Best Should Have Known Better Poems

“The True Mother”

What part of a heart
in another could one trust
when betrayal comes
like a silver bullet, words and deeds
sharp piercing to burrow 
bleed out Life’s...

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IV

A soul was broken to make room
For dusty halls and labyrinths.
A gossamer, nylon bed-sheet shroud
Enwraps the remnants of that mind.
And no excuses can be made;...

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Soft and tender a precious gift you were
never a day I missed to kiss your 
dimpled cheeks , or hold your litlle hands
flowers, little buds...

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Finding forgiveness for foolish fights,
my lonely heart overruled my head.
And although I should've known better,
I wanted to believe what you said.

You swear you'll never hurt...

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Send that message
That signal so far
Is there a tower, some beam
That could speak to that distant star
A million miles
Separated
Years on that rocket
Could get anyone jaded
We...

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By morning, I could feel the first hints of warm air,
Relieved I took my bath and dressed for work.
There was no music in the block...

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The meadow has come alive with sight and sound
As I go through the gate, I hear buzzing all around,
The bees are busy working on milkweed...

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I was in the middle of creating when I realized how gloomy everything was turning. I was placing mean words on the paper. I had...

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Four years blind-sighted I followed your growing shadow
Hand on heart, bright lights luminated our pathway
Without even knowing it's changed
I walked beside you in darkness.

Only you...

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Going my way
02/09/2018

I’ve always known better than others,
I smirk to myself in the corner.
Of a meeting of like minded souls,
But one which I think kinda...

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If I had known better,
If only I had been a bit more clever.
If only, thats all that's left to say.
Still with the crazy ideas I...

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Your shoulders are broad and strong, 
Like you’ve been carrying boxes of experience, 
Like you should have known better. 

You block my way and–A signal...

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Standing on a tower, more than three hundred feet
She was watching a movie of her life,
in her head, as tears fall, and she tries to...

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I am playing with my dollies
And my princess pram all pink
I'm nearly 5
A big girl now
No more nappies
Or plastic pants
I think

I outgrew the potty
When I...

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Godot has arrived
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
Alive and well thanks!

...said the haiku poster
Crudely pasted to the fence
Who was too busy selling stolen goods
To notice he was a...

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