If you’re down on your luck
just picture the duck
In order to sup
he goes bottom-up
When you’re down on your luck, all one needs is
love and a hug.
Quote - Poet’s own
I'll tell it like it is, the mood that's blue
People tell me I'm looking well, not true
Those words come alike a stab on my heart
When my world's completely falling apart.
I put on a smile that’s entirely fake
To disguise my tears for fears and heartbreak
Who wants to listen to my tales so blue
Tales that I prefer that folk never knew.
I aim to be kindly though there are times
I’ll speak with words that are most unrefined
Then beat myself with an imagined stick
And pray for forgiveness of my remiss.
I feel alike that fantastical lass
Abled to have stepped through a looking glass
That everything in my life is reversed
Gone from angelic to devil on earth.
I’m trying my best to put myself right
But it is surely one heck of a fight
One day I hope to tell it like it is
That all is wonderful and life is bliss.
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30th October 2022
Poem written too late to enter the contest sponsored by Mystic Rose Rose
“Tell It Like It Is”
When you're at your
Lowest of lows.
We all know how
The story goes.
Down on your luck,
Can't catch a break.
No matter what,
Can't get a fair shake.
Depression eats away,
At the sane mind.
Physical limitations,
On the decline.
The mind full of dark
Thoughts and things.
Can't even fly with
These broken wings.
I sit and ponder, what
Will become of me.
Held captive by
The powers that be.
Sixty years old and
All alone.
I rent a room,
Don't have a home.
Never expected to be
Old and solo.
Even the Lone Ranger
Had Tonto.
Yet, here I am solo
And lonely.
All alone a one
Trick pony.
I did not see old
Age coming.
Life just keeps,
Things humming.
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I can't imagine my heart so callous
As to pass you by without a second look
Not a soul stepping up to lend a helping hand
Down on your luck with no where left to turn
Day after day deprived and lonely
Hungry and dirty from cruel rejection
I can't imagine my heart so callous
As to pass you by without a second look
I see here today a man who climbed out of his rut
The rare one who escaped and somehow found his way
How many of you are out there on the streets
Resigned to live without hope for salvation
I can't imagine my heart so callous
As to pass you by without a second look
Those faceless people out on the street have souls
And like you the right to dream to be set free
I can't imagine my heart so callous
As to pass them by without a second look
AP: 2nd place 2021
I got your back
Catch you when you fall
When you make up your mind
You can tell me it all
Sharin my day
Walkin through a mall
Drivin down the road
Makin no sense at all
I got your back
Catch you when you fall
Scratchin up your knee
Ain’t no problem for me
Landed hard
Down on your luck
Ain’t nothin truer
Than someone you trust
Don’t make no sense
Wavin your arms
Jumpin in the rain
Just give me a call
We can do it all
When your down
Feel all alone
Just pick up the phone
Give me a call
Got your back
Wait and see
What you’ve done before
Doesn’t matter to me
Cause I’ve got your back
Just wait and see
I do this for you
Cause you’d do it for me.
For those who visit Swansea
remember that it's where a legend sleeps
The Reverend Christmas Evans
the greatest preacher ever heard or seen
It is said that if you visit his graveside
and tell the man about your day
then close your eyes and kiss his headstone farewell
you will receive luck for the next few days
That is the story my Grandad told me as i'm telling it to you
so remember if you are in Swansea and down on your luck
then you know just what to do
Do you have a mate that you trust
When your down on your luck and a bust
So when you're lying in your hospital bed
And the world held for you nothing but dread
Whom you could ask or tell anything
To discuss your problems that bring
You to your knees seeing no way through
You need a confident that you can lean on too.
© Paul Warren Poetry
sugar is sweet as sweet as honey
now that I'm broke & got no money
the moral of this story is to stay positive young G
living in the land on milk & honey
time has elapsed & it has for no reason
some say there's a change in the way of the season
lift your head high up in the sky be brave today
living in the land of the free & the home of the brave
you got to come up with a good rap in time
down on your luck to your last thin dime
the word on the street is you got to stay positive
love your neighbor and choose to give
someday your pay day will come
like a lost soul being out on the run
hear the bullets blast outside in the hood
homeboys out for no good
what we do today will be echoed in eternity
keep your head on straight and head for the main gate
the rich will always blame the poor
still nobody has a voice anymore
Choose to be the best young G you can be
living in the land of milk & honey
one day when your full grown you will see
the moral of the story is love making sweet history
When life gets hard and you want to hide
and things start to get out of hand
when time ticks slower and slower
it's time to rise up and stand
When there are more questions than answers
and things don't go your way
when troubles seem like they'll forever last
remember tomorrow is another day
When the light doesn't shine your way
and your at wit's end
when all seems lost never to be found
just trust in a friend
Tripping through fields of daisies
when you want to dance
plucked by that thorny rose
while smelling her fragrance
When all hope is lost and you're down on your luck
when the sharks circle around
and your boat is about to sink
that's when true friends can be found
Don't give up hope, desire, or trust in man
This friend will be there to take hold your hand
Today we honor a special woman who means so much to us all, a honorable sincere god fearing woman someone if in trouble the first to call a woman who u can trust and wouldn't look at u with eyes that judge just quick to pick up if your down on your luck an angel in disguise to us all a god given prize showering everyone u encounter with unconditional love a true testimony to what real love is made of a strong willed woman with pure words of positivity today we are all grateful to see and celebrate your longevity blessed to be in your presence a true blessings you are indeed words you speak are kind and wise and the weak and lost u hear their cries take in a stranger as your own with one saying in my home me and mine will serve the lord you brought love and god into everyone's heart that came into yours and with no doubt you open your home given out much love joy wisdom and most of all a place one can call family a given women in all aspects of the word so glad to be here on this day celebrating your birth!
A true friend will stick by you,
through thick and through thin,
They will help heal your heartaches,
and help when you sin.
A true friend will be there,
where ever you might go,
If you're ever in trouble,
they are the first one's to show.
A true friend will never judge you,
they keep you strong when you're weak,
If you're ever down on your luck,
they will wipe your tears when you weep.
A true friend will be there,
if you stumble and fall,
when you need someone to talk to,
they will answer your call.
A true friend won't walk away,
they will always be in your heart,
if their a friend they will be there,
and always have from the start.
Everyone needs a true friend they can always count on.
FRIENDS
A friend will be there for you,even if
you're feeling blue.
If you are down on your luck,a good friend
will lend you a buck.
A friend will be there all day long,no matter
if you are right or wrong.
A friend will share in your joy,such as the
birth of your baby boy.
They will also be there in time of sadness,
helping to ease the madness.
A really good friend will be like a brother,
bonding as no other.
Friends will come and go, some may
even become a foe.
In a lifetime best friends may only be a few,
but no doubt they will always be true.
Stephen Forcier
copyright 4/06
See the barrel
pick it up
cock it back
down on your luck.
aim for that
pull it good
one shot
do what you should.
borrow a bullet
steal the gun
aim to kill
on the run.
no looking back
no sorrow for the dead
laugh maniacly
not one tear to shed.
thoughts drive you to this dark place
sit and boil
grin at the kill
no time to recoil.
settle in
its a long night
get cozy
get it right.
aim to please
only your mind
check it off
one more to find.
in the mirror
there you stand
not so tough
not such a man.
maybe one more
to please your ease
just one drink
lead you to feast.
simple man
so eager to wait
keeping your fears
to contemplate.
borrow a soul
steal a heart
keep in mind
your a man apart.
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