Short Self Absorbed Poems

All of my dreams
All I have thought
All of my hopes
All I have sought
All of my prayers
All I have bought
All of my life
All I have fought...

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moods unleashed
       emotions
          given free
            rein
a
  traditional
     romantic
  upon a
  higher plane
intense
self-absorbed
    yet
      content
       between
       oscillating
feelings
   a see-saw
   of consciousness
exposed...

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this looming life of solitude
left listening to your woes
a dark depressing melody doth it compose
I whisper words that wander wearily
my voice escapes thine ears
solitary without sympathy
dealing in your reprimand 
my voice you hear
my meaning you do not understand...

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Words cannot describe how precious life is words cannot express it's true meaning!

As the world keeps turning many are leaving here without a mark or a trace.

They are transitioning from this world seeking the master's face.

We have become self-absorbed in this thing call...

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Thank-you so much
for all you never did
I was a grown-up
while you acted a kid
You’re a selfish brat
so self-absorbed
I gave you all I had
but you still wanted more
Nothing could ever please you
The world was not enough
I could give you God’s own thrown
and you would still find a way
to gripe and groan...

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A righteous someone has helped me along the way to see the difference.
I was too self absorbed to notice and could not have cared less.  
Over time that righteous someone who truly loves me has proven to be
the most precious thing in my life and a true gift  from Jehovah .  
Holy, Holy, Holy, is Jehovah the giver of precious gifts....

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Mad,like a lover found alone,
self absorbed,
the artist paints 
the
sensitive shadow.

  Artistic flesh,
vulnerable,
between her kind laugh,
and his 
pastel desire.

commitment 
in the air,
and yet,
his easel is married
to complicity,

Composed...........
she drapes herself
in  royal shades
 of
delicious
rejection....

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You seem so familiar 
Is that you?
I know shouldn't have to ask
Please answer me
I think your coming into view 
But I’m not quite sure
I should know you anywhere
But I’m not myself these days
I got alot going on
I’m so caught up in me
I’m a bit self absorbed 
Wow it is you
But it took me to long to notice…….



Alexis Y.
6-20-18...

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I'm beginning to heal
and it is so freeing
The beating of
My own drums
My lyrics are shining
Dancing to
my own beat
My songs are
being sung
I'm a new star
Sparkling and shining
I don't need no rhyming
The gifts in
my own head
They rock to
the beat of
My own timing
Move over you
Self absorbed
Psychopath 
I'm being baptized
into my own skin...

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Can you see beyond the end of your nose?
Could you be just a wee bit too confined
To yourself, and the needs of others dispose  
Can you see beyond the end of your nose?
The legitimate worth another might disclose
Who consider themselves of an equal mind
Can you see beyond the end of your nose,
Could you be just a wee bit too confined?

Written July 10, 2021...

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I don't have a favorite movie star or celebrity.
All of them appear so self absorbed and narcissistic to me.
Their only goal in life is fame and publicity.
When I see them walk the red carpet so glamorously
displayed for all of us to see internationally,
I can almost hear them all screaming subconsciously,
"Hey Everybody! Look At Me!"
Talk about major insecurities....

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Their discreet shadow bourgeois dignity
The perfect couple and all would agree

It is her self-absorbed complicity
That allows his mock-connubial love

Children boarded at university
They’re left alone with their favorite games

She the charitable socialite queen
He and his secretary lunch lover

They share a commitment to worldly ends
A model husband and his lovely wife...

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He was left behind
Years ago
He’s all alone now
And no-one remembers
A flippant thank you
From a hazy past
Wafts away in the wind
What is that he hears?
He strains his ears
And discerns in the distance
The sound of lively chatter
The clatter of self-absorbed applause
Youthful ambition speaks
And shares success stories
One of which is missing
The story we call forgotten...

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Innocence is lost

No where left to go

Left in silence

Left in stillness

Left in darkness

backwards world

upside down

lost in greed

selfish

prying hands.

Self-absorbed

Materialistic

Wanting money

success

sex

drugs

That's what we think is important

that is what we strive for.

This is what we live for

this is what America makes us beileve!...

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An introduction to the I, not known through the eyes of the clouded.

 Our nature, strained by duality. 

Dedication of words hold hostage to expression. 

