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Living in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas has not isolated or segregated us from witnessing the disintegrating bedrock of our politics, our constitution and our morality. Read More

Tags: politics, helplessness, morality, segregated

As the Coronavirus wave continues to find its way to our country and more specifically to the Valley by the Rio Grande, many are disheartened by the feeling of helplessness and vulnerability. Read More

Tags: helplessness, suffering, valley, rio-grande

Poem / Other

March 02, 2020

Sometimes we feel alone, hopeless and nobody is there for us. We feel like no matter what we do we will always be invisible to those around us. I have gone through such periods, of believing that no one was around; that I was all alone to fend for myself… Read More

Tags: hope, alone, loneliness, helplessness

What happens when one seeks people's help? What happens when one's desperate for a reassurance? Do we cry out for help or do we simply curb that need? Read More

Tags: loneliness, trust, betrayal, helplessness

Tags: humour, ignorance, helplessness, head-in-sand

Poem / Poetry

October 04, 2018

Reads: 352

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Tags: helplessness, silence, perseverance, understanding

Poem / Non-Fiction

February 20, 2018

Reads: 636

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Tags: anger, sadness, helplessness

Poem / Poetry

January 20, 2018

Reads: 490

Comments: 6

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Tags: helplessness, understanding, guilt

Tags: death, reality, non-fiction, helplessness, humorous

Short Story / Romance

September 05, 2016

Reads: 1207

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

When he stood still, breathless and silent, the whole world seemed to follow suit. He settled his restless bones onto the couch and thought of his beloved as he gradually sank into a deep sleep. Read More

Tags: despair, dreams, memory, helplessness, melancholy

Poem / Poetry

September 29, 2015

In the land of fools, a stupidman is the king. And in the land of the wise, they never seems to have a king. Sometimes in life, everything seems like it in slowmotion. And sometimes it a windmill of events . Read More

Tags: sky, helplessness, gray, slowmotion

My personal struggles and feelings expressed from the causes of homophobia within my life. My personal experiences and disasters. Read More

Tags: love, depression, family, pain, loneliness, suicide, helplessness, desperation, homophobia

Poem / Poetry

April 22, 2014

Reads: 516

Comments: 2

The Booksie Classic House

The Dreamers Dream comes true but with all dreams comes a nightmare. A new Poem, a new style, enjoy. :) P.S Please leave your honest opinions if you do leave them, i prefer bitter truths then sweet lies as well as harsh, constructive, ect criticism helps me to learn and… Read More

Tags: love, death, story, sad, heart, nightmare, dreams, silent, blue, broken, help, sorrow, helplessness, dreamer

Poem / Poetry

December 27, 2013

Reads: 394

Comments: 1

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Sometimes we feel as if people are ignoring us, we're not wanted. Sometimes we don't realize that we have only ourselves to blame when we're in a quarantine Read More

Tags: ignorance, helplessness, disregard

The unwanted change of a vampire... Read More

Tags: love, vampire, death, rape, pain, heart, fear, lust, soul, useless, help, scared, blood, helplessness, macabre

Cass returns home to her village after escaping the clutches of a powerful man within a village that lies just beyond the mountain side. Read More

Tags: love, family, joy, pain, heartache, heartbreak, night, cold, sadness, power, helplessness, escape, bondage, adam, mist

Book / Fantasy

September 30, 2013

Reads: 187

Comments: 1

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So...I hope you'll like it. Going to update the rest soon so it'll make sense. :) Read More

Tags: fantasy, death, thoughts, cold, helplessness, silence, deathwish, thoughts_death, am_i_dead

Life under the thumb of a human monster. See 20 Years in Hell, Witchery, & The Story of Hell House. Read More

Tags: abuse, helplessness, hopelessness, witchery, years_in_hell, story_of_hell_house, human_monster

Poem / Poetry

April 18, 2013

Reads: 787

Comments: 17

Shelves: 1

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A facade we often hide behind. Read More

Tags: happiness, helplessness, imagination, hopelessness, facade, suppression

This is a poem about my anger, pain, and helplessness from the breaking of a friendship. Read More

Tags: depression, anger, pain, helplessness

While the night can be beautiful, sometimes lonely nights can turn against us and turn us into sobbing messes. A.B. Read More

Tags: love, romance, anger, night, sadness, helplessness, fury

Poem / Memoir

December 05, 2012

Reads: 608

Comments: 2

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Its a memory of the time usually I feel myself helpless but alive body. Read More

Tags: love, death, fall, romance, feelings, romantic, thoughts, feeling, autumn, winter, cold, snow, frustrated, nip, seasons

Poem about a real incident where an elderly mother burnt herself & he retarded daughter to death for fear of daughter having to go into a home when she and her husband died! Read More

Tags: death, poetry, suicide, helplessness, euthanasia, hopelessness, loss_of_life, mainstream_poetry, tragic_poetry

My first attempt to write a multi-verse diamante: about the horrors of modern living for the poor. Read More

Tags: poetry, despair, poverty, helplessness, hopelessness, diamente_verse, diamante_set, hurtfulness

When a chance comes across our path, in any of its forms and we abuse it... Read More

Tags: abuse, confusion, pain, murder, darkness, pride, sorrow, tear, helplessness, chance, arrogance, silence, regret, ruthlessness, reast

Short Story / Fantasy

May 13, 2012

Reads: 603

Comments: 2

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A six day wait. Read More

Tags: helplessness, whisky, sleeplessness, audio-version

Poem / Poetry

September 27, 2011

Take a trip into the abused mind through a poet's eye. "Helplessness" is an original poem dealing with child abuse. Read More

Tags: child_abuse, pain, darkness, hurt, emotion, helplessness

A story of despair and helplessness Read More

Tags: hope, despair, sympathy, helplessness

Poem / Poetry

June 29, 2011

Reads: 390

Comments: 6

The Booksie Classic House

Any thoughts? Any emotions? Read More

Tags: death, dying, loneliness, helplessness, crying, carnivals, knives

A Shakespearean Sonnet about life Read More

Tags: life, creature, ride, helplessness, water, sonnet, falling, shakespearean, enjoy, slide

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