Second Best Poems - Poems about Second Best

Giving my best is all I’ve ever done Sadly, it never amounted to enough A lifetime spent chasing number one As dream after dream went puff In cycling, I coveted the yellow vest After a momentary lapse, my foot slipped from the pedal Adorned with the red ribbon I’ve grown to detest Once again I’m tarnished by a silver medal The...

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Friends tell me to open my eyes See what they see Remove the disguise Look deep inside what's in front of me Could you be love? Is this to be? On flying wings I rush to you Singing songs, harmonies new Inside flutters, trembling desire Longing for internal fire Awaiting arms to hold me close To not faulter To flee the ghosts Past walls built come tumbling down With...

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Woman, when it came to loving me I knew I was always second best But can you tell me why you had to always leave my heart in such a mess You kept me hidden in your darkness placed me on your shelf with all the rest Until you needed a heart to break then you would tell me you loved me...

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. for public domain ( liberally inspired from Socrates' "second best account" from Plato's dialogue Phaedo ) Up the road a little and beside a pond, with a view of dew which she grew so fond, where she shed her Grace after her demise, and a lifetime of forgiven lies, near a wooden cross, a throw from an Oak, a Preacher preached...

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Tell me: How is it that you can just shut the door on our relationship and not do me the courtesy of letting me know? Tell me: How is it that after conversing with me nearly every day for years, you no longer send even a simple text 'hello'? Tell me: How is it that you can just dismiss...

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. for public domain (For those who treasure Plato's Phaedo) We see the living and the dead, not all with fear, not all with dread. Some impassionedly we plead to leave our presence, or to proceed to engage the lives we lead. Socrates chuckled, approaching death, "Philosophers know well its breath, as they draw the air of living. For them there is no misgiving. From neither...

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"Best day ever!" I had a habit of sayin' After another day of plentiful playin' Then came the dawn. This here day's gone! Tomorrow's the best 'cause this'n ain't stayin' ~ Today can only be the best Until it takes a nighttime rest Tomorrow's task For all. To bask In the shadow of a new day's breast...

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One Eventually Becomes two After first I became the same you know who First must have fell I came running when you yelled You told me number two resembled first took me a second then I realized second was worse...

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youve been in my life for 18 long years and all ive ever wanted was to be with you you didnt even notice that growing up i was trying to get close to you you were my friend for so long and everytime you got your heart broken i would cry for you you were strong and didnt show...

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Romeo and Juliet, was written second best For even Shakespeare himself, could have only guessed That somewhere in a future place, a story would soon unfold That would last throughout the ages and forever be retold There would be no fancy thee's or thou's strewn across the page No feuding families fighting wars, filled with all their rage There would be...

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There's nothing like the gold, the glory of finishing first. You drink the streams of victory, as I suffer through losing thirst. You walk on this road proudly, the path of unending fame. Your success is a lovely hill, mine is a mountain of shame. Every woman that you pass, kneels down at your very feet. The world is your red carpet, as I walk this...

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I've been here before, Being the last to know, The first to be left, The last he would, Come back to, Never realizing I am Only second best. I'd always wonder Is he breaking up With her today? That's the price I pay For being second best. I cry in despair And in hopes that My broken heart will mend. In hopes of never being, Second best again!...

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Is second best so bad to be Why does it always happen to me I meet a girl we talk but they never need me as their rock Then i find out she wants another After saying im not ready for a relationship Why cant i pick a winner In the past was i a sinner Its just hard to be me I wish...

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She’s been here before Being the last to know The first to be left The last he would know Come back to. Never realizing she was Second best. She’d always wonder: Is he breaking up with her today? That’s the price you pay For being second best. She cries in despair and hopes that her broken heart will mend If she hopes of never being Second best again....

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HAVE YOU EVER FELT NOT GOOD ENOUGH NOT EVEN IN LOVE. WHEN IT COMES TO FRIENDS I FAIL THE TEST. I COME IN SECOND BEST. WHEN IT COMES TO MOST CHOSEN YOU’RE NOT MOST. WHEN IT COMES TO LOOKS YOU NEVER MADE THE BOOK. I AM SECOND BEST. IT RESTS AT BETTER THAN NOTHING BUT WHAT IS NOTHING? I CAN’T BE MYSELF AT ALL. I DON’T STAND...

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