Health Hope Poems

When you’re down and out but you got an image to uphold, but it feels so unnatural and you feel you never fit your mould....

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In the halls of my mind I walk as I ponder,
Over things that trouble me, big and small,
Over things that tear me asunder;
As though I...

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Lay you down and rest your head 
There are lots of days ahead 
Take not much of life's pressure 
Health for one is the greatest...

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When plans are made, you hope they stick,
That no one will be getting sick,
Because for every date you pick,
A better one is waiting.

The weather might...

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As I stand at the edge of a cliff I find myself terrified of an ugly truth staring me in the face.
To jump off this...

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What will become of doubt within?
Will it become a loss or win?
How does it grow or diminish?
How will it look at the finish?

Your thoughts may...

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** What’s Torn **

What’s been torn off or away may be
a recurring theme — of dreams or memory —
that nags, popping up unexpectedly
to recall or,...

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last night 
i sensed its presence 


the walls were slowly closing in
and soon 
i know
i'll feel like I can't breathe


it's clenching down on my heart
the...

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She no longer felt taunted by the race of it all
Could not sit around and watch a life fly by, before her eyes
An unkept promise...

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This brisk, sunny March morning, I return from delivering my son to his adult daycare van.  

Upon opening The Norwich Times, I delight to...

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On Phantom Pain  (Prelude)


When an illness
    — such as blindess or dementia —
Descends…
Then
Which direction of the heart
Will you choose
To mark the...

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Diving into the quiet, I find myself
Standing still for just a moment
Open to all possibilities, dreams and hope
I never knew they were there

Possibilities exist for...

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Do you ever feel like
There is an emptiness inside you
An emptiness 
That drains the light out of everything?
A black hole

Life in grayscale
Colors faded
Flavors muted
Voices distant

except

One...

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You say you're old, but I don't see it
Your wrinkles are just lines of wisdom
Your hair is not gray, but silver
Your eyes are not dull,...

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Deep in my shrewd mind, a storm rages on 
Dark clouds gather as the wind howls till dawn
A tempest of thoughts, I cannot control
A battle...

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