Life Introspection Poems

There are those moments
those times when you know
with certainty 
that they are to be 
be cherished

It could be an obvious one,
  a wedding or...

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The talents in you are more believable
		When you are you
			Be yourself

The abilities in you are more pronounced
		When you are relaxed
			   Exhibit them

The life...

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I gave my life
For a cause without concern
Like a flower
Digging through concrete

I filter the light
Through years of darkness
What is left
Is all that sustains me

I sought...

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A solitudinarian suddenly awoke one day
And to his surprise he could no words say
When he down on his knees tried to pray,

Knowing not what he...

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*Inspired by Poet Daniel Turner’s poem: The Sum of Life

I have walked through the cold rain 
And fallen on the floor in pain
I have danced...

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I siphon the twilight ether ...

     Like sweet smoke from apple wood,

         ...

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Inspired by a poem by
Oliver Wendell Holmes
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Little I ask; my wants are few;
I only wish a roof and home,
a simple one this wretch will do
...

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No, I am not like you,
Or you, or you, or you, or you,
Or you.
And I'm okay with that.
Most of the time.

You will not find another
like...

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“To be or not to be?”
     The Bard doth ask;
"Life and Death—," Emily
     then takes to task....

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I’m walking through another crowded room
wondering if people can sense the tremors behind my eyes. 
Fluttering wings of falling Angels full of hellfire buckshot. 
I’m...

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The dog smells like cow manure,
My feet are black from the blacktop I've been
running around on all day, and the daisy backpack
I purchased solely to...

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Standing tall
Totally new to me
Claiming my ME time
But I’ve become more and more
Like a mother bear protecting her cubs
Guarding my precious bits of time
As if...

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Deepest Memories and Thoughts 

A little child
with big wet tears

An early love
a crushed heart

Feelings of utter loneliness
other people’s cruelty

Jagged-broken glass
a big toe bleeding profusely

Crying in...

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She looked in the mirror, searching for the person she was before another line became etched overnight in the road map of her years. Living...

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She needed to believe her heart would beat again, but the words she heard were matched with unfulfilled, meaningless gestures. At end of the night...

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At breakneck speeds
Escaping ourselves
In distress
Avoiding voids
Breaking silences
Fearing motionlessness
Afraid to be alone
With our feelings
With what’s inside
Deep within
Afraid it might engulf us
Implode on us
Realizing we’ve lived a...

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A man of few words, my father taught by example
The best thing he showed me
Was to set my standards high
And be my own judge 
Always...

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First rays of spring sun 
Expose dark hidden corners
Their unwanted dusty cobwebs 

Opening wide the windows 
Their curtains bellow and dance

It’s a time for awakenings...

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Integrity may be passé
For those who live day-to-day
But Old Father Time
Makes you pay for each crime
Recorded in your DNA!...

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Outside my window I see folks moving along in life, some faster than others, some looking forward, some looking back, some heads held high, some...

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