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Inner Discomfort

Posted on October 23, 2022October 23, 2022 by Erin B.
Relentless self-scrutiny is not
so easily changed.
Obsessive inner discomfort
can be compulsive
and bring feelings of shame
with oneself. 

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Posted in Poems on Life, Poems on SadnessTagged changed, compulsive, discomfort, feelings, inner, obsessive, oneself, relentless, scrunity, shame

Bears The Blame

Posted on October 22, 2022October 22, 2022 by Erin B.
People criticize a woman
who gives up love,
yet no one criticizes the man
for the same story.
The woman bears the blame
in love and life.

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Posted in I Am Woman, Poems on Heartbreak, Poems on SadnessTagged bears, blame, criticize, life, love, man, people, same, story, woman

Familiar Feeling

Posted on October 22, 2022October 22, 2022 by Erin B.
Regret was a familiar feeling,
a comfortable blur
of thoughts
that felt hopeless.

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Posted in Poems on Life, Poems on SadnessTagged blur, comfortable, familiar, feeling, felt, hopeless, regret, thoughts

Predicted

Posted on October 22, 2022October 22, 2022 by Erin B.
You could have predicted
what happened next - 
I shouldn't listen to all that
fairy-tale crap.
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Posted in Poems on Heartbreak, Poems on SadnessTagged crap, fairy, happened, listen, next, predicted, tale

Humanness

Posted on October 21, 2022October 21, 2022 by Erin B.
Humanness itself
is sometimes pain.

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Posted in Poems on Heartbreak, Poems on Life, Poems on SadnessTagged humanness, itself, pain

Love Has Won

Posted on October 15, 2022October 15, 2022 by Erin B.
This is what I wanted
but somehow,
I'm afraid I'm paralyzed by fear
that I let myself believe
love has won.

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Posted in Poem on Love, Poems on Heartbreak, Poems on SadnessTagged afraid, believe, fear, love, paralyzed, wanted, won

Mere Ghost

Posted on October 15, 2022October 15, 2022 by Erin B.
It's true,
I was afflicted
with work, I assure you it
obscured the heart.
I had become a
mere ghost.

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Posted in My Heart Will Go On, Poems on Life, Poems on SadnessTagged afflicted, ghost, heart, mere, obscured, true, work

Dark Winter

Posted on October 14, 2022October 14, 2022 by Erin B.
I remember what happened
after I lost 
my love,
my life of dark winter
without passion or depth
fizzled out
drifting me in black mood.

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Posted in Poems on Heartbreak, Poems on Life, Poems on SadnessTagged black, dark winter, depth, drifting, fizzled, life, lost, love, mood, passion, remember

Veins Of Ice

Posted on October 10, 2022October 10, 2022 by Erin B.
My veins of ice
and such chilliness
does not alarm me.
I require to be alone.

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Posted in Poems on Anger, Poems on Heartbreak, Poems on SadnessTagged alarm, alone, chilliness, ice, veins

Split Morality

Posted on October 8, 2022October 8, 2022 by Erin B.
My split morality.
I guess I feel love
and violence
in me.

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Posted in Poems on Anger, Poems on Life, Poems on SadnessTagged feel, love, morality, split, violence

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