Best Second Best Poems

"Best day ever!"  I had a habit of sayin'
After another day of plentiful playin'
Then came the dawn.
This here day's gone!
Tomorrow's the best 'cause this'n ain't stayin'

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Today can only be the best
Until it takes a nighttime rest
Tomorrow's task
For all.   To bask
In the shadow...

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Romeo and Juliet, was written second best
For even Shakespeare himself, could have only guessed
That somewhere in a future place, a story would soon unfold
That would last throughout the ages and forever be retold

There would be no fancy thee's or thou's strewn across the page
No feuding...

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Is second best so bad to be
Why does it always happen to me
I meet a girl we talk
but they never need me as their rock
Then i find out she wants another
After saying im not ready for a relationship
Why cant i pick a winner
In the past...

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Giving my best is all I’ve ever done
Sadly, it never amounted to enough
A lifetime spent chasing number one
As dream after dream went puff
 
In cycling, I coveted the yellow vest
After a momentary lapse, my foot slipped from the pedal
Adorned with the red ribbon I’ve grown...

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One
Eventually
Becomes two

After first
I became
the same
you know who

First must 
have fell
I came running
when you yelled

You told me
number two
resembled first
took me a second
then I realized
second was worse...

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youve been in my life for 18 long years 
and all ive ever wanted was to be with you 
you didnt even notice that growing up
i was trying to get close to you
you were my friend for so long
and everytime you got your heart broken...

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She’s been here before
Being the last to know
The first to be left
The last he would know
Come back to.
Never realizing she was
Second best.


She’d always wonder:
Is he breaking up
with her today?
That’s the price you pay
For being second best.


She cries in despair
and hopes that
her broken heart will mend
If...

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I've been here before,
Being the last to know,
The first to be left,
The last he would,
Come back to,
Never realizing I am
Only second best.
I'd always wonder
Is he breaking up
With her today?
That's the price I pay
For being second best.
I cry in despair
And in hopes that
My broken heart will...

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HAVE YOU EVER FELT NOT GOOD ENOUGH
NOT EVEN IN LOVE.
WHEN IT COMES TO FRIENDS I FAIL THE TEST.
I COME IN SECOND BEST.
WHEN IT COMES TO MOST CHOSEN
YOU’RE NOT MOST.
WHEN IT COMES TO LOOKS
YOU NEVER MADE THE BOOK.
I AM SECOND BEST.
IT RESTS AT BETTER THAN NOTHING
BUT...

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There's nothing like the gold,
the glory of finishing first.
You drink the streams of victory,
as I suffer through losing thirst.

You walk on this road proudly,
the path of unending fame.
Your success is a lovely hill,
mine is a mountain of shame.

Every woman that you pass,
kneels down at your...

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. for public domain

(For those who treasure Plato's Phaedo)


We see the living and the dead,
not all with fear, not all with dread.
Some impassionedly we plead
to leave our presence, or to proceed
to engage the lives we lead.

Socrates chuckled, approaching death,
"Philosophers know well its breath,
as they draw...

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. for public domain

( liberally inspired from Socrates' "second best account" from Plato's dialogue Phaedo )

Up the road a little and beside a pond,
with a view of dew which she grew so fond,
where she shed her Grace after her demise,
and a lifetime of forgiven lies,

near...

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Friends tell me to open my eyes
See what they see
Remove the disguise
Look deep inside what's in front of me
Could you be love?
Is this to be?
On flying wings I rush to you
Singing songs, harmonies new
Inside flutters, trembling desire
Longing for internal fire
Awaiting arms to hold me close
To...

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Woman, when it came to loving me
I knew I was always second best
But can you tell me why you had to
always leave my heart in such a mess

You kept me hidden in your darkness
placed me on your shelf with all the rest
Until you needed a...

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Tell me:
How is it that you can just shut the door on our relationship and not do me the courtesy of letting me know?

Tell me:
How is it that after conversing with me nearly every day for years, you no longer send even a simple text...

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