Bad Timing by [Orange]

A blank screen
A blank mind
Not clear or calm
But hot and numb
Of the deepest kind.

A white screen
A colourless mind
Transparent to thought
A faceless image
Of the unborn child.

A black screen
And clouded mind
Simple thoughts unclarified
Disguised by torment
Forever blind.

An empty screen
An unfulfilled mind
Complete with confusion
Disbelief and disgust
Talk about time.

A whizzing screen
A swirling mind.
Falling to nothing
Hating everything
Just wanting to die.

A destroyed screen
A distorted mind
Broken body
Life dissipating
Mother and unborn child

Comparing the Contrast by [withWater]

Your words are so pointed-
Where as mine curve,
Dancing away with metaphor.

Yours are sharp, jagged-
They point at your cause
Glaring behind rough tones, dark plots,
True stories.

You are used to living hidden
To lashing out only when that mouth moves harshly,
Where hands strike in anger.

I try my best to be open,
Which must be why I have red stripes
(under my sleeves)
must be why I am not determined-
(why I like to delay)

In the end,
Our results are bad poetry:
Seemingly all we can write.
So I- leave it glowing like the sunset:
The one before out first encounter
And though I don’t know about leaving a promise
(unsacred as they have become)
I swear I try to write
Every moment we need to remember

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Frozen by [Dewdrops on the Cobwebs]

Her mind was frozen
Chilled by cold thoughts
And feelings
Her body was snow white
Fragile
A magnolia petal
Her fingers
Almost translucent
Like icicles
Glass slivers
Her heart
Turned to stone
By cruelty
And hurt
No happiness
To keep her warm
No pulse
No life
Stone hearts
Don't beat

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Saints Cry Too by [Because you loved me]



John shot his best friend today
Said it was justified
Then his dad picked up the gun
And set out
To avenge his son



He didn't wait to hear John speak
Didn't ask for an explaination
The case was won
And for what he'd done
Immediate Incarceration



Now sally has no daddy
And Mary's lost a son
This is what happens to the world
When revenge is done



Mamma's gotta baby to bury
Mamma's gotta baby to bury
Daddy's gotta baby to bury
Daddy's gotta baby to bury



Paul took the pills
All 37 of them
Stuffed them in his mouth
And chugged a beer to swallow them
Then his mom walked in



Life Innocent Gone
All because of what Chelsy meant
Now that she's gone
He couldn't stay
This way
She'll remember his name



Now Mom's gotta baby to carry again
Back to the same Hospital
He was born in
Can't save his life
He's too far gone



Mamma's gotta baby to bury
Mamma's gotta baby to bury
Daddy's gotta baby to bury
Daddy's gotta baby to bury



Andy caught a plane to out of state
Killed all the pilots with a razor blade
Army going crazy
There are children on the plane
Gives himself up
And lands the damn thing



Now he begs for mercy
And they shoot him just the same
Bang Bang
Bang Bang
Bang Bang



Sarah called the hotline this morning
Asking for help
This was their warning
"Dont kill yourself, please stand by."
Putting her on hold
Was like saying "goodbye"



Now she's crying in the corner clutching the gun
With a note written out to everyone
She's cold and she's tired
Of being alone
She sighs and then
Is gone



Mamma's gotta baby to bury
Mamma's gotta baby to bury
Daddy's gotta baby to bury
Daddy's gotta baby to bury