Family Life Poems

What will it take?
For me to be born again
With no hair, soft scalp
Developing fingers, umbilical cord wrapped around my neck

The ultrasound lied to me
Told me...

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alone he stands behind the plow
in footrace with the lengthened dawn
a shadow figure in the now

pursues the where and when and how
of unseen reins so...

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In darkness, my soul once did reside                  ...

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We all live
And we all die
And I often stop
And wonder why

In life we are not
Loved so clearly
'Til our passing haunts
The mind so dearly

I wish it...

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The physical presence is forever mourned
With his passing, a new angel is born
Cherished memories are love's lasting treasures
Held deep in our hearts forever together
Though, no...

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Our life book is loaded up with lots of love.
A sentence here, a paragraph there; even a chapter pair;
Hearing wedding bells, sharing honeymoon embraces, alone...

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Comes in the world against the wishes of family,
Survives and thrives.
Goes to the school against the wishes of society,
Learns and leaves her imprints.
Enters in college...

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All curled up beneath my blanket
dreaming of tomorrows
Young enough and innocent
and free from fear or sorrows

Being in my little bed
when childhood was mine
the kitchen night...

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Taking care of the family that wasn’t their
Anger every night, stupid arguments 
Lies
Cheating
Hunger
Drugs
Alcohol 
Scared to show love within
Mom cares but not enough
Dad loves me but...

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When I was young my grandpa and I would talk a lot,
Down by the lake at our favorite spot.
He would tell me stories about men...

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BOAT OF INTEREST

Something troubles us certainly
Something always drums trouble
To us
Some have children yet pockets of
Troubles outside childbearing lives
With them closely
Some can eat but no food...

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so you tell me that God does not exist. I reply why do we have this life in the first place?
Is it just a race...

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you may not remember
me now by name
or the promises made
on our wedding day

through the thick and the thin
to have and to hold
from the days of...

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Back then, I’d never heard of Robinson Jeffers. My friend told us he was a famous poet and Tor House was where he lived with...

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There's a miners hat on the mantle 
There's a pair of boots by the door 
His old lunch pail, ain't ever failed 
To pull a...

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Despite all my poetic words...
Despite my logical reasonings...
I am human...
And I am frail...

I realize that...
I am no friend...
To you...

Although I have tried...
The emotional connection...
Has made...

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I dreamed a lot when I was young,
my mind still wanders to this day,
so much I wanted to achieve,
so much that I yearned to stay.

Was...

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A LIFE QUICKLY OVER

A life so quickly over as soon as it was born,
You were so devastated when it came on that morn.
You shed your...

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I feel like each day i go up a hill carrying weights on my arms , sometimes its not a easy climb there are days...

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Money and status mean nothing compared to love, family and friends.

12/26/18

The Last Line Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Silent One...

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