07 Thursday Oct 2021
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Porcelain, but the eyes are real
She sees what no one else can
Fiery red that frames her face
Painted lips to fool any man
05 Saturday Aug 2017
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Flashbacks, and yesterdays, things that should be
forgotten, but are not, unexplained, pushed away
from what you need, only to find another place, to hide
blanking out pictures, sepia nightmares that won’t subside.
Colorless figures you run from, don’t look behind, they’ll find
you, tucked away, in the dark, you breathe, the only sound
and as footsteps echo through the hallway, doors open.
Hold your breath! Eyes shut! Don’t let the monsters in!
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16 Thursday Feb 2017
Posted in Photography, Poems, Poetry
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Alone and lost amid verdant ground,
High upon the wood, I’m found, looking
For ones who look like me, the ones
Who form my family, for without them,
I’d just gaze about, wondering
What my life’s about, afraid to climb
To soaring heights, afraid that maybe
I just might, fail to spread my wings and fly,
Fail to find the reason why, I was left here,
By myself, a lonely bird, upon a shelf
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09 Monday Jan 2017
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I spent the day in quiet thought, the time passed by like lightning
How could these musings be so fraught, how could they be so frightening?
I tried to clear the darkness, yet it fought its way back in
And that was when I realized, exactly where I’d been
Lost in shadows, I crept about, noticing things encumbered
No longer freeing, always fleeing, my soul, for sure, outnumbered
She traveled quietly, about the town, no one seemed to greet her
Eerily floating above the street, I didn’t want to meet her
Soon she vanished, without a trace, and I felt myself relieved
Still I pondered why she came, and what I, did now, perceive
©2017 Dorinda Duclos All Rights Reserved
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31 Monday Oct 2016
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Mood, faded blue with endless time
Her heart ripped away, a hideous crime
Emotion, dead, from deep within
No longer feeling, the price of a sin
Gone are the days, she felt him near
Now banished is she, no longer dear
He split her apart, it took its toll
Left an empty heart, and a broken soul
He fled, into the dark of night
Leaving her shrouded, in the misty light
Shaken, she stands, feelings uncaring
Red, is the blood, so overbearing
Torn, in silence, overwrought
Her bleeding heart is life, distraught
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