11 Monday Sep 2023
Posted in Poetry
With tired arms
They carried the dead
Covered in dust
No words need said
They worked in the piles
Finding comfort, instead
As Brothers in Arms
Side by side, head to head
We watched and we wept
Tucked our children in bed
While our nation was mourning
In a world filled with dread…
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Remembering those who lost their lives on 9-11-2001, and those who tirelessly worked in the days ahead, who later lost theirs. We will never forget.
13 Tuesday Jun 2023
Posted in Poetry
Pain rips through
Like a jagged blade
Hesitating, then plunging
Deeper, until you’re numb
Nothing left to feel
Silence overwhelms
Then quiets thoughts
Daring to scream aloud
Emptiness consumes
Grasping, choking
Defeating your fight
You succumb
Writhing endlessly
Into the abyss
All hope dissipates
Still you pray
For just a small glimmer
To shine in the darkness.
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29 Thursday Dec 2022
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The sun’s brilliance chills
Offers no warmth from the cold
Winter’s light deceives
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25 Tuesday Oct 2022
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Watch
As life descends
Its journey uplifted
Then gently
Laid to rest
Miles away
From yesterday.
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22 Wednesday Jun 2022
Posted in dark poetry, Poetry
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I burn, with the edge of the forest,
Alight like embers, glowing bright.
I choke on the air, acrid and sharp,
Enveloping my being, diminishing sight.
I cry, in the loneliness,
A forlorn and forgotten face.
I escape, into the darkness,
It is always my saving grace.
It pounds, my head feels shattered,
Must they always take it out on me?
They laugh, my heart, in tatters,
This is not how I want life to be.
Turned away from the reality and madness,
I seek the truth in an often oddly way.
No one ever really understands me,
And so my soul, in totality, does decay.
Explain to me the reasons, perhaps,
Do you even know why you choose?
To scoff and belittle, torment and betray,
Unloving, you continue to abuse.
I shall no longer allow this, I can’t
It’s torn my body, limb from limb
I’ve allowed you too many chances,
The end result was always too grim.
Be gone, thy demon, take haste and depart
I must save what remains, of this empty, broken heart…
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