Introspection Fate Poems

Isn't this all I wanted? 
But why do I still feel haunted?
Flashbacks echoing in my mind,
Stop it now, just leave those memories behind.
This residential terrible...

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Enthusiasm, a fickle friend,
Illumining the soul, or chasing an end.

A trumpet call to start the race,
Run with heart, or without a face.

Honoring the master’s call...

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Obsessed by my obsessions 
to point of being swept away

If only I were capable 
of living a different way 
Despite all of my pleadings 
seems...

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I believe that each of us lives a predestined life, one that has been arranged and organized for continuity. We are oblivious to such effects...

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I am not forgotten in the forests of so little light
I am lost in dark mists, troubled with fright
Embedded in life and love, the joyless...

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As fortunes wax and wane 
In life’s large swells and swales, 
We try to ponder and remain 
The person who, in youth, prevailed. 
But our...

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Here lies Anna, 
lost without her mate,
he's promised to another,
an honour,
trapped within his fate.

Savage, this hand,
dealt in arcane amour,
her affection cannot placate, 
nor dictate,
that which...

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Empty room, scattered thoughts,
roam, dark wilderness.
Sorrow reins, uneasy mind,
do question, of grand design.

Chart a course in sea's of vagueness,
a fate still undefined.
Clouded future, lost clarity,
the...

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When you have lost a gem of priceless worth,
Do not mourn long, what you can't restore;
For in the sky a new star has its birth,
And...

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when it comes to the travails
of the human heart
logic is a poor study
as Diogenes' wisdom gathers a lantern
searching in vain
there is a deeper reasoning
among the...

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Not one to run when I hear an alarm,
But I have no desire to do others harm.
        ...

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I feel the tears on my cheeks
My legs tremble and I feel weak
After long arduous weeks
I just wonder what it is I seek

There's blood on...

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Dear Fate,

Que sera, sera. Whatever will be, will be. 

I suppose you are right, Fate.

Thanx for the tip.

Thanx for letting us know.

Thanx for nothing....

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The twisted emotions of fear and apprehension of a new friendship,
      Sometimes causes surging emotions initially.

Rejection and hope may both...

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Written: August 08, 2023, For Pick-A-Title, Vol 38 - Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Edward Ibeh
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Life is too short, and the time we waste in yawning...

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