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warneraliyah 33 poems

Why Live

Do you ever wonder what’s the purpose of living . I wake unhappy go to sleep unhappy dying in my own nightmare we call life every second…

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Gambit 1 poem

Intimidation

To live life with no spirit is to not live at all... But to die slowly of adherence to anothers beck and call…

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Chanet66 1 poem

My meninges

Losing in love is universally soul shattering. The vibrations of serenity deplete to an energy that collapse one’s lungs, cause cardiac…

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love_supreme 1,028 poems

I Want

I had to identify myself when I looked into the world and saw everyone else. I understood their needs and wants and all the way I was out…

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love_supreme 1,028 poems

Wisp

I woke up and their was a wisp in the air, a feeling of an approximation of life. The world fell away and there was nothing left in the…

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beafaithful 102 poems

The Curb

Now it's time to analyze the journey. As I travel down the road to my destination. I have encountered many things that I can look back on…

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lashann roberts 97 poems

MELODY

Your touch plays my body like a beautiful love song that is so very sweet, and it has me anticipating the next time our passions meet…

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chrisj21390 15 poems

I Pledge Allegiance

I pledge allegiance to my Papa. He the reason the reason im so proper. He taught me how to tie a tie like a Father. he taught me not to be…

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what a laugh

I have a master plan.... that is was all a scam they said you should of read the fine print, but little did they know I wasnt a signing it.

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DaSoulChild 109 poems

Missing Heart Found

was torn into pieces shattered turned ice cold. A love that I once had was taken away by another. Dark secrets came into the light. Lost my…

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Nekochi 8 poems

Drugged

Entangled in the sweet essence filled inside, As underneath the willed red sheets reside…

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young_poet 57 poems

Real Love

She said "I wanna love you but my wounds been scared to deep I don't think they can be healed.. mind lost in a maze of of pain you've been…

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sun flower

Knowing that pain is temporary , but also knowing that somehow it all got buried underneath me, but somehow it still reached me, not…

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PoeticKnight239 45 poems

Clear Mind Set

The world can be cruel ,simply unfair to those who are fooled, obligations once put upon a stool, kicked from under now hangs remnants over…

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SiMpLy Jo 2 poems

what if

In solitude of slumber I find…mind wandering down distant paths…and endless questioning…like…what if when you dream you’re actually awake…

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