Short Growing Pains Poems

The terrible
started at two;
before then
we got a lot farther

on our knees.





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pain is growth
it is a process
of life

P.S. NO ONE WANTS TO 
EXPERIENCE PAIN BUT
IT BRINGS STRENGTH...

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As a species
we have a lot
of growing up to do;

assuming we survive
these terrible twos.







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Wha'ts wrong with Mom - then me?
Distorted reality
Is everything just vanity?
About to lose sanity!
Focus on the cross
He will heal loss!...

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We were eight children
crowded in a little house;
and just one bathroom.

5/5/16

For Contest: Haiku on "My Family"
Hosted by: Marvin Celestial...

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His puberty I damn well knew it

I'm told to help my brother through it

It's a difficult task

But I still have to ask

Can't you get someone else to do it?...

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Only thing contrasting the rainbow night light: a room of gold light.
Memories forever locked away in the shining chamber.
With night vision, starry frames; writing away my growing pains....

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a thin film of pride
scorn'd by the green and vintage
merlot dialogues
coagulated thoughts, make
growing pains turn arthritic

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If I never learn to take criticism.....how will I grow?...

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Growing eyes
Feel growing pains
Too thick
For a beating heart

Growing bones
See fearsome terrane
Too rough
For each foot's counterpart

What kid really believes
Growing up will be so hard?...

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The world’s aflame, with the winds of change,
Strong gusts, flaming the fire of transformation,
But the growing pains of rebirth, come at a high price,
For two forces, war for the souls of men,
Who will win?...

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Every Spring brings storms
because a new season has
growing pains, just as a new
season of life has such pains.
However, both kinds of seasons,
introduce beauty that takes your 
breath away and calms your soul....

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the-me-against-the-world rebelliousness,
the raging hormones of puberty, 
the adult expectations, 
the struggle to fit in,
and the peer pressure!
oh, the growing...
pains of youth;
stressful 
phase.


Date written: 08/08/2021...

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change change
ever changing
only aches
and growing pains

choices made
choices unmade
only aches
and growing pains

growing only makes it better
changing only makes me stronger
but on the way you will see
only aches and growing pains...

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dry earth intoxicated
spins up side down on its axis
black ants crawl faster snails
limb less dwelling doubts shadows
grow in the river night sleeps
into growing pains groaning bald
vultures fly above the falling rain we
are eloping to the artificial equator naked...

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Verses written with veins,  
On thin, irregular lines, pulsing chambers find,
Growing pains. 

Thirsty for eyes,
As each word, poured from vessels mined,
Surmise.

Alone,
Praise-seeking grind,
Blown.

Verses written with veins, 
As each word, poured from vessels mined,
Blown....

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Coldest winter night
Someone make the yelling stop
I can't fall asleep

Why she picked a fight
Tears of guilt fall drop by drop
I tried counting sheep

Mommy turn the light
On, so I can see your face
Promises to keep

Mommy hold me tight
Don't let go of my embrace
Mommy please don't weep...

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Those deadly eyes of yours,

how they can control me in motion.

Feel weak from your absolute charming green sparkle,

blow me away with blinks of curiosity.

Indulged in them to see my futures growing pains,

you have no idea how deadly your eyes can be,

such beauty with a dominion stare....

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Tidal waves toil and churn 
digging up old hollow bones
from what was their ancient home
of the memories now erased and gone
loved once by salty waters as it's own
growing pains of sand unknown as the waves toss and turn
moaning as it reveals where some sailors long lost bones did dwell...

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My hopes were high
For a future that held
Change riding in fast
On wild horses
Bareback and free
On a sunny morning 
I saw my life being 
Born again
It’s mother was a young 
Possibility
Brimming with expectation
I watched as labor pains 
Became growing pains
And my life darted 
Steadily towards the horizon...

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A Statue of Liberty stands despite growing pains
Morning welcomes bird feces and political gain
Every heart who seeks new start new chance
Rarely knows the ills of the underdog dance
Is it still the land of the free
Can you become rich and famous and have peace
Are you willing to sacrifice your beliefs for dreams...

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Florescent globe eclipsing heaven, shrouding earth
Perched on the precipice of space in airy dearth
Ringed with the growing pains of your shallow birth
Trumpeting over the solemn night's requiem with pomp and mirth      
Bountiful orb brilliantly manifesting your inestimable worth
Waxing the dark divide with your silvery girth...

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Effective self-examination can be time-consuming 
and painful, sometimes revealing that challenging 
changes are required of me. These growing pains, even--
or perhaps especially—at my age, are necessary, 


From "Contemplation"--posted in March '21

May 29, 2021
entered in the Liberum Divisa 6 Contest
Sponsor: Gregory Barden...

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Seeds dropping off stray blossoms
Shaking heads with the cold—
A skinny patches' prayer in a garden

Instead of frost, dirt's growing pains—
That Spring bed throughout Winter's room,
Warming color still during the shade

Coming woo
Bursting my blues
Soon

Seeds dropping off stray blossoms—
That Spring bed throughout Winter's room,
Soon...

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All hope is lost, for fairytales
Happy endings are only fiction
High pitched whistles drown the bells
Only fools waste pennies, wishing

Dreams were big when we were small
Til we dose do’ed and swapped
Now we’re wise and know it all
The magic, abruptly, stopped

We began an early green
Then a striking red
It seems so very mean
How, gold will leave us dead...

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She has her eye's wide open,
And her voice you can hear,
Yet her mind and heart she allows no one near,
She doesn't find it easy to let her emotions show,
For disappointment and trust is something she knows,
She feels meaningless and hasn't strived for her best,
And knowing that truth, she can no longer rest,
As far as what's next? It's all up to her,
So we'll just have to wait and see what occurs!...

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