13 Sunday Nov 2016
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#poetry, bondage, dorindaduclos.com, fantasy, fear, freedom, night, Night Owl Poetry, poems, thoughts
Your eyes, the color, my darkest fear
Mesmerizing, drawing me near
Into the night, I follow thee
I know not where you’re taking me
Unfamiliar, these places pass
Like Alice through the looking glass
I tumble, into your very thoughts
The ones I never should have sought
Your visions, purely fantasy
Gone, when once again, I’m free
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12 Saturday Nov 2016
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#poetry, dark poetry, dorindaduclos.com, fear, insanity, letting go, life, Night Owl Poetry, poems
Waves appear in rapid show
Swirling, like a tornado, grow
Hands that grip, the fear in me
Are now a part of this old tree
I hold on tight, my fingers dig
This vortex snaps me like a twig
Spinning out of my control
Stuck here, on this magnetic pole
Afraid to lose my grip, and so
I stay here, never letting go
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23 Monday May 2016
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#poetry, child abuse, dorindaduclos.com, fear, hiding, neglect, Night Owl Poetry, poems, statistics
Maybe they won’t see me
And I can hide my fear
It’s dark inside this cardboard box
They won’t find me here
They holler and they argue
Then they take it out on me
I’m sorry if I let them down
If only they would see
I’m not the reason for the pain
Or the reason for the sorrow
Understand that I would like
To see my next tomorrow
I can hear them coming closer
I can see them through the hole
I’ll hold my breath, and pray real hard
Please God, save my soul
In 2014, state agencies identified an estimated 1,580 children who died as a result of abuse and neglect — between four and five children a day. However, studies also indicate significant under-counting of child maltreatment fatalities by state agencies — by 50% or more (info found at https://www.childhelp.org/child-abuse-statistics/).
That’s 1580+ too many…. Don’t be afraid to report child abuse!
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21 Thursday Apr 2016
Posted in #NaPoWriMo, Poems, Poetry
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#NaPoWriMo, #poetry, darkness, day 21, dorindaduclos.com, fear, free verse, light, midnight, morning, National Poetry Month, night, Night Owl Poetry, poems, soul searching
It’s that time again, that time after midnight,
and before dawn, when the only thing you hear
is the loud silence that surrounds, taking up space
in the darkness of night, casting shadows against
a black wall. You blink and still the dark exists,
blink again, but it doesn’t disappear. Search
for the light that left with the day, as you drift,
in and out of what is real or what you have
imagined. Will you ever find it again? Are you
even looking for it? Do you know what it is or
have you lost your way, between the disquiet,
of midnight and morn…
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25 Tuesday Aug 2015
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afraid, anxiety, anxious, doubt, fear, Miss Apprehension, nervous, Night Owl Poetry, poems, poetry, scared, unknown
My heart races
Setting speeds
Blurring faces
Anxious, in the morning air
Wondering, if someone’s there
To quiet, all the fears inside
And comfort me, as I collide
With restlessness, and nervous doubt
Just wondering, what life’s about
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