When we arrived in a new world after crossing the sea.
We were all seeking independence and an opportunity.
Families would find it challenging, making it rough.
With a lot of hard work, it would provide enough.
The intention of this progress was to add more.
Not just more for those who are money's whore.
The patriots understood social contracts you see.
They left us with a limited government, and liberty.
We are now waking up and taking a look at privation.
The question is what happened to the state of our nation.
Regretfully, "we the people" were sleeping, fast asleep.
Our eyes were closed and there was not even a peep.
Are we completing a circle of Representative Democracy.
Taking us back to a place where patriots fled, Autocracy.
Still angry are those from all those revolutions from long past.
There is greed wondering how long this democracy would last.
Will America, the land of the free, be taken without firing a shot.
With no invaders, are we being destroyed from within, we forgot.
Edward J Ebbs 02/11/2025
A dream doesn't happen overnight it takes a lot of hard work to make it become a reality
Love should be eternal and always worth fighting for
If someone shows up to disrupt this, quickly show them the door
The two things you need most for a wonderful life together are love and trust
Always being there for them when they need you and showing respect for each other is a must
A strong relationship takes time and a lot of hard work to create
By not listening to the person's problems, you will be making a grave mistake
A commitment to each other needs to be fulfilled every day
Without it this is the main reason people get up and walk away
Words mean nothing unless it is accompanied by actions and you follow through
If you hurt your partner's feelings just apologize, it is the right thing to do
Your time as a couple needs to be full of joy and happiness
Without this being a part of it you will just continue to swing and miss
On Christmas Eve, good children wait with glee
for what dear Santa leaves beneath the tree.
But think about dear Santa Claus because
there is a lot of hard work that he does!
You hang your stockings up for something sweet.
But do you know he’d also like a treat?
So here is something good that you can do.
Leave out some milk for him – and cookies too!
Oct. 12, 2021
For Eve Roper's Nursery Rhyme Poetry Contest
if I were famous
I would be humble
spiritual bless
might sometimes stumble
but never crumble
all glory is His
I have to be true
to myself, I do.
are we not all famous
for all our accounts
in society, treating all with respect
all takes a lot of hard work
it's a great responsibility
to others and ourselves
2/18/2021
We tend to dwell on what we are not,
And fail to notice that which we've got.
You've talents and skills that you haven't tried,
Abilities that others have tried to belie;
Skills and strengths, imagination,
Creativeness, determination,
So many reasons to believe,
That we can actually achieve,
The things of which we've always dreamed,
Those things are closer than they seem.
In fact it's practically guaranteed,
You have it in you to succeed.
Preparation is the key.
Don't try to grasp all that you see.
One goal at a time, don't be in a hurry,
And you can avoid un-needed worry.
It's a lot of hard work and you'll feel like a drone;
But you just keep on keepin' on.
We tend to dwell on what we're not,
And fail to notice what we've got;
Skills and Strengths, imagination,
Creativeness, determination;
So many reasons to believe,
That we can actually achieve,
The things of which we've always dreamed.
Those things are closer than they seem.
In fact it's practically guaranteed,
You have it in you to succeed.
You've talents and skills that you haven't tried,
Abilities others have tried to belie.
Preparation is the key,
Don't try to grasp all that you see.
One goal at a time, don't be in a hurry,
And you'll avoid un-needed worry.
It's a lot of hard work and you'll feel like a drone,
But you just have to keep on keepin' on.
You have to have stick-to-it-tive-ness.
It's the key to your goal, it's the key to success.
you think it's easy
maybe your heart
doesn't bruise as quickly
maybe your mind
is a bastion of confidence
thick skinned indifference
maybe it's easier for you
could be true
As for me? Well…
I like to stay clear
"once bitten"....20 times as shy
the reason why?
it's not so easy for me
this survival thing, you see
takes a lot of hard work
and my heart is replete
with burdens and cares
my gut wrenched poetic wares
only incite unfeeling stares
the reader unaware
apathetic animosity
guised in hilarity
isn't for me...
No, it's not as easy for me
to pretend I don't care
when my soul I bare
so I don't dare
let anyone come back round
who has ground me into the ground
once before
well….not now
not anymore
it's not as easy for me
so just.....
just please….let it be.
Eileen Manassian
Truth is a treasure
hid in the sand
I’m always gonna keep
digging and digging
Flashing my searchlight,
looking and looking
I’m forever on the treasure hunt
Being a truth prospector is hard work,
you gotta go sift thru a lot of dirt
Caked up lies, built over time ...
buried so deep,
making the truth so very hard to find
But when you hit the mother lode
Eureka!
