Short Cautionary Tale Poems

A Cautionary tale 
trail and error 
Wasted years of
Needless drama 
ups and downs 
Failed attempts at
Reversing damage done...

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Do

What you must

As long as

You know what

You are doing..

Which can and

Cannot be known..

A Cautionary tale......

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Passions are a slowly burning fire
Keep them steady and certain
But once excited, stand guard
The blaze will engulf.

A cautionary tale
From a not-so cautionary male....

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Trust
true, unwavering
confident certain absolute
belief shattered, changing views
Strength...

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Ditsy blonde mother of Red Riding Hood 
Sent her little girl alone to the wood…
Once upon a present time 
That would be a heinous crime, 
Mom and grandma for neglect would be sued. 

February 25, 2022

Syllables count: 10 and 7...

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Fake diplomas granted
Fake universities,certificates printed
Without academic trace.

Agents weave tales of degrees 
Selling fake papers for lakhs

Fraudulent degrees
Learnings sacred ground defiled

A tale of Delhi's academic fraud
and elsewhere in India
A cautionary tale 
Where credentials are 
bought and sold...

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My brilliance is finite
Like my will to live,
I’m running out of light
 as sand falls through a sieve.

And as a life i fail,
My wicked blood runs black,
A cautionary tale
In a second hand stack.

My cries will cause a flood,
Giving proof to my old fear,
That between the cracks seeps blood;
Even mad ones don’t come near.

For a shattered self repels
And a sorry self denies,
Mirrors show no parallels
And none reflect my cries....

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