Long Shirt off his back Poems

"A Tribute to Heather "
It all started 38 years ago
December 11 
An angel was sent from heaven 
From the time she came out the womb
She was special , she was unique
she was a queen
she lit...

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Gregory
You made  yesterdays news, invoking fears
You were found on the streets
Discarded and left to die alone
Thrown away like a piece of garbage with little thought
An inconvenience, as you struggled for your life
So many questions...

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6/26/22


Easy or difficult to see right
Got rest with ease or a struggle to sleep at night
Always rude or someone that actually treats life
Like it's precious, regardless if others will never be nice
You're in the clear...

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I'd give you the shirt off my back
But only because I'd need you to like me
The eyesore that is your beat up honda in the driveway 
I said I would call but I can see...

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The city is a strange place.
People shifting, walking lines and punching time cards.
Strangers looking, their eyes and mind in their own little worlds.
A woman on her cell phone.
A man in his car.
A couple holding hands...

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Why do I care more about others than myself?
Isn't a rightful liaison a duty to give away a joy that
isn't perspicuously mine or should it be considered so? 
And that brings up this poignant and...

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I’m a man of my word,
I always do my best to keep every promise,
and I never make a promise I know I can’t keep
I’ll give you the shirt off my back if you really do...

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WHAT WOULD YOU DO if you
Found out your best friend was dying
Of cancer, would you stay with them
To the end or would you turn around
And run faster than the speed of light...
Well and WHAT WOULD...

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I have an ugly friend
Who scares me once in a while
On the outside he's quite happy
Enthusiastic with a smile

He's filled with positive thoughts
And will give the shirt off his back
Hard working and steadfast
Of ambition he...

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I can do anything threw Christ , by his stripes i am healed
His shield protect me , and if they don't yield when they see my shield they don't respect me
I would give someone the...

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For as long as I can remember,
I was the quiet one…
The defiant one….
The one who loved to be loved.
I was the one who gave the shirt off my back,
The one who would dry my friends’...

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Miss Conceal 
Miss Conceal
A Poem by Lori Mack

Miss Conceal 

I do everything not to feel. 
This weight is way too real. 
Too much I can't reveal. 
Just call me Miss Conceal. 

You may have seen...

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At home he was considered a black sheep
In spite of that an overflow of kindness from his veins did seep
At school was always considered an outcast
He didn't ever seem to mind always being chosen last
During...

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The twins are all combined into one individual that fight a constant battle to play 
to come out to fill with emotions that neither one could truly explain.
 Friendly or very unkind will never know...

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Crowded amongst loved ones
But feeling lonely within
Shrouded in silence
While surrounded by din

The pain encompasses
It's all I am it seems
It rules my emotions
And shatters my dreams

I want to break free
But what can I do
My soul paces...

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I am the Grinch,
I'm not green with envy.
My heart is not two sizes to small,
Or made of coal,
With demons in my soul.
I am the grinch,
With hatred for an overrated holiday.
Based upon nothing,
But money and greed.
Family...

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He was a gentle giant
Big with a bigger heart
He had a difficult ailment
Alcohol and drugs in part

He gave his shirt off his back
With a unconditional love
Without leaving out a fact
He told stories sent from above

His...

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It’s a problem that I see time and time again,
An issue that’s so rampant throughout lots of schools.
Although some (culprits) victims may be children of your friends,
You should not encourage them to think that they’re...

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Friends and family can remember you, 
over the years for your kindness,
generosity and faithfulness, a true 
gentleman…

Friends have told how they keep 
coming back to those memories…

You were a good man and a good friend,
...

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A friend of mine,a fellow truck driver,
Had passed away.
He was heading home to his family,
And had a heart attack along the way.
It takes a special person,
To drive one of these rigs down the road,
John was...

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Life is what you make of it.
You can be in the arena or in the sidelines to sit.

Help a fellow brother, let them know you care.
Bring hope for someone that is in despair.

Give the shirt...

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Have you ever met somebody
That you can go to when you're angry
Sad,depressed or even lonely
Who will hold you in their arms 
Like a mother holding her baby

They're not even related to you
They don't care what...

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Logic tells me one thing,
my heart tells me another,
this confuses often,
why am I such a lover.

It's not just women I love,
everyone knows,
anyone has problems,
I am the place they go.

I'd give the shirt off my back,
If...

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Born a year after her crowning, named after the Queen
   My sister had no luck, her life short and mean
Academically and behaviorally in trouble at school
   A royal rebel was 'Liz;'...

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"Spectacles, Testicles, Wallet & Watch,"
and everyone laughed, as he pointed
to each location.
Irreverent,
to some,
but in the rhythm,
a silent prayer.

No God could control him;
have him tow the line,
put fear of retribution,
or threaten him to a life
stoking the...

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