothing but veils of smoke, 
  Mirrored, refracted a crafted delusion; 
And love such as ours compose distance a dream, 
  Distance a dream, nothing more than illusion......

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I kissed the darkness a farewell in spite
Was always there when I bed goodnight
Comfort of warmth, now tenderly out of sight
My sorrows shredded before dawn’s light.

To lose the weight of harboring fears that barricade 
 It’s time now to defuse and quell that fiery brigade 
allowing my tears to flow like a cascade  
dousing the emotional fire into embers till they fade...

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Within your illumination
Happiness and tranquility
Blessed with a possibility
An enchanting temptation

Ruins of fortification,
Shackles of my immobility
Transformed to vulnerability
Seizing offered jubilation

Within your lasting melody
Purity and affection
Abolishing my barricade

Embraced in your serenity
Eternal bliss, my protection
Freed to glow by your serenade...

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You’ve got it made
With a bench in the shade
When the sun is boiling hot
But you’ve been played
For this charade
Is part of Nature’s plot.

See, I’m afraid
You’ve been betrayed 
For thinking that this spot
Will masquerade
The heat that’s weighed
You down – but it will not.

It’s just delayed
The rays displayed
From letting you know what
You might have prayed
To barricade
Has added up to squat....

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