Best Uphill Battle Poems

She is a loving mother, 
 her pain is like no other.
Kids taken all at once away.
 A price too steep to have to pay.

Holds her head up high, 
 when all she wants to do is die.
She thinks her pain is masked, 
 but...

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Success is counted sweetest by those
Who never tasted victory's rose
For they know the struggle and the pain
The uphill battle they fought in vain..

They strive and strive with all their might
But somehow always miss the sight
Of the finish line, of the prize
Leaving them with tears in...

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Land of the free
Home of the slaves
The blood, sweat and tears of my ancestors resonate
Amongst the soil where they were slain
I’m hearing their struggle
I’m feeling their pain
I can’t imagine being forced to part from my family
All for massa’s gain
So I pay homage to those who...

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Take life for an escalator
Go both through its ups 
and downs
Ride it like on an elevator
Expect both smiles and 
frowns.

Take life for a suspense 
novel
you and I unaware what 
the next day will hold
Meditate and muse, or 
this book of life just 
peruse
Pore over it...

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My life as I see it wasn’t easy, but I didn’t have it that rough,

I got my share of breaks, but it was virtually an uphill fight,

There were nights when the moon shirked its duties and the stars, too afraid to shine, left me in...

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Living Life Day by Day


I tend to live life day by day,
I always have it's just my way.

Things have been rough for many years,
along the way I've shed many tears.

My life has always been an uphill battle,
it makes it hard to stay in the saddle.

My...

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Each day I spend a little time with my friend Sisyphus in the morning,
He tries his best to give me advice or at least to offer up a warning.

He can tell by the way I work that sometimes I spin my wheels,
Trying hard to get...

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Ready set go, pick yourself up off of that floor
Because you probably drank to much the night before
You have an alcohol problem you can't ignore

Put your pants on one leg at a time 
Now make sure you can walk a straight line
You've got an uphill...

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East St. Louis, IL
City of Champs

A city with untapped potential and mountains of hope,
A people with great dreams, reaching forward
Looking for ways to manage and cope.
From the outside looking in, it doesn’t appear to be much
Enduring and standing through a lifetime of corruption,
Protected and sustained...

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My heart is pounding in my chest real loud
The moment we met eye to eye in a crowd 
Expressing myself in bizarre ways you don't understand 
Obsessing with the past and I've lost my head in a long lost land 

Mere frustration,
Taking advantage of me
Kill...

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Today, I am starting anew
Yesterday was an uphill battle
But it build my character
Yesterday, I cried 
But I also had time to smile
with the knowledge that my tears
Were not in vain
I released my fear
I also released my dependence
Today might be an ordinary day
But I thank God...

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Judgments of deception plagued my mind,
Following an artificial shadow with no hope.

Having problems from cognitive growth,
Learning was considered a form of witchcraft.

No intentions of committing remorseful acts,
Yet sinned horribly with clouded viewpoints.

Jinxed by the demons of mental illnesses,
Leading to the wicked curse of addiction.

Due to...

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Life is an uphill battle
No credit only blame
You play the cards they hand you
But there’s no meaning to the game
The rock rolls down upon you
And you try and you try again
As you justify existence
To live in the world of men

Oh, Krakatoa
Raining down on me
Oh, Krakatoa

You...

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It's when aristocracy begins to feel like a mid-uphill battle
It's when the armageddon features evil on both sides 
and,
the good are speculating from the auditorium
It's when a 10year old is ducking depleted uranium in Benghazi
It's the bicentennial brainwash that is rapidly depopulating the black community,

It's...

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That is your job, the mama tells us at school.
We feed her child breakfast, lunch, and an after school snack free of charge.
We give her child a safe place to be, while she has seven hours of freedom free of charge.
We love her child the...

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