Long Eye opener Poems

The World has been playing a game
Oh what a shame
The world has been playing a game
This is insane
Leaders come and leaders go
Leaving me to continue the show
Leaders come and leaders go
Repeating the show of long...

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Razor sharp tongues unleashed 
Lashing out viciously to openly 
legitimise bigotry 
then suddenly taking offense 
when queried 
releasing long concealed weapons
the deep desire to "remodel Africans"
No intentions of acceptance in sight 
Spitting out venom faster...

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Born after freedom; I witnessed 
The 25th year Independence Day celebration
The Silver Jubilee; the country was underdeveloped,
Yet there was jubilation, happiness all over

Years went by: I grew bigger
I witnessed the 50th too:The Golden Jubilee
The country...

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Born after freedom; I witnessed 
The 25th year Independence Day celebration
The Silver Jubilee; the country was underdeveloped,
Yet there was jubilation, happiness all over

Years went by: I grew bigger
I witnessed the 50th too:The Golden Jubilee
The country...

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Crops cannot survive without some rain,                             ...

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Who are we really?  It’s my nature to—to what and how do we know it’s our nature, an inherent part of us? “The Scorpion and the Frog” an animal fable, teaches hurting others even...

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Would you think less of me if I told you that I have no problem with ‘second fiddle’, or playing minor parts?  Being a ‘back up’ doesn’t bother me, and as a team player...

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Although I don't have depression and have not much information about it I will write what I know about depression

On Saturday 18th April 2016 I was working away at my job as I usually do...

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I drift to you
Written  Chrismas 2014
By Joel Thornton
	
polluted start			run away
our day to drain
and you; this heart.

spirit of the cold machine
All your deceptive armor will rot
parsimonious mouth spiting dirt.
Brushed so cleanly.

I wish I was pure...

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Words like this don’t come easy to me, but sometimes,
they’re the only thing to express…
For the longest time, I’ve been in love with you. 
Three years, and my feelings haven’t changed a bit.
I’ve tried to...

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A Statistic

Sometimes I feel tired of being in my own skin....feeling overwhelmed with sin that’s not my own...sorrow overbearing with thoughts of black teenagers that will never be grown...men, and woman dying as children...because they...

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Loneliness abounds.
Harsh realities hitting my conscious efforts.
Not realizing the errors of my ways till thrown in my face.
Stinging, burning, feeling like frozen pellets from the heavy black clouds above.
I felt backed up against a wall,...

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Wake up to wedding bells ringing loudly
All a wishful dream as I open my eyes and
See the rain drops falling against the window

Seeing red & blue lights outside bring the
Thought could it be a wishful...

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LOVE MIGHT BE BLIND     (a true story, apart from last two lines of 7th verse)

'Love might be blind, but it's not deaf,'
Is what my dear husband has said.
By claiming my snoring...

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As I reminisce decades past, it's like a dream with lanes.
One lane takes me down a strange path of years taken.
Childhood years of sadness, empty spaces, broken pieces.
Taken, lost childhood years never again to be...

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Daylight is breaking;
  The city is waking;
   It's time to arise.
   Wipe the sleep from your eyes'
   A homeless man, on a bench in the park
  ...

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And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother’s keeper? ~ Genesis 4:9 (KJV)

Eve’s heart, breaking,
Because, despite her love,
Cain had left her aching,
For...

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Spent some time today amongst the beautiful people

In the downtown area of the big city

Everybody rushing about oblivious to their surroundings

Intent on doing what they set out to do

Alone in their own little world

Unaware of...

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I have read an article today
an eye opener not even surprised remotely 
where the minister of justice
running to a meeting hard pressed
has cast vote, on and behalf of another fraud member

Admitting being part of a...

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Intoxication is being drunk if only for a little while
Intoxication can become a bad habit with a crooked smile
Being high and drunk all alone really makes no sense
Being homeless, a panhandler and a drunk can...

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No one ever knows for sure who they are and what they're supposed to be.
It is only by miraculous chance or coincidence a person finds their true calling.
As for the rest they struggle, through every...

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O rganic agriculture; this is the craze over the years.
R ipe fruits before time and out of season we need no longer taste.
G ot an eye opener with obscure diseases we fail to hold back.
A...

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~The Magic Of A Book~ 
(Senryu/Nonet/Whitney/Senryu) 



Books are great to read 
They inspire minds just to learn 
Explore other worlds 


Hold 
Them and 
Read pages 
They'll bring for you 
Something nice and new 
You can...

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That pen just lies there on the pale white blank pad page__no activity; that sorry pen has O D on something dangerous_passed out_hardly breathing..Come on pen sit up_here sip on this strong coffee..That's it click,...

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