Withheld
Withheld?
Was it not yours?
Has Satan filled your heart?
Were not the proceeds yours as well?
Why did you agree to test the Spirit?
You lied not to man but to God
The Spirit will depart
Their final breath
Withheld
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(For "Give Me A Rictameter!" Poetry Contest
Sponsored by M. L. Kiser
2/10/2020)
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Categories:
withheld, bible,
Form: Rictameter
Withheld and Released, Love's Greatest Treasures
Withheld And Released, Love's Greatest Treasures
I- (The Start)
Behold
Resplendent vigor,
Dancing upon rainbows
Drinking sweet red wine
Hold her in sweet embrace,
whisper, darling you
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Categories:
withheld, art, creation, devotion, happiness,
Form: Free verse
Sex Hands Withheld
I am aggravated. Yes, I am frustrated.
If you decide I'm tasteless then I argue this point;
How did you find it worthwhile?
I am appropriate. Yes, I am underfed.
If you insist your insides sit beside stress and leave you fully dressed;
Then I submit, yes once again.
Come around me.
Come beside me.
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Categories:
withheld, absence,
Form: Blank verse
Like I Withheld So I Give
I gave less and spent more
More did i lose in the race
Till i was on the bottomless list
Of the popular mean lads
Who survive only on what they make
I then changed the game
And joined the race again
With a reconciled heart of gold
Letting go even the last bronze of mine
To cheapen my self for
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Categories:
withheld, giving, happiness, how i
Form: Cinqku
Title Withheld
There's a rock in my chest
where my heart used to be,
I've learned to shut down
automatically.
So listen up
and be aware,
that I no longer
really care.
Your passion on stage
has the audience stirred,
and I was the one
who made sure you were heard.
That radio station
who launched your fame,
was my doing,
yet you can't say my name.
You're gonna' be a star,
you're gonna'
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Categories:
withheld, mother, music, sonheart, heart,
Form: Rhyme