Best Better Tomorrow Poems
Neighborhoods burned. Riots laid them to waste
The world is tense with racial dissension
Judgement by color leaves an acrid taste
But God offers hope through intervention
He created us with skin, dark and fair
No one has the right to question His plan
We should ask for tolerance through prayer;
and accede that we are the race of man
On God, we should rely with faith and trust
Because living in dread and constant fear
will end with more hardships and a life trussed
and shackled by things we should hold most dear
We stand on the threshold of tomorrow ~
Better without prejudice and sorrow
September 6th 2020
A Better Tomorrow
Sponsor: John Hamilton
Skies star-crossed over treacherous weather
Divided voices splintered in turmoil
Hope dissolved along with burning heather
across four score and twenty summers’ soil
Yet, I have seen redemption in the street
Those in hunger offer their meager bread
Greenery brought to deserts of concrete
Contentions cooled by kinder words, instead
Hearts pump in every color, joining tasks
Over graffiti, painted flowers grow
Arthritic fingers, unasked, sewing masks
As waters to better tomorrows flow
Lifted by hands of greater grace recall
When fences fall, humanity stands tall
9/05/20
From my balcony, I watch children play:
their color blindness encourages me.
They do not let skin shades stand in their way;
playing games together, for all to see.
I hear laughter, with no sarcastic sting:
there are no racial slurs slung to degrade.
As I observe these fledgling birds take wing:
my worries for our future slowly fade.
A culturally closed society
is like a wound, in need of a suture.
It bleeds out, pressured by anxiety,
and yet, these children can change their future.
Watching these kids play, I don't feel sorrow;
I feel hope for a better tomorrow.
I went to the local bar in town ... 'feelin really down
down on my luck now ... hard to make a buck now
So Mr. Bartender please pour me a shot
I wanna drown my troubles today
Mr. Bartender give me what you got
I wanna drink my sorrows away
I "ll feel much better tomorrow
Yeah I'll feel much better tomorrow
Mr. Bartender give me what you got I'm gonna drink my troubles away
I'm really not the drankin kind... just one to ease my mind
down in a hole now ... feelin' kind'a low now
So Mr. Bartender please pour me a shot
I wanna drown my troubles today
Mr. Bartender give me what you got
I wanna drink my sorrows away
I "ll feel much better tomorrow
Yeah I'll feel much better tomorrow
Mr. Bartender give me what you got I'm gonna drink my troubles away
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I just wanna get away... for reason I just can't say
trying t' figure out now... how to get out now
So Mr. Bartender please pour me a shot
I wanna drown my troubles today
Mr. Bartender give me what you got
I wanna drink my sorrows away
I "ll feel much better tomorrow
Yeah I'll feel much better tomorrow
Mr. Bartender give me what you got I'm gonna drink my troubles away
Mr. Bartender give me what you got I'm gonna drink my troubles away
Lyrics by Alexis Y and Mark Massey and Music by Mark Massey
To hear these lyrics put music go to Mark Massey's page.
1-19-17
Alexis Y.
Goodness
Doing right things
Opportunity knocks
Sometimes when we least expect it
For one’s better angels
Allowing ways
To shine.
Virtue
A welcome trait
For high-minded living
Example for those we know who
Disregard their morals
Skirt the edges
Often.
Ethics
Will cultivate
An exemplary life
Of lasting proper behaviors
If conscientiously
Better living
Applied.
Conduct
Measuring our
Commitment fully to
A better world for tomorrow
And high-mindedness for
More love, justice
Today.
written May 16, 2021
for "Heptastich" poetry contest
sponsored by William Kekaula
Listed #78 on Best All-Time 100 Poems May 27, 2021 Poetry Soup
Copyright © L MILTON HANKINS | Year Posted 2021
I envision a world
free of war, where
everybody gets along.
Guns are extinct,
prejudice doesn't
exist.
Poverty finds the cure
through the strength in
unity.
Hunger is feed
with global intervene.
A peaceful world
united in love, as
God watches over
us...
An the devil's army
falls to all the faith
in our hearts.
As we pull through
what was thought
to be impossible.
Made possible
by the human race,
when we chose to
care.
To look at life through
the eyes of a child...
Our future generation,
build on years of frustration.
If we just take a minute to
understand the innocence
in our youth...
Then tomorrow
will be beautiful.
Written by: Poet Shi
The future I believe we all shall see
is not a hopeful one, yet I will try
to think a bit optimistically!
For those of you who are afraid to die,
I write this message. There is hope beyond
this world with all its woes, and there is good
in many people. May the human bond
of friendship keep us strong in brotherhood!
When times get bad, we all will have to trust
in one another, for no matter what,
souls are eternal though flesh turns to dust!
I feel this very strongly in my gut.
An eye-blink is the time here that we dwell.
Pure love awaits kind souls beyond the veil.
Something is wrong
from long time ago
since Adam bite apple
from Eve's hands.
They were punished
and forced from the paradise,
lately met problems, pain, tears and fears.
They were ashamed of their own naked bodies and make clothes from leaves,
killed innocent animals in forest
just to feed themselves and survive.
Blood didn't stop to run
day by day from everywhere
it's sad to say
but they now killing for fun.
Money, luxury and cheaters
you can find in every corner,
drug dealers, alcoholic and some bold
soulless bank owner.
Many of people are with low IQ
they lie every single word they say
but if you are honest
better avoid to tell the truth.
Heartless people acting love,
waiting for their prince/princess perfect
to give them "love".
Shame on you,
you kill every sense of life,
you make ordinary things equal to zero,
because of you everything that was natural slowly disappears.
Who are you to ask for perfection?
