Best Expected Poems
Best is God’s expected end* for us to ripple from here to yon.
*Jeremiah 29:11 “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.”
March 1, 2019
Edited on February 16, 2023
2nd place, "A Ripple To Me" Monoku Poem Writing Contest
Sponsored by JCB Brul; judged on 2/17/2023.
a child's kite
lifted by the breeze
as expected
We oft expect of others,
In most given situations,
What we ourselves would do,
For it's our inclination,
To think that we are all the same,
So we think they would do,
The same as we if we should find,
Ourselves in those same shoes.
So when we suspect another,
Of some skullduggery,
Or we look down on someone,
And think debauchery,
Because they made in innocence,
A picturesque remark,
That we perchance misunderstood,
And we decided to embark,
On a mental journey,
To the land of fantasy,
Imagining the things they did,
And we begin romancing,
Evil thoughts within our minds,
That have no ground at all,
Except within our fertile mind,
Where Satan has a ball.
I swear it is raining outside today
Anyway, it feels like it in my bones.
Arthritis has kicked up her heels
Reminding me I am not a spring chicken
Or even a lively old tired worn-out rooster
I am long in the tooth as we loved to say
When we were young and reckless and never ever
ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever
expected to get old.
But old I am and it is raining outside
And my body is yawning
And I want a nap
Which I can now take
Thank god
For I am old
A motorcycle ride?
Okay
Who wants to live forever anyway?
When I first saw you
I never expected we would get this far
When we first did hangout
I never expected you to enjoy being with me
When we first went out to eat
I'd never expected you to take me to my favorite place
When I first came to your family home
I never expected to touch your hand nor
I never expected to of been kissed by you under the stars
When we went to the top of the world
I never expected I would want to cuddle you
When you first stayed over I didn't expect anything....
When we became a couple
I never expected that I would ever fall for someone...
But I did;
You.
"The Expected"
The writing was on the wall
the eraser like a sparkler
annihilated every naysayer
words not required
for such a blind date
He da main player
records kept
for reviewing later
(LadyLabyrinth / 2023)
This Isn’t What I Expected
Lusty-eyed dreams,
Broken nightmares,
This is what it has risen from the cream,
This is not what I’d wished to fare,
Yet, I’m the bad one,
The one who no one loved,
But, that’s not why I’m done,
The one who no one loved,
Literally, I’m few—and far between,
Figuratively, I’m he who haunt the tragic scene,
For, I am a teenage failure awaiting being seen,
As, I sit and read, and read, and read this screen,
The cursor dancing in rhythm,
At such steady pace,
Marching to the beat of its own rhythm,
Oh, Quite, Unlike, my own race,
Scurrying, Scarcely, Scurried,
Flee, Fled, Fleeting,
This is what I’ve amounted to—hurried,
Nothing more than a wasted—mass.
Alas! i'm expecting.
Expecting the one...
expected long back.
I accept you,
the expected one.
The one expected long back.
let me give you guys a little meaning of this(for those who found it difficult to
understand)
a mother expresses her feeling of being pregnant after a long time.
Hope you guys enjoy it :)
I expected more
Tolerance
Understanding
Support
I expected more
Yes, I’m an idealist
I have a better name….
A fool
A child
Thinking that trust still means something
That people won’t turn into cannibals
Eating each other whole
Biting away pieces of reputation
With our razor sharp teeth of
Innuendos
Slander
Gossip
G O S S I P
Without finding out the truth
Hurling words that stab and tear
Flaying souls bare
How do you dare???
How do you dare!!!
I expected more
From you
From him
From her
From them
From us
Cannibalism…what a shame!
Who would engage in that???
And yet
Here we sit at the feast
We sit with blood running down our mouths
Hunched over the carcass of someone’s
Murdered honor
Devouring
Thanking the powers that be…
“Thank God isn't me!”
Gossip = “Social Cannibalism”
Sanctuary not found
“I demand sanctuary!”
I expected more
"Great Expectations"
Dashed to the floor
A fool
A child
“Little one,
“Expect nothing
And you will never get disappointed.”
Eileen Manassian Ghali
PS...this place needs to be a safe place, a haven....a sanctuary for people who share the same love to FINALLY be appreciated for their work and their dreams...goals and aspirations. WE ALL need to think before we "speak" about others and surmise
this or that. We are just going to lose more people from this place if something isn't done about that o'l grapevine... :(
“Wherever two or three are gathered”…or so the verse goes…Here seems to be my take of late...
“Wherever two or three are gathered
Most surely NOT in HIS name
Gossip is the order of day
The hottest PS Game!”
