Tangles and Knots
Tangles & Knots
In my hair there are tangles and knots
Knots of anxiety, grief and depression that leave pulled painful ripped empty spots
Tangle one hair, pull with the other
Another knot to discover
Pain from the pull and tangle
Damage and destruction from the strangle
Again & again the pull and the detangle begin
Where it ends is where it
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Categories:
tangles, anxiety,
Form: Rhyme
Now That We Are Here
Life is entanglement plus time,
A Gordian knot of opportunities,
Each ravel a riddle to solve
or a battle to be won.
We grab and pull at the gnarls,
Greedy fingers seeking solutions alone.
Though the more we worry them,
the tighter the fibers cling together,
defeating our efforts with every turn.
The working ends unhitched and hidden,
Knots impossible to untie without another;
Desperate, we
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Categories:
tangles, appreciation, growth, love,
Form: Free verse
Unraveling Faith
I
Tangles
Life in bang - les and jangles
One angle
Unravels the tangles
One bang - le at a time
II
My only angle
Of untying any tangle
Is to hop on Faith - plane
Even if time made it a debris jungle
Faith rescues me every time
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Categories:
tangles, africa, america, environment, faith,
Form: Rhyme
Tangles of Memories
Darkness approaches,
wrapping me in its cruel embrace
Blank shadows on the wall,
feigns their affection for all
Night sings its worthless song,
blanketing the night in anguish
Tangles of memories are closing in,
whispering past my chilled skin
They echo in the wind at night,
calling me back in time
Amidst the hours that slowly turns
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Categories:
tangles, dark, loss, memory, night,
Form: Rhyme
Tangles the Onion Peeler
WIPE THE TEARS FROM YOUR EYES
THE ONIONS ARE TAKEN AWAY FROM YOU
CRY NO MORE THAT THEY SHALL
BE SAUTEED AND EATIN!
THAT THE LABORS OF THESE PERSONS SHALL NOT BE IN VAIN
THAT THESE ONIONS SHALL MAKE FOOD FOR HUNGRY PERSONS
TO COMPLIMENT THE MEAT OF THEIR CHOSING
AND SHALL (SOME) BE SAUCED IN GRAVY
THE ONIONS SHALL BE TASTED AND
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Categories:
tangles, adventure, art, business, celebration,
Form: Cowboy Poetry
Romantic Tangles
They were loyal sisters.
The older
was also more fair,
prettier in an Original Barbie kind of way.
She had been sick
when her younger,
darker,
more tomboy sister
met and first desired
my tall, dark, and handsome Uncle.
When older and fairest of all Sisters
returned home,
after a long healthcare absence,
she too desired Uncle Handsome,
as did we all,
in our time and ways,
but Handsome's eyes never
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Categories:
tangles, age, betrayal, death, family,
Form: Prose Poetry
What Tangles You
I don't know what I want to write
But I will write about irritating
Do you get irritate when people give advice
when it is not needed AND you didn't ask for one
I do
It irritates me and I know it
I didn't ask you for one
Why did you give it to me?....
It goes the same for you
Why
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Categories:
tangles, faith,
Form: Free verse