Overtake Poems - Poems about Overtake

Holding On

...I’m holding on really tight,
An avalanche gives no warning
Nor does a sinkhole.
The deer and the hunter 
Have opposing objectives,

You’d think they would compromise.
I wake some nights holdin...

Rhythm of a River

...


river,

flow by my feet~

as waters of my mind 

do overtake and wet the page 

and droplets step-dance to create, backstage.

for manufactured, processed verse

could never...

like a breath of fresh air

...like a breath of fresh air...

and all things considered,
broadcast on national public radio
Frequency: 90.9WHYY-FM,
I (a liberal democrat)
counted myself as an avid fan
particularly listening...

Another day

...
                                            The day starts 
                                         Cozy and subdued
                                          Not in the stream
                ...

Blessed Be the Restorer of His Saints

...Blessed be the Lord God Almighty,
Who delivereth His generals from the snares of the enemy.

In their great fall, He forsook them not,
But upheld them with His hand and called them once more.
He...

Who Am I?

...I am the question mark 
at the end of prayers yet to be answered 
and life's last breath

I am the indecision 
of a silent breeze, always unsure of 
when the wind might overtake it

I am the ...

Dear Reader, P2, Please read the other parts as well

...I wonder what it would’ve been like to grow up differently. Perhaps with fewer mental roadblocks. Possibly with a brain that wasn’t constantly shifting channels without warning. I’ve been trying so h...

The sharp snap of branches masked the bark of distant dogs

...
A stolen life. A split-second decision.
Disorganised thoughts, jumbled—
Tangled around an anaesthetised cortex.
Clocks mockingly ticking,
Ticking down inevitability,
As a lone fly buzzes r...

MY OWN SHOE FIT

...Life came in one shoe fit
Determined to live and not quit
Made the wrong choices
Managed to overtake and make right
Achieved of value in knowing how establish
No question needed with answer
Fig...

This Life Was Never Mine

...I’m not sure where I belong anymore, or if I’m even meant to belong. I spend my days trying to live in the moment and continue living for the ones around me despite my want to leave this place. I’m n...

Pain--again

...I thought I ended this darkness, locking it in 
an abyss all its own.
Rain falls, growls of wolves echo,
snapping, gnashing their teeth at my heels.
Sister with outstretched hands, you wolf in sh...

When they are saying Peace and Safety 1 Thessalonians 5: 1-6 Q and A part two

...Q  What happens when they are saying, "Peace and Safety?"

A   then sudden destruction comes upon them as labor pains upon a pregnant
      woman.  And they shall not escape.

Q  According to 1 ...

your eyes

...As i bestow my eyes into your darkest sincerest eyes,
I feel calmness overtake my body,
As If I was looking into the night sea where the waves and shore are at peace and the moon glistens over,
An...

The World Has Been Cruel to You, Yet There Is Still Beauty and Meaning That Comes from You as Well

...
The wind has bruised your tender face,
And winter wrote upon your brow—
Yet in your eyes, I still can trace
A fire the world could not put out.

The stars have watched you weep alone,
Their s...

When I heard that the first would be last

...When I heard that the first would be last,
I was so completely aghast
that I slammed on my brake
and let those behind me overtake
my future, as I slipped into their past.
...

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