Lancerexford
Poem Published
Today 5:39pm
Today 5:39pm
The Day Aura Celeste Died
The day Aura Celeste died
I sat in the battered leather chair on the porch,
Damp from a careless hosing of the hanging plants.
I heard the Robin clucking his evening song.
I heard an unfamiliar bird, perhaps babies whining for worms.
As dusk settled
Two families of coyotes cried to each other across the valley.
The orange cat perched on his spot on the table, licking a paw and surveying the garden.
Nothing was out of place on this late spring day,
When the forest displays so many lush, vibrant varieties of green. ...
I sat in the battered leather chair on the porch,
Damp from a careless hosing of the hanging plants.
I heard the Robin clucking his evening song.
I heard an unfamiliar bird, perhaps babies whining for worms.
As dusk settled
Two families of coyotes cried to each other across the valley.
The orange cat perched on his spot on the table, licking a paw and surveying the garden.
Nothing was out of place on this late spring day,
When the forest displays so many lush, vibrant varieties of green. ...
#grief
#LifeChangingMoment
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Rory
Poem Published
Today 9:06am
Today 9:06am
Another cut
Right as the rain
Am I really though.
Clothed in pain.
Half tattered soul.
Is what it is
Just another notch in the belt
Another line running my wrist.
So much it's no longer felt.
Bath water blatant red.
Feeling woozy light in head.
Lay back enjoy this poem
Remember what I've said.
Am I really though.
Clothed in pain.
Half tattered soul.
Is what it is
Just another notch in the belt
Another line running my wrist.
So much it's no longer felt.
Bath water blatant red.
Feeling woozy light in head.
Lay back enjoy this poem
Remember what I've said.
#anxiety
#hate
#grief
#despair
#emptiness
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Stoney223
Poem Published
Today 2:22am
Today 2:22am
THE FACE OF A CRIME
How much more are we to take until the death toll, has reached the point of no outer limits as it's been going on way to long. For have we all forgotten the body count? For example the situation in California a few years ago, when another man was beated almost TO DEATH? As it still continues to happens still to this day not long ago, can you see their faces or know their names. For can you remember the many faces of the past and present, can you relate to the hurt and pain or the suffering that each family, has to go through In there lives. For about everyday somewhere someplace a person is...
#sadness
#anger
#grief
#disappointment
#StreamOfConsciousness
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James_A_Knight
Poem Published
Yesterday 3:04pm
Yesterday 3:04pm
The Funeral - Competition Entry
On a muggy July morning, the sky the colour of fresh ash, the sun failed to break the clouds. Two black cars arrived. My family was all around me, but no one spoke. I was led into the car. The seats were strange, they ringed round like a giant sofa. Silence filled the car. Tears fell on all the faces except mine. I was five years old. I felt I should cry but nothing happened. The car drove through the flat Essex fields, along the cracked motorway, to the Crematorium.
The carpark was full of people smoking. Everyone smoked. Some passed around bottles of brown liquid. I watched them...
The carpark was full of people smoking. Everyone smoked. Some passed around bottles of brown liquid. I watched them...
#grief
#death
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BatPowers
Bat Powers
Bat Powers
Poem Published
Yesterday 3:02pm
Yesterday 3:02pm
Lights gone dim on Main street
I see you
You see me
We see nothing at all
Hand in hand we walk into our willing blindness
I speak
You speak
We don't understand any of the words
Tongue on tongue tied into a tight knot
You listen
I listen
The noise is so loud we can't hear
The lights have gone dim on Main street
Avenue empty and cold
We keep waiting for just a flicker
But its dark and the storefronts are closed
I hurt you
You hurt me
For the gold in our teeth
Why can't we leave...
You see me
We see nothing at all
Hand in hand we walk into our willing blindness
I speak
You speak
We don't understand any of the words
Tongue on tongue tied into a tight knot
You listen
I listen
The noise is so loud we can't hear
The lights have gone dim on Main street
Avenue empty and cold
We keep waiting for just a flicker
But its dark and the storefronts are closed
I hurt you
You hurt me
For the gold in our teeth
Why can't we leave...
#anger
#grief
#disappointment #apathy
#disappointment #apathy
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wallyroo92
Poem Published
Yesterday 4:07am
Yesterday 4:07am
Of Sunflowers and Smiles
There is always a silence that comes before the tears
The memories
The cherished recollection of the departed…
When I heard the news she was gone
It was a shock
She had taken care of my boys since they were babies
She had become part of our family
I didn’t know what to say or think
In the times of COVID
Many lives were taken
Many risked their own health to take care of others
To take care of their own
And that’s what Yvonne did
She took care of her husband, her children
Only to succumb to the virus herself ...
The memories
The cherished recollection of the departed…
When I heard the news she was gone
It was a shock
She had taken care of my boys since they were babies
She had become part of our family
I didn’t know what to say or think
In the times of COVID
Many lives were taken
Many risked their own health to take care of others
To take care of their own
And that’s what Yvonne did
She took care of her husband, her children
Only to succumb to the virus herself ...
