Long Unwon Poems

We welcome the dawn and the dawn’s sun
Surrounding myself with hope till it’s all gone
A new day ‘round here has just begun
Enduring another night – a battle of bewilderment, 
A war left unwon till dusk...

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Threatening clouds above
Send in lightning of love
I rove through raindrops of fall
Overall, I’m feeling my way through trees so tall
The air is dissipating the despair in my heart
All along, you tried to fix my heart...

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growing up too soon

	you said: is there anything more excruciating than lagging behind
						being passed by
	a hasbeen
				still knocking on portals
twitching toes twirling thumbs
         in fidgety drawn-curtained waiting rooms

and...

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My mind is bewildered with strife
All my life, it cuts me like a knife
I'm sorry that I've given in to grief
These desires within never gave me relief

These voices in my head, once again,
Reduce me to...

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I hear an echo, echo, echo in my heart’s cage
I feel a halo, halo, halo in my mind’s blank page
Hear my silent radiance and my dandelion breeze
Feel the drums at the dead of night at...

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There’s Room for improvement
We are so full of encouragement
Disheartenment…is a destruction that needs construction
I am just here, trying to function but I hate your assumption
Of me…
Of me…

Don’t worry…it’s colder on my knees 
So, measure me...

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Laying down on the hospital bed...
Helplessly feeling so much dread...
I hopelessly dream away the sorrow,
Wishing there was another tomorrow

I'm sorry that I've let you down, Father
I apologize for the things that I've done
I'm sorry for...

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I don’t understand
Why you had me coming undone
Please take my helping hand
Why is our battles left unwon? 
We have only just begun

To understand where we stood
To understand we did some good
But…still don’t understand
I don’t understand

I...

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There’s something I cannot explain
We are on a different lane…
We’re in vain and full of disdain 
I’m sorry I caused you so much pain
I’m sorry if I hurt you so
If I did, you’d let me...

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The Pelican of the Endure

I sat down to rest on the longest day on a shallow shore
Pressed, the wind my face 
I counted the waves that lapped the minutes away
Till the grinding tide consumed the...

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Open Fields 


We are but paper planes to birdie wings 
songs left unsung 
 battles left unwon 

I am but a fly on the wall watching with objectivity my words may get misconstrued
But they stand...

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There seemed to be 
a hint of shadow 
Lurking behind her smile…
A certain tightness, to her touch
 
A Mona Lisa aura…
a mood of melancholia
As if there were some fear in her
Of betraying a bit too...

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and in a sleepless silent fog
memories burnt out in faded sun
ossified bones shape quaker guns
the past a needle of deeds undone
dusk another skirmish yet unwon

and fogbound in silent sleep
hypnagogic gagged and bound
susurrous floating low and...

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So very innocent, genteel, serene
A preschool teacher with a fiery heart…
And free of petty words or gestures mean,
A racehorse, all impatient for the start.
She won hearts yet unwon, with brilliant smile
And moved the most rough-hewn...

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