Overwork Poems

I'm All That and an Appreciative Hat

...I'm just an old-fashioned, flannel lumberjack shirt.
My father was some overalls, a farmer of dirt.
I'm a worn out and holey pair of cotton socks,
An unwanted sweater, packed away in a box.

My ...

I never have a title because they are always off the top

...well not again no not just yet, but then again, I mean maybe, why not, 
       so now its back to yes. I dont know what I am fixing to say but I know
       there us about to be so new content. if ...

Lost

...I’m lost. 

It’s nothing new, I just sit around and overthink, overcompensate, over complicate, overwork the brain but it has its limits. 

I see now what I do, how I am, who I become when I’m lo...

Slow Down To Go Farther

...It’s not hard work that kills a man,
But overwork shortens lifespan.
Indolence also does the same,
No work sure makes a person lame.

Many, in order to gain clout,
Work so hard, they wear thems...

Boredom

...Sometimes I feel boredom settling in like dust,
Shrouded in the island of a single thought-
Works to be done and lying unfinished.

There are obligations one cannot wriggle out.
As a...

Soothing Stress

...With the chalk, 
Teachers' hearts knock
Students flock;
Goats, we overstock
And sheep, we unlock! 

With our talks, 
Teachers' mouths stalk
Lazy students' works, 
Discipline the ones that ba...

Command

...Disclaimer: My account got deleted a few months back so I am reuploading my poem "Command"


Oh honey, you ‘ain't doing it right
We all learn where our place is at home
I guess its my fault for ...

Solitary Horse

...He played in the hills that day,
And in the evening he heard the call to gather,
And he came running,
Eager that he might learn.

He listened to the older horses:
No horse is lucky till dead .....

Mind-Body Tires

...
Mind-body tires, causing stupor
Why then overwork mind
Make unending playful caper
Free from desires that bind

Awareness unbroken
Needs ego forsaken
That we now awaken

Heart ...

If a Flaming Pterodactyl Ate My Homework

...One day I went to school without doing homework
Out of tension mind went berserk
How could I forget I was such a jerk 
Scared of teacher from homework would never shirk

In class teacher asked a...

Freeflow Vol 1

...5...

4...

3...

2...

1... lets go

Tick Tock Tick Tock, time can be a blur, we all need to enjoy each minute, each second that much I can concur, before I go on I apologize if my words a...

Slavery's Children

...The lines were blurred for prisoners who slaved
in mines or rowed the heavy wooden ships
for years, while overseen by men depraved,
who tormented and drove with leather whips.

As lines were cro...

All That 'I Am' - Revisited

...All That ‘I AM’ - Revisited

Let all that ‘I AM,’ yes, my pulp, seed, and cover,
from dreams long misplaced to the fears, I’m resisting
(though friends think them offal). My eye’s tears from mote...

What Was the Human Error

...Was it the death of the child,
playing in the busy street,
where traffic frequently exceeds speed limits,
in neighborhoods like this one,
even in summer evenings when children gather
with stick ...

Letter To Me

...Dear self-conscious, enthusiastic, helper girl,

My words of advice to you are to take one day at a time.  For even your worst day, is only 24 hours.  There are so many times you will feel trapped,...

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