Poetry Blogs (2021, morphine)

nothing's certain anymore,

I dont know what matters,

confusion paints my head,

my inhibitions lie in tatters

I've found that special one

for whom I'd long yearned

to make up for those times

I'd had my fingers burned

always terrified of women,

felt they were over-sexed,

averse to the physical side,

passion left me perplexed

seemed safer to keep awa...

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All the faith carried in your soul
all the morphine lightening the load
they play a strange sad game
they lie in bleak dark ways

I listened to the doctor speak
while you read some ancient tome
and, yes, you know your body well
but pain isn’t the cause

This belief takes its small toll
the colour and the hope both drain away
defeatedly you feel you’re fading

But you’re not fading
y...

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