Shock Absorber Poems | Examples


Embarrassment

Last week, I walked up to a woman,
My arms encircling her un-notified waist,
After stiffly pointing out to some man
His not- funny miscalculations from childish haste…

Only yesterday was trailing after another woman in hilarity
Over her hip-describing shorts
And a not-tall one for a charity, 
My eyes her high-heeled shoes giving teasing shots.

All these: grudge-unleashing embarrassment
And in even kangaroo courts, a harassment;
A boulder-large embarrassment, an embrace by the insane
Sincerely acting one’s old acquaintance,
To surely leave one in palpable pain
A creditor for his money breathing open threats of disturbance.

Embarrassment is that a woman could kill for,
Of her gross belittling, exceedingly sure ;
Some wives proceeding on hunger strike
Until the sadists their husbands join them to dislike.

Squarely, a pitying of self while wallowing in shame,
A never ever feeling the same
With a shovelful of agitation
For the deliberate intimidation,
Sufferers carelessly freeing the lock to Violent Reaction
On the spot, denied the Shock Absorber for humorless action.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member A Brutal Sport

Football is a brutal sport
   It's boxing without pads

Bone-jarring collisions rattle the head
   Collect too many, and you'll be dead

It also takes its toll on the knees
   Scar tissue, arthritis ~ Wheelchair, pretty please

Not to mention the damage it does to the spine
   Which becomes a human shock-absorber at game-time

Of course there are all those famous Chicago Bears players
      THOSE LEGENDARY 'MONSTERS OF THE MIDWAY:' 
'Coach' Mike Ditka waddles around on two dysfuntional hips
All-Star Dick Butkus' shattered knees plant curses on his lips  
      And the 'Punky Q-B,' Super Bowl winner, Jim McMahon
      Has helmet-bumped his way into the 'I'm-now-a-vegetable-can  
 Not to forget Dave Duerson: He entered Pro Football's Hall of Shame
   When he took his own life, 'cos he couldn't remember his name  

      But I'm a tough guy, a man's man, and here's what I say:
      If I have to sacrifice life or limb, let it not be for a football play
         ~ Let it be to defend my country, the USA!
Form: Rhyme


Love Hate Love

i've been telling myself to stop
i've been trying hard to escape
i've been loving you all my life
but do you really care?

there's a  little piece of heaven, inside this hell with you
for only on those stolen moments 
i could say i own you. 
but it can't be like this forever
i can't always be a shock absorber.
i don't wanna feel empty again. 
everytime i come out of this little heaven..


i hate you.

Premium Member Suffering Transforms Us

Suffering is to be found in every phase of life
Will be evident in the life of anyone who follows Father Christ 
It is not a punishment or penalty
But an ordinary part of earthly existence

Patient suffering can be a shock absorber
That helps us over the potholes 
Rough places of life without becoming all shaken up
When we accept suffering without constantly complaining
We weaken their negative impact

Wheather physical,
Mental
Emotional huts
The better we endure the cross
The more Father Christlike we become

Accepting sufferings means 
Not running towards it but through it
Father Christ speaks of a mother
Forgetting her labor pains once child is born
Some saintly people have welcomed suffering
As a way of imitating Father Christ
Proving their love for Him
Savior has said we will save our souls
Through patient endurance.

Thanks Father Christ for Your suffering to save us

May 11, 2014

Sweet Mom

It began with a kiss of love
graduated to nine months of
mixed feelings which ended
in hours of horrible pains and
regrets.
In the sight of your babe came a
sincere smile of success.
You didn't know how strong you
were Mom.

No shock absorber could have been better.
You stayed strong like a giant Iroko tree
in the midst of turbulent winds of life
You are my hero mama.
You patiently carried on the tedious
job of nursing regardless of burdens
and pains,
Denied yourself comfort to make me happy.
Your baby I will always be.

Mummy you are sweet, tender
and loving.
You are indeed a blissful bridge to the paradise
I know.
Sweet Mom.


How Come, I Am a Dirt Or a Shock Absorber

HOW COME,  I AM A DIRT OR
         A SHOCK ABSORBER!

Never  mind the insult
That, for sure I am not
Though in bad light
I’m likened to a dirt
In a kitchen sink or toilet bath
Strained as it clogs the way adrift.

But unlike in a baseball game
Instead an opponent catches a ball from strike
The runner miss the 1st base
As the referee would consider a lost time 
Competition turned over and done
No more to  live by and compete.

But to me its not  fair and just
As it is a bewilderment
Thereby….cannot accept
As the sly is without reason taints
To  down grade to the most  in a street
That  the slight is never than a fist fight
            -  below the belt.

Good when I am anatomized
Like a kidney  in the body -make
A purifier in the system to filter waste
So as the blood line clear and cleanse
Leave you a day in good mode out of trouble
As that,  a shock absorber , I could
          possibly  be!

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