Category: Free Verse

Sun light beams through thick clouds.
Free Verse, Poetry

A Peaceful Place

~Poetry~ Written for Wordy Weekend Prompt #3 over at Caffeinated Philosophy There exists a portal to another worldIts secret hidesThough in plain sightIt cannot be seenBeyond the minds cacophony of illusionThat thick veilWalled prejudiceLocked perspectivePreventing one from seeing the truthHeaven is among usOverlapped spheresRight here; though hidNot by god, but rather disguised in sinOur powerOur weaknessOur failureOne must first have peace to find its placeBe … Continue reading A Peaceful Place

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Sunlight glows from behind a cloudy sky.
Free Verse, Poetry

Sun Blooms

~Poetry~ If for no other reasonI rise to receive the sunFor it always reciprocatesPeeking early over horizonsBefore launching into its dayEven when it cannot be seenIts light is still felt everywhereQuietly inspiring growth withinAll that fortune favors be seenEach rising up basking in gloryTouched by unseen warmthThat glows upon the skinLights up twinkling eyeAllowing us all to see Thank You For Reading Continue reading Sun Blooms

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Dirty blood red roses.
Free Verse, Poetry

Crying Over Spilt Blood

~Poetry~ *Strong Language Warning* They say blood is thicker than waterSo is honeyAnd you can catch lots of fliesWithout vinegarWho in the fuck really cares?A fly-eating toadWhich of course I am notShould I care?No; and yet I do so deeplyBad bloodIt has become soiled between usSpilled outUpon infertile, uncared-for earthSo pollutedPoisoned with lost trust and failureYet it’s homeAll that I know was grown right hereThough … Continue reading Crying Over Spilt Blood

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Collapsed abandoned building amid snowy trees
Free Verse, Poetry

Die Rich

~Poetry~ Those whom die richOften lived poorlyWithout meaningful wealthand so pursued thingsForever disappointedYet always hopefulThe next thing will doThat one thingTo make me happyI just have to find itIt’s out there somewhereMarriage, kids, the houseAnd then tooThe second marriageThe fast carThe bigger houseAll fleeting momentsLeaving in their wakeThy feeling alone, emptyFrustrated in disappointmentFor the wealth they seekCan never be so foundIn the things of the … Continue reading Die Rich

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Piles of trees bulldozed
Free Verse, Poetry

If Earth Be Eden

~Poetry~ Imagine the Garden of EdenOur so-lost paradiseA place of endless abundanceWhere every need is metSucculent satisfying fruit for allGiven by a gracious godI’ve seen flashes of this EdenIn those places unspoiltTis not yet lostDespite our best effortsThe garden thrives in wild placesThough fewer and fewerAnd so further and furtherMust our pilgrimage leadTo still sit in those hallowed spacesEnjoying the fruits of lifeOh how words … Continue reading If Earth Be Eden

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Portrait of a ghostly face without eyes
Free Verse, Poetry

In The End

~Poetry~ Life humbles all in the endThe greater a prideThe greater a painTo witness all that wasUnderstood as meaningfulRevealed as illusionTo see one’s life passedHaving instead chased deathTo mistake the hungerAs the meal, so never satedA heartbreaking realizationMany make too late in timeWhen there’s no space leftTo simply allow life’s blossomFinding death has filled the voidAnd a freedom sacrificedFor a small pleasureOf light comfortsAnother strung … Continue reading In The End

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A page wire fence in a state of decay
Free Verse, Poetry

Nomadic Soul

~Poetry~ I have a nomadic soulIt yearns for a freedom lostTo wander these landsNot as would be LordRather as one would be kinIt desires to beWherever mine eyes do seeTo borders I’m blindSo too the machinations of menThe fools collecting ever moreOnly to die and lose it allHaving never truly livedFor who can say they’ve livedHaving never known loveInstead, endlessly building wallsTo keep the other … Continue reading Nomadic Soul

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Starry night sky backdrops a full moon seen through a holey ceiling
Free Verse, Poetry

Sleep Beneath The Stars

~Poetry~ Have you everSlept beneath the stars?Down below the heavensOntop of the worldHave you rinsed thy soulIn the cascades of moonlightThat so gently shower the nightHave your eyes ever seen pastThe twinkling starsInto the darkness of eternityCan you recognizeThat which you areWithin and withoutAnd so fall into sleepThat eternal slumber deepAt the space before dreamWhere you cease to beAny-thing as suchWhere you have no formNo … Continue reading Sleep Beneath The Stars

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Abandoned log house decaying.
Free Verse, Poetry

When I Die

~Poetry~ When I DieThe whole world will endOr at least as I’ve imagined itAs my eyes have perceivedIn the unique way that this bodies feltHow its sensed all the lights and soundAll that I’ve experiencedAll that I’ve lived and feltAll this beautiful world will cease to existFor the eyes that hold itWill no longer see outThe form will so too come to passForever as fleeting … Continue reading When I Die

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Male abdomen muscles rendered in black and white
Free Verse, Poetry

Desires Of The Flesh

~Poetry~ I am not this bodyThough I do feelSensation of touchNot me, yet for meAn experience of lifePerhaps even of loveThough I doubt that pullCould ever be as deepAs the endless oceanOf true eternal loveYet It’s pretty to believeIn the opiate of desireTo call it love, to satisfyThat burning hungerThat yearns for the fleshTo use the body’s vigourAgainst some otherWho yearns in returnScratch that itchFor … Continue reading Desires Of The Flesh

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