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Stupefied
I sit
Stupefied
Seeking solace
From shame
The silence
Is no longer safe
Secrets seep
From the shadow
Slowly I find myself
Surrounded
My sanity siphoned
Into stillness
I sit
Stupefied
Seeking solace
From shame
The silence
Is no longer safe
Secrets seep
From the shadow
Slowly I find myself
Surrounded
My sanity siphoned
Into stillness
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This poem is from the book, ‘A Requiem For What Could Have Been: Poetry For The Broken’.
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Panic Attack
You know what’s worse
Than feeling completely overwhelmed
By the mundanity of normal life?
The shame
The knowing
That I
Now must
Make plans to cope
With things most others thoughtlessly navigate
The knowing
That I
Now must
Choose between
The embarrassment of bailing
Or the embarrassment of failing
The knowing
That I
Now must
Accept
The fact that I am limited
That my desires will forever outstrip my capacity
All in order to survive
A crowd
A noise
A smell
A look
A word
A touch
A thought
Yes
Even a thought
My mind
In its infinite wisdom
Sometimes views the thoughts it itself creates
As so dangerous to its own existence
That it deems it appropriate
To shut itself down
The shame
The isolation
The confusion
The loneliness
The limitation
The fear
The inevitability
The holding back
The rumination
The depression
The shame
This poem is from the book, ‘A Requiem For What Could Have Been: Poetry For The Broken’.
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i float
the vastness of the ocean
has been replaced
by the safety of a kiddy pool
i float
under a lifeguards watchful gaze
passively accepting
the artificiality of my confines
only vaguely aware
of a time
not long ago
when I could look upon the horizon
and feel the sun upon my skin
memories
of riding atop the waves
both terrified and exhilarated
by nature’s limitless beauty
have been replaced
by the scent of chlorine
penetrating my nose
and irritating my eyes
but I don’t care
i am lulled by the warmth of the water
and comforted by the knowledge
that soon
i will forget
the taste of salt water
and the thrill of that first plunge
into the depth
of the ocean’s
infinite embrace
This poem is from the book, ‘Poetry from a Dark Night of the Soul’.
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apathy
there is something
uniquely terrifying
about watching your emotions
dissipate before your eyes
witnessing the fear
of your fear falling away
itself fall away
into the abyss of apathy
leaving nothing
but a gentle malaise
and a question
you don’t care enough to answer
is it worse
to feel pain
or to not feel anything
at all?
This poem is from the book, ‘Poetry from a Dark Night of the Soul’.
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Anger
My shame
At having you
As my father
Has become
Anger
Directed towards myself
For failing my children
In the same ways
You failed me
This poem is from the book, ‘A Requiem For What Could Have Been: Poetry For The Broken’.
Read more from the colleciton, download a free copy, or purchase as a Paperback, eBook, Hardcover or Audiobook.