Best Confronting Poems

I see you coming, old age
Approaching, at an ever-accelerating pace,
Your face is so grim
Your expression is so austere
Your look so menacing,
A frightening sight you are
 
Many battles I have fought in life
With vigor and youth at my side
Thus victorious I emerged

But

Now that my allies slowly...

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Facing a street kid pleading for bread, I was gripped with mixed feelings, especially that I  had in my possession purchased goods for our orphanage from a grocery with this label: “the good life you can afford.”  Oh, the social worker in me...

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Written: September 2nd, 2023
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In the depths of one's mind, foes reside.
Within oneself—a war cannot be denied.
Refers to individuals—their internal strife,
Struggles and spurs that shape their life.

In the realm of views and desires so deep,
Fear and doubt bestir—akin to demon creep.
Inner blows waged in the darkest...

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My biggest challenge of my life
occurred in 1998 a year of strife,
routine mammography displayed a buckshot 
spray of calcification which displayed a lot
of cancer within its maudlin picture show,
removal of my right breast proved to be a torturous blow.
It turned out to be a Trans-flap...

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How I longed for and every morn,
For a decadent slice of cake,
At beginning of every dawn,
Was hooked, my heart did often ache.

Not fussy, fairy cake or bun,
To be sweet, I was for sure born,
Rain, snow, mist, hail or scorching sun,
How I longed for and every...

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Confronting betrayal midst guilt admission 
my soul accepts God’s instruction*
never redefining it based on my notion...
I'm warned of such wrong commotion
that can lead to my destruction---
Such gives my spirit peaceful jubilation!
			
Battling against conscience when holiness does shine
my soul succumbs to God’s design
stopping to pursue after...

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Comes a time when I must face life's larger picture
On canvas of my mind, earth is kept garden
No one promotes killer weeds, God forbid!
Facing my Goliath; those stones were formed by One
Reverence for mother earth is linked to the Almighty
Only eyes seeing from a contrite...

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There was no day when he was asked
That he felt pride,
away, outside
A tree stood, a bird chirped, the wind howled
He meekly stood, anxiety masked
Outside a dog growled

His eyes were turned inside, but captured
That bird so bright
Its frame so slight
Sunlight danced sadly round his bouncing hair
He...

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When you said those things you said to me, 
You had never given it a single thought…… 
About what might be going on in my life. 
You assumed that I had done something on purpose
to upset you or let you down, to break your rules....

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Brazen you are,
how far is your
awareness. In
truth you couldn't
care less. 

Things
were said things
were done, things
were even flung in
rage. Leaving a bitter
taste in your mouth
drawn from such haste.

A plea was made yet on
deaf ears it falls, it's never
your fault. As usual you rush
away, never confronting
your flaws....

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They both have the same color of eyes,
one is funny, the other is not;
an error in judgment means a lot...
happiness or sadness I realize!


They both seem so honest and nice,
the younger one dreams in colors;
the older one whispers nuptial words...
will I be cheated or smile...

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My destiny, fiercely,
I confronted the other day,
Complaining about the many obstacles
She has placed on my path,
Plus
For all the calamities and pains
That she has so, mercilessly, inflicted
Upon me.

She heard my protests with disdain,
But with them, she didn't agree, then
Angrily she retorted,
That the blame should not be...

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My soul in me to anger stirs, and I
Like a panther that cannot prowl my home
Pushed back from the forest invaded, to die
Edged by concrete; attacked if dare I roam
My own God-given habitat, shall then
I become another victim vile when
My claws unsheathed, spring unflawed the...

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CONFRONTING A SHARK

She was all set for her nervous first date,
bubbling inside with excitement galore.
A rich father’s only daughter’s marital fate
she would go all out to earnestly explore.

They had chosen a restaurant grand,
befitting her life-style of a rare class.
Her customized dress of reputed brand
matched the...

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When thinking of writing your will,
Though you may not be over the hill,
You are forced to confront,
If I may be so blunt,
That some goals you may never fulfill.

For a will means you cannot pretend
That your life will not come to an end
And your heirs might...

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