Our spirit, lingering in strife. 

The birth of strength, overrode by insecurity.

 The playful innocence, disowned.

The core waits for forgiveness, from the self-absorbed.

Waiting patiently, havoc surrenders to the unknown....

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People today are so rude. All self absorbed, with the biggest attitude. Never willing to help their fellow man. I try to help whenever I can. The world is changing and some people don't even care. We all have but one world to share. The other day I saw an elderly man crossing the street, just shuffling his feet. I went to help him. The gratitude in his eyes was something i will always remember....

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As he waited for the streetcar
that he had waited for so many times before
at this very spot
he thought
the weather is so dreary
but more ,
undeniable
that for a millisecond
silent rain
carried a silent pain
that hope could not sooth
and the streetcar would never carry away
the loss he held 
where love once dwelled
he thought
self absorbed
in the blink of an eye
the street car appeared....

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EARTH CRY!

Above cotton clouds and blue skies
Self-absorbed looking through a window
An image began to form; strange I thought
For before my very eyes, there she was
Naked  upon the earth, her breasts, her hair
Her body mutilated laid upon the barren soil
Ashes, pain and despair were all around
What have they done? I asked
In a callous and unfeeling way
From far deep below a voice replied
From ashes green fields shall rise!...

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Out-of-towners in the city,
Seeing folks go rushing by,
Seem to think it’s such a pity
Their hellos get no reply.

Small-town friendliness ‘round here
Sticks out like the sorest thumb.
In this urban atmosphere,
Self-absorbed we’ve all become.

There’s no room for conversation
With a person we don’t know.
Why allow a complication
To disrupt life’s ebb and flow?

Still, we might return a nod;
More than that, we’d find it odd....

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The cool morning, finds leaves splattered around the lawn
My thoughts turn inward
Judging...my life
Pondering if I have lived 
Self absorbed,
Or with purpose
Greater than myself
Increase my gratitude!!
Each day I live
Realization hits hard that
I need mercy more and more each day
The flesh is weak though the spirit is willing
Thoughts are my proof of living
Breathe in and out
Each breath I need Thee.

Each Breath I praise Thee....

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exuberance 
vigorous
  flowing perspectives
moments frozen in time
symbols
   in distorted shapes
self absorbed
random swirls
in
expressive gestures


THIS IS AN OPEN(organic) FORM VERSE without grammatical symbols the ' open' relies upon 'the one breath limitation' & so inherently requires the 'reader' (reciter) to input and respond thus making the form a two way interplay and often a unique interpretation by the enigma so derived...

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I,
A solitary expression of monumental proportions,
The sum of all parts with extra to spare,
The word and the meaning at once,
Selfish and lonely,
I,
When it's me, I am everything,
When it's you, I don't care,
All for one, and one for one,
The cart before the horse,
I,
Self-reliance, self-sufficient,
Self-effacing, self-indulgent,
Self-absorbed, self-righteous,
Self-made, self-important,
But without you,
I don't exist.

(7/28/92)...

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Do you think loyalty is a dying quality 

Overrated and no longer required

Are humans becoming to self absorbed 

Time only to self admire


Do you think one can be too loyal

Blind loyalty l believe is its name

Or is there a line to be drawn

When an honest finger points the blame


I truly believe in and value loyalty

I will always stand by your side

Yet l feel loyalty is slowly dying

Please tell me ….Has loyalty died?...

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Oh, my Children; how thee I neglect!
Self-absorbed in Percocet
Mired in pain, I should like to explain-
That I am far from perfect

A better father you deserve:
Better-tempered, kinder moods
One not so consumed by nerves
And left to bitter broods

Oh, my Children, how you Sorrow
For your father, and his affections
Hope, my darlings, for the morrow
That he will find a new direction

*Portrait of a Poet Contest Entry*

~JustThatArchaicPoet aka Chan

9-1-13...

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Poetry once inspired
philosophical exchanges
a rational discourse which sought
the higher moral grounds of civility 
paving the way of social change....

But narcissists became the poets
self-absorbed demi-gods
who corupted poetry
till its message was lost
in insane metaphor....

Poet what vision can be found
When haughty words are roared
complicating the simple meaning
of poetic verse 
once whispering shades of love......

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