Poetry competition CLOSED 6th October 2023 1:06am
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Ahavati (Tams)
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Prisoner

LunasChild8
Dangerous Mind
Canada 21awards
Joined 27th Dec 2017
Forum Posts: 539

Stranded

I’m vainly trying to understand
Why your silence is more deafening than your screams
I have no sense of peace. Am I damned?
Or will I wake up from this dream?

I was aiming for the light, yet the tunnel caved in
And now I’m blindly walking through the darkness
Is my blindness a punishment for a sin?
Will I make it out of hell without becoming heartless?

I’m crawling out of this hole, but I’ve got nowhere to go
I’ve been abandoned; I took my life for granted
What has happened to my soul? I don’t feel whole
This pain is more than I’ve ever imagined; I’ve been stranded.

I’m vainly trying to understand
Why your ignorance of me hurts me more than your screams
The blood runs cold through my veins; I’m going mad
My only company are my dark thoughts, of which I am their Queen.

I nearly reached the surface, yet I was pulled down
Struggling only strengthened the grip
The air rushed out of me, and I had drowned
Darkness came for me as I slipped…

I’m crawling out of this hole, but I’ve got nowhere to go
I’ve been abandoned; I took my life for granted
What has happened to my soul? I don’t feel whole
This pain is more than I’ve ever imagined; I’ve been stranded.
Written by LunasChild8
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Grace
IDryad
Tyrant of Words
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Joined 25th Aug 2011
Forum Posts: 16907

Thank you Luna for taking part in the competition

drone
Tyrant of Words
Greece 10awards
Joined 3rd Sep 2011
Forum Posts: 2273

I'm trapped
Within the dreams
Of my own
Nightmare's
Where my thoughts
DO nothing but decay
An already battered system
That's trying to keep me

Awake

drone
Tyrant of Words
Greece 10awards
Joined 3rd Sep 2011
Forum Posts: 2273

I can Feel
The sun
Behind the window blinds
I can Smell
The fresh air
When you
Unlock the door
And I
Bow my head
And cry
A little more

Grace
IDryad
Tyrant of Words
126awards
Joined 25th Aug 2011
Forum Posts: 16907

Thank you Drone for your entry

Jordan
D.O.C.
Thought Provoker
United States 13awards
Joined 4th May 2022
Forum Posts: 245

Grace
IDryad
Tyrant of Words
126awards
Joined 25th Aug 2011
Forum Posts: 16907

Thank you for your entry Jordan

Numer90
Numer0-un0
Thought Provoker
Nigeria 4awards
Joined 12th Dec 2020
Forum Posts: 85

Lonely Place

Am all attentive who will teach?
Let me know..
Am all submissive who will preach
Let me vow..


 
Tied the knot with this crazy witch called the world who threw me out of my home and let me all alone in the ditch save me Lord..
 
Deep inside this wedlock nor divorce just remorse in return made my head so full and dull am walking blindly crossing lonely roads..

 
Sitting next or beside this witch
Body itch and muscle twitch
Lord knows I need a switch..
 
My eyes shut how can I see?
Road blocks I cannot flee
Got stranded in here for so many weeks
Am totally lost in what I seek..
 
My magic wand now just a stick
I have not a single trick
Can't penetrate a wall of bricks
So count me out among those gods of Greek..
 
One can tell my time is due
Am dull enough to need a clue
 
Set me free, let me out of this lonely place
All the doors are locked
Am trading on an empty space..
 
Am calling from a lonely place
I might be too late  
Screaming in a such a silent place
Help me!
 
The sun about to rise
I am dying with no grace
All I crave for is digging my own grave..
Written by Numer90 (Numer0-un0)
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Numer90
Numer0-un0
Thought Provoker
Nigeria 4awards
Joined 12th Dec 2020
Forum Posts: 85

Recurring sinner; Day of reckoning

Poor me, oh! Mummy, I am a recurring sinner   Same old story waking up every morning a loser..      
      
REIGN IN HELL OR SERVE IN HEAVEN?      
       
BOM BA CHI-CO CHI..      
LOM BA CHI-CO CHI..      
CHI-CO CHI.. CHI-CO CHI BAM! BAM!..
     
