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doppelgänger
i miss you. so much. feels like i can't breathe for wanting you back i'm paralyzed by the missing, the wanting, the longing.
Heather HublerPublished 2 months ago in PoetsPartly Tired Seriously Disturbed
Living inside PTSD, it's a constant battle Trying to hold it all together, but feeling rattled Memories haunt me, like a ghost the night
Wayne IncePublished 2 months ago in PoetsThe Biggest Screen
It is where I see all the war end, and the peace born, it is where I see the lovely spring. comes up sweeping away, all the misery,
P.A.Vinura JayasankaPublished 2 months ago in PoetsPass Me By
I had to let one pass me by. Knowing that I would live a lonely life. Without her by my side. I play a dangerous game.
The Student Sonnet
Note: I have pretty much been dead on my feet this week with the midterm exams, weather weirdness in Canada, and the usual obsessions and concerns over money and future work (thank you, stress headache...stressache?). So, this may not be my best work, but I think it explains where my head is at and what I have had to deal with...
Kendall DefoePublished 2 months ago in Poetsthe call that reminds you
call after call complaint after complaint deliveries delayed packages destroyed audio civil unrest nothing prepares you for
Paul StewartPublished 2 months ago in PoetsPetals
I disrobe all of my black clothes at the sun’s close. Then let the moonlight illuminate my brown toes. I allow them to seep deep into the warm soil of the crown rose.
The Past
2 March 2022, After midnight The past Can’t change who you are. They mock; they shout They tell you that *** You! ***
The Duality Inside
Within lies shadow. Souls have both darkness and a light aglow. . Drawn from years ago that failed to repress; within lies shadow.
Lindsay SfaraPublished 2 months ago in PoetsWithout You
Living life without you would be like living without air I would be suffocating if I was living without you there The breath in my lungs and my will to live all gone like the breath of wind
Anthony TerryPublished 2 months ago in PoetsNO SLEEP
HAVING THE UNWANTED URGE TO LAY AWAKE IN SOLITUDE, IN THE DEEP OF THE NIGHT WHEN THE WORLD LIES STILL, MY REST EVADES, TOSS, TURN, THE CLOCK TICKS ON,
the world can wait for me now
slowing down, breathing the world can wait for me, now come what may, in time