Failings Poems - Poems about Failings

I look upon the world today as I have done all my life. A laugh, a smile, worry or ok, it needs to be met head-on for all its strife. Some days I’ll wake and feel the sun recharging my fading smile. Some days I’ll wake and no matter how bright the sky sorrow will darken my mind. I’ll...

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The failings of leaders Not taking into account The needs of the people Apart from their very own They live in splendour With steaks for dinner Soft pillows to rest on The people, skin and bone...

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& my wallet is like an onion; when I open it up, it makes Me want to cry...

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It wasn’t so long ago I lost my heart to a man I didn’t know Now I’m heading home With five little ones in tow Now I’ve hit my fifties What a relief Looking back on the years gone by Life has not been all that kind, I cannot lie But the little ones have grown And have little one’s of their own With guidance...

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our personal failings are held inside they show themselves when we call upon them & when we least expect them to rear their ugly head--- lucky are those who have people round them to distract from the suffering which the self inflicts upon itself when undergoing the regret of personal failings, but ironic is the fact that to suffer is to survive & to survive is...

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The sins of the father Are visited upon the son But the failings of the mother Come calling as well. I hear the blows land From down the hallway Helpless to intervene Powerless to prevent them. One decision from the past Haunts everyday. Reiterating my dual failings As both a mother and a daughter....

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