Tracy Craighead Poems

The anxiety is choking me and my GOD I can not breathe
fear and anger consume my days and nights
I am tired but I can not sleep
because this tiger is real, and he is chasing me
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I dance in the grey
I live in the black
But yearn for the white
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Pretending you are gone....it's how I get by
Pretending you never were
Pretending I never loved you
Pretending you will never come home
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Self righteous, he is an enemy
and holds the power
to terrorize me
does he come from hell
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They bit hard with tongues
Left bleeding his soul
Silenced his spirit
Their hearts black as coal
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It was awful in a way all tragedy plays out.
Destruction on a level that few can see.
As evil presents with a smile….
Deceptively kind with a hidden desire.
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I see you shadowed in moonlight,
A halo surrounding your head
My back on the trampoline
Slightly damp but I don't care.
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Garry

I see a shadow above your head
A cloud weighing you down
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Father

I didn't answer your call
Or bother to return it
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I'm stuck in the storm, whirling round about
Everything I know, now upside down
Promises made years ago.....
So suddenly, but-easily set free.
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