Grief High School Poems

Tears are the prayers that can't be spoken
Love of God is love the can't be broken
Dreams are wishes for God to see
Thoughts are ways God...

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Seems like only yesterday,
when I wore a white cap and gown.              ...

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If my tomorrow comes late.
Keep our secrets.
Don't listen abait.
Dont blame too late.

Let flowers blossom.
Dressed like a groom.
Pray out of doom.
If tomorrow comes late...

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I was sitting in school when 
it happened
But I didn't know, not then
I was driving home from school when
Police were breaking down the door
But I...

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We met upon the stairs. In a brief moment of chance, I did not allow myself to be drawn away by other brighter, faster burning...

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Juvenilia: Early Poems X

These are early poems written in my teens and twenties.

Regret
by Michael R. Burch

Regret,
a bitter
ache to bear...

once starlight
languished
in your hair...

a shining there
as brief
as...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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You are such a beautiful headache;
 so hard to get rid of.
My body wishes you would leave,
 but there's no cure to ward you off

Yet,your...

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heart snapped off hearing the news of my friend's unforeseen scarring mishap


Disclaimer: This unpredicted incident happened in the year 2009 when I was in 9th...

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green is not your color-envy is not your friend


 
Date Written: 9/2/2020
2 Place    My Most Unforgettable Moment in High School Contest ...

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The Fashion Zebra

I am a flake. 
That is the term for people that do not follow through. 
It may not be fair. I have spent...

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The New Preacher, 
“Hear My Words”

Are you listening. 
I am saying things very clearly. 
You need to keep trying. 
Are you talking to me?
Am I...

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The Garden at Grandma’s

The house is quiet, the chores are all done. 
We have gathered in the place out back. 
There is pit for a...

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Mirror Mirror

Do not lie. I know that you want to. 
I know that you may need to.  
I am broken, and soon…
You will be...

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Dark Times

Times we celebrate, to be who we are not. 
Bleak times, diseased remembrances. 
Why?
You know.
You know because deep inside…

You have hid under a blanket...

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