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Life Is Short Poems - Poems about Life Is Short

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Fate and Irrelevance
...In the grand theater of existence, we play our part, A journey through time, a tale from the heart. Life, not short but fleeting, slips through our grasp, Moments like sand, slipping from our clas......Read the rest...
Categories: life is short, age, life, philosophy, time,
Form: Rhyme



Pure Desire-
...Black lips and black nails, with eyes just like ice If you want to be with her, it comes with a price Ingest in her poison, inhale it like fumes You'll be addicted until you lay in your tomb Be......Read the rest...
Categories: life is short, love, lust,
Form: Rhyme
A day that changed everything
...I dread that day the 5th of May, my loving partner passed away, I find it hard that she has gone, undeserved her death was wrong, At 42 a life cut short, I'de double that is what I thought,......Read the rest...
Categories: life is short, bereavement, cancer, death,
Form: Rhyme
Love the Life
...No more will I make life freeze; I will enjoy my life up to its lowest lees. Life is short; it is precious; Life can't stand with things malicious. Why shouldn't I, why shouldn't I? Soar with wi......Read the rest...
Categories: life is short, dream, encouraging, life, love,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member An Invitation to Reminisce
..."Let's Tango" Old friend, won’t you join me late tonight? We can watch by dimming candlelight, A play with young characters in motion, To their ideals and passions, such devotion. Their liv......Read the rest...
Categories: life is short, age, allegory, introspection,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Silver Rose
...Beneath the crimson Skies of morn A rare gem of beauty Was slowly born Of shimmering silver And effervescent smell It’s vines of thickness Grew so well The petals crystal The thorns so shar......Read the rest...
Categories: life is short, analogy,
Form: Free verse
Long heart
...In the valley of death where I have plenty of friends Where your debts are paid and you don't have to pretend Where if you want to stand alone you can confess your sins Where there's no embargo ......Read the rest...
Categories: life is short, dark, fate,
Form: Free verse
I don't have a pill
...And I miss you what can I say I don't have a pill to feel another way I'm sitting here day after day thinking of you, fading away. And I miss you but you won't know cuz I won't say it......Read the rest...
Categories: life is short, absence,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Long Live The Artist
...and so our hero, the artist, forlorn as his palette, then sat down to reconsider his life not long having stepped back from his paintings only to find all his trees were blue and his people ......Read the rest...
Categories: life is short, anxiety, depression, inspirational, life,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member A Little Jean a Little Monroe
...I can feel your inner pain although I know this can’t be so, running through my own veins after many years of your soul leaving this world for so much more It’s been almost sixty-two years since you......Read the rest...
Categories: life is short, celebrity, death, devotion, farewell,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Butterfly Kisses
...You told me I belong to you That you know I love you true But darling I’m not a succulent plant What’s a chocolate woman to do Love is enough you said That’s pretty in song and poem But when ......Read the rest...
Categories: life is short, angst, boyfriend, break up,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Silent Prayers
... In the wind, I hear her laugh, A nervous giggle – so sweet and wild. On the night, skies soft and bright, Quivering with stars, lit by a spark from God. In the leaves, I hear her and remember......Read the rest...
Categories: life is short, grief,
Form: Lyric
GREEN DAY revisited
... GREEN DAY – revisited Although the following poetic/prosaic material written January eighteenth two thousand and eighteen, I came across these encapsulated, enclosed, encoded, and encrusted wi......Read the rest...
Categories: life is short, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
Smile
...When skies are grey and troubles weigh Upon your weary mind, Remember that the sun will rise And better days you'll find. The world is filled with wonder, dear, And joy is all around. So lift......Read the rest...
Categories: life is short, feelings, inspirational, inspirational love,
Form: Rhyme
Ebb and Flow
...They say that life is short, and yet, If you’re like me, I’d place a bet That childhood seems so long ago You can’t recall its ebb and flow. Of course, some days stand out, for sure, When good......Read the rest...
Categories: life is short, life,
Form: Rhyme

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