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robert43041
Viking
Viking
Poem Published
Today 3:19pm
Today 3:19pm
Plagiarism
To steal can cost much
So found Karl zu Guttenberg
With his false degree
So found Karl zu Guttenberg
With his false degree
#denial
16 reads
1 Comment
goldenmyst
Poem Published
Today 2:00am
Today 2:00am
bluebirds
mending
a pear of bluebirds
in rhythm tree
a pear of bluebirds
in rhythm tree
#love
#marriage
#romantic #sensual
#romantic #sensual
24 reads
4 Comments
LtDansLegs
Jay.
Jay.
Poem Published
Yesterday 6:33pm
Yesterday 6:33pm
Learn before it’s too late.
Hatred.
I was her priest.
Wearing a collar of razors,
worshiping upon its altar.
Love was not the antidote, nor its opposite.
They are but twin beasts. passionate
and commingled.
The knife in the heart of hatred
is forgiveness. First unto yourself then others.
It is the only path to enlightenment.
We are but flawed beings. Designed for
unity, not impunity. We have each other
and that is enough. Those without forgiveness
track a lonely orbit within a dark cosmos.
Be better. Become a beacon of light...
I was her priest.
Wearing a collar of razors,
worshiping upon its altar.
Love was not the antidote, nor its opposite.
They are but twin beasts. passionate
and commingled.
The knife in the heart of hatred
is forgiveness. First unto yourself then others.
It is the only path to enlightenment.
We are but flawed beings. Designed for
unity, not impunity. We have each other
and that is enough. Those without forgiveness
track a lonely orbit within a dark cosmos.
Be better. Become a beacon of light...
#forgiveness
44 reads
4 Comments
mantisdeer
Cait
Cait
Poem Published
Yesterday 1:57am
Yesterday 1:57am
Diagnostic Statistics of Mental Disorders (Abridged)
DSL from the DSM
DMV, and I.C.U.P.
ICP... jokes on me.
HPV: #Metwo, three.
DMV, and I.C.U.P.
ICP... jokes on me.
HPV: #Metwo, three.
#relationships
#Christian
#spiritual
#MentalHealth
#healing
31 reads
1 Comment
ConsequentialChaos
Poem Published
28th Nov 2022 7:55pm
28th Nov 2022 7:55pm
Ragnarök of the Lambs
In this day and age the shepherd has neglected his sheep
The flock follow him anyway
To their death they would follow him
For when the fences of society fall
The opportunistic wolves stalk their prey
In that moment, they are true lambs to the slaughter
The white coat of innocence stained red with the blood of dillusion
Bleets of confusion echo in the pastures of ill made decisions
The once green grass is now dead
I have said wolves are opportunists
Do not underestimate desperation
When it is a wolf in shepherds...
The flock follow him anyway
To their death they would follow him
For when the fences of society fall
The opportunistic wolves stalk their prey
In that moment, they are true lambs to the slaughter
The white coat of innocence stained red with the blood of dillusion
Bleets of confusion echo in the pastures of ill made decisions
The once green grass is now dead
I have said wolves are opportunists
Do not underestimate desperation
When it is a wolf in shepherds...
#corruption
#ignorance
#deception #vulnerability
#deception #vulnerability
22 reads
0 Comments
LtDansLegs
Jay.
Jay.
Poem Published
28th Nov 2022 5:03pm
28th Nov 2022 5:03pm
Bullies
Typically, weak men with tiny genitalia
Expressing false narratives about others
Designed to intimidate those they envy
Expressing false narratives about others
Designed to intimidate those they envy
#bullying
72 reads
20 Comments
eswaller
Poem Published
28th Nov 2022 3:12am
28th Nov 2022 3:12am
A Place Like Home
With a piece of paradise between
My fingertips I am finally home.
The place that kept me warm when
There was no warmth in the bright
City lights. The place where a Queen
And peasant are welcome to roam.
A place where the women and men
Are created equal. But as the night
Fades away and turns into the early
Morning daylight I face the harsh
Reality that I cannot always get
What I want. Paradise sounds easy
On the tip of the tongue as the pearly
Gates open up and I stand in the marsh
All alone as home is never easy to...
My fingertips I am finally home.
The place that kept me warm when
There was no warmth in the bright
City lights. The place where a Queen
And peasant are welcome to roam.
A place where the women and men
Are created equal. But as the night
Fades away and turns into the early
Morning daylight I face the harsh
Reality that I cannot always get
What I want. Paradise sounds easy
On the tip of the tongue as the pearly
Gates open up and I stand in the marsh
All alone as home is never easy to...
