Thank You
This one is for the childless mother with the child bearing hips that carry babies from another a sigh on her lips.
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Palm Trees
Every morning your love is announced By the sunbeams caressing my cheek, And every evening the stars Serve as your faithful vigil, And I sing of these blessings With a newborn heart each day.
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Cloudy Eggs
I guess when things get cloudy We forget. We forget the sky's still there Past the murk If only we care to remember it. We forget the sun still shines Behind her dressing screen.
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Changed
"You've changed." you tell me, "You're different." you say. Well wouldn't you expect me to change, When you left me and went away. It broke me into pieces, I crumbled without you near.
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Pioneer
This is a poem I wrote in memory of relatives who were killed in a terrorist attack in India.
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Untitled
Forever and ever from here on, I will stand up and fight when called upon. For my friends, for what I believe in, For what is true and where I can stop pain.
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Small Things
No one's place in this world is guaranteed. Not everyone is going to have a happy ending. But life isn't about how it ends. It's about the moments between. It's about the small things.
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Hoping And Praying
H oping and praying O n knees night and day P leading and saying I s there any way. N othing to grow G one with the woe, on with the show.
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Pheonix
You stood tall and mighty,. 'Till they burned you down,. But out of the ashes,. Rose a Pheonix,. Stronger than before,. Now they kneel at your feet,. And beg forgiveness,. Yet nothing can undo,.
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Once
Where once was heat, calm descends Where once was wrong, truth defends Where once there was a ratings stealer Where once was hurt, time the healer Where once was dark, now the light Where once was...
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Calm
Always calm after the storm. Tornado fades. Spirals out of control. Chaos. Falling. Pain at the loss. Always calm after the storm. Restored. Order. Silence sweeping. Still lingers. Left behind.
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Scars
Our scars are what define us, The ones we gather on the way, We can either show them Or hide them all away.
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Untitled
You watched me fall You watched me fail You helped up Day after day It started great I thought at this rate But your eyes fell lower You thought you were in Power Controlling me Making me out to...
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Love You'll Need
Close your eyes Keep them tight Hold back the tears Keep up the fight Let them all see you Stand tall with head high I'm right here too Always by your side Breathe in deep Compose your...
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The Trio
Faith I have in amazing amounts, Faith that this trio will live, Forever and ever, enduring the ages, And the sands of times' cages. For though we are trapped, By claws and pains...
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Then & Now
Then, they made me sound like a fool Then, I didn't want to go to school Then, I would come home crying When everyone thought I was lying...
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Beat
In the fires of defeat we are reborn again, Like a meditational, painful, kind of Zen. We lost this battle but not the war, But on the side of victory you can't see what I saw.
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I'd Cross Oceans To Save You
How many times have you crossed this god forsaken road, Fracturing bones from carrying too much load. How many times have you visited your face. Seeing through the smudges losing even its grace.
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Stay Strong
When life gets you down and you're feeling fragile When you pull back your lips just to force out a smile When you know that you won't be happy for while Stay strong, I'll always be here.
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Bulletproof
Over the years I've had stuff i've gone through, only to come out the other side stronger. Hurtfull words, dramatic scenes can't affect me any longer.
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His Time.
He takes a trip down to the ground he slipped away but he knew his way, his eyes wide open and he can see there's nothing left, except he longs for some tea.
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Acorn
. I KNOW Y O U S T A R E, BUT I DON'T CARE.
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Glad I Still Breathe?
You ruined my life, Left me in the gutter. I thought I was worthless, A nuisance, like butter. But then there was another, And you tormented her soul.
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Tomorrow
Happiness Day,. To keep the sorrows away,. I'd love it really, to stay,. But all our lives go on,. And we'll wake tomorrow morn',. A marvellous concept,. Opussian's kept erect,.
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