Something Sweet
I want something sweet
Pestered by my brain
It’s like a recurring tweet
I am trying to refrain
Something sticky like toffee
A gooey dessert of delight
To eat with a cup of coffee
Resisting with all my might
A chocolate bar or wafer
To ease my craving buds
Apple would be much safer
But it tastes like fairy suds
I am waiting for 4 o’clock
The Sunday shops stop calling
My will as solid as a rock
My glucose level’s falling
The pride of not succumbing
A passing of this test
I should be very happy yet,
My brain’s becoming a pest.
David Cox 13/04/25
Categories:
resisting, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme
the stoic resilience
must stay lit...
But I need to keep my guard closed
and extreme caution...
With a little luck to help
to buy the ticket for
a future insurance to come!
It's not time to relax yet!
Categories:
resisting, adventure, allusion, appreciation, extended
Form: Free verse
(form 5-7-5 kawanagi)
no ties no bindings
want nothing short of freedom
take no prisoners
Posted on April 29, 2018
Categories:
resisting, freedom, friendship love, youth,
Form: Free verse
RESISTING
the romance
stirring
the horses stampeding
warm sands kiss
the nights in rodanthe*
whisper of blue
hearts angry
hurting
eyes open wide
see you
as the storm hits
its precipice
letting fingers slide
past falls away
and the wise waves
dance
swaying with grief
drawing close
all the love
you can embrace
in a memory
box
carved from
a twisted limb
the suffering
of a wooden cross
did you forget, he
saw you
looked upon your tears
...your fears
all your years
...your loss
he saw you
at the beginning
...at the end
driftwood healed
...purified gold
7/11/2017
free verse
*Poem inspired by movie ‘Nights In Rodanthe’
Categories:
resisting, grief, love, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
So foolish a thing it is
to look past what is today
for tomorrow can't be known
no matter what one may say
Better not to consider this
for all boasting is vain
learn much from proverbs wisdom
such treasures learn to attain
Indeed what tomorrow will bring
today we indeed cannot know
better to leave it to God alone
who controls all things here below
So learn to trust in the almighty
in all things large and small
for He alone created everything
even tomorrow's events whatever will befall
AUTHOR NOTES: 'Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring'. Proverbs 27:1 NRSVA
Categories:
resisting, bible, religious, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme
Earth falling towards the sky,
Another final, frantic cry.
Turning and twisting inside and out.
The clocks are ticking, there is no way out.
A death of a man, than a woman and child.
Bodies everywhere falling into the aisle.
Hoping and praying that you are skipped.
Off goes the clock still, tick, tick, tick.
The moon turns red and the sky goes dark.
Up from the dead bodies rise their beating hearts.
Tables fly against broken walls,
Than you hear it, no one can resist the call.
Begging, lies, heartache, help.
And softly it is closed, the door to hell.
The fire now burns the bodies of those who are dead.
The clock is still ticking, you are next.
Categories:
resisting, dark, fire, holocaust, murder,
Form: Rhyme
Two questions: Are you living?
Playing, laughing, and smiling
Joyous, loving, and happy
Whatever you do in life, do it right
Or are you just resisting?
Working, praying, and stressing
Afraid, thinking, and angry
Be careful, live full, the rest of your life
Form: Parise Pariku
Categories:
resisting, fear,
Form: Verse
So, demon then, think not you’ve won
I’m not your prisoner, you hold no key
I chose my options with careful thought
I will not be yours, rather, be set free
Know this for certain, you have no hold
No more to tempt me, I will not sway
I’ll find my way to escape the cold
But, not through you, no not today
As I will live, I’ll struggle too
But I will never give in to you
Categories:
resisting, imagination, life
Form: Rhyme