Best Life Hope Poems

There is a river, of blistering cold,
                                      With...

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I lived a life of sorrow and pain
     No rest for the weak, no hope of gain

A trapped soul and broken heart
     A lack of love from the start

A spark of hope hastily smothered
   ...

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I saw a butterfly in the sky
     from a memory a tear came to my eye
          through transcendence it had arrived
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~Life Is Not a Fairy Tale~

I am finally beginning to realize
I have lived forever mesmerized
By keeping myself well disguised
And leaving my mind paralyzed

I had built my walls to hide behind
From you and me and all mankind
Somewhere deep inside my mind
Someplace no one else could find

I...

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My son, my son! He will one day put up his arms And shout out, “Play!”
He’ll scribble walls, my young aesthete, bang pots and pans to his own beat.
We’ll hide and seek in show’rs of May, and learn what clouds and stars might say.
He’ll run...

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I know life is fleeting, it all but crumbles to dust,
willessly washed away by the passage of time.
So easily lain waste and forgotten.

Yet for me who knew her dearest,
so easily enamoured by her graceful nature,
swooned over by her cosmic appeal,

chose not to sever ties with...

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Life as a Butterfly 
Beautiful in every way 
Flying free through life, not a care in the world 
soaring the highest mountians 
Flying with ease 
Until he drops to he's knees 
Wings broken, Soul damaged 
But still finds hope to carry on 
Life rebuilds in...

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Antelope.

A springbok runs fast on the savanna avoiding
lions and other predators, but ultimately it is
destined to become food for slayers and thus
 useful. Going back two and a half million years, 
my African ancestors too hunted them.
In Portugal the African heritage is quite strong,
their Fado...

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i stare at the screen
and hope my thoughts make sense in words
there's always some coherence in these poems
if only i could find it.

something seems to be missing from my picture
there's a smile
and eyes with laughter
and life in it
but i don't think
no, i'm sure
i'm not there.
and...

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Amazing Grace, such Amazing Grace,
When and how and why?
When did I know? How did I hear?
Why did you answer my heartfelt cry?

Amazingly, Amazing Grace,
came and rescued me;
From the gates of hell: I had passed away;
but dead! I couldn't be!

Amazing Grace I soon found out,
could cross...

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at the mission in the Bowery
when the addict comes in at night
they are ushered through electronic doors that
slam shut like a prison 
echoing down the hall &
with few people on staff
they make their rounds in the greater part of the shelter
with walkie-talkies hooked to them
but...

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In times of joy and in times of pain 
words are the only elusive attempt at portrayal 
Daunting Contraptions Contracted in a few fleshy pounds 
hidden in a bloody swirling cesspool hiding in our skulls 
Thoughtless explosions of verbiage fill the pages of 
time &...

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I find the need for an early adventure
A breath of air so graceful and free
There’s never any doubt about life
We all get along, all peaceful ties

A breath of air so graceful and free
A powerful time, of hope and kindness
We all get along, all peaceful ties
We...

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The pill of life would cost, I fear,
Much more than I can pay,
But I still hope there will be one
For saving lives some day.
A pill that conquers all disease
And takes all pain away,
I know, somewhere, some super brain,
Strong willed enough to stay
Is working on this...

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Life is unique.
It is devastating, tragic and hard goodbyes.
It is rays of sunshine and it is butterflies.
It is tears and it is smiles.
It’s lying in bed for a week
But still sprinting for miles.

Life is planned, down to every detail,
Lowered expectations so we don’t get hurt
But...

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