John Sensele Poems

Home, abundance of warmth
Felt far beyond the belt I wear
A sanctuary safe from the wrath
I feel elsewhere in the acrid air.
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I leapt forward and wept
The demise of the dream
No longer swept or kept
Beyond the rim of my whim and swim scheme.
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Political space, political face
More than a perceived surface and the trace
For which protagonists and antagonists fight
Aggrandizing or downsizing the right
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A new normal for my mendacious mammal?
Tipping point pines for the informal
Sector where the ‘MeToo Movement' scrambles into the atrophy
Human feelings suffer when they insert no apostrophe
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I don't give my life any slack
When I paint my faith black
In the vain hope redemption I gain
Treating prayer with disdain and the pain
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Beers, fears and tears cannot wash away the pain
I feel with intensity
Although a little hope in my brain
Supplies silly sentiments towards my painless propensity.
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Neglected night, needless nonsense
Fruitless fantasy
Cannot condole the crippling cadence
That slays my peace mind without mercy.
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Don't stalk my progress
Cos I gave you a chance
In return you lumbered on me stress
My eyes won't tolerate you, on balance.
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Glitz and blitz in my silhouette
Conceal the hurt I feel inside
Despite the pretence the pirouette
Bravery and bravado brandish outside.
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Time heals, time chills
Bruises and ruses
When time lost steals
Opportunities to create cruises.
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