Paul Neglia, Author at The Creative Exiles

Delusional and Angry

July 19, 2018July 19, 2018 Paul Neglia 35 Views 3 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,

Inspirational Poetry Poetry Rhyming Verse

Serenity- Another Chance

June 27, 2018 Paul Neglia 82 Views 5 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

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Dystopian Nightmare

June 14, 2018June 14, 2018 Paul Neglia 109 Views 8 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

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Hero or Villain?

June 7, 2018June 7, 2018 Paul Neglia 87 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

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Her Wings are Free

June 5, 2018June 5, 2018 Paul Neglia 136 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

Free Verse Poetry

Reinvigorated

May 31, 2018June 1, 2018 Paul Neglia 64 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

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Finding Myself

May 24, 2018May 25, 2018 Paul Neglia 92 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

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Blanked Over

May 4, 2018May 4, 2018 Paul Neglia 102 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

Poetry Rhyming Verse

The Clouded, Hooded, Eclipsed and Somber Mind

April 27, 2018April 27, 2018 Paul Neglia 97 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

Poetry Rhyming Verse

The Pursuit and Sad Reality

April 25, 2018April 25, 2018 Paul Neglia 111 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

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Voodoo Dolls

April 19, 2018April 19, 2018 Paul Neglia 129 Views 8 Comments death, pain, puppets, under someone's control, voodoo dolls

Voodoo Dolls…puppets and all… It’s understood the cloths of fate Were cut, addressed and sought to sate. No one believed

Poetry Rhyming Verse Uncategorized

Shoulder

April 12, 2018April 12, 2018 Paul Neglia 86 Views 4 Comments advice, friend, friendly ear, Shoulder to lean on, therapeutic

Shoulder… Disruptions, we are filled with them Each one is a mystery to solve Each one doused with sickly venom

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Forlorn Hope

April 9, 2018April 9, 2018 Paul Neglia 108 Views 6 Comments emptiness, Forlorn hope, only soldier, realization, sadness, the void

…a poem on forlorn hope That feeling, was it maddening, like stark-crazed maddening, to realize you were the only soldier

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Another Fish

April 6, 2018April 6, 2018 Paul Neglia 100 Views 8 Comments blindly loyal, imaginative, Pisces, sensitive

Pisces, Another Fish … Like a penny thrown from the apex of the tower The gravity of my passion grows

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Still Worlds Apart

April 5, 2018April 5, 2018 Paul Neglia 94 Views 6 Comments entitlement, hard work, laziness, snowflakes

World … I’ll speak now if speaking is permitted I’ll be specific how to fail at commitment, How to fake

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Don’t be Fooled

March 23, 2018March 23, 2018 Paul Neglia 185 Views 5 Comments don't believe everything, fake prophets, False advertising

Don’t Be Fooled Faith in the process without promise, A novice misstep in righteous province Trust in “the man” is

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Perspective Overdose

March 21, 2018March 21, 2018 Paul Neglia 157 Views 7 Comments addiction, Drugs, Loneliness, overdos, sadness

Perspective Overdose … No one of yet has developed a language or a lexis that confirms my point of view.

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Broken by You

March 19, 2018March 19, 2018 Paul Neglia 148 Views 6 Comments bad memory, Bad relationship, losing love, pain

Broken by You – Slam Bludgeoned by your verbal truncheon, My soul is shrunken by your dungeons Eruptions from my

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Chess – Like Life??

March 8, 2018March 8, 2018 Paul Neglia 209 Views 6 Comments chess, life lessons, strategy, war

Chess – Like Life? You Decide… Tis an honored sport of insurgent warfare, and germane tactics from within the trenches,

Poetry Rhyming Verse Romantic Poetry

How She Makes Me Feel

March 1, 2018March 1, 2018 Paul Neglia 216 Views 6 Comments butterflies, love, trust, warmth

How She Makes Me Feel … Like consuming whole stacks of Oreos Each leaning tower slathered from whole milk

Inspirational Poetry Poetry Rhyming Verse

Garden

March 1, 2018March 1, 2018 Paul Neglia 138 Views 4 Comments beauty, peace, rebirth, renewal

New Garden This morning I will dampen all the weeds In hopes to salvage their resplendence Their joy they once

Poetry Rhyming Verse

At a Loss

February 23, 2018February 23, 2018 Paul Neglia 133 Views 8 Comments failure, loss for words, passing blame, sadness

Someone’s child … At a loss for a few days now, trying to wrap my head around how this same

Inspirational Poetry Poetry Rhyming Verse

Choosing – The Crossroads

February 19, 2018February 19, 2018 Paul Neglia 261 Views 4 Comments choosing sides, Epiphany, God, questioning faith, trickery

Choosing – The Crossroads Just when did apostasy consume my soul? In the waning emptiness beside the coals,

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