Short Flashbacks Poems

SUMMER HEAT FLASHBACKS…

Dry heat cracked the ground;
Wet whips cracked ancestors’ backs—
Juxtaposed flashbacks:-...

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A sudden embarrassment,
  a moment of shame

A lifetime remembered
   —in flashbacks of pain

(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2019)...

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Caught inside a memory,
with flashbacks of desire

Your scent returns as lightning
—my heart a copper wire

(Dreamsleep: October, 2020)...

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I hear you
Pounding loudly
Soundly 
Falling fast asleep

Each drop
Flashbacks
Going back and forth
Pores raising

The sound of rain
Starting all over again...

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Illusions,symbols of childhood,
coloured filled swathes of painterly
hues.A  private fantasy in slow
motion suspended in space.An
abstracted blur in flashbacks of
yesteryear,caught in a daydream....

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I choke on this frigid air,
riding with the windows down; 
Melodic foreboding sound 
beats slowly against my mind; 
Flashbacks jolt my steering wheel; 
Worn out drive needs a new track,
our playlist of memories....

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traditionalist
stoic
genius:
          influence
          status
          myths:
rhythms
sensations
flashbacks:
                legendary
                unique
                alive:
passionate
procreate
survive...

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The taste of blood
Is upon my tongue
The screams within my head. 

Freighten of this nightmare ?

Flashbacks of a bloody knife 
With the rotten smell
Still in the air. 

Just a nightmare I keep saying
Or could it be I'm insane ?...

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Memories so vivid
     Feelings so deep
Visceral flashbacks
     Sparked by a song

The essence of time
     Transcended
For a moment
     For just a moment

Is life linear?
     Feelings belie
Back to what is perceived
     As reality...

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Our Mysterial World

Our Mysterial World

I dissociate to observe myself
from outside my body
I feel separated
I’m dreaming 
Flashbacks torrent
I’m in one place
yet my psyche is in another
Simultaneous presence
At ease with bilocation.
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The words are still perfect
  as speech becomes marred

Intention unblemished
  delivery though scarred

The memories embedded
  all flashbacks infirm

Escape now for others
  —their light yet to burn

(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2015)...

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These days seem familiar
Like my messy hair,
Each memory; a strand of hair 
Every brushstroke 
I see flashbacks of renowned moments
Distant memories; they begin to fade
Every brushstroke
Putting my hair in place
Now looking like beauty and grace
Ready to begin my day...

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The flashbacks hurt me
drifting to times of love, smiling
or when the anger began
every moment
reliving, contemplating
no patience
must understand
obsession
cant function
life falling apart
her face
its always smiling
she hid her face when angry
she is hiding now...

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Historical Foreshadowing

Marring-
The once brilliant Sanctuary
-A commonplace Event-
Without a place.

An opening up
Of old and new torments
And
    Run
        On
           Thoughts

-Half Unanswered-

Stop at the border
-In semidarkness-
The edge of eternity....

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Around, all around, the dark memories gather.

My dread grows as the dark one's touch falls against

my naked soul.

It mutilates me, and darkly my blood drips to the broken ground.

In horror I cry out while the reaper takes me 

Now alone, my essence falls upon darkened eyes.

THIS IS MY HELL....

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Your touch.
Your love.
Your voice.

Comes back to me
in flashbacks.

Your pain.
Your hungry gaze.
Your possessiveness.

Comes back to me
in flashbacks.

Your anger.
Your guilt.
Your power.

Comes back to me
in flashbacks.

My brokenness.
My pain.
My memory.

Comes back to me,
In flashbacks....

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As the knife carves into my wrist
As the belt tightens around my throat
The pain is increasing
But so are the flashbacks
You hurt me
You took all of me
And gave me back a broken heart
So i am slicing away my pain
Choking away my hurt
I am dead
Maybe if i never met you i would still be alive
But no
I am dead...

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My animal spirit guide the Wolf 
Oh guide me as I go through this journey 
Going through summer in these challenging moments

Going South 
Finding out if my path is correct
Going through my past flashbacks

Follow me through night till day
Never leave my side
Never let go of me

Till the moon shines at night...

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Everything gone, and lost
Images, Memories, misperception 
You should do better,
Echoes, jingles, cries, agony
Flashbacks!
Extreme anxiety swallows you up,
You make a choice, 
Pangs of guilt, repentance, 
You seek God, 
Then you forget him.
You could have done better.
Regrets, consequences, it’s too late.
And there is no turning back....

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Musing for memories
Etched in back of mind
Mom I remember
Overbearing news
Reguarding brothers drowning
Inquiry stated caused by flashbacks from meth and herion
Eleven and didn't quite still understand 
So I just prayed to God to forgive his lost soul







Memories Was My Topic





Tribute To My Brother Gary
         {RIP}...

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These flashbacks attach then react,
Chemical duet, stacks facts in a flask,
Mixed & stirred to the point of no return,
Licked and burned, swallow what you yearned. 

Believe in what you earn, igniting your inner sire
Degrees turn higher, seeing red with wildfire,
Trees burn lighter while nights on the spire,
Leaves learn to admire the flames of a fire,...

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Pacing,
Back and forth.
Thinking,
That it's worth.

Holding on,
To the last leaf.
Believing,
In every piece.

Days drag,
Slower...
You're not back.
You won't be back.

Now you're gone,
I'm all alone.
It's been so long,
I'm like stone.

Memories,
Fading...
Flashbacks,
Erasing...

The feelings,
Are long gone.
Now it's over,
It's long gone....

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gold   
shaded   
flashbacks  
relinquish
memory
filled of moments
of perfected 
serendipity 
garnished by sunshine 
bright with cherished
times reclaiming 
dreams faded
scattering
daydreams
lost in 
tears

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7/19/16
Backwards Poem Contest
Sponsor: Laura Loo...

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Fall are glowing of gold

Flooding of nice colors  

Flutter neurotic leaves 
 
Fruitful trees with apples 

Frost on the creek at night 
 
Foretaste of the winter  

Flashbacks ... summer pleasures











Used and checked on://www.howmanysyllables.com
Each line has 6 syllables
(poem in the Pleiades form)
Sun :) - A-L Andresen :)
23.09.2016...

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How I feel most of the time.
    My soul.
My spirituality.
     My feet.
The pain I caused my family.
   Brandi's pain.
My bank account.
     My pride.
My self confidence.
     My reality.
My inability to forgive myself.
      My trust.
My flashbacks and nightmares.
   My isolation.
My fight or flight ways.
   My anger.
My journey through life.
   My brain....

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