Short Dark Thoughts Poems

Lately sad is all i can write
burning dark thoughts
are all that clouds my mind...

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who’re we, we ask
dark thoughts mask truth
our task silence

18-February-2023...

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it's pretty dark here
the lights are burned out
is there a murderer under my car?...

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Thursday early evening
Thinking dark thoughts only you
Can you cure these thoughts?...

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Senryu 7-1-2016


raised voices warning
thunder awakens lightning
dark thoughts fading


John G. Lawless
7/1/2017...

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darkened moon
filthy room

five fast bullets
locked and loaded

perilous inches
from my head

fate is held
by my true loves' hand...

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Tweet your dark  thoughts to all you choose
W
I
Take your time,there's so  much to lose
Trump did so and now sings the blues
E
R...

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colours bright an beautiful, 
can move your face to smile,
stay away from dull and grey,
let dark thoughts wait awhile ...

Don...

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Focus on winning
Simple when the mind's at ease
And heartbeats steady,
But in love, fears bring along
Dark thoughts to challenge your poise...

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Oh the stealth of those shadows which come cloaked in the black of night ....

bringing with them dark thoughts which haunt the souls of men....

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fishing with a fallen star
angling using wishing bait 
do dark thoughts on arced nights
unravel fate or gavel bang

flights sit temptingly on the surface disguised as joy, distorted lies...

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Dark thoughts twitching on a nightstand.
Wrinkled -bloated-bloodied.
Like an ancient boxing glove.
Powerless-broken-longshot.

A dead sea scroll- smoldering. 
In the chambers of a burned-out heart....

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Happy and warm,
Laying in your arms.
No harm here,
Just two hearts.
They beat in synch
As i look into your eyess
Dark thoughts fade,
And finally die,
For now, i know
That you will never say goodbye....

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kite firm in hand no sun no wind no string 
spiritually bankrupt
dark thoughts stir up a breeze



Submitted on March 29, 2018 to LATE MAR 2018 STANDARD CONTEST sponsored by BRIAN STRAND  -  RANKED 3RD...

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Little by little
Fear forms whittle
Dimming soul’s light

Day and night
Crouched in fright
Dark thoughts belittle

Our mindful eye 
Thus does decry
Onset of grief

Ego, joys thief
To get relief
We wingless fly...

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Confined to my home, night and day,
housed like a prisoner for twenty years.
My Agoraphobia will never go away.
Dark thoughts trigger copious tears,
I’m terrified of leaving these walls of gray.
...

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She had been stalked
Dark thoughts draped in silence
Ranting
Gnawing
Suckling
At the breast of doubt
Whimpering
In the shadowed suffering
Of idled indecision
Held hostage
By the blank page

John G. Lawless
©6/23/2023...

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I had a bad day
yesterday
trying my best to put
it aside and put
my happy face on
but it seems to be gone
I'll start with a smile
and go the extra mile
to put aside dark thoughts
and do what I ought
and try to make today
a good day!...

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I wish had the pure heart as you say
I get tempted in various ways
I do have dark thoughts, filthy desires
But amongst all these 
There is little ray of light
A glimmer of hope
That upholds my strive
to keep whatever innocence left in me- Alive...

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I never grew in poverty, or without a stroke of love.
Still I hold my tears at night, but what am I afraid of?
The dark of night can welcome dreams, but dark thoughts come with time.
Maybe fear comes with knowing that these thoughts are only mine....

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When I cry dark thoughts come to mind. 
My evil spirits arise, taking me by surprise. 
The darkness of the night, 
feeds my hunger till the morning light. 
My demons come alive. 
my drive for the kill. 
the thirst for the blood 
surrounds me till I wake....

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The night falls in a heavy, suffocating cloak.
The light for which I lust for flares once, 
Then dies, swallowed by the abyss.
All hope perishes,
My heart beats no more.
How could you not understand,
My dark thoughts surround me, crying.
Save me from myself....

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Eden lies within;
No physical place;
We could all be in
A real Eden if
We looked to find it.

Inside one’s self
With no dark thoughts; 
Communing with,
Higher spirits.

Go inside 
Of yourself;
Search your soul.

Peace you
Will find...

There.
...

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Under the cover of deep darkness      
Hidden in some obscure corner
Cowering beneath layers of blankets,
My head wrapped in scarves 
buried under a pile of pillows…
No matter what,
Oh, upon my poor soul, 
I just couldn’t hide from my thoughts.



~A Brian Strand contest....

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Fear forms frighten, our dreams control
Wherefrom do they arise
Let then pristine silence patrol
Dark thoughts that may surprise 

We are the conjurer
Also the prisoner
Released in soft prayer

Feel noose tighten
Fear forms frighten

27-January-2023
Quietus...

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