Short Waiting For Your Ship Come In Poems

Loving someone who doesn't love you is sort
of like waiting for a ship at the airport....

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While waiting for my ship to come in
Others got to it first by going for a swim

While waiting for opportunity to knock
It was met in front of my door by a hungrier flock

While waiting for my fifteen minutes of fame
Others got noticed by not playing this game

If I want good things to happen to me
I guess I should pursue them more aggressively...

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You Can’t Count on Luck
Written: by Tom Wright
January 2015

Hard work, persistence,
And obtainable goals,
Enhance chances for success.

These wild cards 
Are sure to alter the hand
You feel life has dealt you.

Don’t squander opportunities,
Anticipating the luck of the draw,
Or waiting for a ship to come in, 
That may never sail.
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I sat, as if a bud on a tree,
amassing knowledge while contemplating change.
Waiting for a ship that might never sail.
Waiting on tomorrow, which would never come.
Staring with glaring, glinting eyes
for that one man who could make a difference.
From natures shaded pool,
I found such a man
peering from within the blue abyss.
Strange, I thought,
this resemblance of myself,
for he too sat as if a bud on a tree....

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Making It Happen
Miracle Man
3/4/2022

When young, I stood with others on the dock,
patiently waiting for my ship to come in.
Upon realizing we were all just burning clock,
I laced up my boots and my journey began.

I decided to swim out and meet my ship,
not waiting for another to do things for me.
One of life’s principles, God had given me a grip,
seems many today are seeking something free.
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