Best Lighten Up Poems

We went on a Lampoon vacation
Drove damn near across our great nation
We found Wally World
The rides made me hurl
(Can’t repeat Wally’s exclamation)

Submitted for: Carolyn’s contest...

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I esteem your presence
Glowing with glee 
At times, you do say things without thinking 
I’m the god of distress – 
You’re leaving me breathless 
Cutting me down like I’m some decaying tree
You don’t see how much you make me…
Guilty for your crimes
Taking the blame about...

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Lighten up
 You know those feelings come in waves
 One day you'll be back on dry land
 Breathing the sea air
 Not
 choking on salt water
 
Unless god forbid it's medical
 In which case I prescribe
 Reading or better still
 Writing poetry
 Until the pain
...

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tears of sadness
tears of delight
fall from my eyes
pain and loss burn deep
whereas tears of joy
carry hope
soft voices spoken 
in love and lust
may roar in anger
destroying the soul
tender touch of a hand
raised in wrath and hatred
weigh heavy on your heart
lighten up
push through to the light
make sense...

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There was a 
beautiful woman
Too old for you
She lived
 in the energy
Of lifes worn shoe
With things to plan
And thoughts to hatch
She stayed inside
Where it was warm 
and grown...organic
Comforting and
surreal in 
the reality
Of the old souls
 leather
The walls behind her
every corner
She sipped her tea
and baked her...

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Hesitation gets you no where, beware dont go there
thats a violation  punishments annialiation
plant the seed and watch it grow just to get chopped down
 cant be stopped now, welcome ya'll to my pow wow
i make the gun go plow gun powder mouth, automatic, im...

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Lighten up!  Don’t lose your mind, losing
Looking back, you've had lucky breaks
Learning lessons from mistakes
Letting loose with license
Leave early, come late
Live and let live
Love's losers
Leap then
Look


written September 26, 2013
Reason A. Poteet...

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To lighten the load, just remove the straw that broke the camel’s back.

4/19/2022...

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Why not dance 'round in the yard;
so that life will not seem as hard?
Give thanks and hum a few prayers.
Now, just use these items through the years,
to lighten-up your burdens,crosses, and cares. 

Copyright McCuen 2009...

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Don't argue 
Don't get upset at all the little things
Don't take things so personally 
Lighten up and smile 
Don't be rude 
Don't respond to every little thing I write 
Don't type until you think about what to write 
Lighten up and smile 
Lighten up man
The...

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You look like death on vacation,
would it kill you to smile once in a while
Looking happy could be a good thing --- 
more girls, for sure, it would bring
But the smile has to have warmth;
it can't be fake, can't be forced
Nobody likes to be around
someone...

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