Category: Poetry
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Coming Home
Coming home Through fractured rays Quite the journey Is the end of our days. But through the veil Life has only begun Precious steps After a mortal run.
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Making It Through
Stretching day Bending nerves Run away Knees hurt. Puzzle pieces Numbing brain Make it through Lost the gain. Turning pages Missing words Find meaning Just absurd. Eyes opened Truth is wet Another masterpiece Never forget.
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Perfectly Seen
Life in moments Seconds to reality Minutes pass Just like sanity. Right a blurry vision Wrong a current memory Forsaking what is For what was wanted. Happiness a goal Instead of being Changes happened As hands are no longer needed for time. Pausing to embrace The steps lost Forking a road On a straight path.…
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Wounded Warrior
The toll takes its silence Solid base cracks Meaning spread with wind chimes A Breeze loses will. Victory chased Losses seem covered As the storm shelters pass The wounded hero.
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Sacred Conversation
Walk the road Not for the end Find the gold Not meant to spend See the beauty Naturally given and made Take in a moment Too valuable to trade See the opportunity Beyond the trial Talk to God Enjoy the mile Breathe the life Only Heaven can give Then have the courage To get up…
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What??
What? Something I said? Is it my teeth? Position of my head? Life is hard Being this damn good Waiting on you To be understood. So I’ll wait patiently And let you take a pic Then put my lip back Where my teeth let it stick.
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Political BS
The more we share The less we learn Judgement and righteousness Seeds that burn. No seeking to understand Only confirming to “know” A bubble of anger Politics will show. And what in the end Will be shown what’s right History takes long For accuracy to write. What will you matter? How many arguments will you…
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Only a Fool
All in my head A hellish road No medicine that helps Or relief of load. Just time standing still While passing too quick… Reaching crossroads No direction to pick. Flirt with sanity Ignore the plea Control is for the fool What will be – will be.
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The Life
No judging please I like to relax It doesn’t take much Facts are facts. Smeagol is my name And I’ll be here for a few Sleeping in a box Like cats like to do. Life isn’t rough And I’m easy to please… So I’m keeping life simple It’s the only way to be.
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Gracefully
I’ve lost my mind Or so I have been told Tends to come With getting old. But I feel alright Until my tongue gets out Then my eyes shift And I start to doubt. Oh I keep things straight Except the hairs on my head But they lay down Once I hit the bed. I’m…
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Tormented
Numb Frozen Tormented Reason Lost Found Living Season Stumble Seek Footing Found Sky Limits Fall Ground.
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Enigmatic
Someone unknown While having a name . . . Walking the mile Assigning guilt and shame. Performing a role Without knowing how it’s done – Challenging the winner Before the game is won. Defending a stranger Offering means to succeed… Not knowing the problem But fulfilling the need. Hearing a voice Sensing a presence near…
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Disorder
Spoken softly Stories are riddled Worm decadence Satan’s scribble. Humming anthems Rattling cage The war inside In which to wage. Dissolution necessary Within the head Silence the voices Respect the dead.
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Hope and Prayer
I sip my coffee And prepare my mind Hoping to make the right changes For the interview this time. Three months unemployed Has taken its toll on the account Loving the extra time Not the bills starting to mount. A humbling process. . . Different from years passed Always having a job Expectations often surpassed.…
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Just Imagine
A gentle giant Leading the way A joy to see But destruction on the way. Imagination in play And a Transformer seen Only for moment But still a king.
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Keeping Youth
Walk into walls To see if they fit Finger in socket Until the shocks quit. Ring around the Rosie Truck bed rides Drinking from a hose God is the guide. Eat off the floor Before the final second ends Remember it all Even when time isn’t a friend.
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The Joker
I walk in a dimension There are truths Dressed in stories Of the liars den. I walk carefully To not wake curiosity In me Or in anything. Whispers taunt Like wasps circle No Trust But fear. The joker laughs As the fool trips On the truth of the ledge And the romance of the fall.
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Memorial Day
The sun is shining As I remember today Those before us And the price they paid. We must thank them for all As freedom rings Feel the love Their spirit brings. Life today Is because of them Appreciate their sacrifice And your life again.
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Not Knowing Why
So often a need to understand Is a puzzle that can’t be solved Delusions hide a truth Impatience hides resolve. Magic is an illusion Much like reality in a group . . . All life faces death The old once had youth. Moments are a consequence To a past coming true . . . Blessing…
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In Loving Memory
I witnessed the end With no middle or beginning- Confusion and torment And faith growing and thinning…. I heard the stories told As laughs were appreciated and shared All about a young man Who could no longer be there. The more I learned about you- Less anything made sense… Actions so regrettable- Knowledge missing a…
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The Window
The window To a world unclear Filled with possibilities Riddled with fear. Stories whispered Beyond the panes Things hoped for Treasures to gain. Look out the window Then try the door Believe for a moment And find the more.
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Life Steps
Distractions are gone While thoughts are left Along with goals Which didn’t get met. A rhyme at times- With a picture to match… The pieces to puzzles And clues to catch. Solitaire in confinement And paths to get lost- Fearing the total… While calculating cost. Hope on the horizon The moon lights the way… Clearing…
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Why Not?
Why is loss What makes so many write? But good days and memories Seem more out of sight? Why is anger So easy on the tongue? Why laminate a tragedy? And not the victories won? Why not change the story? And give victory a proper speech? Allow life to make a difference… And practice what…
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Pain and Life
Not being needed Might be what hurts the most Value lost Or never coming close. Two steps behind Or never being right Failing the battle No matter how hard you fight. Losing yourself Or not knowing who you are Experience missing Never being a star. Letting people down While you continue your fall Not seeing…
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A Little Peace
Many of Man When taking dying breath Understand the mistakes of past Time knows no mercy As the minutes dry Chances have reached their last. Clearing a life early Needless anger and pain Leaves open wounds still War of the heart Cloud of stubbornness Opportunity loses its will. No perfect players In any game No…
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Happy Mother’s Day
Strong and focused Knowing all things As a child an enemy Now part of my everything. Laughing when you are okay Nurturing when you’re not Perfect in most everything Compared to what most others have got. Taking care of most From your husband down to me While we may not always show it In our…
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Hope In Chaos
A whirlwind The mind from the start Spinning rooms Racing heart. Lost in a maze Of an open room No understanding of rules Or if it will end soon. Off balance Even at the end But then Your skies Allows sanity to grin.
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Live and Learn
You Can Prevent Alzheimers Learning extra things Can help you remember one Learning fewer things Can lead to losing a ton. Exploring with your senses Builds stronger ties to defend Taking the time to live Gives the brain a crutch to depend. There is no surety of tomorrow Or remembering yesterday But what you came to…
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Old Man
Old man Running another run One life over Another has begun. Those who morn Must only keep open eyes As he comes and goes with the wind Carefully roaming in stormy skies.
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Faith
Peace is in the silence As night finishes it’s fall Hope is in the distance And so is losing it all. Steps in between Changing how everything fits An answer is the temptress The devil urging to quit. But then looking to the sky Reminded just like before You are the power I have to…
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