#grief
#friendship
#death
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Vampyre497
Poem Published
27th Jan 2023 1:13pm
27th Jan 2023 1:13pm
Heights
I need to continue writing
If I stop, I'll falter sighting
My mind races, never calming
Caffeine soars, skin balming
Free me from my pattern of-
Obsessive seeking lies above
Hiding behind words of-
Lectern breaking falling shove
More and more and more I'll bend
Snap my heart, I'll forget to fend
In my soul I can fly away
In my dreams, my soul will stay
Stay away - Don't mind me
Stay alive - Just leave me
Stay around - I'm so afraid
Stay alight - I'll stay behind
If I stop, I'll falter sighting
My mind races, never calming
Caffeine soars, skin balming
Free me from my pattern of-
Obsessive seeking lies above
Hiding behind words of-
Lectern breaking falling shove
More and more and more I'll bend
Snap my heart, I'll forget to fend
In my soul I can fly away
In my dreams, my soul will stay
Stay away - Don't mind me
Stay alive - Just leave me
Stay around - I'm so afraid
Stay alight - I'll stay behind
#anxiety
#depression
#grief
#emotional
#hurt
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Thepunkpoet
Poem Published
26th Jan 2023 9:06am
26th Jan 2023 9:06am
Midnight Solitude
Midnight Solitude"
Solitude beneath midnight's sweet calling
Everyday clinging to a heart that's falling
Brushed with suffer every moment breathing
I asked my god what was the true meaning?
Could I be the chosen child in his eyes?
Instead of a burden trapped in the lies
Wishing for my legacy to never be blind
Trace down my bones buried by time
How often will I fall through the cracks?
Running from the devil thriving my past
Like a shot in the dark romanced in the panic
Remaining...
Solitude beneath midnight's sweet calling
Everyday clinging to a heart that's falling
Brushed with suffer every moment breathing
I asked my god what was the true meaning?
Could I be the chosen child in his eyes?
Instead of a burden trapped in the lies
Wishing for my legacy to never be blind
Trace down my bones buried by time
How often will I fall through the cracks?
Running from the devil thriving my past
Like a shot in the dark romanced in the panic
Remaining...
#sadness
#grief
#dark
#heartbroken
#fear
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mel44
Poem Published
25th Jan 2023 4:34pm
25th Jan 2023 4:34pm
Always to Remain
Latching onto grief and pain
a memoir of what I have lost
certainly not erased in time
recollections embossed
My reminiscence offers comfort
with reassuring regularity
authenticating your existence
affording profound clarity
Intimately keeping you
in the space within my chest
holding you in my mind’s eye
with eidetic intuition, I am blessed
Always remaining a part of me
I shall not take leave, nor will I forget
remembering the spirit of you
without exception or regret
a memoir of what I have lost
certainly not erased in time
recollections embossed
My reminiscence offers comfort
with reassuring regularity
authenticating your existence
affording profound clarity
Intimately keeping you
in the space within my chest
holding you in my mind’s eye
with eidetic intuition, I am blessed
Always remaining a part of me
I shall not take leave, nor will I forget
remembering the spirit of you
without exception or regret
#grief
#mother
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6 Comments
Msj
Poem Published
25th Jan 2023 3:03pm
25th Jan 2023 3:03pm
Sleepless Nights
Awaken by the sounds of soft whimpers
Setting up to check on what's going on
to find a pillow full of unwanted tears a heart of brokenness.
Say it's not so
I can still hear your voice as it begins to softly fade away
Wait please don't go don't leave me
I promise to come by more to call more
The more I hear it gets better with time
the more I search for that time to come because
How am I suppose to go on
knowing that I'll never be embraced by your arms,
blessed with your smile and wisdom.
Gentle
Real
Accomplish ...
Setting up to check on what's going on
to find a pillow full of unwanted tears a heart of brokenness.
Say it's not so
I can still hear your voice as it begins to softly fade away
Wait please don't go don't leave me
I promise to come by more to call more
The more I hear it gets better with time
the more I search for that time to come because
How am I suppose to go on
knowing that I'll never be embraced by your arms,
blessed with your smile and wisdom.
Gentle
Real
Accomplish ...
#sadness
#grief
#loneliness
#suffering
#hurt
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Seth_
Seth_
Poem Published
24th Jan 2023 4:16pm
24th Jan 2023 4:16pm
In Your Absence
You're here beside me
Singing to my soul
You're holding my hand
As I continue the path without you
You're here within me
Telling me to live, to smile
You tell me to feel
To love and not hold back
You're there wherever I may wander
As I like to do
And, again, I hear you say
I am never lost, you are in my heart
You're here right now
As I cry and try to write to you
You're telling me to be proud
As you are of me
You're everywhere now
My sun, my moon, my rain
You're...
Singing to my soul
You're holding my hand
As I continue the path without you
You're here within me
Telling me to live, to smile
You tell me to feel
To love and not hold back
You're there wherever I may wander
As I like to do
And, again, I hear you say
I am never lost, you are in my heart
You're here right now
As I cry and try to write to you
You're telling me to be proud
As you are of me
You're everywhere now
My sun, my moon, my rain
You're...
#grief
#mother
#heartbroken
#FeelingLost
#emotional
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Seth_
Seth_
Poem Published
24th Jan 2023 4:13pm
24th Jan 2023 4:13pm
Heavy
All the ghosts say goodnight
The demons come out to play
Turn out the lights
Wait for what the voices have to say
Hit the tip of insanity
Sinking faster each day
Losing sight of reality
Spinning words and no cards left to play
What if it's not what we overcome
It's only how we become numb?
All the hopes and dreams
Bound in pages meant like a prayer
Penance and apologies
To one who was never there
Wretched smiles and empty condolences
Cracked frames imprison the memories
Of long forgotten...
The demons come out to play
Turn out the lights
Wait for what the voices have to say
Hit the tip of insanity
Sinking faster each day
Losing sight of reality
Spinning words and no cards left to play
What if it's not what we overcome
It's only how we become numb?
All the hopes and dreams
Bound in pages meant like a prayer
Penance and apologies
To one who was never there
Wretched smiles and empty condolences
Cracked frames imprison the memories
Of long forgotten...
#depression
#grief
#death
#LifeStruggles
#MentalHealth
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