Transcended Poems

Abandonment and Other Magic Tricks

...I hope he makes you feel 		   at home
hope it’s sweet when he’s singing you songs

I’m sorry I choked 	  chewing on 
my own tongue for too long

You’ve moved out
		and moved on
Making vacancy...
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Categories: transcended, angst, heartbreak, imagery, imagination,
Form: Free verse

My Home Is You

...In the world's vast and troubled sea, I'll be forsaken, left to drift
Friends will fade like autumn leaves, and family ties will lose their grip
I'll be a stranger in the night, with no shelter, no...
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Categories: transcended, 1st grade, encouraging,
Form: Acrostic


A black mothers sacrifice

...Broken cries diluted the still waters
A mothers pain as she prepares a better life for her daughter
Her bones ached with exhaustion 
Her fractured breathing heavy with guilt 
Buy she knew this wa...
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Categories: transcended, baby, child, cry, death,
Form: Free verse

Iron Veil

...Truth be told, or is it so,
Is strength bronze or tin?
Forever mystery lies so,
In this transcended kin.

Beneath the rust, a fragile heart,
Iron weeps, its strength apart.
A veil of secrets, ...
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Categories: transcended, dark, emotions, gothic, nature,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberAlice was never a girl

...
They called her Alice,
but perhaps her true name was Smoke,
rising slow and silent
from letters never sent,
from altars crumbled beneath
the cold gaze of forgotten saints,
from lips that kiss...
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Categories: transcended, identity, myth,
Form: Free verse


Premium MemberGH6615

...He captured her charm, serenity, and intelligence in his work. He frequently glanced from the canvas to her face. Asking her not to smile was like asking her not to breathe; patience wasn’t her stron...
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Categories: transcended, analogy, anger,
Form: I do not know?

Premium Memberkundalini

...
illuminated in rainbow colours of desire
the serpent still coiled up in anticipation
of spiritual enlightening and exposure

another day in paradise one breath at a time
no rotten apple on thi...
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Categories: transcended, appreciation,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberRiddle of the Winds of Fate

...The wind like time
Does not beg permission
It does not pause for longing hands
It moves illusively disappearing
Coming and going
Weaving the strands of tomorrow
into fleeting dreams transcended...
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Categories: transcended, allegory, destiny, wind,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberBURN THROUGH THE WALL

...

Are you still left wondering what is holding you back?
What continues to keep you floundering in pain and lack?
What could possibly have the power to hold you down?
So completely covered in em...
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Categories: transcended, change, confusion, courage, depression,
Form: Rhyme

The Tree

...The tree of death or life,  
A duality of existence,  
The truth is obvious to the transcended   
but remains the same to the unchanged.  

The tree of death or life,  
The darkness and sunshin...
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Categories: transcended, mystery,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberThe eternal question - God, no God, maybe God

...Made in God’s image, we are living light
We affirm since we’ve been, seen and so known
We have seen God face to face, in plain sight
All was revealed when we chose to atone

Recognising the tran...
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Categories: transcended, god, spiritual,
Form: Crown of Sonnets

Crown Him

...Thorns for your King,  
Scarlet for His robe,  
A cross on His back,  
He journeyed to a place of suffering, pain, and humiliation.  

They sang His praises at His triumphant entry,  
But later...
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Categories: transcended, christian, jesus,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberLET ME DIE

...My time is precious
I was ignored
My heart bleeds for the world
My mind swirls
Hatred surrounds me
People prefer I be dead
Family and Friends stay away
Heaven is my gateway
My eyes grow dark
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Categories: transcended, death, deep, family, feelings,
Form: Rhyme

Journey of the Craftsman

...Raised by his grandmother,
He understood the depth of life at a young age,
He delved deeper into existence as he turned each page,
Life was like a book before him.

He often asked intriguing que...
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Categories: transcended, growing up, life,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberReflection Of The Past, Visions Of The Future

...

In the live network of intricate design,
layer on layer my mind was stratified.
Within the strata of innate awareness aligned,
many divergent motifs got unified.
Many attributes of sole disti...
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Categories: transcended, analogy, future, life,
Form: Dramatic Monologue

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