Everywhere I look I see the effect
Of great expectations washed up
On the shore of reality.
I know it’s a projection,
But I see it in the faces of everyone
From young to old, happy to sad
And know it is true for them too,
Whether they have accepted it
Or are still rejecting it
Caught in arrested development
In some stage of grief.
It’s life after all
To expect things to go our way,
And life to have them eventually
And always go otherwise.
It’s what makes us grow
Tough on the outside
And resilient within,
Yet still no matter how tough and wise,
Within there is the pain and sadness
Of being human,
Having gone through gain and loss
And of seeing others go through the same.
I know it’s projection on my part
But I also know
That’s my part of humanity.
(8/21/25)
Time and time again
Rhyme and rhyme I gain
The old words I put together
Their fluff and their leather
In their old conveyance business
Arranging them in a newness
Over and over again
Offer and offer I gain
Divine providence
Manifest in lyrical evidence
Manifest in reader approval
A staying power without removal
Circle and back again
Chuckle and buck I gain
Joy and reward
Trade and meaning all aboard
A gift that keeps on giving
A life that I am living
K. Muitherero
no gain without pain
you gotta push on, right through
to the bitter end
it's just in sight, bend, bend, bend ~
moan, groan, scream ~ Oh my Hammie !
love rove
hove move
lore door
An almost dwarf from ukraine'
Who is real fond of warfare and gain
Got to the 'white house to barter'
Yet ended up starters
For calling; out' unsavoury names'
He then went to starmer'
another no charmer'
Causing Britian, much
anger and shame'
I hear daily its people complain!
What have we gain from political trust
What have we gain from false loyalty
What have we seen from our landscape
What have we heard from current news
What have we felt about brewing war with China
What have we done with our country
What have we help for our fellowmen
What have we done with our God
These are all questions of my search
These are questions to be answered by leaders
These are questions to all followers
These are questions for you and me.
When the time is right
It's the heart that knows first
It is God that will dictate
How it will going to happen.
If God wrote it for you
Something is going to happen
Blessing comes unexpected
Only be humble in all ways.
Our life is borrowed only
God is the owner of this
Anything can happen anytime
There's no turning back.
Faith in afterlife is true wisdom
Geared your life something to gain
To things eternal not temporal
For after death is the judgment.
They wait
for the promised
golden days
wth hope.
But in the shadows
some trembling
with fear.
On the same road
one going with hope,
another going shrunk
with anxieties.
One to lose most what he has,
another to gain more than
what he possesses.
To some
coming of the dawn,
some afraid
it is the coming
of dusk.
How do I say this?
I admit it’s very very hard
How to describe how I’m so happily marred
You make me feel trapped
Deep inside of me
Yet I don’t want to be set free
You make me feel anxious
Confused and nervous
Yet it all seems worth the fuss
Put simply, curse you
Why do you do this to me
Making me your one fee
But I feel it’s all worth it
For this pure stain
If it’s you I gain
Liberty, freedom, unchained
Plenty, riches, love sustained
Repentance,Forgiveness, not stained
Abiding, sheltered, in safety contained
Faithful, fruitful, on the right path remained
Knowledge, truth, wisdom, attained
From sin, self, and evil refrained
True Love, delight, joy, unfeigned
Heaven, eternity, eternal life, gained
midnight hides a fear
that stops the winter winds whizz
brr chills my spine
the night silhouette
birthed the morning joy of spring
aww flowers bloomed
sun shown in orange
for my orange trees harvest
oh it looks so nice
hot air brought me joy
heaps of orange start mounting
tut the trees thorns pricked
blood flowed down my leg
pains well up tears in my eyes
yuk some juice then spilt
the summer bees smiled
to make sweeter the orange
hmmm more juice filled my drums
I smelt autumn leaves
that scents the butterflies love
wow I love those wings
joy then filled my tanks
I'd dance like monkeys this fall
shhh my pain's now my gain
No pain no gain
The music
Of our society
Fear only limits
Courage a tool
Own it unapologetically.
Pain
Bring shame
Tame you
Leaving you
Vulnerable
Disrupting your peace.
Gain
Amazes you
A muse
Positive
Spirit uplifting
Productivity and creativity.
She gained her wings today.
She found her way to the sky.
No more pain, no more tears.
Only boundless freedom remains.
Her heart, now light as a feather.
She leaves behind a legacy,
of love, laughter, and grace.
Though I mourn her absence.
Her presence lingers in the air.
She gained her wings today.
In the hearts of those who loved her,
her memory will forever
They know not
That for years
I’ve been holding back
These tears.
Through the dark
I kept pushing
For I saw a light
Beyond the shadows, a respite.
Now my river flows
Endlessly, my face aglow
As those years of toil
Bear fruits worth the spoil.
My endless tears
Are not of pains
But a testimony
To my abundant gains.
The brain is one foot
Away from the heart; to think
gain becomes a pain.
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