Best Second Thought Poems

You buy her a rose.
Make your way downtown only to find out through a text she wants to see other people.
You go to throw away...

Read more of this work...

With his icy fingers he stole my smokey breath,
laid a sheet of slippery freezing cold by my feet
and then whispered in my ear right to the...

Read more of this work...

She shuffled by our house, so slow and bent,
No second thought of where the lady went.
On her return, no one around to see.
A shaded path,...

Read more of this work...

Adam, I haven't a care in the world
eating apples or drinking, so absurd

The devil it seems, was his best mate
I laughed when they kicked his...

Read more of this work...

where we are born is a coin toss
some are lucky some are not
here we live a sheltered life
ignorant of the injustices in other lands
we take...

Read more of this work...

They say fantasy is in the wind
But I can see it everywhere
We’re all chasing empty beauty 
And that’s before the bubble’s pop

Reality is just complex...

Read more of this work...

With a flower in her hand,
She strolled on by,
Smiling at a wren,
Who asked her why?

Her world slipping fast,
Still, she stopped to reply,
"Come here a little...

Read more of this work...

There is a fountain in our city square
It gives the place a little added flair
What makes it special is it's magic powers
It's good at changing...

Read more of this work...

Last thoughts come before our final breath unexpected
Expressions of regret, sometimes heartfelt goodbyes,
A sincere apology on the lips of the dying detected
More likely words uttered...

Read more of this work...

In the morning, he was tetchy, but gentle,
Sitting beside me till my eyelids opened
I sat up, yawning, and rubbed my eyes
His hand brushed a dry...

Read more of this work...

Do the right thing even if you get criticized for doing it.  
If you are absolutely convinced you are right...reconsider! 
Setting a goal is...

Read more of this work...

Three pummels to the chest
abusive words wound the heart
slashes though sutured,  never heal
daggers thrown without a second thought

Arrows fly to their target
three aimed to...

Read more of this work...

Asleep before the head hits the pillow
Head filled with vivid colors swirling, amassing, mixing outside the lines 
Transgressions grow skyward like a bean stalk becoming...

Read more of this work...

Violent as the gleaming blade
Of a vicious criminal crazed
Ferocious as the lion’s jaw
Lingering on an innocent calf
This wicked affliction forces
Its teeth into the harmless heart
Bites...

Read more of this work...

I visited his grave, but the grave was gone!
What? I know spirits travel but this just seems wrong.
There's a big hole where the grave used...

Read more of this work...