Short Slap In The Face Poems

a slap in the face…
challenge not a disgrace
rhymes to interlace...

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Haiku – 4/8/2017

cold slap in the face
moist towel of spring sunshine
the earth awakens


©John G. Lawless
4/8/2017...

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Apprehension
The apprehension, it comes
When the happiness had passed
And all those promises were pressed
Just like the slap on my face
When you left me waiting with hope...

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there is nothing better
then the feel of
speed on a motorcycle

the wind whipping
through tussled hair

the freedom of choice 
to wear a helmet or not

and the occasional
slap on the face
by a passing bug...

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Gimme a wind, a harsh unforgiving March onshore slap in the face lean into and step out wind. Scrub me clean 
of all this wait and see what's next. Carry me away from these endless tomorrows. Let me see Today again 
rushing up the tide....

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I feel so angry and torn inside.
They say words can’t harm you, but they do.
More deeply and more hurtful than a slap in the face.
I feel as if im broken and bleeding inside.
Everything wants to lash out.
But I just keep smiling.
They say you should forgive, but my heart feels so battered that I can’t stop feeling angry....

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The rain seems more angry today
A cold stinging slap in the face
A wake-up call perhaps

It will soon cling
Icily sharp
On the edges
Of a colder wind

Glistening branches
Tinkling
In Christmas card glitter
Shiver

As we wait
For the frightening
Flicker of the lights

And

A cold darkness.

John G. Lawless
©3/14/2023...

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Money
influences everything
except your emotions
taking over
my state of mind
like dictatorship
color black, why is it
I fear the future.
Mama tell me she cant
holding up too long
Eviction,
Like a slap on the face
My family worked so hard
but so far to go
money swallows the faith
makes people hate
in that upset state
i just wish
that one day comes peace on earth
but that wont come
till the earth is in pieces....

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Not enough. It’s never enough for you! 
What else do you want me to do? 
No affection, just disdain
No attention, only pain
Sick and dying? Who cares, who cares! 
You don’t. 
Sometimes I just want to 
Escape escape 
It isn’t fair Abba. 
So unfair 
Are you there? 
I do my best to be good 
But it’s all in vain
I’m ugly 
Then I’m pretty
Well which is it? 
Like a slap to the face
I know I’m a disgrace....

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You see signs everywhere.
Traffic signs, shirt logos, or even cute little sayings online.
But have you ever seen a sign about reality?
One that says, "Sometimes, everything's not going to be okay."
Or one that's like a slap in the face?

No

Everyone wants you to see the mask that covers the world.
Instead of the face it has.
Honestly, we need that truth in our lives at some point.
So we can be prepared for the ugly road that lies ahead....

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Once again in my place 
You’re silent slap across my face
The deafening sound of words unspoken
Used to leave me torn and broken
The scorn sent from your not parted lips
And a soul stripped to shreds and bits
Don’t stop to look around
I have left the battleground
I have no desire to stay and fight
You can stay and think you’re right
My shackles now are broken
From the nightmare I have woken
No tears will seep down my face
As I leave this wretched place...

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My day has been pretty rough
I had my patience tested to the max.
swallowing my pride
I kept quiet.
Knowing deep down she did not deserve it
Every award giving to her 
Was a slap in the face waiting for me.
Tears cried and blood boiling
I am trying to let  go of it
 my conscious is telling me something different.
Why do I have to pretend like it isn't bothering?
Why doesn't anyone understand?
it isn't there name being trampled on
so why would any one care?...

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It’s all around me,
But it doesn’t look so beautiful;
Not when it is all so vile.

They say it is wonderful,
It’s said to be perfection,
In my eyes, to life, it is an exile.

When every time you see it,
There’s a slap in the face,
And a scream for mercy and change.

There are objects that fly,
Children thrown in danger,
And a mother’s mind becoming deranged.

Just from the sights that encircle around me,
Marriage doesn’t seem such a peaceful sound for me....

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Betrayal

While sending out this email
Surely felt a sense of betrayal
From those in America who live
And find them hard to forgive
What will the future entail.

Jim Horn

As a retired veteran Trump is a slap in the face.
Wonder how Captain Khan's parents are accepting
all of this

May Be Resented

If by no one was I consented
Catch disease, may be prevented
To ballot box had proceeded
By Hillary was badly needed
Gave up and Trump relented.

Jim Horn...

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One goes about, with daily living,
doing what is asked, and considering others, during a choice.
However, realizing one, is not guaranteed, the same treatment,
as one receives, an attitude, with such, a harsh voice.

Because for granted, other's take of one's love,
believing the right for them, for them, to have, is there, in place.
Not even, acknowledging the heart, soul, and wisdom, of another,
assuming still, for them, despite us all; creating a, slap in the face....

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My cries are adolescent,
Life is unfair.
Well, sweetheart, kill yourself
Or get over it.
But I want it to be different,
I don't want to be so perverse,
So destructive.
I try to wash it from my body,
Try to rid myself of everything that has ruined me.
The cum
The makeup
The pills
The vodka
The blood.
This soap does nothing,
My tears are stagnant.
The blood of the lamb is a slap in the face,
Because I can never be pure again.
I can't pretend.
I can't get over it....

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