Poetry – PenAndPaperStories

We Seek

We seek freedom and power Before age or beauty Concept or brain… Control of an empire Without fruitful desire Or judgement by trial… We seek knowledge before wisdom Love without return Journey absent destination… Inevitably the teaching After error and pain Humbled glory in vain… We then seek to turn And believe beyond ourselves Honoring […]

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Mother’s Curse

You bring me up You bring down Up to success And reduced to a clown… You believe in me With disappointment too And you’d be there for it all No matter what I’d do. You are the best Even when you make me feel worse… All in the benefit Of Mother’s curse.

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Beggar

All while seeking forgiveness- And been judged the same.

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Mortal Pain

Every step was counted As tears were dried And sobs were silenced… Sorrow was left to song Hope was left in prayer And faith closed in scriptures… Speeding was the time Stopped were the answers And reason in oblivion… Stepping off the mortal ledge How and why were wondered And lost was all he knew… […]

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Void

Ideas were so much bigger before- Along with wants after needs… Possibilities were endless Along with you and me. Life wasn’t stoppable Even with roadblocks in the way… You just had to keep moving No matter what others would say. And drive kept the engine moving Along with truth and grit… But when time wasn’t […]

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Colorado Blizzard

The snow it came With inches and wind And a dilapidated fence Met it’s end. The drifts were deep And windows were iced March’s winter Put up a fight. A blizzard by day And a mess in the dark Makes tomorrow’s options Scary to start… But Colorado is true To the reputation it has- 50s […]

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The List

Oh how you grow And taunt me to fail… Oh how you stop In forgotten detail… Oh how you try To not let me forget… Oh how I wish Success I would get… Oh how I wait To remember you exist… Oh how the goals Just stay on the list.

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Breathe Out

Breathe inBreathe outRelease painAnd self doubt Love moreLove youNow forgiveAnd find new Cry moreCry lessFind peaceBecome your best Breathe inBreathe outBreathe inBreathe outBreathe inBreathe out…..