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Tag: dark poetry

Fragments

And I was left standing thereWith the world shattered at my feetI looked around at the scattered remainsIn an attempt to figure out how to put back togetherThe remnants of... Read More »
Author Renee HargravePosted on August 10, 2026August 30, 2026Tags dark poetry, emotional poetry, fractured identity, free verse, identity, introspective, literary writing, memories, original poetry, personal growth, Poetry, self-reflection

Entangled

Wasted breath traced the lining of my skinFumes laced with your touch  Along the surface of my latest dilemma I repent the way your name rolls off my tongue Like an unnatural poisonYou’re... Read More »
Author Renee HargravePosted on August 4, 2026August 30, 2026Tags dark poetry, emotional pain, free verse, gothic poetry, haunting, introspective, literary writing, original poetry, Poetry, spiritual conflict, temptation, toxic relationships

Lexeme

The things I have been throughHave been written downIf you look close enough,You’ll see the many timesI’ve died over the yearsHandsWhere they never belongedHow different I would beIf I’d had... Read More »
Author Renee HargravePosted on July 2, 2026August 30, 2026Tags dark poetry, emotional pain, free verse, healing, introspective, literary writing, original poetry, Poetry, regret, resilience, survival, trauma

Woe

The wallsScream with the violenceFrom the cutting room floorAnd I would be remissIf I ignored the voice it deservesBut it taunts me from the corridorsHiding behind weathered, cracked glassDisplaced eyes... Read More »
Author Renee HargravePosted on June 21, 2026August 30, 2026Tags dark poetry, emotional poetry, free verse, haunting, inner turmoil, introspective, literary writing, original poetry, perception, Poetry, psychological poetry, truth
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