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The clock's heart beat
In the rhythm of the music
Dull
Random
Quiet
This moment will be lost forever
It will never come back.
Categories:
unbearable, art,
Form: Free verse
A giant panda eats leaves and shoots,
several handlers and keepers
fall to a spray of AK-47 bullets.
"Why?"
moans an elderly Chinese lady,
blood oozing from her torn body -
she had nursed him from a cub.
In a less than perfect Mandarin,
the animal replied:
"Madam, humans do not understand
how to bear an unbearable love.
Being insufferably cute
the matter has always been
a black and white issue for us.
We love to shoots first,
then we leaves."
Categories:
unbearable, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Our minds are muddled
—like a muddy sea
The government's grip—a vice that's tight and strong,
Thoughts are tangled
—like a knot that won't be free
Forcing us to fight, for survival all day long.
Our plates are empty
—our bellies ache with pain
Many stores are closed, like eyes that can't see gain
Poverty's dark shadow looms over us like a stain
While leaders feast like kings, with wealth that's vain.
Youths protest;
But their cries like whispers, fade away
No trace remains
—like sand that's blown by the wind's sway
Despite the obvious
—who will stand and fight:
For justice, for peace, and an end to this plight?
Categories:
unbearable, corruption,
Form: Other
The pain in my heart threatens to be my end,
I sought to show the 'me' that God did intend.
Yet, silenced I stand, to the skies, I relent,
"Your will, not mine," my whispered consent.
Hunger ignored, sleep's sweet embrace denied,
Like a treasured vase, now broken and defied.
Familiar with fragments, a constant state of disrepair,
Yet breaking because of you was more than I could bear.
I find myself at fault again, an echo of my past,
God seems to be the steadfast when nothing else will last.
Was my love not sufficient? My soul starts to question,
Is it wrong to give my all, to make my heartfelt confession?
Am I the villain for unburdening my soul?
"Why is life a journey through a deep, darkened hole?"
On this bleak and barren day, the rain whispers of dismay.
The devil, a lurking thief, stole my heart and slinked away.
Swallowing this bitter pill, a truth hard to follow,
I hope to reclaim my heart from the hollow.
Now I sit in the quiet, while God and angels attempt,
To quiet the screams of my soul, vehemently unkempt.
Categories:
unbearable, break up, desire, fate,
Form: Free verse
I require patience.
You always are so patient.
Burdened by consistent ache,
wearing thin your patience
committed soul.
you represent commitment.
Healing wounds besides his own.
I admire such persistence
A Man of many qualities
Selflessly persistent
Restrictions hold no power
Do you feel restricted
Fear ive become unbearable
Leaving you conflicted
Soon to loose my only friend
Alone as i predicted
Categories:
unbearable, absence, anxiety, best friend,
Form: Rhyme
heard a parable
which had been unbearable
sounding terrible
they would enable
you to hide under a table
which was in a stable
when you will appall
where you have started to stall
like humpty may fall
Categories:
unbearable, allegory, analogy,
Form: Haiku
Of course, it’s all unbearable.
Life was always meant to be only bearable in parts,
fragmentally joyful, disjointedly awful.
A hot and cold cup of blood for the human soul.
Life! What do we know of it,
how on earth do we cope?
We simply must trust
the beauty of the unbearable.
If you hate a Mahler symphony, or rap music,
then learn to be infinitely patient, be stoic.
If you like happy music, tune it out, get sad
listening to all things sad,
in time,
it will not feel so bad.
Life is short, so drag it out.
The unbearable length
of those long periods
between heaven and hell will serve you well.
Of course,
no one gets through it unscathed,
but if you know
how to bear the unbearable,
forebear and embrace,
then you may just avoid
becoming a cynical poet.
Categories:
unbearable, poetry,
Form: Free verse
As I consider my words, I cringe and bow my head
On the wall, innocuous blood was smeared
Work, rest, and sleep are all intertwined
There are spirits wandering the streets
Who shout for justice, equality, and freedom
They died never seeing their quest bear fruit.