#home
31 reads
2 Comments
I_IS_ME
Poem Published
28th Nov 2022 00:08am
28th Nov 2022 00:08am
Crowd Control
Why would you need to call in the military
Threats of lethal force from a leader that's scary
Smoke grenades going off, followed by a national guard force
Family pitted against family ignorantly protesting the source
This motherfucker was foreseen a revelation ago
He would ride the bitch to power and then pimp hate like a hoe
Buying up all of the bullets, gloating, ready to give the command
But how are they going to enter the battlefield and kill their brother like any other man
There are a lot of mothers and daughters that are fighting...
Threats of lethal force from a leader that's scary
Smoke grenades going off, followed by a national guard force
Family pitted against family ignorantly protesting the source
This motherfucker was foreseen a revelation ago
He would ride the bitch to power and then pimp hate like a hoe
Buying up all of the bullets, gloating, ready to give the command
But how are they going to enter the battlefield and kill their brother like any other man
There are a lot of mothers and daughters that are fighting...
#LifeStruggles
#humankind
#inequality
26 reads
0 Comments
Tallquietguy
Poem Published
27th Nov 2022 11:12pm
27th Nov 2022 11:12pm
Transition
A lone snowflake glides stealthily
through the late autumn mists,
scouting the barren territory
for the incoming invasion force
It floats to the ground
& fades into its surroundings,
reporting to the commander of the white army --
"the enemy is unaware of its imminent danger"
Additional squads of glittery commandos
leap from their silent aircraft
& link up at the scout's position
as the tension mounts
Suddenly the distant treetops disappear
behind a thick curtain of parachutes;
Wave after wave...
through the late autumn mists,
scouting the barren territory
for the incoming invasion force
It floats to the ground
& fades into its surroundings,
reporting to the commander of the white army --
"the enemy is unaware of its imminent danger"
Additional squads of glittery commandos
leap from their silent aircraft
& link up at the scout's position
as the tension mounts
Suddenly the distant treetops disappear
behind a thick curtain of parachutes;
Wave after wave...
#storm
#winter
#fall
#nature
#LifeCycle
23 reads
0 Comments
JusTim_
Poem Published
27th Nov 2022 3:06am
27th Nov 2022 3:06am
Winter my b****
There's no roaring lions nor sacrificial lambs
softness or one night stands
as time is a ticking bomb
the basis of all
extinction
you've made your mark
to the top
of mountain
slip sliding your way
with frozen breath and caustic tongue
down in the depths of destruction
I feel you
your softness
your seduction
thru the tips of these frostbit hands
your beats give you up
as...
softness or one night stands
as time is a ticking bomb
the basis of all
extinction
you've made your mark
to the top
of mountain
slip sliding your way
with frozen breath and caustic tongue
down in the depths of destruction
I feel you
your softness
your seduction
thru the tips of these frostbit hands
your beats give you up
as...
#winter
61 reads
6 Comments
robert43041
Viking
Viking
Poem Published
26th Nov 2022 2:50pm
26th Nov 2022 2:50pm
Population control
In Charleroi, Belgium,
The authotities, tired of the proliferation of pigeons
Found an interesting way to control their population.
In strategic places are found grain and water distributors
The grains are laced with a contraceptive.
I can easily imagine a despot somewhere in a far future
Pondering on some equivalent
In order to control certain segments of human populations....
The authotities, tired of the proliferation of pigeons
Found an interesting way to control their population.
In strategic places are found grain and water distributors
The grains are laced with a contraceptive.
I can easily imagine a despot somewhere in a far future
Pondering on some equivalent
In order to control certain segments of human populations....
#dark
23 reads
0 Comments
oskar
Poem Published
26th Nov 2022 10:11am
26th Nov 2022 10:11am
once, in America
Once, in America
I saw a wonderful picture of a female soldier coming home
after a tour of duty defending America against the enemy
In Syria or some other contested country.
She embraces her daughter, a perfect moment; we did not
ask any awkward questions about why invading a country is
defending America.
The USA is a country divided; we get news from Washington
and Wall Street and what the president says
but of real America, we know, not very much and what
we think we know, is usually mythical in western movies.
The Americans...
I saw a wonderful picture of a female soldier coming home
after a tour of duty defending America against the enemy
In Syria or some other contested country.
She embraces her daughter, a perfect moment; we did not
ask any awkward questions about why invading a country is
defending America.
The USA is a country divided; we get news from Washington
and Wall Street and what the president says
but of real America, we know, not very much and what
we think we know, is usually mythical in western movies.
The Americans...
#anger
#anxiety
#apathy
#boredom
#bittersweet
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0 Comments
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