Tag: life lessons
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A Little Hope
I tried. Not once. Not twice. More than I am capable of counting really. Why? Hope. The promise of hope. I thought I had it, and maybe I do, but I don’t have hope in you. Maybe I lost hope when I started thinking about it, what it should be, or where it wasn’t. My…
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Time Fallacy
There they stand Thinking of all the time ahead Racing to grow up Ignoring lines they tread. Enjoy being a kid! Sentiment each parent sells The dream that is always preached Too often doesn’t turn out well. Waiting to take responsibility And rescued in their youth Then shock from friends and strangers When time reveals…
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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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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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Tormented
Numb Frozen Tormented Reason Lost Found Living Season Stumble Seek Footing Found Sky Limits Fall Ground.
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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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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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Powerless
So often sensing danger Each time Foolishly thinking If you do the right thing Right will happen. It never did The right Changing direction Taking advice Only to be more lost. Glimpses happened Of this day These changes These wrongs. Open hands Letting go While my heart breaks Of all it didn’t know. I know…
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Letting Go
Black and white Logic a friend But just a moment Brings color again. Pain and anger Calculated space Clutching tightly So nothing is erased. Patience with time Praying for you Feeling helpless With so little to do. No way to show you Or words you will hear But patiently waiting While always staying near.
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Human Lesson
Importance is an illusion Often coveted by mankind… Top-down theories – Keeps reality blind. Fireworks are quiet To the sound of bubbles’ burst- And the mirror unforgiving- To fantasy’s deadly curse. Piles build mountains Luck fades away… The importance of the lesson Lost to yesterday. A helping hand is destined To follow the beggar’s need……
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Leaving It All Behind
Now that your gone I guess I expected more Tears or anger? When I walked out the door. I knew it was over And the years were gone… No amount of right Would reverse many wrongs. So now to start over Even if steps are new… As long as there is hope Making it to…
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An Ending
A storm was building- Until the final day… The fury was released On everything in its way. Trucks were stopped- And buildings were turned… No tools left to stop it- And people were burned. But the next day comes- And rebuilding will start… People will survive- By unseen strength in their heart. Don’t look back-…
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Do You Know What I Know?
There is never just one opportunity- Or just one simple choice. Good and bad will always exist- So careful how you use your voice. Did you get knocked down? Were you thankful when you stood? Did you focus on the anger? Or from it what was good? Pain is a part of life- But so…
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DOING IT RIGHT
I COULD THINK ABOUT RIGHT NOW- WHAT GOOD WOULD THAT DO? GIVE ME WHAT I WANT, SURE! BUT SERVE SACRIFICE TO THE FUTURE TOO. TAKE YOUR TIME! DO THE “HAVE TOs” RIGHT! SOME NEEDS ARE TEDIOUS- BUT THE SLEEP IS BETTER AT NIGHT. IT IS NOT WRONG TO HAVE WANTS! AND ACCORDINGLY GOALS ARE SET-…
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Backwards
I walked up the halls And through the stairs Turned on the dark And off the cares. Spoiled the beginning And missed the end. Cheered the loss Booed the win. Walked on water And swam the grass Sharpened wood Dulled the glass. I looked down for up And up for down Smiled at sadness Happiness…
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Pandora
Come to life Pandora As I’ve come to set you free… Erase all the mystery- Open for us to see. All giving in Greek mythology As only a woman could bare… Whether in a jar or box- Ills will greet your stare. Forbidden fruit or a can of worms- Are myths believed today… Or are…
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It Never Solved Anything
I pour the drink And wait to get drunk… Patience in waiting… After a day that stunk. No rhyme to madness… No wrong to write… Just a bitch and a moan- With my swallows tonight.
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Storms’s End
The storm passed with remnants of wonder. Nothing to fear- Lots to ponder. Beyond this sky Is a worse fate… May they all go inside To safely wait. The wonder of mother- The unknowing of nature- To warn us all And challenge the maker. No sense of justice Or making things right… But a beautiful…
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Forced Change
Change my make up Color my hair Make it short I don’t care. Break the rules Change my friends No matter what I’ll find my end. No logic or emotion Just do what I want No thought for anyone Just more to taunt. No explanation or virtue Careless with time Want it all Without…
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Powerless
I had something to say So I said it But the breath was for nothing As you didn’t get it. My emotions on the floor Heart in my hands And all I can think Is I can’t do this again The debts are high And tongues are cut More times than not I think…
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Lost
A mind’s purgatory- Facing the years of past… While seeking a better future. Lost in the answers- Abandoned by present existence… Crushed in only progress- By chains of found regret.
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Windmill Parable
Two men suffer accidents on the same day, but separate places and times. Both are hospitalized with doctors advising family members they are in critical condition. Both men have limited chance for survival. Michael is a white male who has lived 43 years. Will is a black male who has lived 39 years. Both men…
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Personal Happiness Lessons – If only learned earlier.
1. Be true to yourself… But not about yourself. 2. Love with your heart- Lead with your mind in kind. 3. Appreciate why you have what you have- You will learn so little is because of just you. 4. Spend what you have today- Not what you make tomorrow. 5. Marry with a commitment- Fight…
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Nature’s Washing
Gravity’s invention for life- Pushing liquid droplets to the ground- Feeding multiple needs… While cleaning the air; And should you try hard enough- It can wash away despair. Rain’s influence- More insistent than the mind- With innocence too. Virga may steel success… Just as thoughts hijack plans- Luckily virga is more temporary. Thank you umbrella-…
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Living’s Lesson
I thought I had time- Time to be angry… Time to forgive… Time to waste. I thought I was right- And you were wrong- So I fed the wrong energy… In my prideful haste. When the sands passed through- The hour glass of time- I had no way to see… The grains were almost gone.…
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Wasted
Chaos in existence of everything… Make it stop! Sounds without rhythm- Words without rhyme. What was missing? Years pass quickly- Even if moments were slow. Lost love on repeat… Lost opportunities to rewind. And existence questioned- To a species ignorant. Multiple examples to follow- Except the one needed. It was so simple! The present was…
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Judgements
Please come a little closer… What do you see? You are only close enough- If you can judge me. How close do you have to be? Before that’s what you do? Are more than my looks needed- Before it comes from you? Tell me your rights… Or the privileges you possess…. So that I may…
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Lily
Playing outside is good for you!
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BEING
We shine so bright-As we start our lives… Gracing the world around us. We spring to life- And observe some death… Being both independent and helpless. We embrace our role- And struggle with faith… With each new day we see, But in the end- As the fragrance passed… We embrace what…
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The Secret to Life
I will admit I feel confused-By many articles and writings I have read. The life people describe isn’t one that I have lived- And the blessing is mine I guess. I didn’t grow up in a world of us and them- Or drawing a line between black and white. Prejudice was simply a…
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