Don’t Ever Be Angry at Me
...When you turn away from me,
It feels unbearably lonely.
When you’re upset with me,
Your promise to never speak again—
It drowns my heart in silent waves of sorrow.
When you turn away fr...
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Categories:
unbearably, love,
Form: Free verse
unintended innuendo
...“as we passed her she did wilt
which caused in us sense of guilt
since our stance perhaps did cause
to put her heart’s joy on pause
though we’re gentle, not hostile
we diminished her soul’s sm...
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Categories:
unbearably, angst, city, dark, imagery,
Form: Free verse
Things I think now that I'm old
...The older I get, the more I forget the names of colors.
Would you call this paint amber, burnt ochre, or clay?
Would it were the same with all of my dolors.
But age hasn’t washed an...
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Categories:
unbearably, age, dark, grandparents, memory,
Form: Rhyme
A Glimpse into The Future
...There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, science and superst...
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Categories:
unbearably, death, fantasy, future,
Form: Narrative
Parallel Universes
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crisscrossing parallel universes
by some freak of nature
teeter tottering tumbling
to one side then to the other
in one world her home
Julia is unbearably lonely
a devastated grieving wido...
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Categories:
unbearably, grief, heartbreak, husband, lost
Form: Free verse
Fading Light
...My heart is unbearably heavy,
Faith slipping through my fingers like sand.
I’ve faced so many troubles,
But now it’s my very soul
Battling for a reason to hold on.
The fight feels endless;
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Categories:
unbearably, cry, death, depression, fate,
Form: Free verse
Life can be beautiful after a rape
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Life Can Be Beautiful After a Rape
"I am the voice of your soul,"
Whispered a quiet strength from within.
"You are pure, you are whole, your heart still beats true.
I know the darkness feels ...
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Categories:
unbearably, social,
Form: Ghazal
The judgemental selves
...Don’t let the darkness sink in
Within a blaze of pain and of fire
You will be ridiculed
You feel how we feel
Hot and yet unbearably cold
With limited sense of remorse
No-one will arrive
Y...
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Categories:
unbearably, emo, emotions,
Form: Free verse
The Princess And The Plebs
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She always thought she was a cut above others
The most beautiful, the richest , the best
A self confidence unbearably arrogant and explosive
When with her, peoples patience were put to t...
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Categories:
unbearably, giggle, humor, judgement, self,
Form: Rhyme
Stray Thoughts
...The clairvoyant could be a schizophrenic
or is it the other way around.
Mind cymbals of the mime must be unbearably loud
flowers are for glade and not the lapel of blue clowns.
Is it better for a...
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Categories:
unbearably, nonsense,
Form: Free verse
Sick
...Tension Spread Thick
Layering Quick
Mental Health Sinking And Physically Sick
Sympathy Party
Wounds Pathetically Licked
The Sores Of My Past, I So Dangerously Pick
Black Cloud I ...
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Categories:
unbearably, angst, health, horror, how
Form: Rhyme
fu hua
...the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree
so the rot in the apple must stem from the bark
the roots that creep and drain of life
keeps us sour; unable to mend
you ruined me and i ruined you.
i ...
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Categories:
unbearably, abuse, age, analogy, child
Form: Free verse
Compelling Confusion is so uncool -No Way? Yes Way-
...Crumbled like dust and I began to stumble like ashes with a gust of wind – that’s what I felt before exchanging smiles and goodbyes…
Oblivious obviously…removing the plank from my own eyes of deep-i...
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Categories:
unbearably, angst, anxiety, community, confidence,
Form: Acrostic
Ocean Aficionado
...Truthfully,
I struggle to be free.
Unbearably,
Some strive to see a sinking sea.
Anger wraps around my shoulder.
I pray; I don’t get bolder.
The world, estranged, keeps getting colder.
It’s ...
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Categories:
unbearably, beach, ocean,
Form: Rhyme
The People with Wings
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The People with Wings
It was a huge photograph of an eye – an amazing eye that now drew everyone to Mecca. It was said to belong to one of the ‘People with Wings,’ and, was the only evidence of...
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Categories:
unbearably, fate, future, myth,
Form: Haibun
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