Tag: love
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Beauty’s Battle – A Poem About Endurance and Fighting Fear
Beauty’s Battle – A Poem About Endurance and Fighting Fear She sits engaged in a battleBeneath the shadow of her own face,Slowly conceding to her own demonsBrought back by their blows, crushed beneath their weight. She wonders what’s the use in tryingWhen defeat has already been secured?For what’s left of the light is dyingAnd her…
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The Pearl – A Poem
The Pearl – A Poem Precious pearl that glimmers somewhere At the bottom of the sea. How many shells must I pry open Before you reveal yourself to me? Your shell is hard and dirty, Protecting the smooth gem that resides within. You may fool the world with your tough exterior But I know the…
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Reflections – A Poem About Character Flaws
Reflections – A Poem About Character Flaws The extent of my weaknesses are revealed Beneath the weight of uncertainty. I am often a self-absorbed child, Believing that time and even the world itself should stop for me. My futile fury of feeble insecurity Is shocking and pries open my eyes To inner flaws I was blind…
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Upon This Rock – A Christian Poem of Grace
Upon This Rock – A Christian Poem of Grace Upon this rock I walk Uncertain, yet composed. Not crushed beneath the veil of darkness, For with me always is a light that glows. The demons of my weakness harass me. Past failures breed doubts to future plans. But upon this rock I’m free, Caressed and…
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One Day At A Time – A Poem
One Day At A Time – A Poem The cool breeze of fall Grips me in a trance, Lost in a dance that I wish I could take part in. But these feet waltz alone And these fingers intertwine with no one, Holding nothing but empty space. It’s just me beneath an October moon, Admiring…
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The Meeting of the Stoic and Romantic – A Poem
The Meeting of the Stoic and Romantic – A Poem The stoic spoke to the romantic As they crossed paths in the Roman Forum. “How can you be so weak, so feeble, so helpless? Have you no shame to show the world your heart, to wear emotion on your face? Have you no fear, no…
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Rapunzel – A Poem About Fighting For Love
Rapunzel – A Poem About Fighting For Love “Rapunzel, Rapunzel,Let down thy hair.”Neither sleet nor rain,Darkness nor pain,Cold nor iceWill suffice to keep me awayFrom your tower of solitude.You can ascend spiral stairs of stoneInto the sky’s recesses,But I will follow your tresses,Clinging and holding on despite your wrongs.The song you sing is without equal,And…
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Stars
Stars Tears fall. Shooting, streaming from the sky. Stars that used to shine Are extinguished in seas of pain and die. Endless black covers heaven’s rooftop With no signposts or signal fires to light and guide the way. The moon mourns in solemn tunes, Refusing to reflect the sun’s rays. Dreams of desolation Devour the…
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The Siren’s Song – A Poem
The Siren’s Song – A Poem Standing in the shadow of sullen memories My mind rocks, crashes, splashes Like the roaring waves of the open sea, Bound within chambers of emotion – Locked within the prison cell in which my heart has sentenced me. My heart moans, mounts up upon scattered fragments of possibility But…
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Stutter Step – A Poem
Stutter Step – A Poem Like a quick, passing glance The foot falls of our dance Stutter and come to a halting screech. Not through random chance, Nor matters of unforeseen circumstance, But because you refuse to leap. Leave matters of the heart to faith. Believe and dream in the life that awaits For you…
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The Trouble With Love – A Poem
The Trouble With Love – A Poem Why do I continually let people into my fragile heart Who have no business being there? Why do I continue to trust in the promise of love When it only breeds deep wounds of despair? “I Love You’s” are thrown around like hellos, Promises given without the trace…
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Unconditionally – A Poem About Hard Love
Unconditionally A Poem About Hard Love Perhaps we have been prepared to believe that love is meant to be easy. Perhaps we have been convinced we can enjoy the spoils of war without a fight. But true love suffers freely, merely for a chance to behold the light. Perhaps we believe that we can reach…
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Passion’s Answer – A Love Poem
Come lay down at my feet, Come sweep away the pain that follows me, Haunting me wherever my restless heart roams. Fix your gaze upon my soul, Look in its mirror and see its reflection shows you, And see that its essence is true. Let me tell you my tales of unwritten stories And the…
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One Is Never Enough, Ten Will Never Do – A Poem About Addiction
Having suffered through the bonds of addiction, I sought in this poem to somehow put into perspective what the transformation of an addict is like. It never starts off as tragedy, but as a solution to all life’s problems – the missing puzzle piece that we’ve been searching for all of our life to make…
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The Invitation (Demo) Song
The Invitation (Demo) (CLICK TITLE TO HEAR SONG) Verse 1 Through it all I suppose I should hate you. Through it all I suppose I shouldn’t care. Through it all I know I should dispose you. But through it all, my love for you still prevails. Chorus So if you’re out there tonight, Consider this my…
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If Only … – A Love Poem
If Only … – A Love Poem If there was a way to pluck my beating heart from my chest, I’d let you have it. Just to give you the comfort Of knowing you could crush it at a moment’s notice, Just so you wouldn’t feel so vulnerable, so weak, so full of fear. If…
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Betrayal Burns Like A Bonfire – A Poem of Love
Betrayal Burns Like A Bonfire – A Poem of Love My heart is burning in the flames of betrayal – Scorching like a fiery furnace stripping away metal, Bubbling like a boiling brew over a kettle; Anguish stirs within. Oh, this wretched weakness, this bitter sin That I allow my anger to smolder. Steam sneaks…
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The Tinman – A Poem
The Tinman – A Poem Your beacon blazes with the firestormOf a thousand pyres.In your eyes I find the fires –Smoke signals that rise to the heavensAnd lead me on a journeyOut of the confinement of earthly shacklesThat have clanged like lonely church bellsRinging in the early morning,Beckoning for deliverance around my feet for countless…
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