Retry Poems

I Know I'm Depressed

...When all I want to do is cry?
Even while immersed in this high.
When all I want is to die
With little to no reasons as to why.

When all I want is to lie,
Say "I'm okay," so they won't pry.
Wh...

Tasty Morsels

...
Tasty morsels may swim by 
I’ll just duck down and check it out 
Instead, a big fish I do spy 
Tasty morsels.

Although this looks like a brown trout 
Or maybe it is a walleye 
They’re far t...

As an underdog given a short leash on life

...As an underdog given a short leash on life

alternately titled give one targeted scapegoat a break,
an unquenchable thirst for moolah before I wake
from nightmare of computer hackers. 

I tread...

On becoming a night owl

...On becoming a night owl...,
no matter whether or not ya give a hoot

especially after feeling super charged
watching the second night of 
Democratic National Convention conclave
ushering a hint...

Blemished Love

...her piggie died my 
   love denied
she cried I
   cried 
alone by her
   side
honesty 
  decried
never should've 
   lied
perhaps death has
    died 
retry 
retry
retry re-
try.
...

Leaving a book incompletely read tantamount to being sacrilegious

...Preface: 
On February 4, 1861,
the seven states that had seceded
by this point convened and created
the Confederate States of America
under the leadership of Jefferson Davis.

Just under two m...

I Didn’t Say Goodbye

...When you died
I did not cry
Not a single tear
Fell from my eye
I ask myself every day
I ask him why?
I miss you
And I'm not going to lie
I hope you're in heaven
I hope that you can fly
I di...

Negative Thoughts

...
Negative Thoughts
Miracle Man
1/26/2024

My advanced years is teaching me,
about looking back & questioning why?
I made some rational decision one day,
that now, years later, has no ...

Stoic Stance

...Laboured breathing and bones weary
Yet vibrant heart, far from dreary
Gentle eye, echoing love’s sigh
Soul’s stoic stance, seems so eerie

To be as such, fear forms must die
That flag of love a...

Getting High

...
  I was too busy getting high,
to raise my kids.
  I kept getting high,
over what I did.

  I was too busy getting high,
to do the right thing.
  As you get older regret,
burns, bit...

Gott, Oh Machtig, Trump Iz On the Warpath Again

...Gott, oh mächtig, Trump iz on the warpath again!

Glad for birth write to express views
aware cunning linguists 
will apply figurative screws  
in an effort at blatant mud slinging ruse
exercis...

Finishing Strong

...
Finishing Strong
Miracle Man
Sept. 4 2023

“It isn’t how you start but how you finish”,
so never sit idly letting time creep by.
Do meaningful things as your days diminish,
for God g...

We Are More

...Let's not wait for tomorrow
When we have lot of hours today
Let's not miss yesterday
Breathing in lot of sorrows

Heroes will always pass
Records will always crash
Those on a mission
Are the ...

On a Tree-Two Parakeets Perch - First Place Contest Winner

...Two parakeets, perched on a tree,
Their vibrant feathers dance free.
With beaks chirping, they seem to be
Engrossed in a conversation, just as you foresee

Intrigued, I pause and ret...

That Fear

...THAT FEAR
Fear is just a illusion
It creates just a confusion, 
Fear brings thought in mind
It can lead us to decline.

Year by year fear is out of gear 
By the times its impossible to bear 
...

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