Written: May 1st, 2023
Categories:
unbearable, analogy, appreciation, change, encouraging,
Form: Free verse
If you knew what it was about
You would be sure you were a lout
And should I forget it this year
Then, could slanders freely bear
And owner’s defenses hear
And retied knots mark with cold beer…
All about A Name you’re wrecking
And the cheap lies you aren’t checking;
An image a friend is hacking
And the wrong person just backing…
If I should you ask to get out
It would be no mutter- A Shout!
Categories:
unbearable, anger, conflict, cry, prejudice,
Form: Rhyme
It's just the thought that she's nowhere on this planet anymore. The feeling of unbearable sadness that smothers me to the core even at the slightest glimpse at pictures of yours. It's the way I have to grab my chest to breathe, because my heart feels like it's suffocating. I just can't believe she is ashes in a tin and no longer bones with glowing skin. That I have to dream about her burning to death over and over again. It's the cold feeling I get when I remember all the terrible things I ever said. Or the way I hear you saying weird funny stuff in my head. I am so broken, so very broken. I scooped myself out of bed this morning same as the previous days, only to fall to the ground because my conscience and guilt is pulling me down. I wrote you a letter only to crumble it up. Honestly what's the letter going to do if there is no mail service that goes above. I will make something beautiful from this pain. I will try to not break down when I hear your name. I will try to remind myself that it's normal to feel this lonely pain. The space in my chest you left will forever remain, but one day I will be able to smile when I say your name.
Categories:
unbearable, death, family, grief, sister,
Form: Rhyme
Wow.
Which color. Which size. Should we put a beautiful design. I can't believe I am picking out an urn for my sister to reside. This is not a choice I thought would ever be mine. I am stuck trying to decide if I even want to believe you left and died. This part of the process is called denial and I am afraid I may be here for a while. I can't imagine you are nowhere on this planet in flesh and bone. No longer a voice I will hear on the other side of a phone. I wish I could get through this step of grieving, but every step is here for a reason. Picking an urn, putting you in is just something I can't begin. It's real, you are gone. My life is still here, but I will not simply move on. Picking a forever place for your ashes to lay is the last decision for you I ever wanted to make. My heart is still beating but broken it is, I can't believe I am picking the last place for you to live.
Categories:
unbearable, death, family, feelings, grief,
Form: Rhyme
Longing for a lost love It's further bearable than an unlived love...
Categories:
unbearable, allegory, allusion, analogy, appreciation,
Form: Monoku
When it comes to you, smiles are easily cracked
Yet,
I have not experienced the aura of your presence beside me
The temperature of your warm smile
The live show of your laughter
But oh how
The tears just fall oh so easily
With joy
And
With tenderness
And just how much I am
Simply just missing
A person who I’ve not met in years
Who would have thought that it would be
Something just like this
Sweet and unbearable longing and yearning
Just can’t get enough of it
This is what they signed up for
It was clear that it was going to be
A bit rough around the smooth edges
Can’t help but berate myself for being so weak
Not the only one suffering
And it is obvious
And I just can’t pull myself away from this
I do not want to pull myself away from this
Views may clash but others come together in harmony
But they converge into a kaleidoscope of colors that we can only create
Desire not to hurt you, my love
Just want to be there for you
Be there with you
Until as long as time allows us
Until as long as time is kinder
To us
For us
Categories:
unbearable, desire, joy, longing, miss
Form: Free verse
Bells summoned as they tolled the sad departure
Of my poor mother’s sudden demise.
I led the short funeral procession
Towards her eternal resting sepulchre.
Before her black ebony casket was closed,
I looked intently down at her, still beautiful.
Her dress, her favourite, all lace in black.
That was her last and final wish.
They laid her in a damp black tomb
Surrounded by tall dark cypress trees,
A breeze sighed and soughed softly in sorrow
While I stood head bowed down in grief.
Lifeless leaves fell in yellow-red bunches
And covered up her ghostly grave
No tears streamed down my face, heartbroken,
Strewed instead black roses, fragrant and sweet.
Categories:
unbearable, death, mother,
Form: Free verse
unsustainable lightness of empty life, it's unbearable weight
Categories:
unbearable, allegory, allusion, extended metaphor,
Form: Monoku
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