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Bounded to a broken mirror

Submitted by Edward nigma on Thu, 2023-04-06 17:12

It’s like being lost at sea . Aimlessly left adrift within an ocean of pain whose severity occasionally climbs its way towards the bitterly brittle brink of a breakdown. But once it’s about to prick upon its peak . The severity subtly slumps itself down to the nature of normality. Where it’s numbed by the raspy reams of regularity .

Playing Hooky...

Submitted by Geezer on Thu, 2023-04-06 10:24

I am playing hooky
just looking for some cheer
Thinking about having a cookie
to get away from here

Two cookies and a cup of tea
for breakfast, is what I'm thinking
I sit watching out the window
Whilst my tea, I'm drinking

The sparrows from the eaves next door
swooping low then high
Up in the hole with straw and stuff
to keep their nestlings dry

Mother Nature is back with Spring
her baby of warm wind breath
Taking back the landscape
with the advent of Winter's death

Guilty Pleasure

Submitted by Apostolos "Paul... on Thu, 2023-04-06 00:13

Thoughts spilling
Are you ready?
Are you willing?
To listen

In this darkness
I will bring out the sun
Ink to the page
Is like bullets.
To a gun

Been through more
Thick than thin
I'm still competing
This is a prize
I know I can win

don't need popeye’s spinach.
Thank them for the gesture.
Right now, I think they are wrong

I go to war with the man
In the mirror nightly
The mirror responds.
Find a hobby
Advice not to be
Taken lightly

Could Have, Would Have, Should Have

Submitted by RoseBlack on Wed, 2023-04-05 18:25

I could have done better
But a shattered soul
Screams as it dies
While the mind cries

I would have changed everything
But time, my holding cell
Moved forward without a care
Leaving your memories in the air

I should have listened
When you said sorry
But turned my back
No more broken heart attacks

After

Submitted by Lavender on Wed, 2023-04-05 17:56

I hear the song of the Cardinal,
a notable greeting after the storm.

The final raindrops made their way
through twisted downspouts,
washing torrential heartache over
the remains of houses,
pooling alongside pieces of the day,
fragments of a lifetime.

The siren had given warning,
like a haunting voice screaming during battle.

Those who witnessed daylight
fell further on their knees.

I'm not certain how the Cardinal
stayed safe until the rampage passed -

Pictures

Submitted by Clentin on Wed, 2023-04-05 13:18

We place pictures of our loved ones
throughout the house
Often not taking the time to reflect
On what we see

It is the parents placed on our dresser
That that should give us the
Encouragement we need
To succeed

It is in their faces that
Remind us of their accomplishments
And talents
Many that are now part of ourselves

All the rules that were imposed while young
Were done to teach us lessons
And to remind us how to apply our
Talents successfully each day

Death from Above

Submitted by Blue-eyed Bolla on Wed, 2023-04-05 12:18

To Buxton town, so men would die,
he sailed, to wait with sword and bow
for death to fall from northern sky,

like autumn leaves when left to lie
beneath the trees, condemned to grow
for men he’d come to crucify.

On fair and foul, like passer-by,
he’d gloat and glare, as blood would flow,
from wounds, before they’d putrefy.

To Buxton town, in years gone by,
When land still shone with goddess glow,
came Caesar, with his evil eye.

Heaven bound

Submitted by Erin Burchell on Wed, 2023-04-05 11:22

Is it peaceful up there?
Is it everything you hoped for?

Did you find the peace that you craved?
Surrounded by family that had already passed.

perhaps your wife was waiting for you at the gates,
Ready to be by your side again.

She was always certain that you would become an angel
A light to find in the dark.

Just like you were when you walked the earth.

Could have, would have, should have

Submitted by Rula on Wed, 2023-04-05 08:42

Any journey could have been happier,
It would have and should have been happier
If only we had had a better understanding
of each other.

Shovel In The Grave

Submitted by Depressed 1 on Wed, 2023-04-05 02:28

Shovel in the grave

Shovel in the grave

Throw in the dirt

Cover up my hurt

Shovel in the grave
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Pouring comes the rain

Pouring comes the rain

It helps to drown my pain

As I slowly go insane

Pouring comes the rain
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No tears will there be shed

No tears will there be shed

Another unknown is dead

No words are ever said

No tears will there be shed
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I cannot exist all alone

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