Best Hard As Hell Poems

a force for good
(for john coltrane and ahmed obafemi
based on ‘trane’s treatment of ‘nature boy’)

“…I wanna be a force for good…”
		-John Coltrane
 
…there was a man…
a very brave, enchanted man…
and he spoke of many things…
peace and change
this, he said to me…
he wanted to be
a force...

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My broker sent me a letter
Saying my insurance was over due
So I looked around on the internet
To see what I could do
I came across a web site
That really caught my eye
It’s called drive like a girl
Oh’ what a big surprise



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When it all came down I lost my mind
Bit by bit I became hard to find
But like a phoenix from the ashes I rise
I'm proud to say I survived

These past 8 months were trying times
I sat in bed and wrote these rhymes
I never knew what...

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Someone please help me please call the doctor 911 it’s an emergency please
come save me
Because I'm going crazy a lot of people think I'm insane in the classroom
talking to myself as if someone is really there
But I swear I saw a girl sitting right next...

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Every Moment

We are not here to live the tiny life of our egos', 
which is merely pride, indeed.

We are here to fulfill the purpose of our soul,
with happiness,
that's intended from inside, so you see?

Yes, I'm a little bruised, slightly broken even!
Throw or cast your burdens...

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Turtle, turtle, in your shell
  Your backside is as hard as hell

Turtle, turtle, in your shell
  Come on out, I've rung your bell...

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I have a story
A story to tell
About how life
Is hard as hell
It didn't come
With whistle or bells
It sure ain't no ***ing fairy tail
The life they live
Is fake as hell
Nothing but lies
They try to sell
The glory
The fame
The money
The game
The devil's work all the same
You must listen...

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The things I feel inside of me,
I doubt anyone will ever know.
The things I feel inside of me,
I try so hard not to let them show.
The things I feel inside of me, 
Sometimes makes me cry,
The things I feel inside of me,
Make me wonder why...

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The world passes you  by 
Looking through a window with no way out.
Watching and staring but never does it help.
Wishing someone would figure it out.
I know who I am 
Why do people see differently? 
I am an emotional roller coaster that just gains speed.
Some...

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I'm watching everything slipping away
And I'm just tip toeing around as the dust fades
Hard to display
The things of affection and I'm erecting 
A design that'll leave the mind 
Wide open and thirsting for wine
Just to hold the hand of a empty time
But  back to...

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The past is over. Let it go
And welcome in tomorrow.
Our days on earth are measured out
And more we cannot borrow.

Such sage advice, for sure, and yet
Instruction I can’t follow.
The letting go part is, to me,
A pill I cannot swallow.

And so I cling to memories
And objects...

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Altho I'm highly criticized for the mistakes I've made.
I hope I never go unloved for the mistakes I've made.
To the ordinary man my "blessings" are catastrophies.
No one loves a loser, who waddles in his losses.
Yet everyone loves a comeback. 
Praise me not for my accomplishments....

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Who do you see
Standing here
It’s just me
I have stood
And not left 
Even when 
It was hard as hell
Will there ever be
An easy day 
What would I do
If it was yesterday
I don’t know anymore.

© Paul Warren Poetry...

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It's a first of many I realized this Easter.
I had a first birthday, first Thanksgiving,
first Christmas without you.
Even though I thought I couldn't.
It was hard as hell, I survived a first of many firsts to come.

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