Life Free Verse Poems

I can hear your heartbeat inside me 
Even though you're gone. 
I prayed for you my whole life.  
You finally came,  
So full...

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There is a silence before the fall—
not the absence of sound, but the heaviness of it,
thick as fog, as thick as the space between heartbeats,
when...

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Once, I sang without thinking—
notes spilling like sunlight
through trembling leaves,
a language woven from breath and wind,
a melody that painted the endless sky,
dancing on the morning...

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The ground shakes and 
buildings sway with 
the blast of each shell.
I cover my ears 
but the ringing stays. 

Fear grips my chest,
Grief swells my...

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I observe the tapestry of life
Consumed by all of this strife
I tried to raise the wall
Only to watch it fall

They told me it's over
As I...

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on and on and on
we climbed on painted horses
we hitched a ride on a conga line
rode on the luggage collection airport rides
watched the slide-show cycles...

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Do you feel you must really say sorry,
Or are you flippant, don’t give it much worry,
Do you feel out of obligation you must
Say sorry, believe...

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Moments drift by in fleeting streams,
Like bubbles dancing in our dreams.
Hold those moments gently in your hands,
Feel the magic where joy stands.

Moments of laughter, wild...

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She was dainty with long curls of sunlight for hair. absolutely breath taking. 
 She seemed to emit a radiant perfection.  Hand sculpted by...

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Our destiny chooses who we are
Yet still we wonder
Turning, spinning
In the dark, in our graves

And then the dawn comes,
As it always does,
And it’s time to...

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Star boy

They say heaven gained another angel when someone dies
But when it comes to the death of black lives
We say the universe gained another star
Because...

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A Senior Citizen any day
Blessed to wake up hooray
Through the aches and pain
Sometimes the need to complain
Memory sometimes in forget
Enjoyment of retirement blitz
Carefree sensation
Surrounded by...

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A blot of ink
drifts right of center on the page.
It grows, devours—
Pale pages consumed by black.

I asked the low, bruised clouds
if my life still counts
when...

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Whispers Beneath the Cemetery

Is love undead?
Is love fate?
Is love just holding on—
a ghost that won’t abate?

Does death mean I must give up on us,
let go...

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I ran not out of fright,  
I ran not because I was chased.  
I ran not because I felt compelled,  
Nor from...

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