Best Face Up To Reality Poems

When I say peace, what comes into your mind?
Some fantasy, a world where there's no wars
No soldiers setting foot on foreign shores
Where weapons of destruction aren't designed

My thoughts on peace are vastly more refined
I think of nature's song which has no score
The changing of her...

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Oxygen like Love
Often taken for granted
Lack one of the two
Face the harsh reality
You will soon be turning blue

Joe Incatasciato  Contest- Blue...

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I’ve written rhyming verses and sonnets by the score;
I’ve written a hundred lyrics and inside me there are more,
But nothing that I’ve written has ever merited me fame,
And yet I keep on writing with a passion just the same.

Last night in my dreams dead poets...

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My Gorgeous Lotus Blossom !!!

There is not a day - glorious or gloomy - that goes by
where visions bloom, of your beauty, fill my eye.

After these empty, four years, my heart still burns.
After these empty, four years, my soul still yearns.

After these empty, four years,...

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"A house divided against itself cannot stand." 
                                     ...

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The reality of denial (part 1)	

The reality of denial is…… We all have done it.
Some take up permanent residence ….. Others just visit.

Denial can be used ……… As a source of protection
But be careful not to fall …… for your own deception 

Denial has the...

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So much stunned at man's alienation 
even in the man-made world.
Stunned at the human folly to lust for relations
carrying the signboard "Strictly Prohibited".
Wisdom nullified at the foolish acts
and relationships ruined by the misunderstandings
and egocentric behavior.
Consistent silence not willing to bear any interference of words;
still personal...

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I have a certain dream,
That I like to dream a lot
But I cant have this dream
I can not, I can not.

I’ve often dreamed about being a doctor
And healing the sick and ill
But then reality comes along
And stupidity all my dreams kill

I’ve decided to give up...

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To receive magic, to break the antiquity of sorrow
Debate reason then face the dire reality of a long night
Face humanity with due cause, burn it all down to start over


contest...One Days Magic

6/27/14...

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1. You walk around all day trying to think of unusual words that rhyme and new things to say.

2. You spend too much time online or in bookstores looking for poetry and other books that make you feel or think that you, too might become...

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Is it a crime
To feel for you as I do
When it won’t do me or you any good
We can’t be together
Like opposing magnets
We clash
Impossible, yes
But it is true that I’m desperate for what I cant have.

I’ll watch behind closed doors
Wishing I was outside with you
But...

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Retrospective 
By Laura Dee Battle
January 14, 2015

Looking back at the Crimson shades of hell
The days where I couldn't bear to face my own reality
Showroom shines of smiles concealing secrets I would never tell
Not that I could tell them about the catastrophes I couldn't see

I had...

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ransack
a god's domain

soundtrack
to a slob's fame

write it complex
so you can read it simple and plain

so let me explain
as you unlock the chains

life is a beautiful fantasy
must face the ugly reality
that I'm insane

remember the man
forget my name

dead beat, square, nerd, loser
I'm a sucker for mental pain

another...

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CLOSING MY EYES AT NIGHT,
I ENTER THIS WORLD AWAY FROM REALITY.
HERE I'M THE KING, THE ALPHA
AND OTHERS FOLLOW ME,
RESPECTING MY COMMANDS.
THEN I DRIFT TO SLEEP
AND ENTER A WORLD
WHERE I'M NEITHER ALPHA NOR OMEGA.
HERE NOTHING IS UNDER
MY CONTROL ANYMORE.
NOW I SOMETIMES VISIT MY PAST,
SOMETIMES TO THE...

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cold
physically, emotionally, spiritually
hollowed out like a two hundred year old redwood 
ravaged by fire, i didn’t care
my sense of purpose had long lost its relevance
spiraling out of control and letting it happen.
i had to admit, i needed help 
we had a relationship once, You and...

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