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Quarantined

Collection of Poems

By Verity GreenePublished 3 years ago 1 min read
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Quarantined

A song of hope

has withered; has died.

Its verses have have shriveled up-

escape has been denied.

A lyric, once sought

is left untried-

for the preachers' sermons

we once hated with distrust

has finally left us beguiled.

We: a forest fire

Like fire we consume what surrounds us

unaware or unsympathetic?

of the damage we cause

and the impact we leave behind,

destroying innocence

and destroying our lives.

Unspoken

Left uncovered are the things

which should have never been.

While covered are the things

that should have been seen

shared, discussed

and addressed.

Assemble & Disassemble

Once taken apart

and now pieced back together

unintelligible thoughts & actions

are what do not matter.

They teeter and totter

and turn the world into chaos

until no one remembers

how to live with no drama,

until peace disintegrates

and every little thing goes asunder.

The Year of

The year of distrust

of emotions going amiss.

No time to reconcile with old fears

for new fears spread wide.

What seemed so important

& what seemed so distasteful

are now not remembered-

as they are important no longer.

This year of rights wronged.

This year of "freedom taken away".

Let the fierce waves of Mother Nature

erase all this nonsense.

Make way.

Aged

Once new, unused and shiny

but time -a condition, almost enemy-

slowly using and marking.

A scratch turns into a crack-

fillings are exposed

slowly emptying-

no longer useful.

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About the Creator

Verity Greene

I love writing dark fantasy/ imagery poetry.

instagram.com/flawed.changeling

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