Short Two Steps Back Poems

~one step forward, two steps back; once sober,  again drinks funny water~




Date written: 08/29/2022...

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I'm not sure 'bout your plan of attack

Take one step forward and two steps back 

You say we can't be beat

It sounds more like retreat

So don't expect me in your war Jack...

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On the periphery, is
  where one can really see
The lens is blurry when you're near
  Too far away, nothing's clear

Don't judge your boss' job
   as does the angry mob
Kindly take two steps back
   Cut a fellow human 
      ~ a little bit of slack...

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One step forwards two steps back

Life deals me a king it turns to a jack

Seems since i was born i was destined to fail

Im the consumate dog chasing its tail

But ill plod on and do it by the letter

The law of averages predicts its got to get better......hasnt it ?...

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I feel what I touch
Taste of the tongue, pains of the stomach
Love and happy of the light out of the torch
One step fore, two steps back
for sure I will kiss the sorrow against the bitter tongue
though I will lead the life by the song
I fell in the feeling of what I touch....

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I'm tired of the way the ball always bounces,
and of gaining pounds while only eating ounces,
tired that for every one step forward, there's two steps back,
and that my glass is always half empty because of that crack,
and tired of the poetry teacher - who my name perpetually mispronounces....

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One step forward 
Two steps back
Swipe his card
And push him back
Three moves left
Four moves right
I call this theft
But never at night
Five meters down
Six meters high
This pretty red gown
Sees through your lie
Seven dazzling smiles
Eight pouty lips
A hundred miles
For a thousand trips...

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One step closer two steps back
This is the feelings' lack

How long will you push me away
Do you want me far stay

Do you think it's not breaking my heart
Does it not make you alert

Do you think it doesn't cause pain
Separation is your purpose main

Imran! let her go to hell
Who don't know, how to live well...

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Walking on a balance beam
 made of broken glass
My only get away
 was going to class
One step forward 
 two steps back
I couldn't walk away 
and i tried not to fall
But no one ever noticed 
That i had to try at all
No one ever cheered 
no one ever clapped 
So i took it as permission 
 I Stop balancing 
And I fell 
Straight back...

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slowly falling into an abyss
gently drifting with the wind.
looking into another eyes...
leaving what i once knew so well behind.
taking one step further
means taking two steps back.
never letting go of whats in my heart
forever wanting you to hold me close.
mothing makes sense to me anymore.
i miss you with all my heart.

sarah '05...

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one step forward, two steps back
that is how most of us live
in our daily circumstance
one step forward, two steps back

progress made is progress spent
wondering where it all went
always late to the main event
one step forward, two steps back

running right while leaning left
taking back what we've been given
what we lack in our goals met
one step forward, two steps back...

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It's geting harder, drifting farther.., until im slowly some where else, hideing in this 
soo called hole, cant deal with this  pain thats felt.., its like take one step forward, 
just too take two steps back, get smacked off track, this to me is becoming a known 
fact..., it's all in the way that you react..., give back..., still tring too get a positive 
and a negative to attract!!!...

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i lowered my guard and let you in
a child-man disappointing me at every turn

i'm fuming under my hat
half afraid of an explosion

one step forward
two steps back

how easy it is to close my eyes
and pretend everything's alright

a balancing act when in fact we are
at opposite ends of the spectrum

have i become someone who settles
or are my dreams still out there within grasp...

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sleepless nights, reckless days
moving swiftly through this faze
not slowing down, shooting from the hip
black and blue cause it kicks a bit

one step forward and two steps back
praying for guidance when I'm off track
it seems no matter what I do
all trails lead me back to you

fighting the urge to buckle under
when dreams return from nights of wonder
always with the mornings rays
the memories of why I pulled away...

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I love you
Without knowing how.
I crave you.
So, what now?

I will fight,
I will win.
I'll climb that height,
And I'll wear a grin.

Two steps back,
One step ahead.
It's a long track,
But I don't dread.

I loved you always,
I always will.
This love is a blaze,
This love can kill.

Let's show everyone,
That we are better.
We aren't done.
Just one more letter.

You are the sun,
I am the moon.
Together we are one,
And, we'll make them swoon.

*Written on June 7, 2017...

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