Angst Voice Poems

I speak my thoughts...you do not hear. I reach to touch...you are not near.
I matter not to you, nor to any other. I am invisible...you...

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A heckler in the audience 
Makes his point out proud 
In an audience of shadows, 
The flesh and bone stand out 

I’m willing to hear...

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Though hope retreats, a master seized the reins
to steer his legions straight into the storm.
He stands as stone while motivation wanes 
and cityscapes recede beneath...

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On supposedly eternal shore, 
steps purposefully wander as they did before not long ago
when existence swoop with the bow over strings-
its created harmony an unseen,...

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There’s something screaming in my head
I don’t know who is who anymore!
Choosing what to see, hear
Big decisions for such a little me
 
Knocking on walls,...

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Between Your Words

Dad
I tried my best 
to live between your cruel words
Yet there was no room
I felt less
smaller than small
Like a comma that didn't fit
a...

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Folks stay mute, thinking they don't have a choice,
            but silence is a form...

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No one can take my voice away
No one can, not today, not even tonight, 
Not today with no more fright
I want to feel happiness tonight,...

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Mufasa & Scar join forces
To kill evil in its courses

Angst to the hyenas
King and bro hit arenas

It is like riding all horses!

Syllables:

8,8,8
7,7...

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give me a show
like you've never given before
let your rage explode
like never before
give my heart the voice
it's never had before



AP: Honorable Mention 2022

Posted on November...

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Today, I thought I’d throw the bums out
When I went to vote, I gave a great shout
As I pulled the lever for new candidates,

I discovered...

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I'm in the end zone
Looking down below
Before I draw the last straw
Cause I'm a stone rolling over moss 

I was set to motion by my...

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Light crashes sounds like brittle glass 
Slashes shards across my worn aching eyes 
The colors reak of deep rot like blues 
Creeping green burning acidic...

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I am no one of renown
a face bereft of beauty to be forgotten
a volumeless voice canceled out 
by the shouts of the vacuous crowds
unnoticed like...

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As the mirror photographs eyes, 
Tongues running laps read glazed signs,
Broken phone calls your label
Talking fire cuts fixed cable,
Voices piling in rooms behind. 

Snapshotting darkness...

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