Short Thorn In My Side Poems

it’s not them
it’s me
a thorn in my side

5/18/2020...

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Thorn in my side
O, how you deride!
you never let
anything slide!
just want to run
and hide!


Copyright McCuen 2008...

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I'm spit in your eye 
a boot in your mouth
rage in the hour of its finest
i drag my chains 
a self infliction
I'm a thorn in the side of a god
an irritent that won't be shaken...

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Another thorn in your crown
Or a thorn in your side
 I find that I'm neither
 I am that little voice
 When you don't listen 
 The voice fades away
 Not your conscience
 but a mirror of understanding
 When you don't look into the mirror
 you can't understand, because nothing is reflected
 only the background 
 Perception of what might be...

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informed by myself 
and ever so clever
for a man who has never seen the light

a day to remember
with a black toothed grin
was the day i learned how to win the fight

bones they break, and flesh it rips
to cope with human strength
dealing with the blasphemy
of joining in the rank

a rebel to the state
and a thorn upon its side
turning back the pages
when i used to turn the tide...

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“Let me go,” my brother cried,
I was always the thorn in his side.
As boys we loved to buck the tide,
We were never ever cut and dried.
He was always quick to deride,
But never let our faults divide.
He looked to me as his older guide,
So, I could never commit suicide!
Always there with arms open wide
My brother is my joy and my pride.

written July 16, 2021
[A tip of the hat to my brother, Jim!]...

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What can I say about my sisters?
Are they a thorn in the side, like blisters?
Or my oldest friends, indeed,
Always mentors in time of need,
The family ties that bind,
Ever ready to say "Never mind",
We look alike, but think apart,
Oldest friends from times long past,
"Older ladies', we've ripened,
Can't buy sisters with a stipend,
Are sisters thorns in the sides like blisters?
No, you cannot buy my sisters!...

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i have dirt on my shoe 
and i don't care.
i have a stain on my shirt.
and i don't care.
i have a knot in my hair.
you know what, i don't care.
i lost my job and have not a penny to my name.
and i don't care.
i have a thorn in my side, and a mind that weighs a ton.
and i don't care.
the sun no longer shines, and the moon has turned black.
and i don't care.
i know that you'll be waiting for me when i come home.
and that's all that matters....

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John

He brings joy to my heart ,Such  Laughter too .
He’s my thorn in my side , Yet a rose in my heart…
He should have been two,  Was so lucky to have him.
I love him so . till my dying day .
With such a love , Only a mother should know .

Steven

He was so tiny .Oh So small . Nearly not here .
How he’s grown . So old . Yet so young .
So tall and proud . Kids and all .
Whom he adores “n” loves so much .
Proud to be his mum . And made me a 
Gran too ....

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My eyes begin to tire
I’ve been staring at the sun for too long now
These thoughts that make me feel so uneasy 
Have led me down this path again somehow
I don’t know why
Twisting and turning
Falling down
As I grow older
This world grows colder
The screams emanating from the shadows
Have become this thorn in my side
They won’t go away 
It’s all in my head you say
I don’t think so
Twisting and turning
Falling down
As I grow older
This world grows colder…...

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You never say hello
Your just a speechless wonder
You called me your wild rose
But I'm just the thorn in your side
An empty silent love
Finally falling through the ordinary day
now we never talk anymore
And we're slowly fading away

You never said goodbye
Beloved speechless wonder
Just a shadow of you walking
And getting smaller under street lights
Old memories echo through me
Finally whispering in ordinary ways
But we never talk anymore
And you've slowly faded away...

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