Best Fortunate Poems

Who are the less fortunate?
What are their names?
Are they the crippled,
the blind, the lame?

Is a man in a wheelchair
lesser than I?
His heart may hold treasures
that no one can buy

Does a girl without speech
have nothing to say?
Is a boy without toys
unable to play?

Do eyes without sight
shed...

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Some lives seem predestined -

etched with stellar grandeur
upon the crystal cradle of the universe
where solar winds sigh but a lullaby
and infinity is but an inheritance
whilst fortunes of the fortunate 
are foretold and beheld in rococo charm
their dreams and heirlooms 
and the laughter of charmed spirits
hung...

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Why did they plant the magnolia
in the tight corner between the house
and the garage? There is no room for a tree.

Each spring, she blooms valiantly;
each summer, she stretches her branches
with the large leathery leaves
over the roof;

you cut them. Last year, 
I cried. The blossoms 
unfold...

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I miss you,
You threw me away,
Away without a second thought,
A thought about how I'll hurt,
Hurt like the five other girls you played with,
Without a goodbye you left,
You left with cruel words upon your lips,
Your lips I've always wanted to kiss,
To kiss so tenderly and heartbreakingly,
And...

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Who is the richer for being?
The one who is beautiful, being observed-
Or the one who is observing the beauty?
©dbyrne feb 2014...

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I love you like the springtime
always a welcome sight
the touch of your heart
warms my winters night

good fortune shines upon me
for some never feel a sunrise in love
waking in a sweet embrace
with a glimpse of heaven up above

truly I am grateful
for every radiant morning light
I love...

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All men choose the path they walk,
But we are fortunate if we learn,
to be grateful for those who have loved us.
Your heart is far away,
yet I hope I can always find it....

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Two men traveled down  a passage way.  One went left the other right.  One man had happiness, the other strife. Which man chose the wrong path ? The one on the left or the one on the right ?...

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Stuff on my mind has been puzzling me.
Like why have I been one of the lucky ones.
When they were handing out the happy stuff,
was I at the head of the line?
Was it my enthusiasm that made the difference?
For most of my life I've been this...

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We have:

Shelter to keep us safe
Protect us from the elements
And some of the human race!

Clean running water with just a turn
Food at our fingertips
Education for all to learn

Many forms of transport 
Shoes on our feet, clothes on our back
People to help us if under attack

Doctors,hospitals,...

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Its easy to forget, amidst the frenzy of the season,
That all this “sound and fury,” it happens for a reason:
That words, we fear, fall short somehow expressing what we’re feeling
And gifts will say, another way, how fortunate we are.

I know that I forget, sometimes, to...

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Sometimes I wonder what my life would be like 
had I been born as one of the lucky in life.

I question how much different my life would be 
If I had been born into wealth or high society


Would I have learned to take without knowing...

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I love that one
what's in this one
its got chocolate on it
try one of these
put cornmeal in it
apple sauce in this one
what does that do anyway
makes better texture
softens, adds a nice flavor
my, these are really good
are there raisins in them?
just cranberries, dates
finished breakfast
just had to sample
chocolate...

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You kill me
Only every time we meet
My body stops there for you 
And my mind falls to pieces

You remind me of how I would like to die
In a moment of happiness without reason
Wanting nothing more
Needing only this and you and nothing more

I am a fortunate...

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You wear luck
Like you were born to it
Bred to it
Like pink skin over old scars
New spanking suits on old men
This kalaidescope of favor
Falls directly into your lap
Yet
When your luck runs out
You scream and shout to the angels
Now you are in a place
Where cherubim and seraphim...

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