Undercurrent Poems - Poems about Undercurrent

Aphotic beneath countless depths energy fleeting, gloom haunting insipid jailers keep locks metaphorical never owning peace, quarrel, rage, surrender torture understated, verve waned xanthic ylem zombie...

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The hurt is pooling in my throat and to avert the watershed, you build the dams I tolerate, make my demands the stagnant moat where if the bridge is drawn, I'll drown So I hold on to stay afloat Then, once I'm safely back onboard, your gaze, a hazel gray garrote, will take my breath away, instead I tolerate the dams you build for fear...

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An Olympic swimmer named Pete Is disqualified – when caught as a cheat He propelled through the water Much faster than he aughta It’s down to the food he would eat Before each race he eats sprout curry Then enters the pool in a hurry He farts during each length Stench increases in strength So other swimmers have to scurry Pete farted but then ‘follows...

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It's miraculous how a tiny seed can grow into a tree  And it's nothing Less how your sweet voice can steal my heart from me From lowest lows to highest highs you span the sonic plane With melOdies and harmonies that soothe like summer rain I never in a million years thought I could feel this way But a million...

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Waking to the sadness called “a new day” truth passes over the mind love one just cannot find Hiding the undercurrent of a sigh the heart refuses to breathe and stays melancholy Sleeping in the shadows of lonely nights dreams foretell of future loss bid barefoot wanderings 11/29/19 Pick A Title, Vol 11 - Kimo(3 Stanzas) - Poetry Contest Sponsor: Edward Ibeh...

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You fly far, don’t return to nest at dusk, my loneliness, frozen night, melts in tears at drab dawn. You drift away in currents of torment, my heart splinters like pebble in cascade of sadness. Storm of discord rifts our frail horizon, cloudburst sky cleaves the yearning, I lose you in debris. November 19, 2019 Syllable count : 10/7/6 each stanza Checked on howmanysyllables.com Title chosen...

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UNDERCURRENT OF MELANCHOLY Flow of melancholy in opulence pricking piercing pleasant pain oozing from chasm of heart. Somber solemn sacred soul stops to sense. ...

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Poems I pen echo melancholy and I take your hand in mine - down a woebegone path . . . Feel each word for the deep nuance whisper each gloomy memory drips - hidden is a sweet joy . . . Come reader on my poetic journey read my mournful words and weep - let me into your heart . ....

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Undercurrent of Melancholy beneath yawning ribs time-eaten bay sinks ...

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sudden tears erode the beach in his eyes. swift vortex, of addiction and shame, grave undertow. eyes and taut lips, precariously lift illusory light, ...

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Her husband passed away so suddenly she pastes a smile on her face ... heartache is kept inside Three young children miss their daddy so much, she tries to make fun filled days ... life just has to go on When she is all alone in the evening she sobs into her pillow, and cries herself to sleep Pick A Title, Vol 11...

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disconsolate flow of cascading woe resonates in my aura- for I am despondent implicated in melancholic fears; visceral scars, my zenith- apathetic spirit mediocre ways of my days somber, feeding the grimace pain wears- undercurrent echoes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (howmanysyllables.com) Date - November 6, 2019 Chosen theme - Undercurrent of Melancholy Sponsor - Edward Ibeh...

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the undercurrent pulls drawing me down to murky dark depths where sinister abounds the undercurrent pulls my body it sweeps pulling my out its anger it keeps the undercurrent draws a turbulent tempt it tumbles my heart with vehement intent the undercurrent rages But I'm sturdy and strong adept in the water for that's where I belong the undercurrent subsides I'm floating serene my eyes see the sun I still live, I still...

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I could never communicate to you my pain; it was always hit or miss. Maybe you sensed where my burden lay, but far more likely, You felt this pain at some point in your past.............or future, and...

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