Best Frailty Poems

...Apologies to Heraclitus and W. H. Auden...

We, defeated by the merest things,
in defeat, endure...for now.

No abiding truth in faith:
origins and destinations
we cannot differentiate,
all random, unguided
by any prescient power;
but, not illogical
(there is no illogic.)

We impose all universal order,
influence what subsequently occurs,
to learn, or not, through endless...

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You never knew
what it was like to be bruised.
So obviously broken,
exposed to the open.

Sutures from past scars you hide
like nakedness in your eyes.
Something to be ashamed of.
Something to rise above.

Such a beautiful thing 
is human frailty.
What a relief
to learn I'm only me.

The world's success doesn't...

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Precious Life is a Flower
  Unfolding to the Sun;
Cast a shadow 'cross its petal,
  Poof! Its bloom is gone....

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Frailty of Power and Strength of being Modest


Whoever is doing business
  Eye for detail must have
One could be doing dizziness
  Should one misbehave.

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Our...

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The young know not their limit, for it soars above the reach of their hands. 

Upwards and upwards on gusts of wind 

Rising above the Atlas Mountains, dancing on the swollen snow covered peaks. 

Further it goes until the very stars become its brethren 

Resting...

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Frailty, thy name is oft mistaken 
By those who seek triumph over weak 
Burning with hatred's lone desire
To conquer the very mild and meek 

Yet Frailty knows strength resides inside 
Falling in tears from eyes filled with pain
In suffering, strength does truly lie 
From this...

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Winter's branch may be frail, but clinging to it gives the leaf fine strength.


Yasmin Khan; Monoku...

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monstrous sound slashes silence              
the bellow of a giant beast, 
or the flutter of a thousand wings
elevations and indiscriminate creed will not heed
sinister stirs the mix, the rise of wicked’s extravagance
black feathers...

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I lay within my bed, a testament
to frailty. The last lights of life
slowly escaping my sight.
As I wait for the inevitable
punctuation to life's great quest, 
I find myself thinking of what
I've done.
The list is short. It starts strong,
but all at once grows so sorrowfully short;
the...

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How I wish to drink the wine of joy with you
feel the brush of fingertips upon my cheek
to spread a picnic feast within the wilderness
what lies within my heart to plainly speak
 
But raised was I upon a planets prison
and to will of others made...

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Like sparrow wings, brittle bone webs, 
intricate as nuclear physics, 
complex as the ways of love, 
your frailty soared bright in my mind, 
drew razor blades across my sinking heart. 
How I cried, then, howled silent prayers 
to whatever gods would receive, 
and beseeched some...

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The frailty of my body reminds me
Of my weaknesses and mortality
It reminds me of my limitations
Of my dependence on God's provision

When ailments take my voice away from me
When my hoarse voice can't sing of Your glory
My heart lifts up to You a silent song
It's You...

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I am complete when I am worthless
I am unrivaled when I am weak
I am unequaled when I am dependent
I am acceptable when I seek.

The one thing that You can't see
Behind the barrier in which I hide
Obstructing your vision and your sight
Is my incessant and flippant...

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Beyond Despair

     
                 despair 
          heavy, discordant
    stomping, injuring, impeding
  stamina, outlook,...

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Us humans are delusional, in believing that we are the most superior 
          species than the rest of Earth's inhabitants. We are absolutely wrong!


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