What you can give to this world?
Big nothing.
Then stop complain about everything
start doing something useful for you and good of this world and never ever forget
we are all sons and daughters of Adam and Eve,
it's not important when we leave or how long we'll stay,
lets unite and make a change,
God will give us better tomorrow
all we need is to pray.
©®27/05/2017
Man
being humbled by an invisible virus
is now on the verge of realizing his limitations
fact
that would force him to admit his inadequacy
and
make him demolish the vain edifice of superiority
that his vanity has built up throughout the millennia
thus
hopefully, this would lead him to humility
which
will allow Man to regulate his transient life along
the lines of a more rigorous code of ethics
that
would inspire him to honor and revere God, nature and
the sanctity of life!
© Demetrios Trifiatis
23 March 2020
How to achieve a better tomorrow.
Make attempt to improve society:
Fundamental human rights, to follow.
Social improvement is priority.
Drive out malice, violence, corruption,
Person-wise, Race-wise and Nation-wise.
Strengthen love, peace, kindness, and compassion
for civilization: Perfect-precise.
Not to overpower other country.
Exchange of ideas in every field
as Science, Technology-Industry
At end, Global Society to build.
Each be honored as Global Citizen.
To change World, State, Country, and Race,
to glow Humanity at horizon,
Unique Human Religion to face
Every conflict, selfishness or mischief
will be controlled by Education.
Humans will learn to control strife.
That will establish Civilization.
A Perfect World then to originate
Any discrimination can't persist.
Respectable Human Race, truly great.
Fundamental human rights will exist .
As jaws of hell consume our city streets
Division reigns within all fifty states
But hope for change within my heart still beats
Perhaps in your heart, too, it resonates
November ushers in a choice to make
That could, in fact, restore tranquility
Releasing blazing cities from their stake
As embers fade, we’ll find humanity
I’ve faith a new leader will take control
Eliminate mistrust and speak the truth
He’ll chart a path that’s sure to make us whole
Restoring calm to disenchanted youth
If polls are right, we’ll end our Civil War
Serenity’s within our grasp once more
*September 16, 2020
For John Hamilton’s “A Better Tomorrow” Sonnet contest
I met an old man
while I was studying abroad.
At first I was afraid
because he seemed so odd.
It is hard to sit here
and express how I felt.
He didn’t have to explain
the hand he was dealt.
If you could take a look,
into his deep brown eyes,
you would surely see,
how his big heart cries.
He cries for all the things,
he’s bared witness to,
Take some time,
take a look from his point of view.
He cries for his bare feet
that have walked for miles.
He cries for his back
that has hurt for a while.
He cries for his wife,
from AIDS she has passed.
He cries for his pride,
lowered from the help he asked.
He cries for the meal
he is unable to serve,
He cries for his worries
that he doesn’t deserve.
He cries for his child,
her education he can’t provide.
He cries for his scars
that he must hide.
On his tired face,
there appears no sign of a smile.
After all of the suffering,
his life is still worthwhile.
Though his eyes
have seen so much sorrow,
he prays every night
for a better tomorrow.
Since we were young
hes always been the one
the families all seen it
hes ur favorite son
he can go to rehab
and get in trouble to
he can do what he wants
but thats okay with you
im sorry im not his daughter
im sorry you hate me so much
im sorry im not perfect
i rather not keep in touch
although u may deny it
deep down you know its true
everyone else sees it
why can't you see it to
i didn't mean to take advantage
im depressed all the time
although you may not see it
faking a smile is my crime
of all the *****i've been thru
and all the *****you have done
i thought that you would be there
but no your there for your son
if i could have a wish
him i would come from
cause maybe then you would love me
and i wouldn't feel so dumb
you may read this note
and you probably will get mad
but now you know my pain
and you would know my heart is sad
all i wanted was for your love
and your blessing to
but theres not enough room for me
cause hes your favorite son its true
so im erasing you from my life
im going to try to move on
cause this pain i feel is real
and i just want it gone
so farewell to you mother
i hope you have a great life
i hope your man is the one
maybe you'll be his wife
but your just a distant memory
a shadow from the past
was it all worth it
the hatred spell you cast
although i shed my tears
i wipe them away with sorrow
maybe i'll be someones favorite
i hope for a better tomorrow
There's no other body in this room than the soul of whom haunts my eternal dreams,
Spoken the truth of god and the word of wisdom,
You'll hear my calls calling so ever graciously across the waters and the ocean sea,
Miraculously reviving a lost love, one so sweet and pure that the roses start blooming again in the fall,
The word of god and wisdom spoken true and ever so sweet,
The Nightingales cry in the midst of night because of our love that was lost and ever so beautiful that not even a shadow could pierce the light that dangles over our shadows,
I love to love and I hate to hate this world,
I love to think that things do matter and that words do have a significant sacred vow that can never truly be taken back again,
Spoken the word of god and the truth of wisdom,
He tells me to go on and to breath deeply,
That someday this pain will mean something,
Someday my love will be heard and returned,
I'll keep believing in a better tomorrow
a morrow without sorrow,
Peace within,
Eternal struggle,
Keep believing,
In a better tomorrow.
Politicians want to make money,
Use this virus as a kind of excuse,
Media spreads fear and it's not funny,
Is there a way to overcome these blues?
Nothing can help man out of this debacle,
Nothing can give him hope but a vaccine,
All the world wants now is a miracle,
Something to keep them safe from the unseen,
But what man needs now is not medicine,
Science is not something that can help him now,
He must rather bow heads in unison,
To the Almighty who has all know-how,
God will give peace even if there's none cured,
His grace is enough, of that be assured.
09.21.2020