Long Some things are better left unsaid Poems

The Sun was acting rather strange
With the Moon and Stars concerned.
As it was not content to share the sky...
And not prepared to wait its turn.
So the sea was simmering and boiling hot
Without the night's return.

But...

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A smiling face I hope to see                            ...

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Life's lessons has taught me when and when not to speak,
It has also taught me that being silent doesn't make you weak.
Some things are better left unsaid,
Because at times it drags you behind instead of...

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Let my love cover you as my hands blanket every negative emotion

Because when it rains it pours and I usually forget my umbrella

But I’ll never forget your heart, so when I say things I don’t...

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Of energy that’s sent by you,
’Tis more than likely none gets through.
And when you wish upon a star,
The odds, more likely, aren’t than are.
And when you try to bring good luck,
things are as apt to...

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Frozen In Time - Grave Etchings On Their Faces - Nearly Fossilized Engravings


When words are hard to find  
When gravity gets in the way 
Never call them wrinkles in mixed company 
Lines form deep...

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Today slipped away from me
Who knows if I’ll ever get that back 

Not like I needed the hours anyways
for my mental capabilities 

Show me what I’m looking for
Show me what I’m looking for 

The day...

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Whatever goes on in their own mind,
Is what folks believe about you.
Whether it's fact or whether it's not,
They believe their own thoughts to be true;

And they'll spread those thoughts to others,
As though it's the gospel...

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Every life tells a story.
An open book of love, joy and mourning,
wind, rain and storming.
Search for the truth,
sweeter than the passion fruit.
Some things are better left unsaid.
Silence instead.
One less broken heart for me my friend.
Gone,...

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© Ben Burton 5/30/2016

"Paw-paw," the young man asked, "how come you never talk about the war
The one Dad told me you fought in, in 1964?"
The gray-haired man replied, through dejection in his eyes
"Some things are...

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I think your natural habitat is bed.
Although you do so nicely, 
in your kitchen, baking bread, 
and when at the dining table, 
can enjoy the cheapest red, 
still, I think your natural habitat is bed....

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Smiles, happiness and laughter 
 on the outside it is so fake 
 behind closed doors all a fight 
 just one enormus mistake 

 did they really think this through    ...

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Don’t hate me for the things I don’t say
Because if you really want me to
I will tell you one day
You might not want to know
The real feeling that are in my heart
It might be where...

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If only the love stayed
Love of devotion and grit
Why didn't the Love stay,
The Love I see best fit
You were here until you weren't 
Pushed through with all your might
You stayed until you couldn't
Maybe you were...

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