Butterfly Conflict Poems

Born with chains on my wrists,
wondering through life a mist,
lost and forgotten for so long,
in a dark tunnel no light shines through,
growing and learning as...

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Sometimes
When we have a loving relationship
Life gets in the way
The pressures of work money worries
Piles of unpaid bills
Not enough time for each other
The relationship erodes...

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I have lived a long life of 86 years,
now I relive my past memories of hopes and dreams
when I was young and thoughts of success...

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Why do today what you can put off till tomorrow?

The following extrapolated 
thought thread exercised,
NOT utilized to intimate 
how Fats Domino belied,
and wowed a crowded...

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This is a poem regarding gender dysphoria and being transgender. If you do not support that kind of thing, please do not leave rude comments...

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You are still locked into an endless game and that is a shame, you are still locked into a mind game and the people are...

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In a heart where loathing dwells,
Where games are played so sly,
Who has come and who foretells,
And when will truth outvie?

If the light within won't glow,
And...

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Nail biting, a habit so strong
It's hard to break, it lingers on
It's a nervous habit, it's true
It's hard to stop, what can I do?

My nails...

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I sat on the back porch, watching a falling star
feeling like a lightning bug, caged within a jar,
wishing with a heavy heart that I could...

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Cup of love 
I create you
And consume you
Every day
Froth you 
Grind you 
Tamp you down
Extract all there is
From your little bean
Pour it into your frothy...

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These are poems for Ukraine and Ukrainians. 

We Are Here
by Michael R. Burch

“We are here.” – Volodymyr Zelensky

We are here. Were are here.
And we won’t...

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Look a little deeper if you must
Never be ashamed of challenging your thoughts.
We are our own worst critics -
A line I know and trust.
Hallow beating...

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She loves him but that love could kill her
He needs her but it could hurt
What do you do when it dies
But the love flies?
When it...

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Gorgeous little butterfly, trapped in your cocoon
If I show my love right now, you might never bloom
You showed me you are strong today, and you...

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Somewhere in time this Philosopher stonily ponders...

A poet (quite familiar with yours truly)
sat at his computer
trying his darnedest to craft a rhyme
imagining when both parents
of...

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