Best Turn The Other Cheek Poems

She barks, "Turn your cheek!"
She leaves her handprint on it.
"And now the other!"...

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A few hours past midnight
from a nightmare I wake
my heart is a pounding
and I'm pondering fate

My temperature's rising
there's sweat on my brow
all from the pictures
and the feelings allowed

It all started like this
when we were sitting alone
you brushed back your hair
and didn't look at your phone

Your...

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And
keep our
breath to cool
our own porridge
oats....

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J-ust turn the other cheek, 
E-vening the black and blue; 
N-o two wrongs make a right, 
N-or another fault favors
Y-ou.

M-ake both your cheeks
O-utsmart the rude ridicule; 
N-either of them will ever
T-urn away from scorn so cruel.
O-ctober twenty-third morn
Y-our cheeks brave the slap; 
A-fter facing the...

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I screamed hateful words,
I've done some things.
   I have been dishonest, I have
Pulled some strings.

   I'm able to be easy or
Wild like a beast.
   I have gone hungry, I have
Prepared a feast.

   I can handle pain, 
I...

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