Long Honest to god Poems

Don’t be fooled by me.
Don’t be fooled by the face I wear
for I wear a mask, a thousand masks,
masks that I’m afraid to take off,
and none of them is me.

Pretending is an art that’s second...

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‘so glad ya made it out alright,’ she says.
‘i’m feelin’ a whole lot better knowin’ that the crops’re bein’ taken care-uh.”
you nod, smile politely
and step out of your car straight into drying mud.
‘i just don’t...

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Little Bird

The little bird wants to fly high 
In the midst of the wonderful sky
We keep them in the prison 
that’s thy only Reason

The little bird wants to fly high 
In the midst of the...

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I walked by a homeless man on the street,
you know the one who had no food to eat-
He gasped for air just for change or bottles to collect,
when the passerby walked on and did neglect,
raggedy...

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Eight years since I picked up a drink,
rock bottom hit me
           as hard as a wall-
I’ve had ninety-six months to reflect and think,
but before you...

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I've grown rusty and unused to summoning words from a blank page - but FINALLY - there's something new to describe. School (11th grade) is over - at last - and... more.

There's a party tonight...

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I saw a burial with a bugler playing taps;
I turned to my father, “what happened?” I asked.
He clutched my hand and with a quiver in his voice,
he began to explain and his eyes became moist.

“My...

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1.Fill me up, I am always lacking.
Consumption, the name of the game.
The hunger devours the horse,
fattens me to the core.
I'm about to burst...
Always empty,
yet full of
loveless
fear.

2. My my what a big piece of the pie!
Pension...

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As we ransack Grandma's jumbled attic 
in her  blatant old house,
numerous ladybugs and even a mouse 
snared in yellow dust, layered thick.

A rusty dress form displays only a hat
and a distant wall sports a...

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Qualities and virtues.
Qualities and virtues of my own.
To be honest I don’t think that much of myself;
Some people seem to differ.
I can write,
I’ve won every writing contest I’ve entered.
I love to sing,
I don’t quite like...

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Despite unrelenting love, life eternal, we, a nation, stray away.
We choose to keep our sinful burdens, hide our guilty face.
God should be our focus - through darkest night till breaking of day.

We try alone, in...

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Heres comes the nervous breakdown,
quick depression into slow anxiety.
Heres comes the nervous breakdown,
swallowing pity of yourself.
Heres comes the nervous breakdown,
cold heat shaking your bones.
Heres comes the nervous breakdown,
aching brain, twitching veins.
It's the nervous breakdown
with explosive...

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Generations of warmongers spew their lies
outward into the waiting abyss of greed
as the adult throng of drones 
buzz the factories and the farmlands, 
carpenter ants wasting the bounty of mother earth.

And we ..children of the...

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In the fifties, my sister and I would play store;
selling ice cream and candy just like our grandpaw.
Granny let us delve into her spare button box
where we found the coins for our special cash drawer.

We...

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The rage I feel now is boiling inside, pressure in my head

I have never liked this feeling when I’ve felt it before, too close to being dead

I am tormented between jealousy and guilt, not sure...

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why cant the pain
burst in the release of anguish 
threw my ears
threw the eyes
down the road 
of so many lies
so many tears
wasted time
hours in the dark looking to see
crying to feel something that isnt there
to...

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For about a million mile time
this heart that ache
A broken some year back
Enemy men
flirty women
would tease and ridicule
and call me some rude 
to get this egg to finally crack

The pain of being lonely boy
sitting on...

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What i feel inside for you is unexplainable,
you are just that type of angel that can turn my life around.
When i met you, and looked into your green eyes,
I knew that i would fall in...

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vibrant splendors
sweet embrace
singing hope
will relieve
and believe
breathless scope
inspires grace
raining wonders

brilliant blushes, like sunshine dreams
echo laughter through souls
silence doubts and fears, tears
reassure joy, insight
bring kindness into light
promising beauty, cheers
honest faith God controls
such stunning blooms go to extremes



A...

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There is no match for the little things 
Honest to God
Nothing can bring me more joy 
Than those little things 

A whiff of a scent I knew years ago
Just for a second 
Takes me back...

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need to go back

return to winnie the pooh, 
cinderella, hide and go seek 
at dusk screaming, giggling  
beneath the sun’s ruddy demise
 
Marshall, laying in the ditch.
 out of sight I run right over...

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