Best Slip Through The Fingers Poems

Our
days on
earth are as
fleeting as a
shadow. Try as we
might to hold onto them
They slip through our fingers like
hourglass sand and we grow old. Our
memories fade,...

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They say .... 
Do not  live in the past 
But it's so hard not to when it's where I seen you last.
I miss him...

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You fall like a feather to the ground 
I can no longer blame the wind 
For your change in direction
You slip through my fingers
Each time...

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Happy days of wine and roses
were illusions, tethered to hope.
Sharp shards of broken promises;
clips the wings of a fledgling heart.

Torrential tears begin to flow,
raising the...

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Finally, she could get down on her knees again, not in prayer but to touch rosemary and lavender which had begun to send its fragrance...

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Don't slip through my fingers daughter of mine 
I've quilted the stars of heaven for you
and padded the moon with the gauze of the sun
Don't...

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I fell in love
with her
my freedom
is now constrained...

I am free
but no longer free
as in a dream
I surrender to her captivity..

Our encounter had to be
she has...

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My back is against the wall

Your memory lingers amongst the shadows

I want to gather you to me

But like a cool mist on a spring night

Memories...

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I never told you how I felt,
When I had the chance;
I hid my welled up feelings,
Never gave a second glance;

I stowed away my longing thoughts,
You...

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Here comes Buck Toothed Chuck 
from Hickville Street,
Sorriest feller you 
ever did meet.
Walkin' his flea bitten dog
down the street,
Scratchin' his head and
flip flopping his feet.
If...

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Here I sit on the beach's grey sand
as the sun begins to set.

Another day is complete...come what may.

The gentle sea breeze kisses my face,
as I...

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To know you're destined to write poetry, I think a poet needs to find a meaning to his or her own life in everything they...

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Mountains of evidence ignored and denied
People on different planets, laws defied
Willing to believe anything they're told
As facts slip through their fingers, unable to hold
The truth...

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One by one, the rose petals slip through his fingers
Showering his feet with colour and scent
They make beautiful little spiral dances
As they shimmer and hum...

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You were a star that had gone supernova.
I tried to catch your energy,
But I let you slip through my fingers
And fade into my universe....

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