Short Wracking Poems

One nerve-wracking race
Is motor bike cliff climbing
Grand finesse with grace....

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In forcing perfection by wracking my brain
Satisfaction gets harder for unlucky few 
I’m wrecking my being while going insane
As milking my soul gets harder to do...

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Tears 
All there is, is tears
The pain claws at my insides
Ripping out my hope with each gash
Each wracking breath
Brings another wave of sickness
And the blood
The pools and pools of blood
And then I know it is done
My child is gone
I am once again barren 
Left with nothing 
All there is, is tears
Tears...

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I could fall asleep
There ahead of me lies a dreamscape
An adventure to step into
But I'm here
Consciously wracking my brain
My eyes are tired
All of me is tired
But my heart beats loudly
Calling on me always 
To figure it out
Maybe I can listen as I fall asleep
The secret to contentment
Hidden in the beat
That I try to quell...

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though they sought the gentle verse
a wracking pain drew up their purse 
as thoughtless sovereigns hissed their curse 
the dollars drained; their feign- rehearsed

this tragic dismantling 
ever-torn fabric seams 
flowing a pious demand of the feed 
groveling majesties 
planted their effigy 
cordially under the pew cushion seats

stating repeat 
loving the myrrh 
silent decree
ebony spurs...

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The gates are opening now
And there is no holding back the tide
Pouring out across these pages
Whispered through clenched teeth lest I tremble to pieces
Or worse shed a tear that will not stop
For the ocean of tears swelling with sorrow
To follow in a sweeping wave
From my soul
Crashing across my heart
Beating through my mind
Wracking my body into a shaking mass of gibbering despair

The gates are open and I am stuck drowning
In all sorrows deep...

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