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Night Owl Poetry – Dorinda Duclos

~ "The silence of the night awakens my soul"

Night Owl Poetry – Dorinda Duclos

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A Year Ago – #poetry of the #brokenhearted

10 Thursday Jun 2021

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in Poetry

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#poetry, broken hearted, death, depression, dorindaduclos.com, grief, mom, Night Owl Poetry, one year, poems, writing


This is how
The year has been
Cluttered spaces,
Filled with din

Unconnected,
Lines that fly
Out of my head,
Although I try

To make sense
Of what will be
To understand
This broken me

Who misses you
With every day
It’s been a year ago,
Today

How can that be,
It went so fast
Day after day,
The moments pass

I feel I’m sinking,
In quicksand
And you’re not here
To grab my hand

And pull me up,
Breathe in new life
Instead, I’m only
Filled with strife

Beaten down,
Depression rages
Part of death,
of grief,
in stages…

Rest in Peace, Mommy.  I miss you so very much… 06/10/2020

 

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The Challenge – #poetry – #NaPoWriMo

02 Thursday Apr 2020

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in #NaPoWriMo, Poetry

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#NaPoWriMo, #NationalPoetryMonth, #poetry, day 2, demons, depression, dorindaduclos.com, life, Night Owl Poetry, poems, writing


A rumble comes from deep within
This is the start, it shall begin
A challenge, unknown, will I win?
I brush it off, forgotten

Until the beast does comes alive
I pray, this demon, I’ll survive
But in my body, it does thrive
Its will is born, begotten

A battlefield, my body owns
With each movement, creaks and groans
Surviving, yet these aging bones
Have trouble standing tall

I grab my shield, my mighty sword
Victory shall be my reward
Up to the top, I move toward
I refuse to let me fall

 

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The Silence is Deafening – #poetry of the #lost

30 Thursday Jan 2020

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in Poetry

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#poetry, depression, dorindaduclos.com, God, life, Lord, mental health, Night Owl Poetry, non-communication, poems, prayer, sadness, silence, writing


“You okay?” He asks,
“Swell”, my reply,
While wistfully staring,
And wondering why

He’d bother to ask,
Does he really care?
Or is it just habit,
Because I am there.

Time spent together,
In silence, creeps by.
No matter how much,
I just no longer try

To engage conversation,
From one, far away,
Who turns off the chatter,
Doesn’t hear what I say.

Perhaps it is me,
Who doesn’t quite hear
The words, left unsaid,
Though, the meaning is clear

So I bury myself,
In a place, tucked away
Where the silence is deafening,
But the Lord hears me pray.

 

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Spiraling – #poetry #depression

19 Tuesday Nov 2019

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in Etheree, Poems, Poetry

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#poetry, #poetrycommunity, confusion, defeat, depression, dorindaduclos.com, leaves, life, Night Owl Poetry, poems, sadness, writing


Overwhelmed by simple tasks
What is this I have become?
Sadness, behind my smiling mask
Truth is… I am feeling numb

Emotional, at the slightest change
Tears flow, and for no reason
Even to myself, I feel quite strange
Perhaps, it is that time of season

Where leaves once painted the trees
Now they lay, lifeless and brown
I watched them whirl, in the breeze
On their way, swiftly, falling down

I can relate to the leaves, you see
I’ve spiraled with them, for so long
Much like a twister, roaming free
Yet, unknowing if I truly belong

 

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Forsaken – #poetry

22 Tuesday Oct 2019

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in Poems, Poetry

≈ 14 Comments

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#poetry, daughter, death, depression, dorindaduclos.com, Night Owl Poetry, only child, poems, sadness, suicide, writing


Sun sets and moon glows, over water
Sitting on the dock, alone, a daughter

Forgotten child, hides from the light
Pondering, what to do, this night

Ocean calms, a heart beats fast
She makes a decision, final, the last

He left her standing at the altar
Tears flowing, like a sea of salt
Her body sank, her legs did falter
Knowing, in her heart, it was her fault

Moon sets and sun glows bright
Morning, does quietly awaken
Left, an umbrella, no one in sight
For her, love is now, eternally forsaken…

 

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