Best Taken For Granted Poems
brighter afternoon
after the solar eclipse
four eyes put away
as couples are high-fiving
emphasizing photographs
heigh-ho back to screen
first to post solar eclipse
along with the throngs
lucky strike of sunshine gold
its older than the black hills
the sun soon will set
but will all appreciate
the normal darkness?
sunset taken for granted
without retinopathy
We don't appreciate electricity until it's gone.
Especially at night when our lights can't be turned on.
Most of us take electricity for granted until we have a blackout.
We don't realize how important it is until we have to do without.
Electricity is important, for many people it provides heat and cooks meals.
If the power is out for even just a day or two, it can be a terrible ordeal.
I hate blackouts, to be able to watch TV or get online, I have to sit and wait.
Please remember that electricity is something that we should appreciate.
Kids running crazy around the house
Is he at the bar again?
Fast train to wit's End
Throwing away money you don’t have
Here he comes, strolling in
Stinking of booze and smoke
Sorry, darlin, got caught up with the boys
Shooting pool and unno, shaking the week off
Aw come on, don’t be like that
Don’t start that damn crying, Jesus Christ
A man can’t go out for a few hours
I have to come back to this
What’s for dinner?
Hey, Mamma, kick him out
He isn’t gonna change anytime soon
Go get some love, real love
Love yourself
Tell him to take a left down Last Laugh Lane
I once took for granted my childhood when still too young to know,
how time was fleeting and so misleading like a movie picture show.
I'm older now but no wiser and sadly must convey,
I still take too much for granted including work and play.
I've taken for granted tin foil, tangerines, and trees,
I've taken for granted gardens and grapes and even the air I breath.
I've taken for granted friendships and faces from the past,
and I've taken for granted God's graces, places, and countless questions I never asked.
I've taken for granted this body and mind that can contemplate who we are, out here in the middle of the universe, third planet from a nearby star.
And I've taken for granted apples, pears, pies, and plums,
the blood in my veins, blue sky and rain, my fingers and opposing thumbs.
I've taken for granted seeds I've planted and bugs I didn't much like,
old cars I once owned and even a home, morning dew and daylight.
Someday I might learn to be thankful for all these miracles that surround,
but try as I might it's always a fight to be thankful for all that abounds.
must i arise every dawn
to do nothing but shine upon
and warm all those who shiver
i, a scorching giver
and rarely am i truly praised
seldom i am looked upon
my rays seep through the cloudy haze
the foggy mist of early dawn
but no one seems to thank my presence
scarcely do they think me pleasant
often just a searing blister
only wanted in the winter
for that is when they realize
they miss my warming rays
they crave the brilliant, sunny skies
a sparkle through the gloomy haze
if i should leave, would they care?
would they be left beyond repair?
only deep in snow they see
that they, in fact, do need me
Do you remember that time when just loving each other was the right fit:
Respect, honesty and mutual agreement made the relationship fully legit.
Now-a-days, relationships are of different types and ways of getting knit;
Monogamy died, producing Open, Complicated, and Friends with benefit.
Desires yearning more for sex, fun, and frolic – not mindful of commitment;
Relationships no longer based on mutual love, but on making a public statement.
Why have proper morals, values and principles of proper courtship depleted?
Is it because respect, honesty and love; selfishness has completely defeated?
Food for thought, a delicate matter on which to ponder; analytically wonder;
Since when was a person’s heart something to be uncaringly cast asunder?
We must! We must return to mutual respect, honesty and love in relationships;
It is still mutually beneficial before marriage to have friendships, then courtships.
It is still awesome to get to know, understand and appreciate your partner;
To be aware of tendencies and find grounds of compromise; in every matter.
It’s still important to be satisfied by your partner, and the ‘issue’ is not about sex;
To hold your peace and tactfully find amicable solutions, even when one is vex.
It’s still thoughtful to know the morals and value on which your partner stands;
Their dreams, and desires and on which part of your life they will make demands.
Simple tit-bits that many courting couples have regrettably taken for granted;
Their relevance is crucial to good relationships, and should not be discounted.
So listen to me, ladies and gentlemen this advice is truthful and fully sound;
Akin to a productively fruitful tree securely planted, in nutritious ground.
End
By: Dion Penville
You told me all I need to know
Without a single sound
I'm obsolete, I'm useless
Not worth to be around
Like a biting, flying insect
You wish I wasn't here
Point noted and well taken
I hear you loud and clear
Your silence is an action
So nice it is to know
How valueless I am to you
It's time for me to go
Not one more drop of energy
Will I give you anymore
Won't be your sad inconsequence
Of that you can be sure
So enjoy that vapid world of yours
In your selfish hemisphere
Not a whisper will you hear from me
Hope I made that loud and clear
women cry about being mistreated ,then when they're blessed with a good man then he's not
needed
blinded by a mistreated past,to see right in front of her face what she has
still not sure you put him to the test,and
over and over he never relents his love are stress
how much can a good man endure,when he truly loves it doesn't matter because your his
cure
this scenario that many women tend to
bear,don't take your man for granted,hold him dear
Ignored Assumed Taken for Granted
By George W. Clever-----7 September 2020
Admittedly, there is a most important thing I take for granted
You may ask what do I mean by ‘taken for granted’?
