Sorry Sorrow Poems

Thinking how others have cause 
to be sadder than I
is enough reason to let 
myself have a good cry

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A tumour abated alters and waits.
Pathway incised, a new one it makes.
Spreading and forming, roots growing down.
The moment’s now here, a mighty rebound.

Battle exhausted, the...

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You said, ‘move on’
As it is a new season
This sounds like a Kafkaesque novelty
This is an ungodly form of hypocrisy
Suffused with a boisterous rudeness
Ingratitude can...

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Stagnated sin stared straight out to sea
Seeking a scape subdued of such scintillation 
Stars she said should not share the same air

Superstitions shaped in slumber...

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I hurt someone today
I made them tremble and cry
I hung my head to pray
For my forgiveness to be nigh

I wasn't sure what I did
It was...

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I'm not going to lie
My soul's  going to cry
No matter how hard I try 
I can't stop it, I don't know why. 

To not...

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I lay alone in this hospital bed dying
With not a soul by my side
Reflecting on the life l lead
Tears of regret and shame l have...

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The way she talks....
as if a sweet bird sadly singing.
as if she's so sorry for the troubles
that we are having,
her face goes red like an...

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Times be' low and times a' grough,
No rest behold a' lowly brough,
Sings a' song the mocking bird,
Head long plunged the sorry herd.

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Hindsight is foresight's foe
Heralding woe betides
Halting the hoodwinking
Haunting the present tense
Hanging regrets in caches
Hype, hope dashed by failures
Holding you back, abjure!...

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I sleep when i clear all the fights
But little did i know 
It was still in my sight
My head starts spinning 
To the lemons life...

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If
By Byron Juno

If women MUST die
Then Atieno would die first
If children were to forage
Then Atieno's would forage forever
If women were to walk necked 
Then Atieno's...

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If I have uttered blasphemy 
That you’re the root of the dark tree 
Light and darkness are twins of might
Forgive my sins! Have mercy, Light!

If...

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I've never worn a pair of angel wings
There's no glowing halo above my head
but my tears flowed like water from wellsprings
when someone I love was...

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Here I am,
my spirit compromised
here I am,
the devil in disguise

You can’t stop me
from embracing the darkness
no pulse
darling, I am heartless
but deep inside, I am still
the...

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