Paul Neglia, Author at The Creative Exiles

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Pain and Heartbreak

October 26, 2018October 27, 2018 Paul Neglia 155 Views 7 Comments heartbreak, pain

Pain and Heartbreak Pain is cold, especially in these frames tonight Numb and frozen my soul is crawling My heart

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Waiting

October 18, 2018October 18, 2018 Paul Neglia 91 Views 7 Comments joy, panic, sadness, thankfulness, waiting rooms

Waiting … They tried too hard, made the hallways smell like lemons, With floral prints and blessed sayings to hide

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Hallowed Walk…a Lie

October 5, 2018October 5, 2018 Paul Neglia 143 Views 6 Comments cold, hopeless, inconsequential, petty, vengeful

Hallowed Dreams…a Lie Many tears you must have shed in the outlines of rain, Again I request an audience

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One Too Many Bad Deals

October 3, 2018October 3, 2018 Paul Neglia 82 Views 7 Comments bad deal, blind to evil, Dark, succumbing, tricked by the devil

With partners like the devil … Where is the savior with his haloed phalanx, his steadfast gunners with the glued

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She Drives Me Crazy

September 28, 2018September 28, 2018 Paul Neglia 119 Views 10 Comments Bad relationship, crazy, evil, heartbreaking, scornful

She Drives Me Crazy….in a bad way. Serotonin wells in the shallow crevasses— Amalgamating in my wanting brain I entreat

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The Murmurs

September 21, 2018September 22, 2018 Paul Neglia 120 Views 12 Comments Accepting love, sadness, temptation, understanding love

The murmurs of rain hide the screaming of pain The streams of disdain that leak from inside At odds with

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You Changed…So Will I

September 11, 2018September 11, 2018 Paul Neglia 148 Views 10 Comments bullying, Don't belittle me, Egotistical people, empty words, ranting

As a poet I’m straight forward … Ever meet that person who, when they get an ounce of power, they

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A Cleansing

September 8, 2018September 8, 2018 Paul Neglia 142 Views 8 Comments Atonement, Relinquishing hate, self-healing, self-perspective

A Cleansing … Atonement for my sins, my behaviors, my deeds, An enrollment from within to savor each bead, Emotions

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The Huntsman

August 31, 2018August 31, 2018 Paul Neglia 153 Views 10 Comments hunting, survival, towing the line

The Huntsman … Tight and swift, the path of the arrow, Riving the night rift, with wrath and marrow The

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Facets of Us

August 21, 2018August 21, 2018 Paul Neglia 104 Views 4 Comments adapting, devotion, love, understanding

Facets of Us … I apologize I can’t be like you. Always right is not a descriptive phrase, At least

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The Park

August 16, 2018August 16, 2018 Paul Neglia 79 Views 8 Comments attraction, beauty, descriptive, nature, park

The Park … Colossus watches, his eyes adjourn each night, his last sight The Park, its utopic quintessence. Moonlit baths

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The Definition of Cute

July 21, 2018July 22, 2018 Paul Neglia 140 Views 8 Comments Daughter, father's love, father's pride, happy, sad

…just a happy day spent with my cute little baby girl… I feel her heartbeat through my shirt, her little

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Delusional and Angry

July 19, 2018July 19, 2018 Paul Neglia 276 Views 6 Comments alone, Angry, blinded by rage, delusional

Delusional and Angry … Enthralled by all his piffling lies, the stoic indifference he feels, Embedded and replete his disguise,

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Serenity- Another Chance

June 27, 2018 Paul Neglia 154 Views 8 Comments Another chance, peace and tranquility, rebirth, serenity

Serenity….. Serenity, the calm before the storm With her weighty breaths, Mother Nature sighs In her exhales the ill-fated leaves

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Dystopian Nightmare

June 14, 2018June 14, 2018 Paul Neglia 172 Views 10 Comments bad nightmare, dystopia, hopelessness, survival

What Have we Become… An achromatic darkness still haunts me, In the distance a barrel fire burns I hunch, hiding

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Hero or Villain?

June 7, 2018June 7, 2018 Paul Neglia 218 Views 2 Comments choosing sides, comfortable with your choices, self-understanding

…Choose a Face…. Are you a hero or a villain? Well that depends on the topic Is this the life

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Her Wings are Free

June 5, 2018June 5, 2018 Paul Neglia 201 Views 10 Comments love, my savior, setting it free

Those wings enfold our love … My heart surges forth from its cage Obscured by the truth and constant

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Reinvigorated

May 31, 2018June 1, 2018 Paul Neglia 102 Views 2 Comments Finding myself, Life renewal, lost

Reinvigorated … Reduced to nothing here but numbers, We are Interchangeable, paper lovers, I remember when I was something, and

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Finding Myself

May 24, 2018May 25, 2018 Paul Neglia 142 Views 8 Comments Being at peace, Finding myself, overcoming demons, reinventing self

Struggle in Finding Myself … I keep searching and flirting with that version of me, that person, the grind, a

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Blanked Over

May 4, 2018May 4, 2018 Paul Neglia 150 Views 12 Comments anger, overcoming, prideful, rejection

Blanked Over Blanked Over… The blogs filled with the same old wears, the same old pills and same despair. I

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The Clouded, Hooded, Eclipsed and Somber Mind

April 27, 2018April 27, 2018 Paul Neglia 204 Views 6 Comments Choosing paths, clouded thoughts, wrong choices

The Mind …challenge accepted The mind is often clouded by a pale, ebony fog, Confined to lonely houses derailed

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The Pursuit and Sad Reality

April 25, 2018April 25, 2018 Paul Neglia 164 Views 10 Comments Atonement, be yourself, Friends aren't always friends, life, pursuit

The Pursuit and Sad Reality… I broke bread with the sinners, had dinners with men, Toast the dead with some

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