Long Opportunity knocks Poems

Oxygen is depleting from what remains within the confines of which, a means to an end, lie guarded. Watch as hope disappears within the aftermath of this wreckage, which was constructed-meticulously seeking absolute perfection…; only...

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You might see me in the back streets
By the light of the full moon
With my look refined and cunning
I will almost make you swoon
Don't treat me as an enemy
Or fear me as a foe
Don't use...

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Some things change and some things won’t.
Some people care and others just don’t.
The situation I’m in unmistakably changed,
for one I was close to has now been estranged.
I was told when younger to think on my...

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Peasant girl was now a knight’s wife 
Enjoying the step up in life 
For a spell 
She left the desert in order for the two to gel 
One day working the romantic wishing well 
Relationship...

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You Never Know When It's Your Chance 

(Verse 1)
You get the chance of a lifetime 
And what do you do?
Do you take the opportunity 
Or have no clue 
If that door opens 
Would you walk...

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A Trembling Rose!

Such a trembling rose! She has something to hide, 
Feigns her cough hoping Prince will remain by her side, 
Though she loves him, in fact, she is loath to declare, 
Her connection to...

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I have a weakness for golden blond hair,
and light shade of blue in mascara eyes,
that new recruit in office next door,
I brushed past her as I came up a floor,
and she is got them, she...

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Don't count your days, make your days count for lost time is never again found.
If you want to see rainbows don't stare at the ground.

When everyone else walks out a friend will be first to...

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This is the day
The first one of this year
I will do alot of things
But I won't live in fear
My time is coming
My opportunity will knock
I want to receive my blessings 
Not have any of ...

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Giving up is the one thing that i simply can't afford

My words are my weapons and my pen is the sword

I have a message for my warrior sisters and brothers

Imagine a world where we all...

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"The Forest, The Lot and The Carpetbagger"

In the middle
of it all, in 
The Forest,
I was asked
by a soothsayer
to choose 
a number

1, 2 or 3. 

I said 
in all sincerity,
“that’s a bad number, 3.
someone always feels
left...

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Our wishes may add hope to a life of want, and comfort to a midnight dream,                   ...

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I never did like rhyming,
it's all in the darn timing.

Words now just pop out on their own,
all my good senses have simply flown.

Most of my pals don't speak anymore,
they find me such a big, dumb...

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People say I am like my mother.
            The apple did not fall far from the tree,
        ...

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 There is something missing in me 
No working program, empty chasing i see
Is this what i chose to be
Or this is what i am forced to be
I don't know now what is close to...

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in the bindings of fear,
though anger is distortion
a solution draws near
and this change is NOT contortion

i admit, and yet believe
there is much good to be drawn from bad
opportunity knocks, then it may leave
and this is...

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You wrote from your impassioned heart, dear Mama, 
An ode, or a sonnet, penned without undue drama. 
I sang your lyrics time and again, calling your name 
They were your legacy; they never sounded the...

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Written By:  D. Collins 2/2/16

Peculiar things happen trying to live out life.
It has no mercy.  You only get one strike.
Make no excuses and have no regrets.
There are no do-overs or second chance.

Life is...

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I’m off in swift pursuit of a long-held dream,
Ready to launch my well thought out scheme.  

Opportunity knocks but once seldom twice,
I hold my breath say a prayer and toss the dice.  

Mustn’t...

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From K to 12 there is that bell 
That goes off writing the word with the correct spell 
Run youngster class is over now have some fun 
When year fourteen rolls around 
Higher education academic...

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We all have our problems - Some more than others
Many times we take for granted - Our loved ones (husbands, wives, friends, 
sisters, brothers, fathers and mothers)

We get caught up in ourselves - Sometimes thinking...

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Are there robins hopping my frozen ground?
Sound of widowers voices all around.
Chilled to the bone, I make nary a sound.
My suit and tie are not keeping me warm.

Icy northern winds blowing in a storm,
I'm not...

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Opportunity knocks every corner I turn
I'ts up to me to uncover the stones
Every step that I take is pushed by strenght
of endurance and skills that are learned

Nothing is given for free I've been told
take when...

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The Crossroads of Life!

The crossroads of life—fate!
And there you wait.
For the sign that presents forth
The goals—that will guide your destiny.
The phrase is synonymous with challenge,
Bold adventure and decision-making
In achieving greatness,
Or to be the best that...

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Wishes can add comfort to midnight dreams
'Can Do Spirits' ignite success, it seems
Divine Providence removes sacred cows
And old habits and ways are not allowed
Changes are known to often cause us pain

Changes will uproot lots of...

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