My children, your births kept me on my knees
...To all my children, may you please be aware!
I don't always show it, but I will always care.
Each of you have been a great gift to me.
Your births made this man happy as can be.
Each came to this...
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Categories:
vitals, 12th grade, appreciation, baby,
Form: Rhyme
Vitals
...Doctor blinks, breath caught, face goes still.
“Oh,” he says, voice sharp, split.
Hands tremble near charts, numbers all wrong.
Room spins quiet, cold like a grave.
Chest tightens, heartbeat thud...
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Categories:
vitals, 10th grade, death, sick,
Form: Kwansaba
Silk Memories
...Silhouette of memories, flowing like silk, as waves collides, body to body never sea sick, we medicate each other by staring in each other's eyes, with soft spoken vibes, that penetrates the inner c...
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Categories:
vitals, beautiful, beauty, best friend,
Form: Free verse
NIGHT NURSE
...To be a night nurse takes skill and grace,
Caring for patients in this darkened space.
With every step, we must be alert,
Ensuring their comfort, never to hurt.
We check vitals and administer...
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Categories:
vitals, abuse, age, anxiety, birth,
Form: Rhyme
Organic
...If love were 'dark matter'
it would be the size
of a small kidney stone.
Hate is
an intestinal tapeworm
that gnaws at our vitals,
though most folks
remain unsure just what 'vitals' are.
T...
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Categories:
vitals, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Moving Forward
...MOVING FORWARD
REHAB
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Moving forward, my time at rehab.
One door and corner at a time.
On time here at the door.
There, at the table. Eat or play. Group it...
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Categories:
vitals, abuse, addiction, depression, psychological,
Form: Prose Poetry
Point
...
The disgruntled mess of a boy slumped over his diary
——————experiment 4—————————
If you are reading this I might be dead
So as far as I can see
I seem to aging at a normal
It seems to degr...
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Categories:
vitals, poems,
Form: Free verse
Point
...
The disgruntled mess of a boy slumped over his diary
——————experiment 4—————————
If you are reading this I might be dead
So as far as I can see
I seem to aging at a normal
It seems to degr...
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Categories:
vitals, poems,
Form: Free verse
The Moon and Me
...The food we pretend to eat.
Served on trays, we pretend it’s a treat.
Watered down pop.
Bubbles that hurt and never stop.
A place filled with our heartbeat.
They take our vitals as we sit in a s...
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Categories:
vitals, mental illness,
Form: Rhyme
Phantom Calls
...As night falls, a dark melody
fills the air with a feeling so deep
it is the song of a dark rose
tweeting near a corner fence.
Dahlia, a withered pale woman
lies on a granite slab, still and s...
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Categories:
vitals, angel, care, dark, death,
Form: Free verse
After After After
...The vessel had travelled through space for so long
Two armageddons had come and had gone
Nuclear warfare had first come to pass
The asteroid followed and kicked the Earth’s ass
Each was foresee...
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Categories:
vitals, war,
Form: Rhyme
Basic pains
...I'm stuck in survival
Feeling so primal
All I do is eat and sleep
My life's in a spiral
Cause my chemistry is tidal
And it's pulling me into the deep
All my days are so idle
Like someon...
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Categories:
vitals, depression,
Form: Rhyme
Blink Twice
...
Loose teeth and wispy hair
Shadows of memory’s cupboard bare ...
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Categories:
vitals, health, life, loss,
Form: Couplet
The Man In White
...Hannah, could never remember a time when she wasn’t ill. The doctors had tried all sorts of stuff, and at times she had rallied. She was optimistic to begin with, but now she was just tired, and even...
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Categories:
vitals, angel, child, hope,
Form: Free verse
Queen's Revenge
...Treat someone wrongly
maybe survive
Treat them as stupid
bees leave the hive
Stinger’s protruding
vitals exposed
Phylaxis laid bare
—venom explodes
(The New Room: December, 2023)
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Categories:
vitals, spoken word,
Form: Rhyme
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