Navigating the Treacherous Waters of Office Politics
In office halls, where silhouettes loom,
Beware the boss who calls you aside to manipulate,
A trap awaits, where whispers seal your destiny,
Keep colleague woes locked deep, an unspoken weight.
Security's helping hand may hold a test,
Expectation's seed, in every coin you nest,
Proximity breeds contempt, a subtle art,
One day's omission, and you're branded apart.
Close friendships forged in workplace
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Categories:
treacherous, africa, analogy, best friend,
Form: Didactic
Under the gray velvet sky, treacherous winds sketch memories for you
Under the gray velvet sky, treacherous winds sketch memories for you,
The closed window cannot stop the pain that pierces your soul deeply,
Beyond the horizon, another thirsty soul seeks the same breath of wind,
Like a wild river carving its path through the stones of silence.
Open your eyes and look deep into my silent gaze,
Your path is
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Categories:
treacherous, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Treacherous Tears
Treacherous Tears
These tear tracks through make up
Give me away
Red rimmed eyes and rosy nose
Say, " I'm not okay"...
But if you see me like this
Try not to look too close
I'm concealing secrets
I'd rather you not know
And if you give me
a sympathetic smile
My thin "I'm ok"mask
will crack and then I'll
Lose this
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Categories:
treacherous, emotions, sad, sorrow,
Form: Verse
A Treacherous State
Colorado had never looked this beautiful
She is a scary, treacherous state
so many fathers have killed their whole family
but at least we have the mist a survivor said
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Categories:
treacherous, death,
Form: Free verse
Treacherous Heart
A treacherous heart has the capacity to lie.
It can sometimes fake pain,
But it’s killing inside.
A treacherous heart has the capacity to lie.
It celebrates heartbreak,
But it just wants to die.
Maybe it’s fine to tell the truth once in your life.
Maybe it’s fine to weep your tears
Like it’s been a while.
Maybe it’s okay to show your vulnerability.
Maybe
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Categories:
treacherous, lost love, love, love
Form: Verse
Burning Bushes Treacherous Cargo
"Burning Bushes Treacherous Cargo"
They say hell
is on fire
but there in
The Lawrence Forest
exist many,
burning bushes
waiting on deliverance
delivering messages,
hidden shadow angels
waiting for their
Bardo exodus
they are
allowed to
come and go
but they are
drawn back
to their torched
habitats
like moths
to flames
their footprints
scorch the missing years
in the desert sand,
the place of
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Categories:
treacherous, dark, journey, mystery,
Form: Narrative
Treacherous, Their Ways
Treacherous their ways
without sunlight's rays
Paths of sleet and ice
break our limbs in a trice
Youths may look, leap and laugh
Elders dare not make this gaffe
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Categories:
treacherous, adventure, age, health, youth,
Form: Couplet
Love's Treacherous Road
What a treacherous road true love can take
for paramours eager to taste desire,
but one their kindred hearts would not forsake.
For Water and Fire, passion meant heartbreak.
Intimacy for them could never transpire.
What a treacherous road true love can take
His fervid flames would make her steam and quake.
Her touch would drown hope for them to conspire,
but one
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Categories:
treacherous, conflict, love,
Form: Villanelle
Pray For Peace
Pray for relief and pray for peace.
Pray for you and pray for me.
Pray for the pain that I cannot see,
and the people homeless with nothing to eat.
Pray for the world in this treacherous time.
Pray for the truth untold - and those living a lie.
Pray for the bold - that they continue to try.
Pray for the
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Categories:
treacherous, christian, dream, feelings, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
Wolf and Dog On Treacherous Mountain
treacherous mountain
an inpatient wolf frightens
the lost dog watching
2/6/21
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr 2021©
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Categories:
treacherous, adventure, animal, anxiety, horror,
Form: Haiku
Hacking the Fact
Secret eyes
hide behind a smile
the jokers grin
masking a deliberate betrayal
Misdirection and diversion
the covert sneak offender
working in the hush-hush
thinking the fooled
will never know any better
Trust the stiletto
when the lips are sealed
and silencing
is the fault of liars
when they are revealed
How the sleepless ballet
tip toes through the night
swirling in a caul
of suspected lies
but the eyes of
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Categories:
treacherous, corruption,
Form: Free verse
Along the Shortest Road Ever a Treacherous Journey
Along the shortest road ever (a treacherous journey)
An opening appeared before me;
bright equations bleeding time squished all memory
of who i was, am, or might be -- a preponderance
of suddenly)meets the long shaman of my Thoughts.
I lassoed upon a mote of dust (cherubs swinging
Cherubs singing) & rode myself )not that way( Toward
a
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Categories:
treacherous, deep, imagery, imagination,
Form: Free verse
Dogs and Discourse
My metaphor came to me this morning , used his tail to smash my face thrice to tell me that it's 8:30 nd I can't avoid my class , to tell me it's 8:30 nd i have to clean his poop nd the mess I've made out of my life . Next he licks my
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Categories:
treacherous, dog, love,
Form: Blank verse
Treacherous Road Conditions
Fog on the road, white out conditions.
Cannot see a thing; wind bats car back and forth
Sideways, as we try to advance forward.
Slap. Slap. Drive. Slap. Slap.Drive.
The windshield wipers appeared to have turned on.
Oh, I guess I did do that.
It does not help at all. Slap. Slap. Drive. Slap.Slap. Drive.
Christmas Eve. The car is sliding, we
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Categories:
treacherous, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Treacherous Routes
TREACHEROUS ROUTES
by
JOHN M. ARRIBAS
Winding Our Way along Life’s Highway
Beware There Are Hidden Traps
There Are Forks and Turns and Potholes
You Can Avoid, Discarding Yesteryears Maps
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Categories:
treacherous, allegory, allusion, analogy, journey,
Form: Rhyme
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