Submissions by AprylNovember (A.R.M.)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
I needed therapy. I am poor. I write poetry.
Violent marriage
The best || the worst
In me || I've seen
Like || a curse
It will || not leave
Hatred || I || had never known
Today || I share his name
The joy || from wearing his stone
Turned || one day || to pain
I then || forsook it all
For honest || my belief
Yes || I seen the wall
But the writing || was Greek
Why || because || I knew
Worse || I had no...
In me || I've seen
Like || a curse
It will || not leave
Hatred || I || had never known
Today || I share his name
The joy || from wearing his stone
Turned || one day || to pain
I then || forsook it all
For honest || my belief
Yes || I seen the wall
But the writing || was Greek
Why || because || I knew
Worse || I had no...
#anger
#regret
#hate
#shame
#fear
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Fact
A shadow spoke pictures to me
"Take courage" Whispered he
"The fact that nothing lasts
Is a promise this too shall pass"
"Take courage" Whispered he
"The fact that nothing lasts
Is a promise this too shall pass"
#LifeChangingMoment
#learning
#acceptance
#healing
#determination
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Lifelong Hypocrisy
With no moment I recall
Nor time it slumbers low
No effort forth to install
No option to forego
Came confusion early on
Minus map or key
Is it right or is it wrong
Noone could agree
So half a century later now
I still can't figure out
Why the hell a single word
Is given so much clout
Early on it brought me praise
Kept me tidy and neat
Woke me early all my days
Made me brush my teeth
Helped with posture and a grin
Also hurt my stomach
Somehow ...
Nor time it slumbers low
No effort forth to install
No option to forego
Came confusion early on
Minus map or key
Is it right or is it wrong
Noone could agree
So half a century later now
I still can't figure out
Why the hell a single word
Is given so much clout
Early on it brought me praise
Kept me tidy and neat
Woke me early all my days
Made me brush my teeth
Helped with posture and a grin
Also hurt my stomach
Somehow ...
#confessional
#memories
#myself
#aging
#responsibility
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When I feel fearless
I hate when I feel fearless
Because it shows the sign
Neon flashing CARELESS
Proves foolish every time
A.R.M.
Because it shows the sign
Neon flashing CARELESS
Proves foolish every time
A.R.M.
#emotions
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3 Comments
Proved a liar
Of any creature I've encountered
One is of the worst of cowards
For the sheer effort that's required
Covering transgression with words
It sickens me, how lies conceive
Painful still what it proves to me
That you deserve to be believed
And I deserve to be deceived
This offence I offer hatred
Of this I can't rise higher
My truth of lies that you painted
Show less a man proves a liar
ARM 6/2021
One is of the worst of cowards
For the sheer effort that's required
Covering transgression with words
It sickens me, how lies conceive
Painful still what it proves to me
That you deserve to be believed
And I deserve to be deceived
This offence I offer hatred
Of this I can't rise higher
My truth of lies that you painted
Show less a man proves a liar
ARM 6/2021
#anger
#frustration
#confusion
#disappointment
#bittersweet
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Thank God She Lost Her Mind
The time she lost her mind,
Felt like the peeling rind.
At first, she noticed; not,
Survive, her only thought.
Except his knuckle, upon her skull,
Almost subtle, but of the hole.
Reaction commanded, day by day.
Then years, the toll of flesh, it paid.
An era reigned, she now calls, "broken",
Never explained, resolve unspoken.
Shattered glass, a heart so blue,
Broken frame, and fingers too.
Reactions rule, could find no balance
Love so cruel, it formed a callus.
But then shelter, did...
Felt like the peeling rind.
At first, she noticed; not,
Survive, her only thought.
Except his knuckle, upon her skull,
Almost subtle, but of the hole.
Reaction commanded, day by day.
Then years, the toll of flesh, it paid.
An era reigned, she now calls, "broken",
Never explained, resolve unspoken.
Shattered glass, a heart so blue,
Broken frame, and fingers too.
Reactions rule, could find no balance
Love so cruel, it formed a callus.
But then shelter, did...
#courage
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Meth, you dirty homewrecking whore.
#SelfHarm
#addiction
#MentalHealth #weakness
#MentalHealth #weakness
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