Short Imprisoning Poems

Writing the words
imprisoning the words

Lettered confinement
—frozen in time

(Dreamsleep: January, 2023)...

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The tragedy of accident,
the wonderment of fate
imprisoning destiny
—on whose steps we wait

(Dreamsleep: September, 2021)...

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the more man possesses, the more he must protect
imprisoning himself within his own suffering, 
unknowing that all things are impermanent....

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For my loves kisses,
Are like a witches spell,
For her lips are,
Soaked with enchantment,
Dripping with rare sweetness,
Forever imprisoning my lips....

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Being indulgent with oneself 

But intolerant with others

One, inevitably, 

Succeeds in imprisoning himself

Within the walls of ruinous hypocrisy!







© Demetrios Trifiatis
     12 February 2019...

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Leaving them hopeless
Breaking their spirit
animals sometimes
humans other times
puts them in cages
torments their souls
soulless monsters
imprisoning
setting a trap
capturing
enslaving
kidnapping
tricking
snaring
hunt...

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Shedding a final tear
from the cellar of my pain
The walls close in the sorrow
imprisoning me again

Breathing a final sigh
into a memory you forget
My words trapped into silence
—alone with my regret

(The New Room: January, 2022)...

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She shared her love

He gave her his blessings

And she respected him for this

Released not Imprisoning

Escape not needed

Love he knew, she needed more

Open heart and mind he had,

Vicariously he felt her passion

Everything she shared with him....

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fire
wild, torrid
crackling, consuming, liberating
passion, heat, chill, frost
freezing, seizing, imprisoning
solid, compact 
ice




Submitted on September 18, 2018 for contest MID SEPTEMBER 2018 PREMIERE sponsored by BRIAN STRAND

Originally posted on May 1, 2018...

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…Emptiness tightens its shackles,

…

imprisoning me.

…

Jagged shrapnel,
piercing my heart,

…

my emotions trickle away,

yet hope refuses to flee.

…

I write, to feel again.

…

Something, anything.

…

I write,

to be free.

…

I write to feel again.

…

something, anything.

I write to be....

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Surmounting imprisoning boundaries

my special child freely wheels himself …

ascending midst God’s boundless grace*

for faith-flight, wondrously liberating…

*2Timothy 2:1 Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.

November 8, 2021...

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Seductively!		
She invites,
Tantalizingly,
She beckons,
Intriguingly, 
Her lips seduce,
Excitement,
Romancing the air,
Mesmerizing,
Kisses,
Breathing,
Fragrances,
Calling her suitors,
Into her beauty
Capturing their hearts,
Imprisoning their souls,
Hypnotising,
And fascinating,
All who gaze,
Upon her.

15/02/2016...

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after the firestorm
when the earth shakes her fury
the time of rainbows.....

her devastation
but a path 
to what cannot pass away
the spirit that thrives
inside orange blossoms
that roar and howl
with flesh 

stranger than fiction
stronger than chains
imprisoning 
then linking us to earth,

a flash,
here then gone....

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The worlds of utopia are like soap bubbles,
         drifting in the air aimlessly and dreamily,
   as they sometimes bond with each other,
         becoming bigger.


       Reality is one nasty needle that bursts
   bubbles of utopia.....but sometimes
the bubbles swallow the needle,
    imprisoning it in its own cause.........

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The wall
Appears stiff and cold
To the hands
The wall
Appears blank and blind
To the eyes
The wall
Appears deaf and dumb
To the ears
The wall 
Appears protesting and imprisoning
To the minds
The wall
Appears strange, unattainable and grim
To the hearts 
But the wall 
Appears safe and reliable 
To the places we fall asleep...

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I met this girl
Hollow through a shade of her world
Reluctant to move
A lily on hand await

For an old friend she said
The bizarre anxiety implied
Waiting within the uncertainty limits
Insecurity snatch the sparkle in her eyes

The allure of mystique
Sweeping through her mindset
Live in a simple detention
Her landscape imprisoning, but no mention...

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Basking under celestial rays
there we are…
mother and son 
beyond hope-filled mirth
jubilantly surmount 
imprisoning boundaries...
since special child 
freely wheels himself
to optimize bonding delight
midst God’s boundless grace...
while I plunge into faith-flight
beholding his courage
wondrously liberating....

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Making sense of it all…
our grandest myth

Wisdom born of age,
bleeding youth’s betrayal

Questions dry unvarnished,
cold naked in the night

Darker darks reface the cliff,
all edges sharper cut

Two images, clearer than before,
preying in deadly contrast

Wonder imprisoning the day
—fear stalking the night

(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2017)...

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AT       DUSK


She cries at the window to be out
Runs to the fence which is no barrier
Dives under the imprisoning wires
The liquid cat

Brings memories of times past
Outside nothing but ambulance sirens
Kisses and hugs are weapons

Smell of cold air through the window
The cold welcome of Greenland’s chilly arms
And daylight seldom seen



13   April   2020...

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Let your eyes flood
Music bringing back the memories
Let it loosen the threads
Holding together the pieces of your heart
Allow the gates imprisoning those moments open
Fill your soul so lonely
Remember it all
Each kiss
Every touch
Even just the softest moments
Pray they never go away
And when the music fades out
Be thankful
Hope that when they hear that song
They think of you too......

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Wrestling with time,
an illusion supreme

Its trinity empiric,
three masks to deceive

Past, future, and present,
our dreams undefined

Outside of their stricture,
new presence unrhymed

Rejecting convention,
short sighted and slight

Imprisoning our vision,
with capture and fright

In seizing this instant,
its moment sublime

All truth flowing freely
—unfrozen in time

(Villanova Pennsylvania: September, 2019)...

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Are you real or are you an illusion
Like a fata morgana beyond my reach
Imprisoning me in this cell of seclusion
Fading away when I beg your beseech 
Teasing me with temptation and desire
Helpless and weak like ashes gone gray  
Chilled from the embers of my own pyre
You but to vanish by fading away then
My empty arms left with nothing to hold
Just this mirage, this mirage in disguise
You my beautiful Gaia, a dream untold
Me wanting you real before my eyes...

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What is poetry to me

A chance and opportunity

To break out and break free

From the gilded cage

Imprisoning me

To dream of stars

And cosmic themes

To pontificate on nature

And the wonder it gives

To rant to rage about social things

And make a stand environmentally

To speak of love straight from the heart

To weave words of spiritual sparks

To create verses hoping to paint a masterpiece

This is what poetry means to me....

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Willfully erected..obstructing..
    emotional velocity halted..
Armor.. imprisoning..
    safe and secure.. spiritless..
Layers of pain.. eclipse 
    and enclose..restricting ..
Languish not behind the wall..
    surrender to the magnitude of emotion..
Escape the enchantment of safety..
    passions unleashed.. fireworks erupting
Delight in the wonder of Love..
    thrill to the sensations of life!
    ~ rejoice as the bricks tumble..
    ~ shout as the wall falls.......

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