ToddVanisacker

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I'm a talentless hack with a leaky mind.

  March 2021     2 years ago

Submitted Poems 6 total

Reflection

I had made it
a life-long policy,
to put others
before myself.
I never said no,
or voiced my opinion,
preferring to go along
with what others
wanted.
I thought this
would make me popular,
make other people
like me,
and call me friend.
I was wrong....

– by Todd Vanisacker

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Portents

The First Sign:
At night, a good night,
one of those nights
where sleep comes easy.
You slide in between
the sheets and comforter,
and Morpheus claims you
before your head hits the pillow.
The dream unfolds,
like fog rolling back
from a cold, still...

– by Todd Vanisacker

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Transportation

With reverence bordering
on religious trepidation
he took the old tome
down from the shelf,
brushed a bit of dirt
off the binding,
and opened the cover.
Pausing for a moment,
he took a deep breath
and slowly let it out,
then softly,
at almost a...

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Satori

The sun rose
and blazed through the window
with an angry intensity,
waking the sleeping man
from a troubled sleep.
He sat up,
squinting from the light,
feeling more like
a man on the brink of exhaustion
than a man waking up.
With a groan, he stood,...

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Guilt

He let himself in,
into his house,
his shelter
from the confusion
of everyday life.
With the door locked
and the curtains drawn,
he shrugged off the day
like he would a sodden robe,
feeling the uncomfortable weight
leave his shoulder
and drift away...

– by Todd Vanisacker

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