dogs dash off back deck
slipping and sliding through mud
just like slip and slide
Occasionally, we might stub a toe,
Or even sometimes, skin a knee.
Now while most of us fully recover,
It's not always done gracefully.
We might also get our nose bloodied,
Yet we're compelled to never quit.
So that whenever we stumble and fall,
We'll rise above, we won't just sit.
These are lessons learned early on,
Where managing pain is clearly taught.
Though for some the lesson is lost upon,
Those who couldn't see a victory if they fought.
If we fail in these efforts when struggling,
Then our survival will be shortened, not endured.
And should we decide to give in to what's easy,
Mankind's fear will remain as reassured.
This is why we must never give up or into,
The shadows of doubt that attack our soul.
Because the very fight is for our survival,
And if we lose , we may never be whole.
When I feel down and out
It makes me want to shout
No one wants to hear it
So it makes me feel arrogant
My heart is good
But to many get misunderstood
I'm on my own
And nothing is set in stone
I'm there for friends
But mine don't want to bend
Nothing much I can do
But keep going like I do
A Far Cry
A far cry from home
A man sat drinking
Up a storm
2o drinks too sober
Down on his luck
Living by his wits
Down and out
On the street
Of fabled Bangkok
Just another loser
Flotsam white boy
Lost in inner space
Out of his mind
Dreaming dark dreams
As he continued to drink
A far cry from home
A far cry contest entry
May 3, 2021
When you are down and out
When you feel alone
When the key no longer fits
When you no longer feel safe
When you can’t reach; reach whom it concers
When you can’t reach; reach the ones you love
When you can’t reach; reach the one you love
When you are isolated
When you can’t have visitors
When you aren’t allowed visitors
When you needed a friend
When you needed more than a friend
When you needed a shoulder; to talk too
When you needed a hug
When you needed more than a hug
When you needed; love
When «how are you?» are to be answered with «I’m fine, how are you?»
When you aren’t ready for a good advice
When you are down and out
Then «social distance» doesn’t help
Then «no hugging» doesn’t help
When you are down and out
How are you really?
Really; how are you?
When you are down and out
I see «andrà tutto bene» written on the wall
Everything is not going well; I know that
But; things will get better
Even; when you are down and out
The cracks that people fall through are the cracks that can be filled
By those of us who care enough for those down and out and ill
Don’t wait around for politics government or laws
For they are not interested in anything but waging bloody wars
So spare a thought for those who live in alleys and doorways
Because therefore the grace of God go we in so many ways
So next time you see some one who is down and out of luck
Look them in the eye and say I am here to help you up.
I keep fighting until I have nothing left
I get knocked down and get back up
But how much more of this can I take
Til I stop getting back up
And I'm down and out.
I try to lift everyone up
Making sure they are ok
But who's got my back
Who will lift me up
Before I'm down and out
I'm tired of everything and everyone
I'm tired of giving my all
If I'm gone would it matter
I can end all the suffering
By being down and out.
At times when feel down and out,
and you just don't know what its all about.
Try to do someone a good deed,
and often times you will find that's just what you need.
When you set and think all the things that are bad,
it makes things seem more sad.
So try to think about things that please,
and it help you put your mind at ease.
So many nights like these
on my hands and knees
Begging God please
give me just a little release
In a dark desperate state
with too much on my plate
Straight out of the gate
this seems to be my fate
Since the womb ive been denied,
hated and despised
Just another outcast from the tribe
, discarded, judged and tried.
A wayward son buried deep
, too many secrets Ive had to keep.
This insanity steels My sleep
, a weeping wailing black sheep.
I scream up at the skies,
is it all just smoke and lies.
It just seems the more i try,
i never find peace of mind.
So i pray my heart will heal
and God will give me a better deal
And true happiness i can feel
and he will show me what is real
Poor man down and out
Set aside like trash at
A cold curb left
To wonder about how
Life so promising
And glee, could gray
Into thick black haze
Of somber dream
And waking nightmare
Where hunger live stout
And doubt stouter still
Each nights' eternity
Coolly serves reminder
Hope is beyond,
Far beyond...
This concrete laced lot.
When your down and out
You want someone to lay down with you
Shine a light
Wash away all your dreams
Ease your mind
So all your troubles disappear
Look into your eyes and wipe away the the tear.
You eager commuters
you don’t see me
in the shadows shivering
Remembering that green door and the
warm baking bread smells
A king in a pocket sprung bed
Beside my abdicated queen
And the curly haired prince who
No longer hears my song
You eager commuters
Forward looking
I alone have
Wealth and friendship
Bottle shaped
No idle chit-chat
But whispering cold comfort in my ear
and warming the broken hollows of my heart
You eager commuters
understand
This nook is not a chosen one
Not for its smells of rotting waste
or its views of shoes and hemlines
Of swiftly passing people
Averting their lofty eyes
From this pile of rag and bone
That used to be a man with house and home
DOWN AND OUT
By:Poetic-Life
May 21, 2013
i cant explain my feeling anymore cause everytime i think of you i cry, i been crying for days and nothing i can do but cry i can wipe my tears but im still going to cry, i can promise you that im not going to cry but im still going to cry, as my night and days appear i sit on my bed in my heartache in tears, i may have cried a river who knows, it still stay that i cried day and night, and the pain i have will not go away, i get on my knees asking god help me through this time but i still feel the tears coming down my face and now i feel all the tears i have are gone and i just sit up in the middle of the night wishing that things were same but deep inside my heart i know they isnt and its killing to not say how i feel, i been in pain cant talk cause its like you really isnt there, i cant speak to you at times cause feel like you dont care, it feel as if im a nobody, i dont know if i can bare another tear anymore, i dont see my happiness end yet to come, i see the pain in the rain to come , i dont see it getting any better yet
By:Poetic-Life
May 15, 2013
How I hate the way I feel today,
I just want everything to go away.
Don't know if I am angry or sad ,
All I know is that it feels real bad.
Everything is so mixed up inside ,
Confused by it all I just want to cry.
Closing my eyes trying to get some rest,
Doesn' help much getting only moments at best.
Hoping for nightfall is what I want now,
Praying tomorrow will be better some how.
How I hate these days when I am down ,
Wishing nobody would ever come around.
Asking myself why I am in this mood,
What will it take to change my attitude.
Surely there is something to make me smile,
I wonder if there is because it's been awhile.
Reading the book to maybe see my way through,
It doesn't help either I am still feeling blue.
Listening to others and what they have to say,
Changes nothing at all I still feel this way.
Why are there days I feel so down and out ,
Makes me want to just scream and shout.
Wait for the morning sunrise is what I'll do,
Possibly then I will be able to talk to you.
Oh how I do not like the way I feel today,
It's just the worst ever feeling this way.
TAC
don't dwell on the past
when the future has alot to offer
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