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Suicide or Suffer

What to do when the pain
is more than I can bear?

by Backporchphilosopher 18 lines, 7 comments, on Sep 23 7:42 PM. In Life, Sad, Pain, Dark, Abuse, Death, Longing, Depression, Anger, Suicide, Loss
Little children, little lambs

when 97% of Palestine lives
on about a buck a day

by Backporchphilosopher 42 lines, 20 comments, on Jul 29 6:23 PM. In Contest, Dark, Pain, Society, Spiritual, Longing, Sadness, Angry, War, Humanity
Soar

I have been to
the abyss

by Backporchphilosopher 42 lines, 5 comments, on Jul 13 6:20 PM. In Sad, Pain, Dark, Death, Longing, Depression, Loss
Respite

Morning skies overcast
so dark

by Backporchphilosopher 26 lines, 4 comments, on Jul 8 6:25 PM. In Sad, Pain, My life, Longing, Depressed, Gratitude, Hope
Beautiful Woman

Today you stand
to face the world

by Backporchphilosopher 23 lines, 5 comments, on Jul 7 3:56 PM. In Contest, Hope, Friendship, Message, Freewrite, Birthday Wishes
God Is and Is to Be

In Rwanda, she works with his spouse to make
peace baskets to end community hunger

by Backporchphilosopher 35 lines, 6 comments, on Jun 30 4:50 PM. In Love, Dark, Hope, Spiritual, Society, Message, Inspirational, Humanity, War
Betrayed

the agony, the ache
I shrink in humiliation

by Backporchphilosopher 19 lines, 2 comments, on Jun 30 2:45 PM. In Life, Sad, Pain, Longing, Depression, Anger, Lost love, Loss, Goodbyes, Abuse

Nighttime in Iran

Nighttime in Iran
"Allah is Great"

by Backporchphilosopher 22 lines, 3 comments, on Jun 20 6:45 PM. In Thoughts, Pain, Dark, Society, Angst, Abuse, Death, Message, Humanity, War, Iran
Vow to Fight

When a child was the victim of a racial killing
he fell into a very deep depression

by Backporchphilosopher 18 lines, 3 comments, on May 31 1:33 PM. In Love, Spiritual, Hope, Abuse, Depression, Dedication, Contest, Humanity, Message
Mischief

sleek and
slender

by Backporchphilosopher 35 lines, 2 comments, on May 19 2:25 PM. In Love, Nature, Friendship, Freewrite, Dedication, Cats
Passage

Dreams so big
Dreams so real

by Backporchphilosopher 18 lines, 2 comments, on May 15 4:07 AM. In Contest, Sad, Pain, Death, Depression, Loss, Goodbyes, Lost & Broken Dreams
For the Lost Boys

A single tear
streams down my face

by Backporchphilosopher 23 lines, 3 comments, on May 15 3:57 AM. In Sad, Pain, Dark, Contest, Society, Abuse, Message, Children, Humanity
The Blood on Little Hands

lips mutilated for leaking
stories of atrocities witnessed

by Backporchphilosopher 19 lines, 5 comments, on May 11 9:34 PM. In Abuse, Sad, Society, Death, Message, Children, Humanity, War, Anger
Dismissed

cold winds blow
slaps my face

by Backporchphilosopher 18 lines, 2 comments, on May 9 7:47 PM. In Abuse, Dark, Pain, Personal, Sad, Longing, Lost love, Angry

Pipedreams

Like a movie projector in my mind
turned on arbitrarily

by Backporchphilosopher 90 lines, 1 comment, on Apr 28 9:24 PM. In Dark, Personal, Sad, My life, Depression, Lost love, Freewrite, Suicide, Goodbyes
My American Dream turned into Bread Lines

I slink alone in my despair
no toilet paper...no light bulbs...food is scarce

by Backporchphilosopher 47 lines, 5 comments, on Apr 13 12:20 PM. In Life, Sad, Pain, Dark, Contest, Society, Abuse, Death, Longing, Depression, Message
Hurting

time doesn't always heal
at best

by Backporchphilosopher 54 lines, 4 comments, on Apr 13 9:08 AM. In Abuse, Dark, Pain, Sad, Lost love, Longing, Freewrite, Depressed, Anger, Death
Spent

letting go
a piece at a time

by Backporchphilosopher 28 lines, 1 comment, on Mar 23 2:27 PM. In Abuse, Dark, Pain, Sad, Lost love, Longing, Depressed, Death, Angry, Thoughts
Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

