Short Waiting For The Other Shoe To Drop Poems

We are waiting for the giant shoe to drop
Smacking us to the sidewalk 
Then smashing us to smithereens
Because we have been taught to expect the worst
Sadly…....

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make the voices go away
i cry silent tears that will not stop
time hangs over me like a cloud
i'm waiting for the other shoe to drop



AP: Honorable Mention 2022

Posted on July 7, 2022...

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I'm a nervous Nellie with good reasons you see.
 Many a time I've had the rug pulled out from under me..
There are quiet stretches where I attempt to heal and
everything is co-pathetic, at an even keel..
Abruptly the rains come down and it's never
just a spittle.
It's often like the sky is falling and I'm poor Chicken Little..
If I only knew my future I could tweak the plot, then I
could stop waiting for the other shoe to drop.....

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At a time when we need people
Especially our loved ones the most
When we need affection, attention and love the most
When being together would mean everything

A pandemic is forcing us apart 
In fear we are waiting for the other shoe to drop
Bioterrorism at her best, at her most urgent
Shutting down graduations, schools, churches, families.

She is here,
She is alive
She is active.
Stay inside. Stay clean. Stay safe
Drink warm fluids; it cuts the phlegm....

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I spend my life waiting
Waiting for what comes next
Waiting for the other shoe to drop
Waiting to be disappointed again
Or to have my heart broken
Always waiting,
Anticipating
Preparing myself for the next tragedy
Or heartache
And I'm not really living
I'm just surviving
I mean, what kind of life can you have
When you spend all your time building walls
Preparing for the next battle
Waiting for the next storm
Just going through the motions of life
But here I sit,
Waiting...

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