Short Encumbrance Poems

The encumbrance of peace
is war
 Silence remortgaged
—as payments begin

(Dreamsleep: May, 2022)...

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Imprisoned anxiety
A hefty encumbrance
You either shake it off, or...
be crushed under it



Date written: 12/01/2019...

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Steppin’ Off 
My Platform 


I
Will 
Miss you,
It’s only so long
And not a swan song
I have projects awaiting 
They need some attention
An untenable encumbrance
Far too many to mention 
So I’ll be takin’ time out
Or bound to get worse
September First
Steppin’ off

...

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Wildly, comes the drumming of frustration against my soul.

     Dangerously is the fall into despair.

     Mindless is the thoughts of repair.

     Encumbrance are the hands that reach for me for declaration.

     Severed is my heart with ruination.








Copyright under Labyrinth of Life...

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Whether I choose the status quo,
Whether I determine to let go,
Offer me compassion,
I accept with open arms,
Calm my silent desperation,
Comfort my tethered heart,
Steady my trembling hand -

It’s not an action I take lightly,
But with a heaviness of soul,
Not an encumbrance thrust upon me,
But a choice I beg to make,
I plead benevolence enfold me,
So that I don’t die alone....

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The divinity of art
hiding in the folds
Draping o’er the multitudes
placing time on hold   

Its pristine encumbrance
so gently it calls
Speaking to our purity
transcending the small

The divinity of art  
in all of its forms
Its music seeks to woo us
its canvas adorns

And once it gains entry
our emptiness hides
Eternity surrenders  
—and Heaven presides

(The New Room: May, 2023)...

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The encumbrance of
life
Copious and
never-ending
A leaching
gangrenous wound
In need of
dismemberment
From his torpid soul

The medicinal
elixirs have raped
the mind
And replaced it with
a dense syrup 
That makes
cognition, onerous 
He cares for nothing
Feels nothing—is
nothing

A means to an end
Has him captivated
Fixated on the task
Relief is at hand
But he lacks the
strength and courage...

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I have no hope,

I have no dreams

I have no ambition

Remove the encumbrance from around me

and set my spirit

I want to live and breathe fresh air

And share joy and pleasure for the rest of the year

Please come and journey with me around the globe

And make spirit whole

Together we will make the best business

and  build that unique structure

come and hold my hands

and be my lifelong investment

and special Partner




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Guilt is a heavy load 
     A conscience can only carry
                  For so long
      Before it collapses under 
     It's unwieldy encumbrance
       A pressure on the lungs
     Pushing out air, threatening 
    To smother and deflate them
          Completely of oxygen


Date written and posted: 11/10/2018...

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Love
took me
from the WORLD - 
realms of woe . . .grief
glee pours without encumbrance. . .snag - mirth.
" Bestowing LOVE much - taken for granted "
why should life seems
atrocious
ludic... 
" WHY "????



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^-^ jun-jun villanueva
            *-* " SMILES AND FROWNS " contest...

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