Pain Tristich Poems

We are more than friends bound by sisterly cord
Tied around the loving care of the Lord
Never to be separated by sickness-sword…

There was I hurting, striving...

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For all the painful memories, thank you
For all the hurtful words, thank you
For all the horrid sights, thank you

For I have learned peace, thank you
For...

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*discusses death/depression*
 
Dear death, receive me, for I am not longed for this world.
I, like broken glass, have been crushed; 
irreconcilably incomplete, destitute and alone.
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No...

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Best wishes for you two with blessings’ glow
poured by God with His generous supply
midst love’s kindness in serenity bliss.

With your “I do” bond to live...

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Nature, wondrous from the very beginning
perfectly created* by God for mankind
precious gift to tend with grace He grants.

Nature, beauteous paradise is now badly ravaged...
oppressed by...

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amidst these sullen skies
tiny drops stream down
pain lashes out

atop the muddied ground
she sinks within
unable to lift herself

 she tumbles down
like autumn's leaves
memories piling up

buried in...

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I am just a swollen bloated thing in this harsh world
Nothing here but the laws of physics upon me hurled
No safety, power, decision is mine...

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Sixty year old cabinet hinge squeaks
Pain as owner bends her knees
A long relationship at its peak

Cling wrap drops upon the floor
Carpal tunnel lessened her grip
Cabinet...

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As I slept a spell fell over me                 ...

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How dare you say you understand me
Have you swam in the same ocean
That drowned me? -- freezing, macabre

Have you ever encountered
The direful monsters lurking
Under my...

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Tho’ the soft voice has an aristocratic tone,
the haughty attitude ain’t no street gutter different:
Being rude ... dropping shade

Dark keystroke mood, 
shallow indigo indifference shown
Another...

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Your pain is my pain, because human suffering was never an individual matter
The wisdom of every culture, the founder of every faith, made that clear
We...

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Should I tarry,
wait not for me
I shan’t be coming this way ever again

Consumed by worry,
of things that might not be
You shall go on the same...

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Pain is like rain, though painful it is yet gainful. 
For pain's sake we are abused, yet for pain's sake love is diffused. 
Pain is...

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Trick Tangled Her

She came to Hawaii with palm trees, blue seas, white beaches
in her eyes and naivety, where her innocence and youth robbed
by a date,...

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