Short Restraining Poems

hate is a prison

  where I'm manacled in chains

     restraining my wings...

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she rescued herself
leaving an abusive man
family felt relief
not understanding danger
restraining order
seemed to irritate her ex
abuser hunted her down...

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Inching closer to that mark,
I feel almost accomplished,
Though a miniscule part of me,
Pierces through,
Restraining me from the happiness,
I may rightfully deserve....

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    Slaughterers of anonymous souls
       Windows displaying tawdry tales of woe

    Flashing neon lights restraining human kindness ~
       Cities grind humanity into sausage for politicians & moles
...

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It's beach weather in September in Southern Ontario
What is this, a prank by the guy down below
Not really complaining
My joy I'm restraining
Trying to remain calm and not let my huge grin show...

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Hiding in 
a shadow

The light
forever near

My world is
pothole bound

Restraining
hope with fear

Dirt roads
of my memory

Training wheels
unsure

Rolling forward
falling back

Beyond
— the lion’s roar

(Dreamsleep: November, 2024)...

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Your face is
my mirror to the universe
through which, 
I peep into 
everything that subsists,
crafted by the creator

Your facade is
a book, 
restraining
our love-story;
every MOLE of which,
is a ‘Full stop’ of its text

09:35 pm | Sunday, June 7, 2019...

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advance 
                       forward, improved
        furthering, progressing, promoting 
 progression, advantage, retirement, escape 
         removing, restraining, abandoning,
                        sudden, strategic
                                retreat


Date created:05/06/2021...

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When evil dies
freedom is restored
life has some meaning
past nickels and dimes
love is restored,
honor now exists
pride is freed
from its long 
restraining chains.
When evil is killed
the gates of hell are
shut and the pillars
that support the
unsustainable 
structure will
fall and the 335 walls 
will fall to the ground....

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I toil and I slave
in the shadows—
exhaustively I emerge 
to your rescue
when you feel
the sting of grief
and the hot torrent
of tears. 

I cry out to you
to behold me in the light,
but my mouth is closed
to pincers and restraining webs.

How it hurts
everything that I am—
that you see me only
in your pain....

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I feel my heart beating
but it's missing steps 
cause we're missing you

1 2 3 5 6
It's a true love trick

The restraining order
stops my advances
and leaves me in the dark

1 2 3 5 6
My blood is pumping thick

But where is 
the missing beat
You'll notice it's with you

1 2 3 4-4 5 6
Your heart is moving quick...

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Dark alleyway filled with crazy games.
How many days has it been since I started this revolution?
This right here is why I ran away from home- to be free from all these restraining 
chains.
No one to tell me what to do!
I finally have control,
not my mom, not my dad, not anyone!
Yet love yanks me from the top as if I were a fish caught on a hook....

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UNREST OF SPIRIT

I suffered an unrest of spirit
When informed by the local law
That I could be arrested for violation 
Of the restraining order I saw

I accepted it with heartbreak
But quickly changed it to prayer
The deputy was surprised by this
He expected to leave me in despair 


9 November 2018
For the contest, Unrest of Spirit
Sponsored by Julia Ward...

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Salvation of hollow-burrow, spaceful for life,
hiding and appearing engaged that day.
Seven Sleepers, unwanted companions,
pardoners, neither demigod-cyborg nor god.
Peaceful in retreat of folding nocturnal-diurnal.
Contemplation bleached the sinners,
restraining lust, abstinence for circular bell tolls.

The Cavern's Sleepers,
Sophia of hibernation,
tapa Barata....

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Climb as high as you can
And then climb that little bit more,
All barriers have hidden exits,
Go through one and explore.

Climb as high as you can
And then head for the stars,
The universe is not a prison,
There are no restraining bars.

Climb as high as you can,
But then just keep on going,
For you have a hunger to succeed
And your abilities are still growing …...

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Put the key in my front door

Like every other day

And struggled to open it

Because i forgot

The date was February the 14th 

Valentine's Day

And the door was stuck

Under the insurmountable weight 

Of those i secretly admire

That returned my card

Reminding me

Yours Sincerely

Have you forgotten

About the conditions

Of your restraining order...

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 She wanted to break up
 He wanted to play for keeps
 Had she missed the red flags
 That could cause her grief

 Some people just can't let go
  They may even get violent 
 when someone breaks up with them
 She will have a restraining order to show

 He might stalk her for a while
 As in the shadows he creeps
 Sadly, in the game of love
 Some want to play for keeps!

...

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Where are you lingering?
you hide your fiery trail;
inspiration gleaming bright 
grows dim and deathly pale.

Secret whispered phrases,
hand over mouth are held
captive in a stagnant soul,
pure drops in fountains failed.

Beyond release tormented,
behind restraining bars
waiting for the night to swell
and birth abundant stars.

Copyright, September 27, 2014
Faye Lanham Gibson...

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Once Sabbath is over,
Life resumes to being normal,
Jews gad about town
trying to get their chores done,
filled with exuberance and vigor,
gifts from G-d for serving him,
abstaining from living life on 
a whim, and restraining from
ungodly things,
After Sabbath it's time to be
present in life, until the week ends,
Then Jews around the world have to
do it all over again..............

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Gnawed nails dig into worn plastic armrests
Stinging alcohol burns the skin
A sharp point glints in the fluorescent light

Rough hands grip the shoulder
Restraining it against the comfortless chair
He says to relax,
But the tremors intensify.

Deep breath
Lungs release
Cartilage crunches
Blood flows

Shiny metal ring
Rests against the ear
A new opening in the body
Diverging from natural design....

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I don’t know where to begin
How I can reach someone if they don’t want to be reached?
That is God’s dilemma
God gives man free will
They can do whatever they’d like
Without restraining
Without interfering
Until one day
The day of destruction
Then one will wake up
And come to one’s senses
God lets man walk with free reign
But is it free?
Or does man need God’s guidance
Wisdom, power, choices?
You decide...

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Far Away i go
more than other realize
so why would i stop
while i can travel widely
fade away to any way
until there is no way

i spread my mind
open my heart 
unlock my spirit
unleash the bucket list
soon as i open my sight

misery in me
touching in mind
bounding in soul
covering in heart
it is a home sickness
restraining me all the way
the deeper i go less reality i feel
as i seize the day...

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Wild hearts
too wild to be tamed
break loose from their chains
like birds in cages
they try to break free
and fly away
like stallions running free
wild hearts wants to flee
from conformity
why try to tame a wild heart
when it wants to roam freely
let it loose let it break free
no sense of caging
no sense of restraining
no sense of putting reins
when it wants to run away
it is its nature to be free...

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Our gossipy lips
Have a shutting zip:
The flying words we quip
We can their wings clip
And the speeches we hasten
On some muteness fasten …

Come the killing desire to gossip
Find some diverting juice to sip
Or restraining wisdom grip,
So that our tongues wouldn’t slip.

Our lips Gossips richly moisten,
As listeners’ eyes fully glisten:
But victims empower to raise hell
By hundred times A Warning Bell....

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Straight forward basic life
complicated by living
Insignificant activities
essential essentials, essentially
I’ll live my way, I’ll die one day

Sanity is the crazy
restraining eccentricity
living in real time eyes
the buffers of real skies
the blinkered genius fries
Reigned creation, monotony motivation

Everyday resignation, imagination stifle
future dreams, behind the everyday
Shoot me -
use my rifle....

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