Cry of the broken
...Your timing, O God, is flawless, they say,
Mercy spills from Your eternal edge.
I cling to that truth, yearning for solace,
Yet it slips as I bleed through the years.
Woes swarm like static, sh...
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Categories:
letdowns, angst, anxiety, faith, poverty,
Form: Free verse
Benefits
...
It was in the sorrow
That I learned to empathize and care
It was in the darkness
That my heart spoke the best prayers
It was in the silence
That my voice sounded tender
It was i...
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Categories:
letdowns, appreciation, beautiful, blessing, encouraging,
Form: Free verse
Terra Incognita
...*Image of Pelosi Leaves Taipei by BBC.
Terra Incognita
Diurnal moments margin in my head,
As metamorphosis pirouettes hands,
Nightmarish recall exit none be said,
An armistice mo...
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Categories:
letdowns, betrayal, bullying, history, power,
Form: Quatrain
In a Heartbeat
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My heart thumped away, trembling
In the sigh of an autumn grace
Reflecting the moments, when love
Painted my doubts in sapphire laughter
Silencing each hesitation with joy
Poured o...
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Categories:
letdowns, inspiration, love, marriage, meaningful,
Form: Free verse
Two Decades
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It seemed like yesterday
We deemed new hope in play.
Rare New Year did appear-
Its Two-Thousand premier!
Decade, times two, flew by-
We prayed peace would comply.
Aplenty letdowns ma...
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Categories:
letdowns, hope, peace, time, violence,
Form: Verse
The Interlude of Aphradere: the Waves of the Sea
...Recovery from within takes longer than expected I noticed from the start
I'm growing weary of going through trials of endless letdowns in heart
Underneath the dust and dirt of past irrational phase...
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Categories:
letdowns, emotions, encouraging, endurance, hope,
Form: Free verse
The Prisoner of Heartbreak and Depression
...If one seemed on being happy and smiling
Knowing a tragedy has struck in life
Then, the one is living on a huge lie
Because the heart is stabbed by one's betrayal
A selfish traitor in the d...
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Categories:
letdowns, anger, angst, dark, depression,
Form: Free verse
The 996th Poem
...Fulfilled fantasies and legitimate realities…you do know how to please…
Are you listening to my voice of longing and yearning?
No, don’t backstab me with your broken promises…stop being a horrid te...
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Categories:
letdowns, beauty, change, corruption, courage,
Form: Free verse
True Friend
...I`ve had series of letdowns but not you,
Many were dishonest without regrets,
Your benevolence affixed like a glue.
Your words remove pests like beaks of egrets
on cattle; as they soothe the dying h...
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Categories:
letdowns, friend,
Form: Terzanelle
Before Nine
...I've lived for eight years, before I turn nine,
Is there a chance that I'll ever get mine?
Will I see another crony of mine getting smoked?
Will I be told parables from all the grown folks?
Shoul...
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Categories:
letdowns, introspection
Form: Rhyme Royal
Unpredictable
...Predictable we might see
Life is not just what we foresee
All circumstances might vary
We just need to be ready
But what is too predictable?
That life is unpredictable
The rich turns to pitia...
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Categories:
letdowns, life
Form: Rhyme
Petals
...A handful of petals
Scattered through the air
Sent with a smile
Watched with a prayer
Each took a seperate path
Gathering it's own triumphs and trials
Many wilted,many died
Leaving dead a part...
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Categories:
letdowns, life, nature, uplifting
Form: Prose Poetry
I'M Tired ...
...I'm tired ...
I'm tired ...
The highs and lows
The wishing and the letdowns
The hope and the despair
I'm tired ...
My mind won't settle
In a hurry to think the worst
And yet t...
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Categories:
letdowns, confusion, girlfriend-boyfriend, lost love,
Form: I do not know?
The Rookie
...He began his career playing T-ball along about the age of eight,
Never dreaming that becoming a professional was to be his fate!
Right off the bat (so to speak!) he was a natural at the game.
With...
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Categories:
letdowns, sportsworld, high school,
Form: Rhyme
Life
...An adventure taken by many,
One, some may see fulfilling, while others may see dimly.
An experience that should never be taken advantage of,
Its simply a journey full of love.
Just like any ot...
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Categories:
letdowns, happiness, life, peace, life,
Form: Rhyme
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