A Better Person
...10/4/19
"A Better Person"
Long ago I learned it
Nobody on this Earth is
Perfect
That's for certain
I'm determined
To be a better person
As I continue workin'
Ready to handle any burden
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Categories:
herbalists, dark, poetry, rap, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme
Common Cold
...Achooo!
It begins, almost always, with a sneeze,
Which, in some cultures,
Invites blessings,
But, in some others, a curse,
As it’s held to be ominous!
Blessing or curse, soon the frequency
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Categories:
herbalists, funny, irony, philosophy, psychological,
Form: Free verse
Old Lion Goes Mad
...It’s not a tale
The truth would bring to bear:
The old lion has gone mad again!
We lived in ancient houses made with mud
Days amounted to years long ago
The forests had survived it
The whites c...
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Categories:
herbalists, africa, imagination,
Form: Verse
Fear
...It flickers into the deepest of our sub-conscience,
making us do things we wouldn't have dreamed before.
We do all we can, to stop uncertainty from throwing
a surprise right on our faces.
Insuran...
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Categories:
herbalists, fear, future, humanity, imagery,
Form: Free verse
Our Day Out
...Went out today for a drive with a friend
We'll go into the hills up to heaven he said,
Round hairpin bends,o'er hill and dale we sped
When I looked down the drop did I dread.
Through villages w...
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Categories:
herbalists, food, friendship, journey, places,
Form: Verse
Where Love Lies
...WHERE DOES LOVE LIE?
I
Where does love lie?
Many are clueless, some go paranoid
Trying to seek out meaningless solutions
And answers in the pages of a book;
They consult mediums and spiritualists
The...
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Categories:
herbalists, hope, life, love, god,
Form: Free verse
Loose Paper Prophet
...I am the loose paper prophet
Prophetising profetisms as loose
As the paper on which I write them
I stand between you and my mind like a Moses,
An oracle intoxicated by the fumes of Delphi,
Pos...
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Categories:
herbalists, introspection, on writing and
Form: I do not know?