Best Lifeline Poems

Two men went to spy Jericho
Before Israel conquered it;
They lodged in Rahab's house,
She hid them on her roof.
Their only means of escape -
A line of rope that led them down the wall
To safety.

They embraced that line of rope red,
They embraced life.

Rahab, a not-so-honourable woman of...

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the power
of a single word
of encouragement
a single moment
that to the core
transforms your life

launching it 
in new directions
one surprise after another
life full of such moments
each lifeline looking
much more like a zigzag
than a line

a series of 
linked tangents
a sequence of
nothing inconsequential
found in the power
of a single word



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Line after line of fresh diapers
A daily chore for years
Clotheslines held six dozen each day
Unless weather unclear

Two little ones not potty trained
Now grown and on their own
They hold up a lifeline of love
Since the soft nest they've flown 

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I'm floating 
In the darkness of space
I'm drifting
Away from the place
I spent all my lifetime
Only connected by
My lifeline 

There's a lifeline
Across space and time
Connecting
Everything that is mine
All the people in my past
All the people holding me fast
Reaching to the end of time 
My lifeline 

I'm...

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Whenever there's a friend in need,
but, he's too proud to say,
don't wait for him to ask for help'
be there for him - okay!

Friend's can be a Lifeline,
in times of stress and strife!
They can make a world of difference,
on this road, we know as life!


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It’s a funny thing.
Has a connotation of pain and hate.
To me:
Its survival. It’s all I have.
If I lose it- I die.
If I see it, if I feel it- I live.
So far its been pain and only that
I wait for my chance
Until then, I live off...

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You breathe into me a breath of depth.
You allow me to see beauty.
Pain transformed into wisdom.
Life lived as a witness.
You consume all of me.
Creativity.
I lose myself.
Poetry.
I love
you....

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Sometimes, when you attempt
To reconcile what you see in
The mirror each day, with the
Darkness and emptiness of
Incessant failures and mistakes,
And you strain with all your
Might to squeeze something of
Worth from the torrid chaos
And anxiety that seeks to drown
You, all that manages to drip
From the tip...

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Defibrillator, I have to set..
Cardiac monitor, I need to attached..
Intravenous lines, workingly patent..
Emergency drugs, positioned on standby...

His color turning to pale then bluish..
His breathing starts to become shallow..
His limbs become to loose and cold..
His pulse thready and weak..

On high alert!
On high alert!
Is it the end...

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Instead of calling
the suicide hotline,
you make an appointment
to get a haircut:

you know that your sense
of responsibility
won’t allow you
to stand up your stylist.

From my collection "The Eden of Perhaps".
NOT written during, or related to, the pandemic....

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Blood no longer flows
Through the stented arteries 
Pacemaker discharging...

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My mate,
Hooked on my soul,
Breathe with me forever,
My line to my life in the dark,
And still, you glow so iridescent...us....

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lifeline like
i feel fine like
this is a sure sign
of plans not planned to pan
out.

piece (peace) of the puzzle
and it's not lost on me.
you are the
eye
of my storm and it
concerns me how the
weak become even
more (less).

lifeline like
not this time like
you're just my kind
of taken picture no...

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 For us there may come a time
when you or I will need 
someone to lend a helping hand
when all around is greed
So everything we do today,
all free gifts we give,
a coin placed in a stranger’s hand
may help  someone to live
Don’t always be so...

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Walking down the road I feel pain,
In my chest falling on the ground.
The darkness hides within me,
Pain, suffering, powerless,
To escape or leave.
This body lies still, unmoving and,
Silent as my life drains and no one hears me.
The only noise you hear is the blood,
As it slowly...

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