Best Wronged Poems

It is human nature to hate him whom you have injured. ~Tacitus

as children 
we looked past the world’s artificial trappings 
the ravelment of doctrines 
and the glaring capitalistic displays
the only criteria was that we’re friends 

growing up 
the world we inhabited 
shrank as we embraced...

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i took a picture of yesterday
i placed it directly over today
not much had changed

the molding that framed me
same
the wall that held me
same
the carpet that comforted me
same

not much had changed
but I noticed
a little piece of you  
was missing

now i know 
words hurt
i wish 
i could...

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Thank you for coming on short notice, sir.
A drink, perhaps, before we speak of her?
No? To bus’ness then. Ending civil strife
Requires me to move against my wife.
I trust that you will note I’m not to blame
When you have heard how I’ve been put to shame.
She...

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Lived a life of hell
But I lived my life very well
Some would ask if have any regret
My answer is no because what was set
There is a valuable and life long lesson
Which is now my most valued possession
Knowledge I can pass along
To some one else who...

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At first they called them savages
then took away their land,
then they called them primitive
and didn't understand.

They had their own society
before the white man came,
who forced them into slavery
which filled their hearts with shame.

Pushed into reservations
and told they had to stay,
forget about the life they had
and...

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His Ship Was Wronged


We were on a ship in life, then one night we crashed.
My heart sank. It was a bitter ending. To see her in the 
arms of a married man, leaving me demoralized. For I 
thought I had niche with her. A place...

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Why are you mesmerized by her charm,
If the most beautiful and charming man is GOD?
Why are you proud of somebody's wit or 
So boastful of your intelligence if the most genius
Of all the geniuses keeps His humility?
Why are you so amazed by the common artists'...

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Those Who Have Wronged Us…

I had a loved one whom I thought loved me.
I couldn’t understand how she would treat me!

I thought she was a Christian.   She said she was.
She told me; “I don’t like you just because!”

As the years went by, just...

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Hang your head in shame 
This is not a game 
Who are you to blame 
Blame everything on me 
It's not how it's going to be 
Will you never see 
See what you have done 
Our marriage had just begun 
Now I want to run...

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I will paint the most glorious dragon today.
She will come to life upon her completion and 
She will take a name for herself.
She will breathe fire on my enemies, and she will gnash 
Her yellow teeth and scare their pants off.

My enemies will be sorry...

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The fire in her kindled, 
All too soon dwindled:
Nearly in a twinkle
That made her laugh a crinkle 
While her forehead described a wrinkle…
 
Max’s disappearance shall ears tingle, 
For remain she will single;
Alone with lover-fed pringle… 

Things haven’t been at all simple. 
And she’s beautiful,...

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Righted-Wronged Choices--

~My choice is mine
  I've decided now...
go left or right wrong again~

2/10/19


written by James Edward Lee Sr.2019©...

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Word to my worst enemy
Even when the songbirds pray
Over the eulogies, given by faceless ignorant monoliths
All your unused stilettos and unfinished machinations locked away in a mahogany box, never to be shown to the world, the wide world still acting and pretending to long for...

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BLACK AND I AM ALONED I AM WRONGED  discouraged-

I am black
I dress urban not
I need encouragement no further embarrassments love and understanding
I am related to those races
I vacation in self
My job is withdrawn and abandonment
I desire peace, hope and love

6/14/21
Written words by James Edward...

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The world’s wronged me, I hear me say,
And my faith has begun to fray.
I wonder where God's presence lies,
And why He seems to turn a blind eye.
I've cried out in my pain and doubt,
But have yet to hear His answer shout.
But I won't lose hope...

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