       
What they mean! This incantations no idea I'm not a coder..    
On the reckoning day in Mordor, they gave me a condo for been a recurring sinner..      
My brain cells rhythmic firing me into a weeper..      
These demons seduced me assuring I am no more a believer..    
So,
Bomber me hommie for never been a winner

 
 
Wandering in holly..      
Wandering in bolly..      
Wandering in nolly..      
I am not wandering in Norwood..  
   
 
 
My movie a parody I am just a recurring loser..  
Running and pacing to make sure I am not a quitter..      
Accounting for my actions causing me unwanted reactions..      
So much commotion they gonna boil me and toil me in this smouldering coal..      
Worldly pleasures I am the receiver..      
They conquered me hommie my demons all but deceivers..      

       
Puppet master they rank me..      
So much turmoil as they reckon me..      
Traumatic events I wish on no one..      
Should have listen now that is too late..      
Alice we no longer in land of wonder..      
     

 
Got me a condo in Mordor coz I'm a recurring sinner..      
Oh! Please let me out of this ever blazing burner..      
Live and let me die just not in this God forsaken burner..      
Accommodate me better, don't let them prey me this is my only prayer..      
In here, a day feels like the month May..      
So, living everydays a long way to go and night even longer..    
See in here mummy, I don't have any mojo..  
My legs oscillating hanging higher up from a burning hanger..      
 


BOM BA CHI-CO CHI..      
LOM BA CHI-CO CHI..      
CHI-CO CHI.. CHI-CO CHI BAM! BAM!..
     
       
This incantations no idea I'm not a coder..  
   
Poor me, oh! Mummy, I am a convicted sinner..      
See in here mummy, I don't have any mojo!..
Am a recurring a sinner..  
In Mordor they put me in condo coz I'm a recurring sinner..      
On the reckoning day they put me in a condo in Mordor for been a recurring sinner..
Written by Numer90 (Numer0-un0)
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ConsequentialChaos
Thought Provoker
United States 2awards
Joined 7th Oct 2022
Forum Posts: 29

Sinking

Deep in the shadows of the mind
Where chains of time doth ever bind
There lies a home, a dwelling place
Where darkness reigns, and cold embrace

Bittersweet memories linger there
A beating heart that's filled with despair
A reality that's hard to face
A facade of hope, a mirage of grace

Oh, how he longs to wake from this dream
This endless cycle, this drowning stream
But whispers from within his soul
Keep him bound to this endless hole

He yearns for light, for hope, for peace
But darkness is all that he can see
And so he lingers in this place
A prisoner of his own disgrace

And thus he'll stay forevermore
A captive of his inner war
His home a prison, his mind a grave
No hope, no light, no soul to save
Written by ConsequentialChaos
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IDryad
Tyrant of Words
126awards
Joined 25th Aug 2011
Forum Posts: 16907

Numer0-un0 ConsequentialChaos
Thank you for your entry

PAR
PAULO ACACIO RAMOS
Fire of Insight
Portugal 18awards
Joined 26th May 2022
Forum Posts: 274

Six Pleonasms in Search of Euphemism

 
Let's be honest
as in political correctness.
Politics lie!
Let's go outside
of this prison...
and save ourselves victims
of an innocent thief.
Written by PAR (PAULO ACACIO RAMOS)
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Anne-Ri999
Thought Provoker
Norway 5awards
Joined 16th Aug 2023
Forum Posts: 200

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KrystalG
Thought Provoker
United States 1awards
Joined 11th Oct 2015
Forum Posts: 44

Prisoner In My Mind

Prisoner in my mind...
All In time....
A disaster you will find.

Through deeper depths,
I let you intrude, becoming a
Prisoner in my mind.

For this I truly regret.
What will happen next...
A disaster you will find.

Manipulation, your greatest strength.
Somehow, you made me a,
Prisoner in my mind.

And after all this time,
Letting you deep inside,
A disaster you will find.

You called me worthless.
Believing that, also made me a
Prisoner in my mind.
A disaster you will find.
Written by KrystalG
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Grace
IDryad
Tyrant of Words
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Joined 25th Aug 2011
Forum Posts: 16907

PAR, KrystalG and Anne-Ri999 thank you for your entry

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