The Timid Poet

poetry and more from Kenneth W Arthur

Tag betrayal

What If

What If What if you didn’t delight in revenge      creating fake consequences      for imagined inconvenience A dangerous game What if you supported my dreams      hadn’t lost interest      when the sugar dissolved trying… Continue Reading →

April 9, 2026 0

I will not dine on my own bones

I will not dine on my own bones Do not wound me because you wound yourself with delusions and paranoia, building straw multiverses that orbit an oversized ego where you are the only permitted victim, where those who reveal your… Continue Reading →

August 29, 2023 1

Breathe

Breathe Damn that rooster’s crow. I can’t catch my breath, It happened so fast: a kiss, a trial, a death. His laugh still haunts me. Turning suddenly serious after cracking jokes over dinner, his rambling about death and betrayal sounded… Continue Reading →

September 8, 2022 0

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