A game in which there are NO winners...only Losers. Think about it...Please...
Also..please...NO COMMENTS on the inspiration behind this...Just some food for thought..for ALL of us.
Gale force winds are expected; time to tie your knickers down
All heads bent, and everyone is pushing their way across town
Mouths are tightly shut, just in case their dentures out and fly
Ski goggles are on, just in case you get something in your eye
Skirts are all flying up with long hair that’s blowing out of place
Time you get into work your looking more than a total disgrace
Time is spent behind your desk rearranging all that went astray
Sat there hoping the wind has died by the end of the work day
Dinner; sat on the bench outside, eating someone else’s lunch
As the wind sends their pickle onion right into your own mush
The bloke sat next to you is eating your fly away in my face hair
Reinforcing that old saying, how nice it is for everyone to share
And, no worries about putting your left over rubbish into the bin
The darn bits just fly out again once you have so neatly put it in
Then it is all back to the office heads down and pushing through
As we clogged up the elevator without as much as a say, or a do
Then it is back behind the desk, rearranging all that went a stray
And hoping the wind has died down by the end of the work day
All signs are not looking good as the pigeons huddle on the ledge
Even worse when one drops off, because another in, does wedge
As 5 o’clock end of day arrives and no one is in a great rush to go
Stuck to their seats it’s almost as if the work force is on a go slow
One fresh air freak limbers up and starts heading for the exit door
Wow' one blast of hurricane winds and the guy was seen no more
The thought of settling down for the night was more than an idea
As we started to rearrange “We can do anything with bits of Ikea”
We gave the trouble of eating, to those brave delivery pizza boys
Though when we sent the orders in, the guys were a bit annoyed
It is not much fun delivering pizzas, on a light weight moped bike
One was lifted by the wind, once landed he was **** up in a dyke
The pizza boy arrived, and said that's it the wind has took my bike
We piled all the pizza boxes up, the pizza boy bedded for the night
Then the next day morning came, at last the wind had died down
Drama over we sent the pizza boy home with a tip of half a crown
Swimming in together shoals
All at one with one another
Taking turns within the in-crowd
On the lookout under cover
Doing what we always do
Chancy spins in life’s roulette
To bounce around the spinning wheel
A guessing game of our best bet
Riding high on peaks of energy
Propagating for tomorrow
In the bedrock of resourcefulness
No need to beg or steal or borrow
Caught off guard in suddenly
The palace of the unprepared
Where the rule of action stations
Wrote a new book to be shared
I see the people watching,
Waiting for mistakes,
In this seas of fish,
We are all the bait.
Perfect is seen as average,
As the average becomes estranged,
When the best becomes expected,
The worst is what entertains.
‘cause no one cares if you’re good,
They all want to see the bad,
So don’t be surprised by their laughs,
It is honestly quite sad.
My final exit will one day come for me,
but when I die I'll die alone, anonymously.
My true loved ones won't grieve. They won't have any reason to.
They'll live their lives believing, I'm still living mine the way I sincerely want to.
You may think this way of life a joyless, lonely one.
You may be right but I'm convinced it's my only safe one.
A solitary life is the only way of life available that works for me.
Only when I'm home alone do I ever truly feel any sense of serenity,
but then there's a knock on my door or my telephone rings
and I'm faced with more tragedy.
I sincerely can't take another loss. I feel it would be the end of me.
Official Notice: On my birthday in the year 2010
I will "die" and never see or hear from my loved ones again.
Please don't be mad and please don't be sad.
I'll still be living my life. I won't really be dead.
True Happiness it seems is beyond my dreams,
but True Solitude can offer me some joy and serenity instead.
A new son was coming
Millions of people were praising
God for answering their million prayers
He grew up and became useful to communities
Respectful, peaceful and humble
Ruler who was with more love for people.
April 6 2023
By Alfonso Warally Ngengethe
Mussabwa Chris
The troubles we face
are rising like the sea itself
The waters
are rising up around us
Time for us
to take a vacation
An inner vacation
prompted by reading
the famed
tale of the One Ring
We shall leave these shores
Travel to lands full of
mystery and wonder
A respite
from clocks, cars and clutter
We'll fly on gossamer wings
to new and unknown sites
O! to see the elves
as they head westward
to watch as dwarves work
their magic in stone
to speak with wise wizards
and enjoy the Shire in autumn
full from a rich harvest
and honeycombs dripping
with the sweetest honey
Yes, we'll take a long - expected vacation
Our real lives
lie somewhere near Middle Earth
Waiting to be discovered