Long Caught me off guard Poems

Dear Sarah the Sorceress
Dear Sarah my Sorceress
Dear Selena...
I really need to talk to you
I really need a word with you
but one word isn't going to do it for me
and all my words seem to be...

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A homeless poet

A few days ago, I was walking home with my dollar store notebook in my hand as I walked. I was deep in thought about how I was going to fill these 250...

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You’re Going to Be Missed
It’s been so long…
Since I’ve sang a song
About you, of course – my Love…
You fluttered into my mind like a lovely dove
I have nothing left of you…if only you knew
I hung...

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Parts 2 and possibly 3 will come out tomorrow or this week... enjoy!! The other verse will be called Caught off Guard and the third - I have no clue yet! Enjoy reading this incomplete...

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I always knew that love would come find me someday
But never did I know that it would be you who was headed my way
You caught me off guard and took me by surprise
But you simply...

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I met this stranger the other day....

I met a stranger just the other day,
Wandering the halls,
in a hospital’s way.
My mind was spinning,
feeling so low,
But this kind soul made my troubles go.

Gave me comfort with a...

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My ideal love is a love that catches me by surprise. 
The realization of intelligent things and conversations that literally take us anywhere.
My ideal love is a love that expresses ideal.
The ramifications that influence us...

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* Many years now since this very talented, very HUMAN guy left us … those holes never fill, and he is sorely missed. (This is a form I invented called “Tredicum Plus”. *

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I always knew love will 
come find me some day
But never did i know that it 
will be you who is headed 
my way
You caught me off guard 
and took me by surprise
Happiness and peace...

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That very first time that we met, I thought that I've met my match, I thought that this is it.

Walking towards me, as we locked eyes,
your messages and pictures weren't telling no lies. 
The way...

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You're the only love I know

There are women everywhere I go,
but they don't mean a thing to me,
You're the only love I know,
and it comes so easily.

It doesn't matter what I do,
only your love occupies...

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I always knew love will come find me
 But I never though it would be today
 And I never expected to feel like this
 When love did come my way

 But love has caught me...

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What I'd like to give you is an ounce of my cologne.
It promises not to turn heads, but to keep level heads.

Trust me when I say, "I've been around the bin a few times".
Word to...

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He was six years old at his dying mother's side.
Only when she slept he broke down and cried.
He had to hide his fears of what was to be.
How scared he was, mama didn't need to...

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Yesterday in a bar, a boy asked me if I had a good relationship with my father 
His question caught me off guard and before I could respond 
his voice cut through my own thought...

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Come fluttering words, come drifting words to me  . . .
Open my eyes to what I can’t see,

Their on the floor I found what was missing,
As I recall all the nights we spent kissing,

You...

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MY LOWEST EBB

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You hold your cards
A smile stretches across your face
But I’ll beat you at your own game
Defeat you with my ace.

You stole my heart away
And I’ll fight to get it back
Oh my dear
Things will only get...

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A thousand times I have heard, 
“There but for the Grace of God...” 
but until today that phrase, 
struck me as somewhat odd. 
 
   The old Cowboy who staggered by, 
was three...

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The depth of our love has an infinite range,
as I reminisce on the day that we met.
I will always remember your deepest voice,
a mellifluous sound I will never forget. 

You caught me off guard, while...

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I spent my entire life
Building these walls
Hiding among the shadows
So that I couldn't fall

Feelings I cast out
Independence then over shadows
Humor I tend to use
To fight my toughest battles

Not looking for love
Trying to keep flying solo
Keeping...

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I was sent in a flutter
With the news you had uttered 
An unexpected shock that caught me off guard 

Like a solid sucker punch
Straight and square into my guts
The breath froze inside of my lungs...

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(sorry, just noticed this had gotten copied and pasted twice, making it appear extra long)

His editor made a call to his house.
He’d promised her poems. Where was that louse?

Again and again she dialed her phone.
He’s...

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I was 10 years old when she prayed with me, 
that's when she gave herself to Jesus you see.

I remember her kneeling right next to my bed 
after she prayed she would kiss my forehead.

Mom...

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