Refusals Poems - Poems about Refusals

Salty Brine of Turning Tide

...
torrents of tears flowed
when he saw a sea dragon
beached dehydrated
for he knows that it like him
could only shed tears on land

the tears were salty
welling from bag of sea brine
in the o...

Art of No

...The Dance of Celestial Bodies
When planets say "no" to collision,
Their orbits maintain ancient paths,
Gravity's eloquent boundary
Each celestial body knowing its space,
Dancing eternally apart ...

If I were a child again, I would learn to draw worlds from lines and curves of dreams

...If I were a child again, I would learn to draw worlds from lines and curves of dreams,
To breathe life into paper with colors intertwined in a silent and pure symphony,
But as an adult, I don't eve...

How-to-Forgive

...How does a person forgive in a world so cold?
Do they go on walk, once, thrice, or tenfold?
Or do they simply vanquish all the wrongs they recall?
For when meaning meant nothing yet everything of ...

Captain cook

...Captain cook


I built a ship in a vale of stones and thorny bushes
It took 24 years and more to set sail on a dream 
boat to China
I met her on the blue sea of Malaga, sailed on her 
til she ...

Work In Progress 7

...I never went looking for trouble it came looking 
for me.Bobby Long.He moved in around fourth grade.As far as he was concerned I was chum and he was Mr. Big Bad(albeit)cowardly shark.He picked me ca...

A Fools Crush

...I'm reaching for the unattainable,
Longed for it for so long,
It's all I can think, smell, taste or dream of,
He's beautifully flawed
And he's all I've ever wanted,
Full in touch,
But empty in ...

A Tiny Grain of Sand Part 2

...Water is the only visitor for us here it tickles
thunder and lightning signal their arrival drops form rivers as it trickles
The force of its power tries to shape us carves our prickles

Transfor...

Pathogen Given Provision

...Ocean girdled nation had prospect for absolute containment
Overseas observers, in distant comfort, complacent 
Wuhan origin arrivals sparked a catastrophic failure
Leaving lock down 25th January, ...

Unrequited Love and Sad Nightly Calls

...Unrequited Love And Sad Nightly Calls

Wherein solitude, shades long day's travails
my desire for your true love yet remains.
Nights arrive, I battle through living Hells
death knocking loud wit...

Thrice Denied

...Searching through the forest,
chasing dreams your sleep has wagered

And finding yourself in the mindless
spatial wasteland

You play two-handed poker
with the devil of your fright

The Prin...

Never

...Never let intelligence
Get in the way of good judgment
Never let excuses
Inside your dreams
Never let the refusals
Cancel out the invitations
Never let tomorrow
 —destroy today

(Villanova P...

Thrice Denied

...Searching through the forest,
  chasing dreams your sleep abandoned

And losing yourself in the mindless 
  spatial distance 

You play two handed poker
  with the devil of the night

The Pr...

Female Logic

..."FEMALE LOGIC"



last night 
I slept in her car, 
it wasn't because she kicked 
me out, it wasn't because I 
popped off at the mouth, it 
was because the security 
alarm was set. 
the mor...

Ever Cradled Love

...(This moment ...of today’s new found moon)

I am cradling the moment  
as I would cradle you ….if only you would let me
I have cupped it in my palm….in a small boat of white
…blue sails full of ...

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