Short Overtaking Poems

wet noses are cold 
 butted up against my face 
overtaking the bed...

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Lingering on my lips
Overtaking my thoughts
Very fulfilling
Emmett...

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As we lay in the warmth between the feather down 
I can feel the rays of you overtaking me...

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Depression,

Casting shadows,

Sadness overtaking fast

It threatens to last

Forever....

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Outrunning his destiny,
overtaking his fate
Reprieving tomorrow
—all time to abate

(Dreamsleep: August, 2021)...

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Leaf flies in the wind,
Seems like a bird's silhouette.
Coldness of autumn
Overtaking my body
As I walk down my own street....

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flow of life rolls on
in time overtaking
deluded dreams
whereupon remains
the void of silence
infinite and vibrant 
luminescent and still
defying delineation
the noumena...

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A boatload of lims I scribbled last night
Came flying at me in a blinding light
Overtaking my soul
Had no control
Eliminated the ones that weren't too polite...

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Anger and love 
The two vehicles in traffic 
Taking the long route of life
Anger overtaking love the case 
That’s going to end up in accidents 
Love to proceed forward 
A safe incident...

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The warm, gentle touch of his hands on my cheek,
renders me speechless, under the spell of his gaze,
as if peering into my soul were of a simple matter,
slowly overtaking every doubt, I once held within....

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The warm, gentle touch of his hands on my cheek,
renders me speechless, under the spell of his gaze,
as if peering into my soul were of a simple matter,
slowly overtaking every doubt, I once held within....

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A boatload of lims I scribbled last night
They came flying at me in a blinding light
Overtaking my soul
Had no control
Eliminated the ones that weren't too polite


© Jack Ellison 2015...

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Wild, he called me a tornado;
a whirlwind out of control;
Raging against adversity  
ravenous, he could feel my war;
Instantly the wind was blowing 
overtaking the entire sky 
residue of just how I missed you tonight....

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The fragrant air settles 
Overtaking us
The sun behind us 
The sound of water
Ripples and waves
In our ears
As we sit
On the wooden dock
Darkness surrounds 
Leaving us
Alone with the stars
Midnight sky
Shiny starlight 
Brings us heaven 
Beneath 
A cover of velvet....

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Begging, pleading just one prick.
Engulfing, overtaking, degrading.
Please just once,
Make that plunger plunge.
Make me throb, make me bleed,
Let my body feel relief.
Plunge it in and pull it out.
Lifes desintergration in one shot.
Roll the dice weither you like it
Or not...

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nature's love potion;
pure animal attraction
overtaking us,
builds, then begs for sweet release
one can't stop the falling rain



03/03/15
Contest: Get Romantic
Sponsor: Andrea Dietrich
Visual #2...

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 I moved, kicked and moved
I saw light and took a breath
Named April retirorical to the month
Held, swayed, cried
Loved, laughed, wondered
Confused, watched, wondering 
I'm just April with voices overtaking days after days 
Morning, noon and night 
I'm just April 
Surely
I'm just April 
With Love I'm just April...

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It's a very strange place
when in dreams I chase
phantasms,
a figmant of imagination,
or an apparition of warning
from my soul,
seeing what is hidden 
from the light
of day.

It's a very strange place
and only an illusion
of madness
overtaking all the senses,
crossing the line
of reality
into the realm of shadows
that only I can 
dream.
...

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Long ago when I was young
I found cycling so much fun.
Climbing hills in fifth gear.
Keeping fit gave so much cheer.
Easily overtaking slower folk.
Teasing all those younger blokes.
Yes, a whiz kid was I.

Sadly age has taken a toll.
Panting now, I'm not so bold.
Lickity split I'm afraid not.
I have to admit my heart's in shock
To contemplate even a hillock....

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Entering into the warmth of springs glow

Glistening formation of crystals from melting snow

Anticipation grows as comes the end of harsh winter

The earth begins to warm as suns rays glitter

Desire for beauty of spring begins it's surge

As flower blossoms begin to emerge

Spring pushing through chasing away the cold

Warmth overtaking the chill beauty to behold...

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I was untouchable
My emotions roped in place
Never feeling more than I wished. 
…
I was untouchable
But this disease,
This curse,
 Crept into my body
Silently seeping into my skin  
Wiggling into my veins 
Overtaking my organs
…
I was untouchable
Until he told me that he loved me
…
I was untouchable 
Until I realized that I loved him
…
Now all I want is for his touch...

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Amidst guilt’s echoes
Forgiveness of God hushes
Overtaking me with peace*.

By the Lord’s pardon
Settling confessed sin-debt
I’m freed, bound to His great love.

*1Thessalonians 5:23 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

 July 31, 2019...

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issues pilled up upon one another 
overtaking the river that lay underneath 
the bridge that connected the two internal 
lands 
issues rained down like asteroids 
crashing into the river that lay 
underneath the bridge that connected the two
internal lands
created title waves of internal pain 
created a overflowing of the emotional river 
that ran across the internal landscape...

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Empty spaces
  crying to be filled
  the flow of nothingness
  creeping in, 
  taking over.
Where are you going?
  If this is time
  if this is love
  than why 
  the emptiness?
Darkness seeping in
  overtaking light
  spirits of the night
  awakened
  to fill all the empty spaces.
Let me see
  open wide my eyes
  blink at the twinkling stars
  offf in the distant crevices
  whispering my name....

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God
bestows
great blessings…
plenteous, precious
overtaking* us
with heavenly treasures
while we hearken unto Him
and diligently do His will…
…ministering as faithful stewards,
…serving with joy, pleasing Him by faith’s might.

*Deuteronomy 28:2 And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God.

May 9, 2019...

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