Best Go Away Poems
I remember so clearly a day
when Mommy made it go away
When every hurt and every pain
with just her tender touch, would wane
When sting of bitter snow filled chill
wrapped in her arms, would melt at will
And when her enigmatic smile
could make me sit still all the while
I remember so fondly a day
when Mommy knew just what to say
And every lesson yet unlearned
forewarned, to not let me get burned
Some days when I feel cold inside
the days when I just want to hide
I wish that Mommy still could say
Shhh, I'll make it go away
As past words ring, lost in hollow emotions,
I find each thought in my head but commotion
like the endless roar of the waves in the ocean.
OH, go away yesterday.
Moments that pass leave me lost and breathless,
through sleepless nights, my mind muddled and restless,
I pray for the end, yet I am left deathless.
OH, go away yesterday.
With ages past and resolve that's been shaken,
my all I have given and all you have taken
but now you have left me forlorn and forsaken.
OH, go away yesterday.
To the future I gaze in search of my destiny,
as time passes slow and I walk through gethsemane,
these retrospect eyes leave me dark as ebony.
OH, go away yesterday.
04/03/2018
war drugs poverty
famine fear rape death
and degradation:
that's the impoverished world
desperate immigrants flee
and yet we won't let them in
go die on the other side of our new wall
stay away from what’s ours
we should be ashamed to call ourselves Christians
there's no kindness in our hearts
or tolerance for others
even though God's commandment
says to love our neighbors as we love ourselves
(Sing to tune of Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow)
Oh, the weather outside is crappy,
and they say I should be happy,
But to all this snow I say,
"Go away, go away, go away."
Some weirdos think snow is "gnarly,"
But roads are slick and snarly,
And MORE snow's on the way,
"Go away, go away, go away."
When I woke up at 6 a.m.,
fast to my window I ran.
But the earth was a blinding white.
My car wouldn't start. What a fright!
When finally I got started,
and to the roads I darted,
I was sliding as I prayed,
"Go away, go away, go away."
Your drops cool little blue pansy faces,
Satisfy crepe myrtles’ delicious pinks;
The grass has turned back to emerald spring,
And the air is sweet, the air is so sweet.
Fresh caladiums spread affection.,
Outdoor cars are losing their dust to shine,
A/C motors are hushed in your coolness;
And the air is sweet, the air is so sweet.
You have made pine needles soft under foot,
And beckoning books unread to the hand.
You show your gentleness, how you can be.
And the air is sweet, the air is so sweet;
Rain, Rain, Don’t Go Away just for today,
For the air is sweet, the air is so sweet.
In the small verdant village of Kora-Kay
Live peaceful folk who fish, eat and play
At sunset they dance around drum circles and sing
Of yesteryears’ joys and what tomorrow may bring
The words fame and fortune are never needed
As their bounty—food and friends—cannot be exceeded
At death, forever with loved ones they’ll dwell
Knowing of heaven but nothing of hell
One night a group of strange men wander in
Their translator tells them all about sin
There will be no family to greet them up in the sky
Only hell if they believe their own heathen lie
In hell they will burn in eternal flame
For their unrepentant, filthy, naked shame!
They will scream in torment, their pleas unheard
If they do not immediately accept the word
Each child cries and runs to their wailing mother
As elders give despairing looks to each other
Kora-Kay’s chief strolls in to solemnly say
We are a welcoming people, but you must go away
In the small verdant village of Kora-Kay
Dwells a peaceful folk who fish, eat and play
Written 5/29/22
Your Favourite Poem From The First Half Of 2022 Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Julia Ward
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Survivor guilt, is it in the head?
It feels like its you that should be dead
Alas my friend this isn't so
This feeling needs to get up and go
For it will bring you to your knees
No one can hear you shout please
Go away survivor guilt
The life they need should be rebuilt
I know you are a demon in the brain
Bringing people all this pain
Lack of sleep is what you deprive
Let them move on with thier lives
Survivors are what they have become
Your nothing but banging of a steel drum
Leave thier soles to be content
Happiness is what is meant
So good bye guilt and sorrow
A new life begins tomorrow
Yes I know they've lost good people
But they'll meet again at the steeple
I hear your tiny fingers shuffle
against the textured walls, trying
to feel for a crack to slide into
and hide from the fact that you are
still too small to make big changes.
It is the same
for many, for most, that can not move
mountains or make headway
and simply decide to sit quietly in
anger and wait for anything
to cut enough to create an outburst.
I feel your eyes stare into the room
as you smell the candles cast the scent
of vanilla and sulfur into the doorway.
Welling from within, emotions rise
and fall with ears strained and weary bones
ready to stop and sneak back to sleep.
It is different for you
to be without a voice, to be outside
of decision and determination in these matters
of heart and home. This is hard
to be small and quiet in a loud
and large part of your world.
Yesterday, while we spoke, I shed a tear,
for I was frightened of what I would hear:
and the emotions felt were dread and fear.
Oh, go away yesterday!
You swore that destiny had chosen us,
yet you now have doubts: you wish to discuss,
and those feelings that we shared ended thus.
Oh, go away yesterday!
Yesterday broke the promise of never,
a bond that time has chosen to sever,
and so, tomorrow, we'll split forever.
Oh, go away yesterday!
An emptiness drains the hope from my heart
as all of my dreams and wishes depart,
and I cry, for love tore my heart apart.
Oh, go away yesterday!
Depression demons go away; joy has lost its way…
Depression demons; stop injecting your venom in my soul...
I can taste your pain in my veins
Feel your cold and bitter despair in my air!
I smell your stench; it’s wicked as an old wench
You make my mood move like a thunderous storm
Put my mind in a constant state of morn...
Depression demons go away; please send joy my way…
Depression demons, stop haunting me
Release your grip and set me free!
You are not welcome; please leave me be
There’s no place left; as you well see
No place for your misery...
Depression demons go away; for JOY today I pray…
Lay
Can I kill the pain today?
Just make it all go away?
Can I breathe again today?
Just make it all seem so far away?
Yesterday is over
The past is dead
Why is it so hard to get that through my head?
All the sleepless nights spent thinking about you,
and how you made me smile
All the sleepless nights spent wishing
that you could have stayed for just awhile
Rain, rain, go away
Come again another day
Little Abbie wants an ice cream cone
School's closed, you see, and she’s stuck at home!
Watching happy ducks in the pond as they swim
And her red sand pail you've filled to the rim!
Rain, rain, you’re so vain
Never show your face again!
~*~
For: Debra's "Nursery Rhyme" Contest
Oh, Go Away Yesterday
It’s been long over between us two,
yet my emotions ignite when I think of you;
and my aura fades to dullest blue.
Oh, go away yesterday!
But you’ve been a jaybird happy and carefree,
ever since the day you had forsaken me,
scratching off our names from the old oak tree.
Oh, go away yesterday!
Even though my aching heart is one big mess,
loving memories of you still leave me breathless,
recalling pure ecstasy when I was your “goddess.”
Oh, go away yesterday!
Once I believed we had a shared destiny,
and our love would last for all eternity;
but now I know that was sheer insanity.
Oh, go away yesterday!
Date: 05-05-2018
Contest: Rhyme and Refrain
Sponsor: Broken Wings
Placement: 3rd
Go away Jack Frost, take your chill and leave.
I’m tired of wiping my runny nose on my layered sleeve.
Damn the ice and damn the snow!
Unless its pretty, with a purple glow.
Go back up North, where you belong, take your chill and leave!