Found truth is pure gold
Truth is my reward,
veracity is my prize
But it takes a lot of hard work
digging thru a mountain of lies
It’s spiritual backbreaking work,
sifting through a ton of dirt falsehoods
to find those nuggets of golden good
So please, when you bury me
alongside my shovel,
shed no tears of grief ...
I’ve dynamited a lot of devils
I will always keep digging for the truth,
ain’t gonna let some hard dirt lies
discourage me
Not when there’s treasures to be found
hidden underneath my feet
Truth is my reward —
I’ve staked my claim ...
I truly hope you find yours
I am a worker full time.
Every day, twenty four seven.
Most people are, yet they don't realize it.
The jobs are tough, and they take a lot of hard work.
I am always waist deep in work and thoughts.
I am a daughter,
Bound to do my best at everything,
Bound to be polite and kind,
Bound to be the best me I can be.
I am a sister,
Bound to take care of my sibling,
Bound to love and be loved.
Bound to fight for protection.
I am a girlfriend,
Bound to care for my other,
Bound to understand and be understood,
Bound to love with everything I can muster.
I am a student,
Bound to be perfect,
Bound to make honors,
Bound to get 100's only.
I am an athlete,
Bound to show up,
Bound to push the bounds,
Bound to be first.
I am a musician,
Bound to love my product,
Bound to learn and figure it out,
Bound to play what I want.
I am an artist,
Bound to be creative,
Bound to put time into everything,
Bound to listen to me.
I am a worker full time.
Every day, twenty four seven.
Most people are, yet they don't realize it.
The jobs are tough, and they take a lot of hard work.
I am always waist deep in work and thoughts.
Let's blame the American's for our problem's
They gave us loans and left us in debt
Let's blame the American's for our problem's
they should give us more money
Yet who gave the American's wealth
Who gave the the American's Money
their people built factory's
those factory's built job's
Those job's built wealth
did the American's blame you for their poverty
no their success was built on a lot of hard work
success is not given it's earned
did you help build your factory's
did you help create your job's
did you help build your country's wealth
It's easy to blame other's
But anger leads to violence
learn to take responsibility for yourself
creating the factory's creating the job's
will lead to the end of starvation
take away the problem
and perhaps we can find peace
blaming other's leads to war
working hard leads to success
I asked a teenager
"what do you want to be
when you get older"
The Teenager replied
"I want to be a mai·tre d'
and own my own restaurant"
"Have you got a plan"
"No" he replied.
"To succeed you need a plan"
"To be the mai·tre d'"
"you need to study Hospitality"
"To gain the skills required"
"To own your own restaurant"
"you need to find a job and then"
"you need to learn to save"
"You can do it"
"People have done it"
"success takes a lot of hard work"
Baby, My love, please listen to my heart,
You keep doing things to me without thinking,
And it tares my heart apart,
Which always brings me to my knees,
But sometimes it's like you don't care,
What you keep doing to my life,
Even though everyone else knows,
What you are doing cause they can see.
So, if you ever wonder why,
Things never work out with,
Anyone else before,
You always need to see,
The person you have become,
Cause you're not the person I once knew,
Or fell deeply in love with,
And after all this time,
I feel you are not the person you can be.
Search your heart and your life,
And see what it is you really want,
And what it will really take,
For you to get it in your life and keep it,
And if you don't work hard enough,
It will leave you empty by your own mistakes.
It takes a lot of hard work,
Between two people,
To make things work out,
And if either of the two gives up,
Before their time,
Things will crumble to the ground,
Which will hurt more than just one person,
Cause sometimes there are other's involved,
Which means hurting the little one's is never kind.
Trying to become a new man
Requires a lot of hard work.
Alterations could become perks,
Noticed by both old and new fans.
Switch your form, whenever you can,
From the appearance of a jerk,
Or character flaws that may lurk;
Realigned to fit your new plan.
Make up your mind to make a change,
Again and again, for the best.
Take a position in your range,
In your direction, or your nest.
Opening your heart might feel strange.
No excuse can rescue your chest!
We pledged our vows before God and man,
But to have and to control was your only plan.
you wanted a mother certainly not a wife ,
Your verbal abuse nearly destroyed my life.
You wanted to be a father but only in name ,
This was all part of your devious game.
An uncaring parent that's what you were ,
Blood is thicker than water don't you know?
Whenever you sow your seeds,
You nuture them and ensure that they grow.
Marriage is not a fairy tale,
Where dreams just come true,
It's a lot of hard work and committment
you have to put in too.
So ponder on that before you answer the Lord,
Because as you know, he'ii always detect a fraud.
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