Short Toleration Poems

You can't grow extra eyes and ears so just learn to thicken your face against voices of bigotry, judgmentalism and insecurities...

February 25, 2024, PST, BC...

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TOLERATION

Endure- suffer- bear- persist
the moons ghastly pastiness
the stars pointless dismay
the voiceless pulsation of the 
sea, the cantankerous cackle
of technology tools, the 
blinkered smirk of the jerk 
who controls me


© Kim van Breda—24 June 2014...

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My World

In my world
Controversy and Song
Are appreciated

And toleration was never 
Created

In my world
Differences are embraced

There’s only the
Human race

Yes

In my world

Joy swings
On the tire
Tied to the
Tree

She swings 
High and low

Embracing

The soul felt
Breeze...

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Feelings of elation
  Mingle with desperation

Doubts and fears
  Supplanted by cheers

Prejudice and discrimination
  Yield to acceptance and toleration

Laughter and mirth
  Follow difficult births

Ambition and greed
  Succumb to basic needs 

Defeat and despair
  Give way to hope and prayer...

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The fingernail moon laid back 
in its cosmic lounge
teasing the frigid night.

Silent roadside fields
covered in residue snowflakes,
glittered under the reflector’s reflections.

Feeble light sent serene warmth—
the soul rendering toleration of the reality 
 of winter’s merciless chill.

The beautiful strangeness of nature
is often beyond comprehension;
yet remains a cherished mystery to behold....

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The fingernail moon laid back 
in its cosmic lounge
teasing the frigid night.

Silent roadside fields
covered in residue snow flakes,
glittered under the reflector’s reflections.

Feeble light sent serene warmth—
the soul rendering toleration of the reality 
 of winter’s merciless chill.

The beautiful strangeness of nature
is often beyond comprehension—yet
remains a cherished mystery to behold....

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He always said he loved the twinkle in her eye.
It was only just a tear.
By the time he said to her, "goodbye,"
He had consumed her heart with fear.

There's no other explanation.
You would nod, push, and shove
Her toleration.
She is no longer the innocent, fair dove.

She seems okay, but she's not the same.
Now, oh, how her emotions can stir.
There is nobody else to blame.
You loved the twinkle! How dare you take it away from her?...

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