cloventongue89
Poem Published
Yesterday 11:33pm
Yesterday 11:33pm
Raised In The Dark
Caught between dimensions of loss and love
Born the offspring of former affections
Walking dead inside my memory
Buried in the aftermath of what never was about me
No less a casualty, the innocence that I once knew
Though in truth I bear the burden of my own corruption
And I'm unjust to blame my sins on you
Nevertheless the culture speaks and I instigate the defects of identity
When I'm still learning to bear the weight of it, predator and prey
This wicked way that resides in me
Infiltrating the spoils of our broken homes ...
Born the offspring of former affections
Walking dead inside my memory
Buried in the aftermath of what never was about me
No less a casualty, the innocence that I once knew
Though in truth I bear the burden of my own corruption
And I'm unjust to blame my sins on you
Nevertheless the culture speaks and I instigate the defects of identity
When I'm still learning to bear the weight of it, predator and prey
This wicked way that resides in me
Infiltrating the spoils of our broken homes ...
#regret
#hope
#forgiveness
#redemption
#disappointment
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cloventongue89
Poem Published
31st Jul 2021 3:13pm
31st Jul 2021 3:13pm
What Was and What's to Come
I'm caught between transcendence and gravity
When everything revolves around the world behind our own eyes
Sucked in again as insecurities speak
Triggered by commonalities
Attacking from different angles inspired by the same needs
Residing on opposite ends of an unbalanced equation
Learning to love despite the thief behind our homes
Hearts are held hostage
Targeted venting of sentimental wounds
Caught up in the wreckage
Casualty in the ruins of a former life
I don't live there anymore
Provoked by insinuation
This is...
When everything revolves around the world behind our own eyes
Sucked in again as insecurities speak
Triggered by commonalities
Attacking from different angles inspired by the same needs
Residing on opposite ends of an unbalanced equation
Learning to love despite the thief behind our homes
Hearts are held hostage
Targeted venting of sentimental wounds
Caught up in the wreckage
Casualty in the ruins of a former life
I don't live there anymore
Provoked by insinuation
This is...
#regret
#hope
#forgiveness
#redemption
#disappointment
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2 Comments
cloventongue89
Poem Published
31st Jul 2021 6:42am
31st Jul 2021 6:42am
Love Stumble
You handed me the knife
I died upon partaking
Every word is severed
When integrity is faking
Learning to believe in me
Cultivating the public display
Behind closed doors I'm slumbering
Alive and yet still wishing life away
Circumstantial dictatorship
Values best preserved
When everything is ideal
Lock me up behind the obstacle
Until who I am is real
Transmitting diseases
You drew your scars on me
Skin cancer contagious
Moral degradation by way of company
Pride swells overlapping ...
I died upon partaking
Every word is severed
When integrity is faking
Learning to believe in me
Cultivating the public display
Behind closed doors I'm slumbering
Alive and yet still wishing life away
Circumstantial dictatorship
Values best preserved
When everything is ideal
Lock me up behind the obstacle
Until who I am is real
Transmitting diseases
You drew your scars on me
Skin cancer contagious
Moral degradation by way of company
Pride swells overlapping ...
#regret
#forgiveness
#spiritual
#honesty
#redemption
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2 Comments
APissPoorShaman
Poem Published
30th Jul 2021 1:04am
30th Jul 2021 1:04am
Tattoos
stripping the façade
with challenging eyes
letting go
dissolving my walls
tempting in bed
with the same flashing eyes
nothing held sacred
except love
and trust
giving my soul
as you offer yours
when will this cyclone end
yelling screaming
arguing in bed
baring all
all our hidden fears
knowing I have your back
as you have mine
forever ...
with challenging eyes
letting go
dissolving my walls
tempting in bed
with the same flashing eyes
nothing held sacred
except love
and trust
giving my soul
as you offer yours
when will this cyclone end
yelling screaming
arguing in bed
baring all
all our hidden fears
knowing I have your back
as you have mine
forever ...
#love
#relationships
#forgiveness
#lover
#support
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1 Comment
cloventongue89
Poem Published
27th Jul 2021 9:26pm
27th Jul 2021 9:26pm
God's Bloodline
what do I say to the strangers time feels like it's made of us
yet we bridge the gaps of association with our memories
and is to have cherished but a fading glory of value we bestow
as we peer through the blinds of time apart and see someone we might know
despite the way the dust collects to cloud the tainted window
what has abandoned moments made of us
when carelessness turns former brothers to domestic foe
proudly accomplished without him there and betraying family ties
another life lived for himself, left short of former brides
...
yet we bridge the gaps of association with our memories
and is to have cherished but a fading glory of value we bestow
as we peer through the blinds of time apart and see someone we might know
despite the way the dust collects to cloud the tainted window
what has abandoned moments made of us
when carelessness turns former brothers to domestic foe
proudly accomplished without him there and betraying family ties
another life lived for himself, left short of former brides
...
#brother
#forgiveness
#betrayal
#spiritual
#redemption
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bandit
Poem Published
27th Jul 2021 2:56pm
27th Jul 2021 2:56pm
now proclaim
It was your love I did seek
I feel in love with you
in a few short weeks
in hope and prayer
would desire the same
those feeling were there
my love I did proclaim
your love was there
but not the same
out side force was to blame
those demons you over came
that love you now proclaim
I feel in love with you
in a few short weeks
in hope and prayer
would desire the same
those feeling were there
my love I did proclaim
your love was there
but not the same
out side force was to blame
those demons you over came
that love you now proclaim
#happiness
#forgiveness
#support
#respect
#FirstLove
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Anxiety
Poem Published
27th Jul 2021 10:45am
27th Jul 2021 10:45am
Two way street
Are you happy to be with me or are you afraid of being alone?
