Tag: Life
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Missing Answers
How many fails Make a failure? How many wins Make a winner? How many punches Are a knockout? How many compliments Are true? My friend in misery Has many questions. Beyond the grave Bares the honest answers. So arguments keep dancing As only they have their day.
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Beginning to End
There was a heartbeat Guiding steps along linen walls Almost a guide And a fault to the end. Whispers loud Machines comforted chaos To the grasp of life And perseverance of death. Until peace became music Misery’s parade done and over For one then But never for all. And then the years Like all other…
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Forsaken Karma
The wrath Thin and draped Cancer of the mind Orchestrated by the heart- Forsaken love and understanding. Mistakes could find forgiveness Despite convoluted affairs Now suffering Drenched like a veil Not for hiding or deceiving But a reminder of once upon a time. No devil here As red was already taken To warn elegance Before…
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Falling Life
I fall By example and command Stilling the hearts Quieting of hands… To play a part Like a cactus in the clay Holding a purpose Proving a way. Blossom tops Gone for the moment Heroes once Now prose in a poet. Again to know Forever will falter Like the height in a child Value in…
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Nature’s America
Storms rage Is it Heaven or Hell? Satan’s game Or warming tell? We fight to know And believe in kind Like so many others Who wish to rewind. The answers are hidden In Present’s past We can pretend for now But nothing lasts. Heed the warnings Spare the truth Protect what’s important Future fruits. For…
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My Only Forever
I am lucky Not for now or never But for here and now My only forever. I could dread the trials Or the following day But I’d miss it all Living that way. I must see the sun And love the stars Appreciate the moment Of where we are. Not fear the future By what…
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State of Time
Pleasant sounds now have ominous tones Begging for the worst Painting the best. The artist is unknown While work is displayed Manipulated understanding. Young are born Old still age Brevity highlighting it all. Muscles ache While wasting away So is the state of time.
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Free for Life
Living a life Locked in a cage Materials and money Built and made. Oblivious to you And even to me Forgetting to stop Or appreciate the trees. Time was gone Before my past Escaped the cage Free at last. The dollars were gone Back was a sense Fights forgotten With needed defense. Nature caught me…
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Feeling Proud – Instead of just Down
What a spring and summer this has been! I have been unemployed since 3/24/17. I can’t believe 4 months have passed by already. Unemployment has been an extremely difficult situation for me. Finances are certainly an issue, but the effect on my self esteem has been most severe. To my credit – I haven’t just…
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With Care
There were words On the tips of tongues And then silence Before heartbreak begun. No intention Or dreadful deed Just ignored No matter volume of pleads. To forgive When no hurt meant Is still difficult With feelings bent. Loneliness is often When it should only be rare And most often given From the people who…
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Your Best
ROY G BIV Is the rainbow The sun Makes each shadow A heart break Reveals some pain The peace of nature Makes you sane Unexpected loss Leads to unexpected leads The anger of another Born by ignored pleads Revenge an appetizer Best served cold Discipline is wasted If not learned till old. This moment now…
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Casting Care
Life is a circus With scary clowns And many miracles Up lifting downs. Humans are a gift To an old curse And the knowledge Preached in verse. Self is imaginary Vision is real The heart holds wisdom Brain learns to feel. Life is a trial Death is the reward Facts build fiction To love’s double…
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Talking Breeze
The dream lives in darkness Producing light Fractured lens Feeling right. Resurrection captured Death was lost Bravery Little cost. The battle rages on Inside hurts Outside pushes Bloodied shirt. In the distance Understanding The reward Careful planning. Stolen moment praises Bending knees Whispered answers Talking breeze.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Abandoned Self
Abandoned Self. Sanity’s laughter tempts reality….
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Journey
You can do everything right And still be wrong Taking a shorter road Can make a journey long. Loving with all your heart Can make you feel pain… Knowing the rules While still losing the game. Doing the same thing twice Only doubles the burn While there are no promises There is always something to…
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Mindful Awakening
I guess I should have told you That your life was short Even when days were running long. I should have opened the mouth And pulled your ears To keep you from more wrong. I should have voiced regret And also concern For the excuses being made. I should have stopped the cycle And the…
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