Long Get your act together Poems

You are still locked into an endless game and that is a shame, you are still locked into a mind game and the people are going insane. The cars are still running up and down...

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I write this letter to the members of the Legislative Branch of the U.S. government
to ask them do they comprehend it's their consitituents whom they're suppose to represent?
you were elected to serve the people in...

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Maxims for eyes, a cast of racing clouds, and a sky
What else could be wrapped in lexical display?
Climate crises, inflation, and dire behest worry me
Pale-blue slicing of an idle cul-de-sac and apathy

Seldom do I feel...

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I have been counting the days and nights,
23,427 so far,
no two exactly the same
just as no two snowflakes
precisely duplicate a common design structure.

Having received over 23,000 days and nights
to get my act together,
this day, right...

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Mommy, why do you keep putting that needle in your arm?
Why do you keep putting us at harm?
Mommy why do you keep putting that needle in your leg?
How many times do we have to plead...

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So!  You think you're ready to ’Bowl’ with the ‘Big Dogs?’
You think you got what it takes to hang?
This is no place to be if you are ’Weak of Lung’ 
or suffering from a...

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When this troubled world 
Gets you down so much
And you feel you need 
Someone to listen 
Loving arms for sanctuary
And a loving touch

It's hard to keep your balance
In such an unbalanced place
How can people not...

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Anxious and afraid I’ll run out of time
Betrayed so by illusions I held dear
Concerned with life’s approaching finish line
Disappointed deeply with my shortcomings
Envious secretly of other’s accomplishments
Forgiving towards myself never been my forte
Guilt I can’t...

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Once again I find you writing lines on someone you barely know.
What is it that you wanted, calling out to me in such a late hour?
Like the boy who cried wolf, you are! You got...

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My inside out friends

Let me tell you about the days I meet
My inside out friends such a treat.
Usually they mingled inside of my head,
With lots to say now a bit more is said.
I've been topsy-turvy...

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I want so much to cry ,
But my feelings I must conceal.
Hold back the tears from my eyes
And also this pain that I feel.
It's already been over a year now,
Why must I still dwell?
Why can't...

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World on a string
By Michelle Morris
23/11/2022

You want everyone to think
You've got the world on a string
But no one seems to realise
You're struggling with everything

All your parties and excess
Your fun and carefree attitude
Is a front for...

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what it means for marriage
what does it mean for us
what does it mean for
togetherness
since in love
we trust
it's it just the two of us
maybe that's a little 
to much to ask for
an assurance for sure
let's get...

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When I was young the stress clouds were more reliable, they came and went just like the light of day and the dark of night. As I got older, the stress clouds became more obstinate,...

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we must decide to stop pollution before it to late, natures struggling it won't wait! 
misuse of fossil fuel, deforestation, habitat destruction, plastics, failing to recycle is sealing our fate! 
that is what the green...

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heard from the parent who insists
that the person you just broke up with 
was the best one you ever had?
heard from the parent who tells you that
you’ve got to settle down, that you won’t always...

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Married to Mary for so many years,
Before our differences made us shed tears.
We took each other to the court for divorce,
Now separated and both full of remorse.
Six months have now passed full of sorrow,
Then I...

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I don't know what to do, I don't know where to start
they've told me I've got cancer and it's torn my world apart
they told me they could treat it, but they had to operate
I asked...

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Kermit went into space one day aboard that illustrious rocket X.
Miss Piggy wasn’t far behind, so as to be there with her man.
Those W.I.E.R.D. frogs of mine, came along, hitching, for the ride.
Can you imagine...

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It's a weird feeling just laying there staring at the cealing 
trying to figure out whats wrong and whats right 
if your lifes passed you by and your just fading into the night 
crying enough...

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Walking kindness
Living love
Smile like no other

You have been there from the start
By my side
Always

And now that I'm older
I'm on your side
If the world stands against us
I'm there for you

You are my prime
My emotions for you...

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I remember it like it was yesterday.
Knowing to myself she won't say yes to today. 
It was unrequited, but if I quit I know I would regret it. 
At times I know I'm not a...

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6-14-13

Emblazoned by her allure,
Enchanted by her change, the stir;
With many ingredients combined,
After a five course meal I've dined;
Many tastes of her to crunch,
During this many varied lunch;
Her voluptuous figure, stunning to gawk, but there's more,
More...

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Lately each morning I wake wanting to cry
Trying to figure it out
Don't know why

Pondering the cause, recounting yesterday
The day included cooking, cleaning
Nothing significant, everything okay

In the morning, at noon, at supper watched the news
Oh my...

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As a baseball fan in the Windy City,
one had to tolerate a lot of mediocrity.
If you followed the Cubs, you deserved a lot of pity.
What kind of baseball team were the Chicago Cubs?
Each season was...

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