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Corruption

Write a poem that addresses the theme of corruption. This is an uncommon theme to express poetically, so think about different types of corruption, and how they can best be explored through poetry.

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Who’s To Trust?

Blood, sweat, and briny tears,

Dripping down the drain,

Swore to muffle fears,

But ruin the terrain.


Once power was mighty,

But now tricks the hearts,

Their system untidy,

Subtle apathy darts.


The shadows consume,

A cloud over earth,

An evil, dark gloom,

Greed’s its only worth.


A numbing parasite,

That eats at the potent’s flesh,

While the common with blind sights,

Follow as if lives aren’t ...

This Is Not Who I Once Loved

You look at me

Different than before


You once looked at me with a glow in your eyes

You once had joy and brightness in your smile

You used to glow more than the sun itself


Now your eyes are dark and cold

Your smile quivers and is thirsty for power

You aren’t kissed by the sun anymore

Not the moon

You have been sucked into a black hole


It is too late for you


You once craved laughter

Now all you...

Corrupted Decomposition

The ducks didn’t return to the lake after the storm.


The color has drained.

I should’ve known better.

Maybe I did know what I was walking into.

I knew it was a trap.

I figured if I was trapped, daily decisions would be taken out of my hands.


I thought he was there to save me.

He wasn’t.

He didn’t want to save me.

He wanted to be God.


He wanted to be the only one I knew.

He wanted to peal apar...

Corruption ďżź

BANG, BANG! The gun goes pop.

A criminal flees, as the bodies drop.

Innocent eyes fixed on the TV screen.

Fascinated by what they’ve seen.

Glass pipes and syringes, glorified.

Innocence bleeds from a young child’s mind.


And as the TV flickers with its evil allure,

The hearts of our children are left impure....

Devil’s Advocate

Cw for religion ✝️



Not to play devil’s advocate

But I can see his side

Yenno besides the whole

‘Let all the glory be mine’

It makes a lot of sense

To do away with free will

The moment we got agency

Everything went downhill


You’d think intelligent beings

Would use their power of choice

To make all people equal

To give everyone a voice

Instead it seems that humans try

To go out of their way

To...

FĂźhrer

The crowd below the terrace shouts: “führer!”

The skies above sigh rays of slight and sun;

That engulf the man upon the stage;

In that he’s blinded from reality—

The wind howls in vengeance for what he’s done,

And from the ashes his posterity;

And yet he cannot hear nor see...

For Sale

Those who point the finger

Telling right from wrong

The high and mighty linger

Reigning for far too long


Money-hungry gluttons

Far beyond reproach

Flaunt without reluctance

As our deaths approach


When the leaders fail

Who will light the way

No more men for sale

No more bribes today


Armies of officials

Marching for their cause

Drag the guiltless with them

Into open jaws


Caring not for people

Li...

The Dreaded Topic

Sex ed.

With that weird teacher.

That goes into WAY too much detail

And makes the class watch stuff they probably shouldn’t.

Giggles here and there

Along with disgusted looks.

I hate that teacher.

He’s a creep

We all know

Everyone knows

It’s just common knowledge at this point...

The Void Behind The Voided…

I write doodles, of loss and despair. But live in a world, where Rapunzel has strong

hair…


My paper jaded times, with poetry on the fly. It's a landscape of art and horror, in depths of my

mind...


But oh, there is a price to pay; these sickening odd thoughts. Abrubt and outright, like the fading of a memory

lost…


It's what it's like, to be in love. To hear a heartbeat within the burnt out stars...

Exodus

A People, faces pressed into the sand.

They cry and cry,” God please just make this end.”

A Pharaoh, sandals propped upon their backs.

They’re starving as they build his monuments.


A Promise, He will set them free.

LORD will break this bondage of misery.

A Prince, floating in a basket.

Raised by those he’d soon surpass.


A Conflict, the Prince saw too much pain.

Eyes couldn’t stand to wat...

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