Loneliness is my constant companion and yet I feel utterly and torturously lonely.

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A poem belongs to itself; its own Truth. Careful how you strike the stone's fissure distorting the light!

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Ahh... what a great nation, with the rule of law, its statutes and torts. Yet between the political and judicial, much of the truth can be hidden by false narratives, where greed and power, look to disrobe the voice of the courts.

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I like work; it certainly fascinates me. I can sit and stare at it for hours together without getting overwhelmed. I love to keep it by myself; only the task of finishing it tortures me

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I may not be able to control my circumstances at all times, but I can control how I react to a great degree, though pain often distorts the best of intentions. Never to forget, forgive one's self as well.

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Even a little mosquito is enough to torture.

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Santa Claus,
for Christmas, please,
don’t bring me toys, or games, or candy . . .
just . . . Santa, please,
I’m on my knees! . . .
please don’t let Jesus torture Gandhi!
('A Child’s Christmas Prayer of Despair for a Hindu Saint' by Michael R. Burch)

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Many mothers bear tortures and agonies not for the sake of their husbands but their children

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Everything is fair in love and war except torture and violence.

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There are too many psychologist on pulpit today, it is a real torture of the soul to endure ninety minutes or more of deliveries without the essence of the soul, without the message of the cross, without the personality of Christ, without a reflection of eternity, it is a torture to those who seek Christ in every sermon

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Our traits display our values and the way we have been brought up...our carelessness and distorts should not put down every thing we have been taught.
Be wise, only conscious efforts can make us grow and change, if at all we want.

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"This reflection sparks a lesson
that even a distorted light
appears to be pretty at night.
Real beauty doesn't rely on perfection."
- 'Distortion' photoverse, sknor

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Bullying is no less than killing. Both are equally devastating. The only difference is, bullying squashes the spirit and tortures the soul while killing squashes the life out of a person and tortures the body.

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'I am tuff enough to bear any type of pain, be it physical or psychological...As long as I know when it will end. Otherwise pain is pure torture for me' --Jill Spagnola

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Gaze deep into my darkness
for my hell will become your tormentor,
your soul my tortured mistress.

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Lies are only distortions of the truth.

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Prison is a type of slavery. And isolating and confining the prisoner is arguably a form of torture.

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Bribery and corruption distorts and contaminates communities and consequently countries and how they are ruled. It all starts at the level of the individual though, from the person commissioning the harm to the one on the receiving end of the impact. Corruption is like a virus.

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