Climate change could extinguish the human race
we do too little, too late
foolish beings, self-imposed fate

by Backporchphilosopher 31 lines, 6 comments, on Mar 13 10:56 AM. In Life, Dark, Contest, Spiritual, Nature, Society, Death, Message, War, Humanity
Fly Again...

they betrayed me
stole that which i loved the most
abused me when vulnerable

by Backporchphilosopher 24 lines, 3 comments, on Mar 13 10:37 AM. In Contest, Pain, Hope, Spiritual, Friendship, My life, Inspirational, Goodbyes
Internal Climate Change

black as coal
heart does grieve

by Backporchphilosopher 28 lines, 3 comments, on Mar 9 6:26 PM. In Personal, Sad, Pain, Dark, Loss, Abstract, Depressed, Death

My Heart's Calling...

the arrogance, ignorance
greed of others

by Backporchphilosopher 69 lines, 5 comments, on Feb 24 4:09 PM. In Personal, Sad, Pain, Dark, Contest, Society, Humanity, War, Freewrite, Abuse
In the Sea of Being: 6 Million Perished

despite the extreme pain
of their act

by Backporchphilosopher 64 lines, 2 comments, on Feb 18 10:11 AM. In Thoughts, Dark, Contest, Society, Abuse, Message, Dedication, Humanity, War
Topsy-Turvy

eternal the questions
eternal the truths

by Backporchphilosopher 42 lines, 1 comment, on Feb 15 9:57 PM. In Life, Dark, Contest, Nature, Society, Anger, Message, Angry, Humanity, War
Urban Genocide

In the midst of disgusting social injustice, in a neighboring
town, the police are arrested for drug-dealing

by Backporchphilosopher 34 lines, 3 comments, on Feb 15 9:28 PM. In Dark, Society, Abuse, Death, My life, Message, Hate, Personal., Humanity, Contest
Your Unique Voice

I always hated it when someone told me
some is suffering worse than you are.

by Backporchphilosopher 101 lines, 8 comments, on Feb 13 5:04 PM. In Love, Contest, Hope, Society, Sadness, Depression, Message, Suicide, Humanity
The Fall, the Fall Out, the New Wave

no right way, no wrong way
simply the path we choose
Free Will I AM

by Backporchphilosopher 33 lines, 1 comment, on Feb 10 5:44 PM. In Thoughts, Life, Contest, Society, Angst, Death, Message, Humanity, War, Angry
After the Disaster

I sift through the debris
remnants of what once was life

by Backporchphilosopher 29 lines, on Feb 10 12:44 PM. In Personal, Pain, Dark, Sad, Longing, Depression, Lost love, Loss, Angry
Hidden Dimension

We postulate, calculate there are parallel universes
where all exists in minor variation from life here

by Backporchphilosopher 33 lines, 3 comments, on Feb 6 10:18 AM. In Spiritual, Nature, Message, Inspirational, Contest
Disillusionment

cryptic meanings
mixed messages

by Backporchphilosopher 26 lines, 1 comment, on Jan 30 11:44 AM. In Abuse, Angst, Pain, Personal, Sad, Longing, Depression, Lost love, Loss
Indifference

tears so fall
'til finally numb

by Backporchphilosopher 40 lines, 1 comment, on Jan 26 11:47 AM. In Personal, Sad, Pain, Dark, Abuse, Depression, Hate, Angry, Dedication
Goodnight, Goodbye for Now

Even though
death was near

by Backporchphilosopher 19 lines, 5 comments, on Jan 21 11:25 PM. In Sad, Love, Death, My life, Dedication, Family, Goodbyes
Rip in the Fabric of the Universe

Scientists are still quite baffled over the exponential
expansion of dark energy in space;

by Backporchphilosopher 35 lines, 6 comments, on Jan 21 6:26 AM. In Spiritual, Contest, Hope, Society, Inspirational, Humanity, Message
All Mothers Weep

5 million dead now in the Congo
In Darfur, civil war turns into genocide

by Backporchphilosopher 28 lines, 2 comments, on Jan 19 9:06 AM. In Contest, Society, Abuse, Death, Sadness, Message, Loss, Angry, War, Humanity
In honor of Garbage: Jehovah's Witness

Starve the walking skeletons
in resource-seeking sin

by Backporchphilosopher 56 lines, 2 comments, on Jan 18 1:29 AM. In Dark, Contest, Society, Angst, Abuse, Death, Message, Dedication, Humanity, Angry

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