Too selfish to spend so much time with yourself so you take mine with no consideration
I feel so confused most days because you make me euphoric
Again most days
But there are so many days lately that I can’t decide if you’re glad I’m here because I’m me or you’re glad I’m here because it’s someone to come home too
Not just an empty space
Most days I wish you were home
Most days I’m grateful to be apart
I can’t help be torn between the two
You...
Too selfish to spend so much time with yourself so you take mine with no consideration
I feel so confused most days because you make me euphoric
Again most days
But there are so many days lately that I can’t decide if you’re glad I’m here because I’m me or you’re glad I’m here because it’s someone to come home too
Not just an empty space
Most days I wish you were home
Most days I’m grateful to be apart
I can’t help be torn between the two
You...
#wife
#husband
#forgiveness
#romantic
#honesty
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1 Comment
Quizzy29
Tanzo Ellis
Tanzo Ellis
Poem Published
25th Jul 2021 10:30pm
25th Jul 2021 10:30pm
Fire we made
Hidden in the ice lies a burning flame.
Look me in my eyes & solidify to me where your place stands.
Intrigued by the verbal reassurance you gave.
We were cold to the world without question.
The heat between us couldn’t be denied.
Burned by our own creation we built each other up be solid monuments that we tore down.
We look back on a past that killed a part of both us.
Split down the middle you question should you go back?
(Nothing left to give)
Look me in my eyes & solidify to me where your place stands.
Intrigued by the verbal reassurance you gave.
We were cold to the world without question.
The heat between us couldn’t be denied.
Burned by our own creation we built each other up be solid monuments that we tore down.
We look back on a past that killed a part of both us.
Split down the middle you question should you go back?
(Nothing left to give)
#forgiveness
#TimeHeals
#confusion #bittersweet
#confusion #bittersweet
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KafkasCat
Poem Published
19th Jul 2021 10:08pm
19th Jul 2021 10:08pm
the end is the beginning
I can’t look at you
can’t meet your eyes
can’t say your name
I look away at the ground
my heart is racing
my hands are cold
I breathe slow, to keep calm
I want to smile but I’m too nervous
you fold your arms around me
I’m stiff, for a beat, and then
crumple into you
bury my face in your neck
my body in your body
lips find skin
hands find perfect spots
you pull me into you tight
I pull you into me
tight
the relief
is staggering
we never let go again
can’t meet your eyes
can’t say your name
I look away at the ground
my heart is racing
my hands are cold
I breathe slow, to keep calm
I want to smile but I’m too nervous
you fold your arms around me
I’m stiff, for a beat, and then
crumple into you
bury my face in your neck
my body in your body
lips find skin
hands find perfect spots
you pull me into you tight
I pull you into me
tight
the relief
is staggering
we never let go again
#love
#forgiveness
#gratitude
#respect
#obsession
73 reads
5 Comments
wallyroo92
Poem Published
19th Jul 2021 6:20am
19th Jul 2021 6:20am
Anger and Wrath
We talked about the seven deadly sins
And he said he prefers and likes wrath
I felt a heavy heart trying to explain
That “it only leads down a darker path”
He said “…watch out, don’t to cross me”
Sounding like someone I used to know
He has yet to experience adversities
After all that’s the only way to grow
He is still young and has much to learn
The anger he feels will take long to subside
Life is a journey with many roads
And some can have serious landslides
I told him “You don’t gain anything from it
It eats...
And he said he prefers and likes wrath
I felt a heavy heart trying to explain
That “it only leads down a darker path”
He said “…watch out, don’t to cross me”
Sounding like someone I used to know
He has yet to experience adversities
After all that’s the only way to grow
He is still young and has much to learn
The anger he feels will take long to subside
Life is a journey with many roads
And some can have serious landslides
I told him “You don’t gain anything from it
It eats...
#anger
#forgiveness
#LifeStruggles #healing
#LifeStruggles #healing
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Oliviahoney
Poem Published
17th Jul 2021 10:10pm
17th Jul 2021 10:10pm
Released
I was nothing while you were everything. I was a game to be played and a joke to be made.
I laughed in delight and in the newness of love. You laughed at me. I was your silly fool, I was your stupid toy. I was nothing real, something to be picked up and discarded at your whimsy.
I was careless in my love and I was careless in the protection of myself. I displayed my foolishness for the world to see, unabashedly. I was repaid with silence and slander.
I no longer look back and long for your voice. I no longer desire your time or attention. I finally...
I laughed in delight and in the newness of love. You laughed at me. I was your silly fool, I was your stupid toy. I was nothing real, something to be picked up and discarded at your whimsy.
I was careless in my love and I was careless in the protection of myself. I displayed my foolishness for the world to see, unabashedly. I was repaid with silence and slander.
I no longer look back and long for your voice. I no longer desire your time or attention. I finally...
#forgiveness
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Brandon
Soul Divide
Soul Divide
Poem Published
14th Jul 2021 10:15am
14th Jul 2021 10:15am
Look Around the Window of Life
Whisper of Fate never too late.
Stuck in time feeling these rhymes.
Power to the few who like to become new.
Ain't this fun without all the puns?
You are you and I am me
Something sweet something neat.
What a treat you can't beat.
Take a toll with my roll.
What harm is there from my charm.
Sit right here ever so near.
See me here without the fear.
Thing of mine no ring to bear.
Oh...
Stuck in time feeling these rhymes.
Power to the few who like to become new.
Ain't this fun without all the puns?
You are you and I am me
Something sweet something neat.
What a treat you can't beat.
Take a toll with my roll.
What harm is there from my charm.
Sit right here ever so near.
See me here without the fear.
Thing of mine no ring to bear.
Oh...
#hope
#forgiveness
#motivational #TimeHeals
#motivational #TimeHeals
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