Tightens Poems - Poems about Tightens

Nacre to Nacre Within

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I plunge beneath the tide of the restless sea.
through corridors of green where shadows lunge at me;
the water’s pulse warps what I can see,
each beat a thrust towards my fate's mystery.
Silt n...

Trapped Breath

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Written: August 07, 2025, for contest Sponsored by: Mark Toney

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Corset of steel tightens—ratified pain,  
Vestigial breath trapped in ischemia thrall.  
The...

A Feeling of Fear

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The air is dry, and each breath is a struggle.
My feet feel heavy and shackled,
Like a bird in a cage, I feel trapped, 
Unsure of what’s happening, I'm frightened.

My heart beats like a drum....

Atlas

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I.
He lives inside me,
not sleeping—just leaning
against the dark rafters of my chest.
A moss-backed troll
I call him Atlas, though he looks
more like the rock in his garden—

He kee...

Footnotes

...A thirst for walking shoes tightens ankle bones –
it would be sure enough a miracle
if for at least one morning
I could parachute out of my own inner attic
to make a soft landing into
lighter th...

Zen mode

...our fontanel pulsates
we pause to listen
to whispers of God
sensed as bliss strobes

love’s embrace tightens
our soul yields
breathing in the elixir
of heavenly delight...

Beyond the Paper Gate

...Now you stand at the threshold of shadowed trials—
a challenge cloaked in whispers of what may come.
Debts awaken, ancient scribes of your past,
etching secrets into the walls where you once stood...

The World Is Bleeding

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who's got a tourniquet?
         the world bleeds out of her limb.

she's anemic. the ship of world peace 
has sailed; existential chaos reigns supreme.
recourse to arms now the go-to solu...

BJORK II LEBANON

...How enlightened I feel
Her music so surreal
I wonder on her ordeal
Whatt makes her feel these feels?

Does she chant them back in silence?
Read and recollect at night?
Does she always sing wit...

In a world of words, where fear does not hide, perhaps nothing is concealed in shadow

...In a world of words, where fear does not hide, perhaps nothing is concealed in shadow,
I search for a code that unravels as I seek it, and I search for myself in the deep story,
Until the story beg...

Cryptic Cipher in the Crypt

...(Begin: There is no beginning.)

(O' my--not again--you should not have started.)

 The quill burrows. No--splinters. No--fractures. No--was nev...

Fragment of a Burning

...Your voice cuts through steam—
warmth rising from my cup,
a faint scent of roasted earth.

I count the seconds between your words,
save the pause, that breath before you say rain—
like a quiet ...

from darkness to light

...melancholic mood of angst
sinks deep in sands of ennui
noose of loneliness tightens
we dread the looming abyss
yet a light within us brightens
 
darkness a web spun by ego
the light reflection...

Fragments Of Me

...I catch myself staring— At nothing, really— Just blank walls And the rigid ceiling.
Wondering what I am doing here. 
When did it come to this? 
How did I lose myself?

Listening to the wind whis...

The Seas Took What Couldn't Be Saved

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Disconsolate obsidian waves crash over crumbling dunes,
Sweeping afflicted grains of sand back into the depths,
Dragging my paralysed soul with them.
Engulfed in despondent riptides,
I gasp...

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