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“A familiar voice wears a bitter grin”
I can clearly understand your excellently expressed words, dear Damian. Such songs can trigger an endless loop of depressing thoughts. But they hold also the potential to make us aware of the shadows in our soul and help us to heal them. -
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There’s nothing worse than past regrets. If we could only get it right the first time it would alleviate so much. But life doesn’t allow it. Sad but true. Good one, Damian.
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” Listening to those old songs again
They speak of pain and past regret”
Yeahhh. I get this. The older I get the more I resonate with
those Truth Tellers of the pastThorough work, Damian
much respect
Naaj
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This hits with the weight of memory that refuses to soften, each line carrying its own ache. I love how the poem lets the past speak plainly—no sugar, just the raw residue of living.
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Oh the layers in this one. It’s interesting how old songs can take us back to a moment and it’s fresh again, but we’re able to look at it through the eyes of hindsight. That’s where regret comes into play. Without hindsight, we don’t know there’s anything to regret. I sit with old tunes sometimes just to remind myself where I am, because of where I’ve been. And then I change the music and carry on. It’s all we can do. But those old ones… Feeling this one, my friend
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Thanks so much for reading and your kind words, Willow. So glad you connected with the write my friend. Music definitely can take you back in time and without hindsight I agree there would be no regret. Great job deciphering the layers. It also adds more layers when I helped write and arrange some of those old tunes. Some guy once said: “Music is the soundtrack of our lives.” He might be on to something. lol. Appreciate you.
Damian
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“Masks conceal the cruelest intentions
Orchestrated fear designed to control”
Wow! This is a powerful statement that holds much truth! You just have to listen carefully to politicians. They tell you everything they intent to do, hidden between distracting words.
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Not only true enough but my word yours here look so pretty sitting on their very own page .. Neville
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Okay, Prophet, you did it again. They only wear the mask long enough to lull the sheep. The wolves are out in force now, no masks. And you nailed this one like a jackhammer of Truth. I really wish you weren’t so deadly accurate…but here we are. That vault of yours must be packed with treasure, my friend
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Thanks so much for reading and your kind words, Willow. So glad you connected with the write my friend. Believe me I wish I wasn’t accurate. The wolves are taking everything that’s not nailed down. Including those boots we’re supposed to pull ourselves up with, we’re essentially strapless. lol. “Jackhammer of Truth” sounds like a possible song or album name. There are a couple of gems in there from time to time. I agree though the masks have been discarded. Always enjoy your commentary, sorry I tend to get you riled you up so often. lol. Appreciate you.
Damian
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Tight, relentless lines. This feels like a pressure chamber where thought turns toxic and power hides behind masks. I like how the poem doesn’t over-explain—just lets the spiral speak for itself. Dark, current, and uncomfortably true.
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Nice! Tightly done yet with a bullseye message. The rhymes are perfect, too. Excellent write Damian.
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I’ve been feeling this much myself of late. There’s a sense of division, of isolation, being forced upon us daily. The atrocities come so fast and so hard we can barely catch a breath before the next hits. We have this vast universe available to us in the internet. And it’s that very universe that’s locking us away from each other – ironic, that. It takes conscious movement to stay connected with each other and our humanity. But it’s taking a toll. I love that you repeat that verse of needing to just go home. Enough is enough, we’re tired. Brilliant write, my friend
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Thanks so much for reading and your kind words, Willow. So glad you connected with the write my friend. I knew I wasn’t alone in feeling and seeing this happening around us. It is faster than most of us can catch our breath. The internet is a rabbit hole, to much time there tends to rot the mind. It can’t be one’s only means of existence, we also need human connection and more than that we need to stay attached to life outside being online. I thought it was important to repeat as well. It may end up on the album. Appreciate you.
Damian
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hello Damian this one hurts on a personal level my son in part duing to poverty and hopelessness drank himself to death at 37 he just wanted to be able to get his kids school clothes and other necessites I helplwssy watched on being relegated to poverty because of my poor mental health I fear a lot in this climate where people are driven to desparte meaure great write ❤️
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Thanks so much for reading and your kind words, Brenda. So glad you connected with the write my friend. It’s a vicious cycle of sorts, people are being driven to self-medicating because they can’t make it in this world. The system is rigged against everyone but the corporations and the billionaires. I fear it as well, not knowing how far some are willing to go. So sorry about your son my friend. The younger generation has it rough out there in this unforgiving world. Poverty and mental health seem to never get the attention they require. Appreciate you.
Damian
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Well, this being the first write of the year, you started out with a mic drop moment. We all must go home eventually, but before then, when are we going to come together and help each other? We do stay separated, and those who try to connect get accused of having a hidden agenda when all they want is connection. A sense that they are not alone. This is so good cuz.
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Thanks so much for reading and your kind words, Fia. So glad you connected with the write my friend. I thought I’d try to set the bar high. lol. I agree with you 100 % cuz, a lot of good people become jaded over time, it’s important that they know that they’re not alone. We need to learn to love one another, so many wiser men and women than I have said that in the past, but like all history it seems we keep making the same mistakes. Not all of us of course are so easily fooled, that’s why hope is alive and those who still believe are never truly alone. Appreciate you, cuz.
Damian
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This speaks of the poor, the homeless, to me. Getting them help is like jumping through hoops. The wealthy stay rich and ignore them. Those in power are absent. The government make promises, and forget them. Life in the real world is a gauntlet to be navigated. And so it goes….
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Thanks so much for reading and your kind words, Tim. So glad you connected with the write my friend. It is a vicious cycle indeed. Hoops that are tangled in a ton of red tape. They do make empty promises to get elected, then throw us overboard once they take office. It is a gauntlet for sure. Appreciate you.
Damian
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There’s a raw, unflinching pulse here—I can feel the ache in each line, the weight of life bending the soul. The repetition of that fatigue hits hard, making the reader live every step of the weariness and isolation. Very powerful.
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Your brilliance and talents shine in this very powerful & well written piece. Raw, revealing and so very real. Nice work Damian. Happy New Year!
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This is excellent Damian & what’s more, I have been thinking along very similar lines .. Ragged & real just as it should be ..
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This strikes us all to the core, unfortunately. it’s like we are skirting the line of endtimes. Every day I check to see if the next big war has broken out. When it does, America is in for a rude awakening. Obviously, the biggest complaint will be the even higher costs of living, and not the loss of life. Values are askew.
Your write is a keen testament to this all. We the people will be pawns, still.
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Thanks so much for reading and your kind words, Mark. So glad you connected with the write my friend. I just write how I see it actually, like observing the moves on a chessboard. It’s not a good time to be starting wars, not that anytime is good. If you ever watched wrestling you’ll know what I mean. We turned heel. Plain and simple. Appreciate you.
Damian
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