Category: relief
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Carrying the Weight
Many people have suffered Weighed down by generational curses They never told a soul Wearing a mask that covers the face But provides no relief An existence tormented by pain and misery I once knew a man that bore the brunt Of his family’s secrets His body became contorted His countenance was haggard In one…
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Never Dry
Your hands fail to catch it Your body longs for it Your ears hear it falling Your eyes search for it’s translucent form Plants grow toward the sun And wait for relief Deer eat grass And run towards the stream Water restores and maintains the body It is nourishing Giving ease to stained muscles And…
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Passing On To Glory
Passing On To Glory All I hear is condolences Rolling off grief stricken tongues They hit me Like hard pebbles meant for skipping They tell the tale of a daughter Who lost her father last week Kind faces filled with sympathy towards me Are hurtful and bring no relief But through sorrow we heal together…
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Addiction
Addiction He flirts with death He a stone cold, hope killer The pain gets no realer He smoke the dope I’m not pointing no fingers But scorn follows the drug dealer He trades in disaster When people are going down He helps them get there faster But the user just wants to feel…
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Practice
Practice A sandless hour glass Keeps track of the dial for me Trapped air sits ad nauseam With no way to pass the time and zero relief Moments are walled in with granular precision Shrinking seconds, caving-in, Inching closer to an aging vision But seeing its value nonetheless As you strive and practice to become…
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Eye Drops
Eye Drops Water purifies the body But it can only provide moisture To the quenched palette of a lost dreamerThere is no relief for the weary of spirit Only a robust speech that elavates the mind Can flush sore eyes of borrowed expectations Love always, Esha <3
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