Anywhere but here
...
I am empty of empathy
come sympathise with me
Cue the violins,
or just fiddle
like a bad-tempered Roman
Offer me hope:
bring flamboyant symbols,
cheap gold pendants with wings
Maybe a b...
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Categories:
sympathise, how i feel, mental
Form: Free verse
abrupt adjournment
...I stay stationary, collapsed, in a room unlike mine
I stay bare, as I wait for my thoughts to align
the bloodied hand continues it's repetitive round
soon the dust in this chamber will have me dro...
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Categories:
sympathise, break up, first love,
Form: Rhyme
In the Shadows
...In the shadows softly waiting
when the sun is at its height,
to emerge when all the glory
of the day gives way to night,
always patient, Jesus watches,
when we need no light to guide,
when we t...
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Categories:
sympathise, anxiety, bible, christian, encouraging,
Form: Blank verse
Self-deception
...from a safe distance we sympathise
we feel good about ourself
without touching
ego plays such games
to deepen stupor and delusion
knowing our attention span is limited...
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Categories:
sympathise, introspection,
Form: Free verse
The Library
...I read, like an open book
All others can see the words written on my pages.
I contain tales, read as secretive,
A hushed whisper that only a handful have seen.
But how many times has this book ...
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Categories:
sympathise, abuse, analogy, culture, solitude,
Form: Free verse
Masquerade
...A colourful array of falsehoods
Intricately designed disguises
Fools, fortunes, phantoms
Masks clinging on their faces
Lives hidden away by an illusory veils
Veils that cannot be removed
Cann...
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Categories:
sympathise, extended metaphor, freedom, imagery,
Form: Free verse
In a Place
...I wish to live in a place of peace
In a place of silence
in a place where there's no argument
in a place where I have to think less
In a place where there's space
No people to torture me emoti...
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Categories:
sympathise, environment, peace, places,
Form: Free verse
The Platinum Queen
...Through seventy years of change,
Orb and sceptre in your hands,
Serving your people, young and old,
You have reigned over these lands.
To duty called when you were young,
You took the oath in...
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Categories:
sympathise, anniversary, celebration, england, inspirational,
Form: Rhyme
A Bi7c4es Eyes
...The Old me went,
Just disappeared ,
For a time I found it weird ,
But 3 years on,
And now I see,
This bi7c4 will stay .
She killed old me .
And she dont care, and rarely cries ,
I now see t...
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Categories:
sympathise, emotions,
Form: Rhyme
Let's Reunite
...We gave up our unity
With each and every barrier;
Abandoned integrity
Ushers in each disaster.
With our “narrow domestic walls”,
We all live in a cocoon;
Do we ever answer Natu...
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Categories:
sympathise, natural disasters, philosophy,
Form: Quatrain
A Hostel With a Psychopath
...You see your problems important
because they are to you
My problem’s your ignorance
it’s not my problem too
You destroy the peace
Bangs and shouts increase
you don’t shut up or cease
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Categories:
sympathise, dark, mental illness,
Form: Rhyme
Human Too
...Carolyn Devonshire-Poetess I never met
was similar to I for she also had regret…
Remorse maybe complexed and burdening to one
never brings no peace of mind and certainly no fun.
Before money th...
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Categories:
sympathise, care, humanity, money, poverty,
Form: Rhyme
Names For Countries Or Planets
...NAMES FOR COUNTRIES OR PLANETS
I can understand and sympathise with famous cities
Being named after animals eg Buffalo or Phoenix, if they must;
But when whole countries are named after...
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Categories:
sympathise, sky,
Form: Rhyme
License For Violence
...Fascination rodeoed on Jacob's face
When Grandad related battle tales
from his years fighting Vietnam War
Distant fathoming is fantasy implored
Rough ideas imagine a glorious place
With regal ...
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Categories:
sympathise, anger, boy, bullying, grandfather,
Form: Rhyme
Amnesia
...There’s nothing to remember,
You’ll be a part forever,
Of those memories you seem to see,
Because of which you’ll always be with me ,
My head doesn’t feel right,
You’re unfamiliar in my eyes,
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Categories:
sympathise, 10th grade, angst,
Form: I do not know?
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