Long Shortfalls Poems

Inner Strength 

I gave up on me and never gave up on you. In the dimmest light, chance illuminates the real desire to fight. I could never feel justified or right, to take a stance...

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hear the phrase all of the time,
‘It doesn’t fit the narrative,’
used in news, academia,
and in political missives,
a phrase that I find curious
since so many do seem to yell
that the narrative they’ve chosen
outweighs even the world...

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A MOTH, A PORCH LIGHT, ALONE IN AN OPEN WINDOW---

Owning up to his shortfalls may be his most difficult task.
Tomorrow mirrors that reflection.
In thought, he begins his introspection.
Standing looking out the open window, a moth...

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Artificial Sentience

Another bad idea doing a number on the gist of guilt
Of nothing new, 
the same old talking points voodoo
Of everything left to prove
Of everything left to hide
Sides being taken, swilling back another last gasp
Zoning...

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...I say all this as a writer
who makes narratives all the time,
I love stories, they’re lots of fun,
and when done well they’re quite sublime.
But every time I write a tale
I cannot help but be aware
that...

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Oh that my art were of color or stone that through these hands I might bring to light the passions which lay within the depths of my soul, a soul outstretched in yearning to be...

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When a person promotes abortion
telling nothing but lies surely that in itself is a direct product of hate speech 
The cloak and dagger of pity 
reality has many masks behind a veil of masked deception
hiding...

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TEAM OF CHAMPIONS ENDURING

"When faced with obstacles, failure is imminent, seek opportunities to succeed" - Floyd Neal

Team of Champions Enduring
we started with differing perspectives,
anticipating a perceived failure, 
accepting the opportunity to excel. 
Teamwork makes the...

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When I Google you,
I recognize the struggles and muggles you face,
I recognize the brutalities and the scars from decades of suppression and oppression which you endure;
The broken promises, failings and shortfalls;

I recognize the enormous work...

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There is one thing a liar hates calling it poison 
and that is to be educated by the truth 
morally wisdom has superior knowledge based on fact 
We can cast shadows over everything when justifying...

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A life of burden and heavy loads
Protracted suffering and dead end roads
What crimes have I committed 
That my fates are predisposed
To lonely pain, waves of rain
From endless storms of woe
I’ve faced down demons, slaughtered fears
More...

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You always catch me when I seem to fall
When my world turns dark and gray
I just say the Lords prayer
To get me back on my way

When I am lost in disarray
I find the answers when...

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Those of our christian rights drew us a beautiful picture 
perfectly placed within family values 
Father and Mother related

To worship the Child an Infant conceived Sacred
teaching every single one the parables of this life 
with...

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Those of our christian rights 
drew us a beautiful picture 
perfectly placed within family values Father and Mother related
To worship the Child an Infant conceived Sacred
teaching every single one parables of this life 
with deeply...

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If you quit, they will take your investments?
they think you’re past your prime?
They’re ruthless?  Let’s do a reassessment. 
Once upon a time…
Used to be, you would wake up full of pep
You’d race up the...

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My Christmas Dream is for a
More peaceful and calm world 
For all of mankind as the clock  
Of the twenty-first century ticks
Away before us and all of us seek
To meet the many daily challenges...

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The door is open,
To the month that precedes the year's end,
The curtains have given way,
The eleventh month has taken the stage,
A transition to the change of time and season.

The plans for the year are brought...

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Flowing through the space 
Of my new found existence. 

I am no longer chained 
To the mortal shortfalls 
Of my mortal being 

Freed from the trivial pursuits 
Of mans blind ambitions 
And false dreams 
Of...

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When I pause and seek to listen,
    To that voice that's deep inside.
My search often finds only silence,
    As if intuition has abandoned and died.

This moves me to sounds...

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