I mean it is something undervalued
I mean it is something underappreciated
I mean it is something innately unfailingly available
Are you surprised to learn it is MY BODY?
Yes, I take the operating systems of my body for granted
Yes, I take the design and construction of my body for granted
Yes, I take the repair and maintenance of my body for granted
Never do I consider the possibility of placing value on any bodily function
No price placed on eyes that see
No price placed on lips that taste
No price on ears that hear
Do you expect me to appreciate the machinery taking my brain down the road?
When do I to appreciate the valves that stop a pee or a poop?
When do I to appreciate plumbing of arteries and veins moving blood with air for repairs?
When do I to appreciate joints, legs and arms that lift me off the ground?
Bodies are expected to be innately unfailing and always available
Teeth and stomach will always prepare food for energy
Skin will always repair itself without my assistance
Hair, finger and toe nails will always grow, even trapped in a coffin down below
UNTIL! taken by surprise when the heart stops beating
Critical systems default as arms and legs cease to move
Cells war with each other killing from within
Compelling life to halt when no fix can go in
There is only one body for me
Now more valuable than gold
No longer underappreciated,
Never again will I take it for granted
Remember all you see each day
All the things that are around you and
Keep close to all the friends you have
in the bubble that surrounds you
Simple gestures, little things
The stuff that's out of sight, most days
it flows on by without a look
in the bubble that surrounds you
Don't ever take for granted anything you have and hold
It's only through respect and love, that straw can turn to gold
You're my first though in the morning dear, up with the rising son
You're the last thing that I think about, when the moon says day is done
I never say "I love you" dear
not as much as I guess I should do
After time it is an unsaid thing
although you know I still do
A gentle kiss upon the lips as you are on your way
forgotten in the winds of time, but just enough to say
the words now left unspoken as we trundle through our life
Now, a touch, or look's "I love you for saying yes to be my wife"
Breathing, seeing, hearing things
the smell of coffee brewing
things we never think about
and vows that need renewing
There'll be a day when I wake up
And you just might not be there
If I don't treat you like I ought to now
I have to show you that I care
Don't ever take for granted anything you have and hold
It's only through respect and love, that straw can turn to gold
You're my first though in the morning dear, up with the rising son
You're the last thing that I think about, when the moon says day is done
Roger Turner - Poet
If only I had known
how little time we had,
I would have surely shown
how much I was glad.
To have you for my mother
and to count you as a friend.
To know you as a teacher
of how to love and mend.
To see the many little ways
you brought joy to my life,
To know your strength and grace
in times of trouble and strife.
You did for me most everything,
I never gave it second thought,
For I took your love for granted
and never realized all I got.
TLH © 04-22-2012
Only a couple of months locked in
That feels like an eternal sin
Sat alone staring at four walls
I need some company just to talk
Remember the the things we took for granted
Like day trips to hemel Hempstead
Meeting friends for a quick tea
And an evening in the bar with a double whisky
Mothers meeting at school gates
Sharing gossip of late
Visiting mother for a cwtch and chat
Saturday footy with the chaps
Cinema dates with loved ones
And simply just having fun
Can't go shopping for shoes and clothes
Ooo I could murder a mcflurry orio
Most of all is our life and health
A cough or touch could send you to hell
Never worried about keeping a certain lenth
Not knowing if this is gonna end
Society will never be the same
No need to point and blame
Follow the rules thats layered out
And hopefully we'll ride this out
Not knowing what the future has in store
We cannot take things for granted anymore
A gift of art.
At dusk.
At dawn.
A gift from above
And beyond.
5/26/2018
Kale Brereton
My soul wonders the earth lonely,
Only to be found by that special someone,
Cause my heart is taken hostage already,
And sometimes I wonder If I'm ever ready for this place we call our world,
Only to hear that kids are starving everyday
But yet we take things for granted because we want things to go our way,
We should be lucky because we get three meals a day,
But what about the unlucky ones that have nothing or little to eat at all,
They don't worry about their appearance or image,
But you tell us that and we're ready to go shopping and hit up the mall,
Doesn't that make us a little selfish above it all,
It's clear you see we have so much freedom than others,
But we abuse and misused our education,
Because nobody wants to learn and the ones that do always get interrupted,
Yet we could have the smartest people in the world,
So people become stupid and all we hear about is crime and kids being abducted,
But yet everyone wants to live in this great nation,
I dont see why they choose to live the way we live,
Cause just listening to this everyday seems like another radio station,
But after awhile the same stories get boring and old
And all the missing person's case crimes become cold
My feet
that have brought me so very far
My face
that has shown a million smiles
My hands
that can hold yours,
My fingers
that write, or paint, or sew, or hide
my tears that are as the ocean.
My arms that grow weary now,
My legs that ache with the rain,
My eyes,
Oh God, my glorious eyes!
My ears,
that hear so well ...
(stand away if you have a secret to tell).
My nose
that sniffles some,
My teeth long ago gone and replaced
with shiny modern miracles.
My heart
that with this amazing beat ...
this breath
As my love only grows
for these many gifts.