Best Left Out Poems
Twas the night before christmas
and Christ was left out,
with no peep of the Good News,
no mountainous shout.
Stockings were hung
by the chimney the same,
but no one made mention
of the Savior's name.
On this sacred night
there were still shopping plans.
Their heart was poured out
through money changers' hands.
'Twas the hustle and bustle
of past Christmas Eves.
Once deemed a holy night,
now a den of thieves.*
Folks went into debt
for the pleasure to give,
not counting the cross
and what it cost to forgive.
Presents were plenty.
Wish lists were fulfilled,
but they didn't thank God
for the blood that was spilled.
An "X" had replaced
the unspeakable name.
Christmas without Christ
was now one and the same.
'Twas the night before Christmas
and Christ was left out.
The townsfolk had forgotten
what Christmas was about.
Merry Christmas to all; let Christ become your light.
*Matthew 21:12-13
And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves, And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves."
12-2-19
No one remembers
Second to last place
No one recalls
That name or that face
If you ask who came first
The crowd yells and cheers
If you ask who came last
The crowd boos and jeers
But the one standing next to him
Never gets called
There are no tomatoes
Just one huge brick wall
There it is
That feeling again
The feeling that
I'll never be one of you
And that
No matter how hard I try
There's something separating us
And I am again
Second place
Why was I the only one left out?
Having to be still when I want to shout
A social reject, outcasted from the group
Turning to no one i sat on my stoop
Alone without friends
Being the hand to no one I lend
Outside in a poor lonely heap
Undying is the rage and aching I keep
Trying to keep my calm face on
Making the happiness look dead-on
Everybody fooled yet
?
How many times have they rehearsed
Abbott and Costello- "Who's on First"
Most all the players- they've talked about
Except for me, because I played...left, out
The door handle taunts me.
No one wants me to hear.
About me, but without me,
vibrations of sound drown
down to the ground,
as my heart pounds on edge.
A wedge of aloofness
keeps me estranged,
unchanged from who
I knew I'd become,
as numb as a child,
defiled and denied
the comfort of trust.
Like a tired mime,
I idly cry inside,
eyelids great for hiding.
Confiding happens
behind closed doors
without me;
About me or not,
I am unwanted in.
12-11-2024
I'm afraid of your weird looks again
I'm just trying to joke with you guys
[REDACTED] made the same joke yesterday
Why isn't it funny anymore?
I don't understand
What is this code you all have?
be aware
someone care
don't just stare
looking mad
or looking sad
no doudt
you feel
LEFT OUT
Broken by the
winds of time
Left out
in the frosty solitude
where I never
expected to be
Did you see the lights
as they danced on the
waters?
Perhaps we can work
together and build
something
to float on those
waters
before darkness
covers us altogether
and we are
left with
only shreds of
what we once loved
Don't show me love,
I can't handle it anymore.
Just answer me one question -
Why it's always me, left to suffer alone?
Man, why I'm so bloody loser!
You don't have any answer of it?
Then hit me, beat me to death.
Cause in my death your saviour will come.
We have had no television for years.
People ask how can you live this way?
Don't you care
About what you are missing day after day?
I'm not missing anything.
I have lots of fun
Makings all kinds of things.
I even sell some of them when they're done.
There's hand made quilts, earrings,
And a list of read books
Which brings
Me to special meals I learned to cook
And how quaint
I can even paint.
I feel left out of the pack,
But I will make my own way now.
I realize I am supposed to stand out,
And inspire the world.
So let me take off these wings and grow mine own.
For I am flying to my own place not another one.
And I wondered how can it be felt that effortlessly The feeling of not being left out, when that one leaves Only then you remember my existence and that I’m here Seasons went by and you’ve travelled the world with that one in mind Yet I’m still stuck here waiting for you but you never came
It wasn’t about being busy as you said, I just wasn’t the priority That feeling of uneasiness in my chest that I get when I realize I didn’t mean as much as you did for me When I’m included only when others aren’t available
It feels like there’s a void in my heart surrounded by endless solitude But can it be filled when I’m no longer the backup friend, your “Plan B”?....
I talk to you but you don't talk back
I want you to talk to me at night
Talk to me in the morning, during the day
Talk to me happy
Talk to me like you care
I want to be able to call you and we talk all night
To the point that I fall asleep to the sound of your voice
Because out of all the sounds in the world
Your voice is my favorite
Talk to me like you want to
Talk to me like you mean it
Talk to me like you need me to breathe
Talk to me like you want to know me
Talk to me like I’m not always going to be here
Talk to me like you'll die without me
Like you need me to live
Is this just a one way relationship
Or will you talk to me like you need me to always be there
Talk to me kind
Talk to me sweet
Talk to me like you’re afraid to stop
Because if you stop I’ll disappear
Talk to me when you’re sad
Talk to me when you’re mad
Talk to me everyday
Talk to me like I talk to you
Because that's all that makes me glad
But even when you won’t talk to me
I’ll always talk to you
Still hoping one day I’ll talk to you
And you’ll talk back to me
newspaper report
Malibu, California
August 10th, 2025
mountain lion bites eleven-year-old girl
bites?
not mauls?
bites?
not kills?
I think the reporter left out a few things.
The girl was at her chicken coop
she began screaming
Her mother and a sibling came out with a stun gun
they stunned the mountain lion
the wildlife people responded, finding it hiding.
They shot it dead
How many people hear screaming and run outside with a stun gun?