Best Downplay Poems

-For Melissa

She asked me how long does it take to heal
In what time allotment, exactly, will it take
For forgetfulness to become a reoccurrence
A blessing for...

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With imperfection, introspection 
And a measure of over arching dejection 
Comes insight
So I've noted a truth or two
Do get comfortable and I'll share a few

Say...

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I see a day when mankind will say
   Let us our differences downplay
when the wolf will lie down with the lamb --
 ...

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Slay poor men’s dreams lest hopeful themes gain sway -
     make up self-serving laws to flaw their take.
Fray each mashed man’s...

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Both Sides Now

Billowing clouds up above
Sometimes smoky or just dust
Bluebirds maneuvering through
While Butterflies withdrew

All my past loves float away 
As in vapored clouds today
Becoming concealed...

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My love is light (a fairy kiss?)          
        ...

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UNBREAKABLE 

I don’t mean indestructible or incorruptible
Something smashed to bits that CAN be fixed
As in unbreak my heart
It’s a quality absent in my situation
I can...

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~  Jesus  Christ  Is   Lord  ~
 (  Nonet  )




~O~
 


My  Holy  Bible  is ...

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It's another Monday
One seventh of your life
It's the second month of the year
at least six to go before you can earn it all
(Or most of...

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If your soul could sing, what song would you hear?
A lifetime of living, yours to convey,
A melody of joy, or ballad of fear?

The notes of...

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In the aftermath of any competition, be it sports or otherwise...
We will see a gamut of emotions in the mass of humanity in sight..

There will...

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>>1111>>REVELATION<<1111<<

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It draws me to think about Moses’ humility 
with his experience of the burning bush in Sinai,
like a place of discovery, so extraordinary!
that it’s burning...

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The boat slowly turned at an unmarked waterway,
   and foliage dropped behind us like a curtain of green;
   as we glided...

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I'm immobile by deafening chants of my fans.
Mounted on a grand stage draped in humiliation 
The arena is packed standing room only
Murmurs of insults produce...

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