Sheltered Poems | Examples

You live like this, sheltered in a delicate world crafted from dreams and illusions

You live like this, sheltered in a delicate world crafted from dreams and illusions,
Believing you are truly living, while your steps are guided by routine,
But then you open a book... or embark on an unexpected journey,
And discover that you are not living, but hibernating, asleep in an apparent silence.
The symptoms of hibernation are easy to spot: first, the restlessness that haunts you,
The second symptom (when hibernation becomes dangerous and can degenerate into death):
The absence of pleasure, of the joy that once filled the cups of your soul,
That is all.
It seems like a harmless disease, a virus of monotony, boredom, slow death,
Millions live like this (or perhaps die like this) without knowing,
They work in offices, drive cars, have picnics with their families,
Raise children and wait for times to change.
And then, a shock treatment occurs, a person, a book, a song,
And it awakens them, saves them from the death that enveloped them like a veil,
But some never awaken, remaining asleep in their silent slumber,
In a world where only shadows speak of the life that could have been.

Sheltered

on this rainy day 
I am hidden away 
from raindrops and thunder

Half Truth

My parents gave me answers
that arced and formed a dome.
Outside seemed beyond my grasp,
inside I would roam.
So even while I freely played
-in some ways I was wild,
my parents watered down the facts
to facts you’d tell a child.
A rebel would-be lawyer,
I’d try to build a case
against the facts they fed me,
to keep me in my place.
I screamed, I cried, I argued hard
to prove that I was right.
My parents shook their heads in vain,
til I would sleep at night.

A Sheltered Life

I protect you from the heavens, but some say I'm aloof 

     Others have no time for me, yet trust their shoddy roof 


By 
David Kavanagh

The Shoulders

My father had broad shoulders
Many years have gone
But I still remember
He carried a heavy burden on his shoulders
Like that of a snail
With a shell
He brought us up in a special way
With the help of 
The broad and thick shoulders
The shoulders carried us like a bicycle 
The shoulders sheltered us like an umbrella 
The shoulders protected us like a wall
The shoulders  dried our tears like a handkerchief
The shoulders rode us like a wooden horse

My Little Garden

We met in the garden
one fair, sunny day.
I asked where you’d been
But you would not say.

I asked about news
from beyond the hedges.
I wondered fiercely,
I’d not passed its edges.

I begged and I pleaded
For news from outside
To get answers sought
Tears streaming, you cried.

You told of fighting	
And virtual schools,
Racial slighting
And stay-at-home rules.

I’m tempted to stay
With my head in sand
But I want to help
And take a firm stand.

Oh, little garden
Stay safe and grow free 
Give me your promise
And remember me.

Sheltered Under a Capital T

Ask me a question
don't ask to ask me a question
Tell me crawling little lies
that burrow inside
Squirming tingles
I can't keep the secrets
i have let go
Trust rusts and ruts
Lies idles slides ides
march

Sheltered

The day my life became sheltered
In the midst of a deadly virus
It’s killing hundreds and
Spreading like a raging wildfire
I have to stay inside
And keep my head together
And try not to think 
Of the worst
Even though it is the worse
This invisible virus seems
To be creeping all over
The place
Laid off work
Shortage of necessities
That’s very hard to find
But you hunt for them continuously
Turning my life upside down

Sheltered In Place

Untested,
     but quarantined!
          Virus
               named "Corona"...
                    lurks. Don't ditch the beer;
                         still drink it! Racing...
                              thoughts do swim...

laps in...
     my mind's pool!
          My shadow...
               silently mocks me.
                    Sheltered in place, scared
                         Could I be positive?
                               Lord...

I can't stop coughing!

               (Yalto)


"Yalto" is a form invented by yours truly
Line 1-15: 3,4,2,4,5,3,2,3,2,3,3,5,6,1,5 syllables
Date written: 04/05/2020

My Sheltered Upbringing

Well, well, well, well, this is the story of four holes
How's that for a real grabber my merry old souls
Ear holes, nostrils, and mouth
And another one further south
But my sheltered upbringing won't allow me to say *******

My Sheltered Upbringing

Well, well, well, well, this is the story of four holes
How's that for a real grabber my merry old souls
Ear holes, nostrils, and mouth
And one other a little further south
But my sheltered upbringing won't allow me to say *******

My Sheltered Upbringing

Well, well, well, well, this is the story of four holes
How's that for a real grabber my merry old souls
Ear holes, nostrils, and mouth
And one other a little bit further south
My sheltered upbringing won't allow me to say *******

Just Lead a Sheltered Life

J-ust lead a sheltered life, 
E-vading the danger zone; 
S-ecurity is given by the Lord, 
S-afety comes from God 
A-lone. 

S-o just lead a sheltered life, 
A-im for your protection; 
L-ove, faith, and hope 
G-uard you from temptation. 
A-sk God to keep you sound, 
D-on't fear the chaos and strife; 
O-n the seventh of January, just lead a sheltered life.

Sheltered Dreams

Babies crying, mothers sighing, old men
In remnates of suits discussing the fate of
The world as they share a pint of memories.

TV blaring, fighters glaring at
Each other waiting for eternity
To move toward them.

Wino breath and preachers death
Knell for those in fear of
Soulless bodies and redemption.

Days are gone, so this throng
Roost in this place built with
Uncaring hands and minds.

Some will leave, some will bereave
But all will have
Sheltered dreams.

My Sheltered Upbringing

Well, well, well, well, this is the story of four holes
How's that for a real grabber my merry old souls
Ear holes, nostrils, and mouth
And one other a little bit further south
My sheltered upbringing won't allow me to say *******

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