Short Off Balance Poems

Short Off Balance Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Off Balance by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Off Balance by length and keyword.


Premium Member Swirl

When you start to swirl 
If you do not know where you are 
Your head in the clouds 
a taste of the off balance 
just stop and look in my eyes.
Form: Tanka


Premium Member Fall

Fleeing, she's off balance by losing her slipper
Abundant vegetation of changing color
Laboring, the Royal King’s Sun adventures south  
Life covers the land, embosomed by summer’s mouth
© G. Jay  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Acrostic

Poem #55

Twisting, Turning
Bleeding, Pussing
Life off Balance
Screaming, Cussing

Life you have a Dark Side
Shadowing your Light
But moments come of Glory
Time will heal the Night

Breathing, Sighing
Floating, Flying
Equal is the Beam

Holding, Striving
Pacing, Arriving
Patience shall show its Gleam.
Form:

Tightrope

Tightrope

Sh-h-h!… the cat leaves feathers of silence
for footprints as she glides,
and refraining from knocking her off-balance,
the wind holds its breath
because it is hypnotized
by the grace and mystical communion
of cat-feet with the tightrope of the moon
along the windowsill of night -
Sh-h-h!… even the silence is mesmerized!…
Form:

Falling

I'm not afraid of heights
I'm afraid of falling
That cascading helplessness
I find it quite appalling

I'm not afraid of love 
I'm afraid of falling
No gentle downward descent
A full on flat out sprawling

I'm more afraid to fall down instead of up
And out of love instead of in
So easy to get off balance
A change of mind, a shift of wind
Form: Rhyme


Rpm's

the rpm's are starting to slow
the spin--taking a new spin
each revolution takes on new light
as minutes fall in line

with clarity..clear like crystal
thunderous wonder sweeps
with the speed of sound it reaches
across the mountain's peak

it catches me off balance
with stealth from my blind-side
it enraptures, complete surrender
embracing all that I find
© Jo Bien  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Verse

Me My Bicycle and Life

me and my bicycle
are in  a ***** relation 
at least in the state of running
at high speed it keeps balance 
but off balance my life  becomes 
while I drive  at low speed 

me and my life 
now at loggerheads 
at least in the matter of speed 
my life runs well  like a bicycle 
but at the age of forty 
I could not afford high speed 
upon putting  much efforts  
I develop  back pain.

Guilt

Guilt

Guilt burns holes in your heart & keep you up at night
It throws you off balance.

“Why did I?” you ask yourself countless times.

Guilt weighs heavy on your heart.
It makes you doubt yourself.
It makes you wish you could go back in time;
to change the decisions you made.

Only;
You can’t.

No amount of guilt can change the lessons meant for you;
Forgive yourself & move on.
Be strong.
Form: Concrete

Beautiful Butterfly

Wrapped in a rainbow of vibrant beauty
While butterflies dance to rhythms beat
Caught off balance by beauty still
Inspired by the smallest features

Found where love is it's purest
Fluttering on silk wings
Waiting patiently for butterfly kisses
A promise of perfumed dreams

Here while wrapped in ecstasy 
Intoxicated by butterfly beauty
Drinking in naked fantasies
Stay beautiful, beautiful butterfly

Premium Member Supernatural Energy

Cloaked in nature’s vibrations 
words are powerful incantations;
Earth, air, fire and water;

Calling each one of the corners 
protectors, defenders, warriors; 
Yet nothing if we are off balance; 

Crystals, herbs, and even chaos 
each element holds integral purpose 
sparking the seed of a spell;

Wind whistles through quiet trees 
the unexplained a refreshing breeze
harmonized by supernatural energy.

Premium Member Nambucca heads memory

At Nambucca heads, upon the shore are the beds where oysters were galore
I climbed upon them ragged rocks just
A kid, I got a shock, i slipped and fell and
Out i reached, grabbing the boulders
As i lost my feet.' Now oyster shells new
And old;  are sharp and cut, some blood did spurt from my right hand that steadied me against worse hurt.'
So i had luck indeed i see, and learned a
Lesson for life; as you might see?)

The Turmoil Within

United States had the power and respect
Now I believe we’re being
 Laughed at and ridiculed
What happened?
What started out as a
Innocent election
Has been blown to hell
ering parties separated by
The whose and the whats
It really looks bad for us and
You wonder who can you trust
Clashes in the city streets has
The whole country off balance
An on edge
While this country is being watched and 
Put under a microscope
© Daisy Ward  Create an image from this poem.

The awkward thing about being human

Feeling balanced,
In a world that always seems unbalanced,
Is awkward when you want others not to feel unbalanced,
When you are expressing feelings that to them may seem unbalanced,
Yet to stay balanced,
You feel the need to express theses feeling or risk  becoming unbalanced.

I guess on balance,
For the sake of feeling balanced
You need to do whatever makes you feel balanced,
And trust others will on balance,
Accept you even when off balance.

Premium Member Everlasting Vicious Circle Breaks

Everlasting vicious circle Breaks


Up again,
Only to slip into the dark.
I wait for hands to pick me up,
White-knuckled and holding on,
Until I finally fall in
The circle never breaks.
Steady for a second,
Then the floor gives way.
Gripping tight until my palms ache,
Up again.
Off balance, but not alone.
Someone pulls me from the shadows
and plants my feet on solid ground.
I hold on, eyes toward the light,
breaking the circle to become my hope

Premium Member To a Camel

To a two humped camel
She must seem really odd
For her humps are both displaced
on the front of her strange bod

They must throw her off balance
as she walks on just two feet
They're sure to get in the way
Whenever she try's to eat

It also seems distracting
As she goes about her day
They're bouncing bouncing bouncing
In a most peculiar way

Why are those fellows drooling
As they watch her walking by
I'm sure the two humped camel
He must be wondering why
Form: Quatrain

Premium Member Fifties' Rock

     Listen to the rock’n’roll of the fifties
       alive, raw, unfiltered, throbbing
     away in your ears, your veins, your pulse
       racing along with your feet… 

     From Elvis to Little Richard
       Jerry Lee Lewis to Richie Valens
     You’ll squirm, you’ll wiggle, your heart’ll        
       giggle ~ it’ll keep you off-balance 

     Don McClean sang of the day 
       the music died
     I say 50’s rock is here forever
       to stay ~ never ever to go away
Form: Rhyme

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