Long Bad habit Poems

“Triggers”

  So, you are used to me writing poetry but today it’s more like my thoughts for others to read. I need to clear my head of these constant roller coaster emotions. Today was...

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You ask how I really am when you damn well know,
My world is crumbling right now.
But I'll be fine,
Just give it some time,
Just take it one day at a time.
This isn't the first time,
Nor will...

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You gave me peace once in a while…
All your silly sayings got out of style…
Getting a little more weary, living in a nightmare
After being awfully teary as it may appear, my dear
It’s due to the...

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A tramp steamer plies an ocean of fog. 
The Chief Bos’n makes a note in the log while the helmsman 
Strains to see beyond the wheel. 
The ship’s Captain leaves the bridge with a groan....

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Judy Leigh was addicted with a food fixation.
Gorging on fruit, veggies, and any crustacean.
She wanted to stop and yelled, "Damnation!
My overeating is causing me such frustration!"

While grudgingly doing her morning chores,
Judy acquired the bad habit...

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THE BLACK MEN IN YOU 

Have you ever dreamt about the black men in you
You may have not , as about him you never get a single clue
I open to you today , about the...

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When I worked as a carpenter there was an iron clad rule.If you woke up to a drizzling rain you came to work in hopes it would soon abate.
However,if it was pouring and the old...

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Dear You,

	I’m sorry. Apologies are stupid, I don’t know why I wrote one. I thought over a bunch of things. Sorry, I’ll cut straight to the point.
	Sorry for not talking with you and calling you...

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Dredging (9/24/19)

I’ve considered putting my hair
Into a ponytail when I’m sleeping
Because my hair not soft against my
Cheek and gets in my eyes and is
Hot. I’ve also considered getting
Another better-paying job. Both
Have ended with the same...

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You’ve got galaxy blood running through your veins. You’re my metaphor, you are my past, present, and future. You are everything beautiful, you are a wind that urges a cloud past a star. You dissolved...

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1. It's been years, months, weeks have gone by.

    I've grown so much I can barely recognize my reflection. No lie.

    Each day more, I've seen you star in...

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Keep looking at your picture in my phone
The one you sent me when you were all alone
Pressing that screen to see that live video
Wishing you'd reach through and grab hold of me again
So fond of...

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__________________
O what ye have been doing here?
I’ve been watching my life pass by.
Just that and nothing else?
Why, is not it enough?
_________________

O man, ye just cannot afford to be 
A mute pair of banks on meditation
Forever...

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This is dedicated 
To this girl 
Her eyes told a mysterious story that exposed her danger
But my sixth sense was overpowered by the hearts need to love
a stranger
The perfect dime to my ninety which completes me...

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The Reason is what I am looking for,
a reason why things ripped and tore,
A reason is what I am trying to explore,
A reason to retry and restore.

My mind is split,
There are some things that don't...

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Past Regeret....

The person I was BEFORE  is in the past for a reason
Have spent alot of time trying to change day by day
But often times those who dont even know you
Sure have alot of...

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I promised Milt I'd tell him a tale
Turn on a little Hillbilly music OK
I was about  the age of six or seven and bootleggin was a real bad habit.
Or so I heard

We had one...

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The person I was BEFORE  is in the past for a reason
Have spent alot of time trying to change day by day
But often times those who dont even know you
Sure have alot of criticisim...

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my heart i have removed
i am sick of being confused
each second of every day
i am tortured by every word
you have ever said

the worst day of my life
keeps rewinding in my head

its too much, more than...

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I'm in rehab
 Cuz I gotta get away from my drug
 It did me wrong 
 And took me down for way too long
 
 I loved it so much
 And still do
 But I...

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Brother, Big “J”, was the first born
I was the last to arrive
Born to some loving parents
Our family life did survive

In my family as I grew up
It was Dad who was “Da Man” 
And Dad and...

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Hold up hold up
Rewind that
What she say?
“I’m fanatically, addicted see, the way that he be lovin’ me” ”It’s like a drug or 
some bad habit since its mine, I got to have it. I just...

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“I'll never be good enough”
“This worlds against me”
“I want to do better”
“But I'm filled with stress and anxiety”

When you believe it's your destiny
You may call it your fate
Understand, it's the voices in your mind 
That...

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What he’s capable of, I do admit, frightens me the most
My dread began in 2006, on TV his face did appear
The Burger King with the giant head is definitely morose

He lies in wait as you...

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Here we go fighting again
and ever single time you think you should win
after words the things you say have me wondering
about everything.
And are we really together or is this just a fling
not for me but...

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