Outran Poems - Poems about Outran

...I was born into darkness, a world full of lies, Sold by the one meant to shelter my cries. In the hands of strangers, my worth was defined By the hunger for drugs, my body confined. A child tur......

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...Did you see the showman, His act a lion he outran! Let me tell you how it all began, When in youth he lived in a van. Where the lion hunted, For food it was confronted. A sad tale it resulted......

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...I grew up blind The kind that fades away with the gaping eye of knowledge word on the tip of every patriotic tongue was independence Little did my shut brain know, sham was a better word for it ......

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...The McCormick family loves wheels We like bikes, trikes, mopeds and motorcycles We like Fords, Chevys, Lincolns and Cadillacs. We are also racers. Others watch the Indianapolis 500 We like dri......

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...I was smote by words As a soldier with bullets ‘Til I harnessed their power And they slight retreated lest I would fire back Then they came for my freedom But they did not prevail; No rig......

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...Posing for cameras That ran out of film months ago Realizing this time I made it to December without cutting my hair I struggle to stay in the moment And dream of next year Of “getting out” ......

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..."Every struggle in my life has been a lesson and made me stronger." ~Constance La France. I think I am going out of s......

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...moved around so fast outran traces of my past contacts I'd amassed with little hesitation lost sight of situation not stabilizing life without compromising 'til next uprising left holding t......

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...New stars are born from those that die as pearly revenants on high to occupy the vaulted sky stelliferous to earthly eye. When Sun shall lose its healing glow that shines upon our world below ......

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...If my story be told, Lord, I’d have to confess, I’m a rattlesnake scoundrel, no more and no less. But I’ll bet even Jesus forgives me my vice. Seems we both lost our shirt on a throw of the dice. ......

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...Part 3 Long story short, Let's cut to the chase. To where the end of the day, Marked the end of the race. And as the sun set, Who did they all see? Cresting the hill, It ... wasn't .......

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...Step 1: Admitted we were powerless and that our lives had become unmanageable. But I admitted that long before your lips knew my name. I shook hands with the darkness and deals had already been mad......

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...Like the sun lights up the sky, A little girl when she was born, She snuggled right into our hearts With heaven's sparkle in Her eyes stole her papa's heart. He became her nanny and cradled......

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...He ran, he raced, he got up and fled, He sped from the thoughts in his mind, He had to escape from his tormented world, Evading the things he would find, From the demon herself living deep in......

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...For This Is The Story, An Old Poet Sought Not To Miss (Part One) I've ate Eden's last apple, coveted Jason's* golden fleece chained myself in caverns of darkness, begging no release refused mi......

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