Confusion Verse Poems

Setting: a rendition of Tara Plantation, 1860’s Georgia
Characters: Scarlatina (S), an oddly-dressed Southern Belle
   Brett Rutler (B), a dashing, but presently quite confused,...

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Luminous miscellaneous adorn my crown,
Frills and strawberries,
Thorny circlet dusted with a light layer of twinkle, 
As my eyes hysteric with confusion 
muse on this loss....

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Is it possible that a flower can regrow?
you have to leave the roots, they say
but how can I know?
Are the roots still there and
should I...

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cross your welter of confusion
i think of you often
in your sadness
questions still standing
a laps wrung of live
i see no clement sky
its the space i'm trying
that...

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I'm Starting to forget you
I wish I wasn't.
When is your birthday?
What are your fears?
I can't really believe
It's been so many years.

What color is your hair?
Is...

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Bruising my vein
Can’t stay in my lane
Don’t even feel any pain
Acting like my arms are a pincushion 
A dirty needle about to push in
Need that...

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confusion overtakes you
as the fog swallows the leaves above
leaving wind soundless

when you boil the sea
rain falls
and yet you ask why

as a child 
shocked by thunder...

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I lay awake as your hands haunt me,
In my mind everytime I close my eyes;
Every happy thought is tainted,
By the way I cannot move on,
From...

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I remember having gone to bed a little tired,
And soon fell into a deep sleep.
Night chill prickled my skin.
I felt unusually light.
Wasn’t sure what had...

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Written: April 27, 2024

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“Lee”

This one is going to hurt.
That is why it has taken me so long to write it,
Because a part of me still loves you and...

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shadows out of sorts

wicked egos somber

crows on the wire

nature’s conductors

connived brouhaha...

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Thinking and thinking and thinking.
I want to stop going over the memories,
The looping record of agonising nothings.
That's the problem, you see?
It's not a problem to...

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Mental alerts send shocking images,
Of an hourglass void of it's sand.
I glance down at my watch in confusion,
And see it's missing every hand.

Realization begins to...

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Felt this uneasy tide of disdain
the world around me seems too mundane
eyes have lost the shine
lost the path I never knew was mine
this seems like...

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