The cradle of despair.
The ever-winter air.
Is anybody there,
Beneath this dreadful moon
Evoking thirst for tears?
I'm screaming - no one hears.
I breathe the same old fear
That I'll be dying soon.
My soul strays and hovers,
My heart is under covers,
My lonely secret lovers -
The clouds and the sea -
Can grant me no salvation
Within my heart's temptation.
In this dilapidation
I see no way to flee.

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Your husband, unfaithful, and five stupid kids
Do grow the seeds of despair;
You water them amply, chain-eating with greed
Cheap sweets. Listen, quit it. Stare.

Your husband detests you. Accept it is true.
He needs ironed suits and your dinner.
However, he had kind of feelings for you
When you were much younger and thinner.

All hope is gone,
You try to flee,
You're dreaming of the deep blue sea,
Remembering your honeymoon.

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You detest me. The reason is clear,

And your welcome is always so cold,

But the core of my perfect idea

Has been stolen by the whole

Heartless cruel rotten world.



You all promptly discovered the sense of surviving

And at last started thinking what means to be free.

Full of envy, consumed with mixed feelings, you're striving

For quite shallow things in the same way as me.

You are trying to open my eyes

To my being the core of the vice,
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BONUS DAY? Are you nuts? We’re done with this . . .Post at least three of your favorite poems… one of them should be by someone else… (don’t post the poem without permission from the author but mention it or post a link).

I can’t decide if Esther Helfgott’s Poem ON April 3 or April 4th or April 7th were my favorite of the month. She felt inspired to write something very personal and did so with the kind of rare compassion you rarely see. Thanks f… Continue