Best Poems Written by Shaun Banks

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Locked Inside Of Me

I'm alone now
I always have been somehow
No one ever comes in
I am in here hiding

Only I have a key
I'm locked inside of me
I'm not letting anybody in
I'm busy thinking

All that doubt
I’m figuring it out
Wondering who to be
Trying to be me

People look through the windows
But nobody knows
I hide behind the curtain
I'm not coming out until I’m certain

Copyright © Shaun Banks | Year Posted 2026


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Everyone Wants A Piece Of Me

Everyone wants a piece of me
They think it’s free
Bite after bite
They do it with spite

Biting to the bone
Never leaving me alone
Hour by hour they devour
I taste sour

They want to eat me whole
Swallow my soul
Bite after bite
They do it every night

Eating me alive
I try to survive
I'm no quitter
I taste bitter

Copyright © Shaun Banks | Year Posted 2026

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A Lovers Death

I will die a lovers death
Bleed until there’s nothing left
Tear out my heart
Let the loving start

Kill me with passion
Loves dark assassin
Shoot me again
I love the pain

Falling for your charms
I am dying in your arms
Your aim is true
I bleed for you

A bullet straight to my heart
Your love tears me apart  
I love in vain
I die a lovers death again & again

Copyright © Shaun Banks | Year Posted 2026

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Las Vegas

Headlights stream along the strip 
Late night dreamers on a trip
Neon lights shining bright
Everyone's feeling lucky tonight 

Crowds bustle on the sidewalk
Wild laughter & small talk
Silhouettes smoking cigarettes
Pink Cadillacs & red Corvettes

High rollers & classy chicks
Cowboys getting their kicks
Sharks in suits
Snakeskin boots

The Devil’s drawing them in
Tempting them with sin
He’s playing them all
Watching them fall

He begins his dance
Playing with chance
Gambling with their soul
He lets the dice roll

All bets are on seven
A trip to heaven
Only the dice will tell
Who’s going to hell

Hundred dollar bills
Whiskey & wild thrills
Burning with desire
The city’s on fire

Copyright © Shaun Banks | Year Posted 2026

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Social Media Madness

I’m all alone
Just me & my phone
Does the internet know?
I hit ‘Enter’ & go

Will the world tell me?
Who should I be?
A million results
A thousand insults

Social media madness
Envy, jealousy & sadness
I just want a ‘Like’
Real life can take a hike

Who’s doing what, where & when
Am I missing something again
Who said what about who
I’ve just blocked you

One last tweet
Someone sweet
Tell me I’m fine
I’m losing my mind

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Madly in Love

I don’t know what I want right now
But I want it somehow
You must give it to me
Set me free

You love me too much
Not enough as such
I want more but less
We must figure out which is best

I want you, but I don’t
I want you to leave, but you won’t
I wish you would stay
Please don’t go away

You don’t really know me
I don’t know who to be
All your love has driven me mad
I am happy and yet sad

This love is so complicated
Over sophisticated
You don’t make any sense
You keep talking nonsense

We can work this thing through
Just be someone else & not you
I am actually fine
I just keep losing my mind 

Only I can see what’s wrong
It’s you going on & on
You just don’t understand me
That’s the problem, don't you see?

I know we have something good
It’s written in blood
You make me smile
But now it’s over, if only for a while

You are immature with your feelings
You speak with many meanings
It’s time you grew up
I’ve put the kettle on, would you like a cup

Copyright © Shaun Banks | Year Posted 2026

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The Howling Wind

I lost myself today
Nothing left to say
Blowing in a breeze
Falling to my knees

All that madness
The darkest sadness
Letting it all go 
The wild winds blow

Losing my grip
I let things slip
All my sins
Blowing in the winds

Forever falling
Hear me calling
Madness grinned
The howling wind

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Mother Nature

The eyes of the day are open
She has awoken
Sun shines in her imagination
The light of illumination    

A living presence
She’s nature’s essence
Her true beauty precedes
The dreamer believes

Hidden & concealed
She will be revealed  
Just one glance
She is the eternal dance

The spirit in us all
She’s nature’s call
A light within
The truth in everything

Dreaming the dream 
She’s nature’s Queen
A beautiful revelation
A wonderful creation

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Burning Love

Your love sets me on fire
Wild with desire
I am yearning
Forever burning

You must set me free
Burn with me
Call out our names
Dance in the flames

Blazing with love
We will rise up above
Burning with desire
A wildfire

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Love Violently

I must be satisfied 
Never denied 
A wicked insistence  
A raging persistence  
 
I will cut you all down 
Throw you to the ground 
I will destroy all that deny me 
I desire love violently   

I must have love now 
Some way somehow  
It is my destiny 
Love me

Copyright © Shaun Banks | Year Posted 2026

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