Boyfriend Sorrow Poems

Do you love me
Do I even care
Care enough to find out
Care because I should
Should I ask you
Should you respond
Respond to my question
Respond with the truth
Truth...

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What if the incessant torture didn’t happen so many dark
times, but it’s unimaginable for you to comprehend isn’t it?

What if there wasn’t such violence against...

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© Francis Maugo
I need to run.
I need to stow away
From all the aggravation 
He caused inside.
I need to shout, I need to cry. 

For what reason wouldn't
 I...

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Love is in the air
brisk pantomime promises
born happy--made sad...

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Into Darkness She Had So Sadly And Swiftly Fallen
( A Very Sad Tale With No Fairytale Ending )

There in the dark cold room, emptiness and...

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I wished
     my sweetheart
          to love
      ...

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I was beaten into silence as a young
child from my father's brutalizing rage
and psychological torture.

When I was 5, a man exposed himself, to me
I ran...

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Curly blond hair staring at the sun
Striking blue eyes facing the darkness
The shade, the pain
Looking at the unforgettable
The unseen, the unlovable
She has found her feet...

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there was once a mother, who was different from any other. She was mean, she was rude, she was cruel and had an attitude. Her...

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love is coming in waves. saturated with hate, jealousy, and humility. i can feel it happening again. he tells me it's just one of my...

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 Indifferent Feeling  

Today I am unhappy
Today I am unloved 
Today I am numb 
Today I am cold
Today... I am lost

My mind is wandering
Something...

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crouched in the corner
her head is covered
face blood smothered
when the bruises fade
their replaced with another
she looks in the mirror
with makeup she covers
drops to her knees
hangs...

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Before I mean it to happen,
 my helpful words
turn into a battle.

You and the world on your side,
me on the other.
Hey, aren’t we supposed to...

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I am so lonely
I am off my pills
I am sitting in church, listening to my father spew his message
My eyes are becoming wet
As he ages,...

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Smiling overcomes suffering
Like a flower grows
After a new moon night 
Smiling wipes her tears
She stands up to admire the dawn
The new light encourages her 
To...

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