Health Sacrifice Poems

In the dimly lit corners of her existence,
She lingered, a ghost in the midst of persistence.
From the womb, she was marked, a black sheep born,
Destined...

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The mother loved him before she met him. 
On days when her love posed a threat 
She gambled with her health 
And cradled him against...

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She wakes up early, before the sun,
Her job as a housewife has just begun.
Cleaning and cooking, laundry and more,
She works all day, till her body...

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Girls Gone Wild
Careful, you may just have a child 
Drugs and alcohol plague the alleyway 
Stay away as there is a price to pay
Is the...

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Lost in episodes of an early past,floating on a breeze of silver masts.The maroon crimson nights,the passion of onyx lights.The presence and the thrill of...

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I’ll envision for you
The end of unsightly things
So you see only the
Beauty memories bring.
I’ll strengthen the love in your heart
So as the light fades
There’s no...

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For some men, she is Angel,
For others, she is Rose.
Short clothes cladding her toned body,
They shout and scream and call her honey.
After all, she is...

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The cherry that I planted close by the brick church wall. 
That cherry tree is not one wood, not all one wood at all. 
It...

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“Don’t panic, but we’re all in panic due to this pandemic,
I’ve been ‘midst our fellow-beings gripped with Covid-19,
I treated my fellow-citizens with the Divine courage...

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Lovingly Dedicated to Billy and Kyle


I dedicate all of my living days to you, my sun;
my heroic, special-needs son, my tender love and bond.
 ...

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what happened to you? usually it wouldnt phase you. 
you seem different, distant, resistant.
you've changed. 

is there anything i can do to help? 
slowly you're...

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S taying up late making 
tamales
A n afternoon poker game
C ramming together in a small 
house
R eminding the young ones 
how bad we used to...

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In the end,
Her body too frail...
She looked for another way to live.
A world I can help...
If only I give myself.
Prod me,
Probe me,
Learn from me.
In the...

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As I sit here and wonder about my life,
I’ve shown that life’s a sacrifice.
Many dream of wealth and riches and gold ness.
Others dream of health...

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Tears fall from a round cherub face
Who feels her life is a big disgrace
Who feels she is just a charity case
Who takes up way too...

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