Failing Poems - Poems about Failing

You claim that we live in a just society One where law comforts the innocent And justice punishes the victim But that's not true is it? When in reality it's the opposite of that Especially when you are black For us We live in an alternate reality Where this doesn't happen Where we the innocent are falsely imprisoned...

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Just thought of the B-word, Perhaps it’s tied to the F-word. Now I feel like the S-word— They all strike sharp, like a sword. Cutting both edges, cold and fierce, Though I remain just a piece. But my mind pleads for peace, To understand and release. B for bad, of what just came, I hoped for more, maybe fame. Yet the result spelled more shame, Replaying...

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Failing Doesn't Make Failures Miracle Man 9/1/2024 The sun rose today, and if I should fail someone, God forgives my failing. ...

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Thoughts in turmoil Make the mind meek Drought in rainfall Flooding the night The scent of success Slays in solitude Let sentient stand To see beyond sentiment The brain you water grows greener Like a toddler toddling No deadline to making headlines...

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Let me spin a yarn, reality, Failing the weight loss industry No binge eating any more, Comfort food had left the store, NO COOKIES!, so hard, Lettuce leaves by the yard, Must stop pretending, I say, Hobbit's second breakfasts, okay. Time to accept, destress, funny, Now home for raisin toast and tea, Hot and sweet, fat like me, Yes, failed weight loss totally!...

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Have I let her down again Have I failed once more Have I jumbled up the words Have I graded poor Have I taken her for granted Have I missed the mark Have I disappointed one —who pulled me from the dark (Dreamsleep: January, 2024) ...

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The hole in his retina was getting larger. He once saw the elephants heading for the hills long before the news broke on that far shore. Even today when his magnifying glass is cloudy with questions he still sees the asteroids. breaking away from their trajectories and falling upon the earth like a pack of wolves. He told the ophthalmologist about this vision she just smiled, at least he...

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Passion fades from failing fingertips. Cold calmly captures crimson lips. Emerald eyes emanate enduring love, Desiring destiny’s descending Dove....

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Verbs and nouns now bleached and blown, no longer speak to eye nor ear except to say ‘time goes on and all is gone but I am here.’ The meadow is the valley’s crown, the valley is the mountain’s queen, the mountain is a minor king among the appellation rows. At center of this sylvan scene stands a statue firm and new of a woman...

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When those abominable moments in our lives come, my beloved brothers,   And with indignation our voice to heaven, in protest, we feel to raise   We have to remember the instances of happiness our companions were   That we did fail, miserably, skywards our eyes to turn to, our Lord to praise! © Demetrios Trifiatis 27 November 2022...

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Drowning in self degradation Deliberate affliction is exacerbating Crystalline facade dulling senses Normalcy, forgetting our consensus Score, decennary years within point, swirling under skin Finality, deaths creeping in Exodus, my last syringe...

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Tell me a sad, sad story about a man Who sought love more than anything, Though he dreamed of a perfect plan It failed from the very beginning. Who sought love more than anything Which is an extremely sad, sad thing, It failed from the very beginning Not the slightest happiness did it bring. Which is an extremely sad, sad thing For how does...

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Back in the day he used to do any job for good pay. That was before the abortion clinic. Then he knew there was some s..t he would not do. He got picky, though getting himself fired was his most masterly skill. Occasionally he would make a little shady money, however any work was cleaner then bundling up dead baby parts....

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marriage is failing all he does is argue daily doesn't comprehend...

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The Gravity of Failing and Falling Things David J Walker The equation of a Once and Done is not a number The door we entered is not there anymore The air is stale and the sunlit room is shaded Works in words have faded into foreign phrases With both old and bolder meaning Dissonance is the new order...

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