12 Tuesday Nov 2019
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#freeverse, #poetry, #poetrycommunity, despair, dorindaduclos.com, Night Owl Poetry, poems, sorrow, tears, writing
Tears flow like water
Pouring over rapids
Rough and raging
Briefly slowing until
They hit the rocks again
Determined to wear down
All that lies beneath
Like a cascading waterfall
Tumbling down into despair
They disappear….
Merely a drop
In the sea of sorrow
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04 Monday Feb 2019
Posted in February Writing, Poems, Poetry
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A dark, clouded sky, no end in sight
Turned the morn, into an ebon night
Piles of sand, lay wasted on the beach
The ocean’s tide, was too far to reach
If it was there, I could no longer tell
As again, the clouds, began to swell
I watched, as emptiness, the cause
Brought attention, what’s this? (I paused)
There in the middle of nothingness
Amidst this plain, in mere ruggedness
Stood a flower, so dainty and eloquent
I could smell its fragrance, so redolent
I knew all hope had not been taken
And I, for one, had not been forsaken
Through the hours, and total madness
I truly hadn’t felt despair, nor sadness
Those petals, my reminder, to persevere
The darkness will always, eventually, clear
February Writing Prompts – In the midst of sadness and despair – Day 4/28
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20 Sunday Jan 2019
Posted in Poetry, short story, WritePhoto
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She blends with glass, stained and downtrodden
Roaming the sacred halls, with those, misbegotten
The face so hopeless, sadly, no smile on her lips
She, a ghostly figure, marked, for eternal unbliss
Brick covered walls, will keep her safely inside
Painted on flowers, create a scene, she confides
In her imagination, lets it take flight, in this place
She wants only to stay, as she longs for embrace
Yet, roaming about, she leaves no trace behind
She keeps to herself, in the hopes, she can find
The one thing she misses, in this ungodly world
But, afraid to find it, keeps her heart, tightly furled
Til, alas, she gives up, and gives in, such a shame
This pretty young maiden, they don’t know her name
For none claim to see her, even though she is there
Seems they only feel coldness, surely, tis Liza’s despair
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28 Wednesday Nov 2018
Posted in FOWC with Fandango, Poetry, Ragtag Daily Prompt
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#Fandango, #FOWC, #poetry, #RagtagDailyPrompt, #RDP, brilliance, despair, dorindaduclos.com, humans, nature, Night Owl Poetry, poems, trail, wilderness, wildlife, writing
A snow covered trail, with no brilliance glistening
Disheartened, they weep, through cold, frosty air
What’s most important is, we must stop resisting
Or nature, in human hands, will remain in despair
FOWC with Fandango – Trail
Ragtag Daily Prompt – Brilliance
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24 Saturday Jun 2017
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#poetry, despair, dorindaduclos.com, life, mirror, Night Owl Poetry, poems, reflections, sin, writing
Locked inside this pane of glass
The world is just outside my grasp
No one seems to see me here
I’m lost forever, this I fear
Stuck inside, this isolation
There is no hope, for my salvation
For those that I have sinned against
This is how I’m recompensed
Kept hidden, though I know not where
The mirror reflects, my own despair
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