Beauty Absent Truth
/unyielding waves crash ashore
Impeaching your existence
Obliterating, draining you in an instant
Leaving only the imperfect model
Upon which you were…
By Mike Turner
Writing Gallery
Autumn Has Come
/I feel the Autumn of life arrive.
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…quiet whistle before the tempest,
a strand of hair lifted with stormy sent
advertising how time certainly went
without a signal or formal…
By Chris Yellow
Trepidation
/A spiritual journey from addiction to withdraws to recovery
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…storm raged o’er weeks, lightening spent a’ore some malevolent ancient God landed its burning plasmatic tendrils deep unto his body yet remained he there in defiance! It challenged all that made who he was, seizing the moment…he could not fail now!
“Hurt thee where thy wilt, tis naught pain I fear, d'oeth thou, truly imagine thine own heart so pure? Nay, thusly so thine own actions mov'th heavens o’er whilst banning happiness below? D’oeth thou believe I’ve no recourse? Truly unto thee say I thy foul beast…leav'th thee…mine vivacity shall remain…
By A. T. Hirsch
Surviving Narcissism
/Look out for them.
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…me till I’m all used up, found me at a place where my hands were tied and enough was enough. It seems you thought you were better than working a day of your life
Just filled others with empty promises trying to survive. I thought you were a savior
Always embalmed with smiles and laughter made me laugh so hard I didn’t notice...
What you were really after. I saved and slaved at this restaurant…
By Don Pope
It's Not Easy to Fall in Love
/…not easy to fall in love
You just have to keep track of your ego being hurt
You keep expectations in the moment
And often times it leads to disappointment
You want to enjoy the happiness with your partner
But due to circumstances they might say you to…
By Moin Uddin
This Is Not For You
/An experimental poem with an unconventional structure
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…say, what is the laminated sign waiting for in its sepia red?
I tell you it is waiting for silvery lake like you.
Dawn on the havocs that wait for you
scratching the putrid chairs, coagulating the…
By Mumukshu D.C.
Read MoreThe Night Sky
/…looked into the clear night sky.
And picked me out a star.
This will now remind me.
How beautiful you are.
A shining point of light.
In the darkness we call…
By Blueledge
Vague Ideas
/…don't like setting SMART goals
Love vague ideas
Wanting to be better without extensive planning
Early morning mode
You can lead by example and I'll appreciate your efforts
Staring at you with my mouth ajar
Like I'm listening to you from afar
Rather be waiting by the…
By Samantha Merz
Read MoreSending My Regrets
/Just because you have two broken halves and all the tape in the world, it doesn't mean you can make a whole.
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…know, I think I’m sorry now. Sincerely,
chest-heavy sorry. I carry it in the lowest tips
of my lungs like pneumonia. I know
I said I’d never apologize after you served up my heart
sliced thinly on toast, a quick late breakfast you slid to her
at the other end of the table we crawled across
(just a little further with every teasing flash of
psychotic secrets held far too private for way too…
By E.V. Noechel
Beyond Narcissism
/Surviving the narcissists. Both without and within...
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…we look outward for validation and acceptance
We will be disappointed
For we do not control what others think of us
Nor what rewards they may choose to give or withhold
The world is filled with capriciousness and apathy
And increasingly with egotistical narcissism
Where people seek to fulfill their own desires
Without regard to the needs of…
By Mike Turner
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