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Rated: GC · Folder · Biographical · #2259395
Some people like happy & some not so happy, & this folder is for them.
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Portfolio -> The Dark Stuff (Poetry)
    The Human Species  
    Rated: E · Nature · #2238311
    World population 7.8 billion and rising. Earth cannot support us so a reduction is needed.
    Down But Not Out  
    Rated: E · Experience · #2237433
    Every day is a fight, sobriety, those who don't want me to win, just to use as they do.
    What Price Your Dignity  
    Rated: ASR · Death · #2236845
    My Dad developed dementia & went into care where he lost his dignity & eventually his life
    Sink or Swim  
    Rated: 13+ · Experience · #2236471
    Drug addicts & castaways know drowning & true isolation, so I wrote this with that in mind
    The Battle Lost  
    Rated: E · Death · #2236475
    I have Saxon blood and love all things Viking. But they didn't always win their battles.
    Why Don't I Get It  
    Rated: E · Arts · #2236548
    Inexperienced in writing I wanted to use words for meaning as well as artistic appearance.
    The Funny Guy  
    Rated: E · Biographical · #2236479
    A class clown becomes an addict but it's not so funny anymore.
    Between Two Worlds  
    Rated: E · Dark · #2234467
    The subconscious battle going on in the mind. I watch on, awaiting a victor.
    A Woman's Tear  
    Rated: 13+ · Personal · #2234754
    Society fears addiction but doesn't try to understand why. Ignorance never solves a thing.
    Seven Hundred and Thirty Days  
    Rated: E · Biographical · #2234355
    Divorce has been hard on my kids. Forced to choose mom or dad, I didn't stand a chance.
    Life  
    Rated: E · Dark · #2234348
    Looks at the twilight years. Seeing success & failure in a different light. What matters?
    The Darkness Comes  
    Rated: 18+ · Dark · #2236003
    Deals with depression, loss, abandonment and thoughts of self-harm.
    Waiting for the Man  
    Rated: 13+ · Experience · #2234357
    In a crack house waiting to score. I looked around and realized I had hit rock bottom.
    Don't Ask Me Why   
    Rated: XGC · Satire · #2234672
    This guy is uncouth, misogynistic, a substance abuser, swears and his girl just left him.
    The Bars of Her Heart  
    Rated: 18+ · Tragedy · #2235741
    A drunk girl is raped by a 'friend'. She doesn't report it or tell anyone until me.
    Who Cares  
    Rated: E · Environment · #2235470
    Do we care if we have no planet to sustain us, no air to breathe, we will when that comes
    Festival Blues  
    Rated: ASR · Music · #2235464
    Wanted to write something different, and different was what I wrote. A festival tragedy.
    The Dealer and The Doctor  
    Rated: 18+ · Legal · #2235719
    Dealers are bad & doctors are good. But is there any real difference between the two?
    Suffocating in my own Regret  
    Rated: ASR · Biographical · #2235104
    Use...stop using...relapse...use...stop using...relapse...ten years...twenty years...
    Silence  
    Rated: 13+ · Dark · #2235102
    A friend confided in me her experiences with her step-father, & this became my first poem.
    Something Reminds Me of You  
    Rated: E · Emotional · #2236889
    Written for my twin daughters, who I haven't seen in five years.
    Addiction's Tentacles  
    Rated: 18+ · Biographical · #2237713
    Placing human-like qualities on a substance and on a problem making it seem more tangible.
    A Dealer's Life  
    Rated: E · Crime/Gangster · #2237712
    The dealers I knew didn't live a charmed life. Most sold only to support their own habit.
    Wicked Witch  
    Rated: ASR · Dark · #2237221
    I once knew a witch who was evil & cunning & powerful. I escaped with nothing but my life.
    This Twisted Life  
    Rated: E · Biographical · #2237117
    Self-appraisal was honest & tough. Time for what's good after the trash is out the door.
    Daddy's Chair  
    Rated: 13+ · Death · #2236968
    They knew my father was going to die. Was it wrong that it was a relief for us both?
    What's Important  
    Rated: E · Environment · #2236958
    A nice car? A good job? Beauty or fame? Or a planet which can sustain us into the future?
    Peer Pressure  
    Rated: E · Tragedy · #2240541
    Describes the night my friend & I stole a car, crashed & he was killed.
    I'm Not Alone  
    Rated: E · Relationship · #2239470
    Couples feel sorry for me as I don't have anyone to love, yet I feel sorry for them.
    Her Bitter Pill  
    Rated: E · Relationship · #2238678
    Rarely do relationships end mutually, or are balanced equally. If one loves more it hurts.
    Eternity in the Blink of an Eye  
    Rated: E · Family · #2238614
    A story of infidelity, the lies told to support it & the aftermath for all concerned.
    Broken Beyond Repair  
    Rated: E · Community · #2298664
    Bureaucracy & cost cuts within government services replace humanity with a cold emptiness.
    Words From a Child  
    Rated: ASR · Dark · #2297270
    I was no higher than her knee as my dad choked my mom. I stood taller than I knew I could.
    Must I Change   
    Rated: E · Biographical · #2295469
    When people, friends and family become concerned, rarely do they look at their own lives.
    The Soul Mugger  
    Rated: 18+ · Dark · #2292711
    A dark creature who lives in the sewer awaits. He is willing to bargain for your soul.
    Shattered  
    Rated: E · Emotional · #2288988
    The connection between the heart and the mind has now been proven. Particle entanglement.
    Something From Nothing  
    Rated: ASR · Dark · #2288987
    Every scientist's dream is to get something from nothing. But is that possible?
    If I Die, Then I'll Be Dead  
    Rated: E · Nonsense · #2256356
    Going for my Pfizer jab in two days and the possible sides brought out this simple poem.
    Penetration Perpetrators  
    Rated: 18+ · Crime/Gangster · #2251795
    Using the same letter at the start of each word isn't easy when a story must be told.
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