Best Imperfect Poems

We don't expect something from nothing 
but always keep hope lightly lit
We want what we know won't be quite good for us
and force situations which never will fit
We speak when we should hold our tongues by the throat
and let silence bounce off the air
We verbalize...

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It's so easy
to play the blame game
to be unrealistically expectant
to want perfection
It's so easy

It's easy
to want you to mold yourself
into my concept
of the ideal man
to fill in all the cracks
of what's broken in me
it's so easy

and yet
how often have I tried
heart and soul and mind
to...

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Indented by harsh waves
Injured by cold sharp rocks
Inflicted by failures
Irate at injustice
I come to you naked
Indolent, extinguished
Illuminate me Lord

Written on:02/27/2016...

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In pursuit of imperfect perfection,
she slowly turned every lucky star blind,
drowning in constant chores from obsession, 
unable to appease her stormy mind.

Promises ascend against perception, 
nothing halts fixed rituals from spinning,
as turmoils of time twirl through aggression, 
she sees the devilish mantra winning. 

What is...

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The Bible says we are all made in God's image,
in every way we're a match,
so why can't I reach part of my shoulder blades
from above or below for a scratch?
The Good Lord resides in the Heavens above,
perfection, where nothing can fail,
so why can't I lift...

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It's the way you smile at me
It's the way you stumble over words
It's the way you subtly blush
That makes you perfectly imperfect

It's the way I trip when you smile
It's the way you make me laugh
It's the way you wrap your arms around me
That makes me...

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Imperfect Love
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I stopped for a moment, my eyes had fallen in a trance
for him, to take a whim, it made my heart dance
So romantic, I don't think, I could explain
touching him, skin to skin, made me go insane.

I took him into my arms, and now...

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Our Love Wasn't A Mistake
It Wasn't Adventitious
Our Love Was Meant To Be
Though It Does Seem Fictitious

I Love You For Many Reasons
One's That You're Sincere
You Have No Affectations
That's Why I'm Still Here

I Was Agaped When I First Met You
Thought This Was Another Game
That Mii Love Was...

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Insane
Maniac
Crazy
Mental
Delirious
Lazy
Deranged
Rude
Stubborn
Psychotic
Indifferent
Emotional
Dangerous
Guilty
Rebellious
Lonely
Unhappy
Lunatic
Nuts
Demented
Unstable...

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Awake in dark shade
You tried to walk on your call
Fearful dominate

You live unsteady
Well, life lessons full of pain
You tried to survive

You said you cannot
We have a quota of each
God is fair enough

You cry on your pray
Demanding on happiness
See what you have got

We forgot the thanks
We...

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Smile
I miss you baby
The sound of your voice 
The way you say my name
The I love you and you are beautiful
The way you sometimes make fun of my accent 
I want to hear your laugher which makes me giggle 
The random declarations of past discretions
The...

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IMPERFECT WORLD
Oh! What a terrible beast
The great serpent that drifts from west to east
The words from my mouth speak the pains I bear
For we live in a world of injustice, inequality and despair
Everything in life was once the design of the creator
But now man tries...

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People look for spiritual meaning, 

in the strangest of ways 

while others are declaring 

these are the end of days. 

 

Yes, God speaks about it in the bible, 

the coming of the son 

but why would he just alert the few 

for his plans...

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I don’t write to be recognized
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the natural glow of unfeigned traits of the imperfect
outshines fake glittering pretence of the so-called perfect


Date: 09/27/2021
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Sponsor: L MILTON HANKINS...

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