Short Wear And Tear Poems

Mid life crisis worth
wear and tear
cannon fodder curse



6-17-18...

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The winter of life...
the body slows and time shows
snow-flecked wear and tear....

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How can I tell you i love you?
To show that I still care
Never was there another
Though my heart's for the wear and tear...

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It is way too late to discover
that you can no longer deliver
and after the long, hard years
what remains is wear and tear....

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I've got aches and pains and chills and blaines,
Arthritis, bursitis and more.
If it weren't for this darn sciatica,
I'm sure it would hurt even more....

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Rapunzels hair having great wear and tear,
enchantress gave her hair conditioner,
hair a long rope,
slippery slope,
prince climbing becoming a nightmare.








11-14-16...

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Discern and see
The path that calls
To you to be
Through sweet and gall
A brave bold soul
Who lives and bears
The circle whole
In wear and tear.


Leon Enriquez
18 June 2014
Singapore...

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Life erodes the body; riding its waves, leaves one drained.
Spirit’s education, is wear and tear; the mortal is cut short.  
Beware the reaper’s scythe; the scalpel of death, cuts swift and clean.

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"At the Footbridge"

Now to be completely fair
And to stop every persons stare
Rodger was not actually circumcised
As he was a player, so don’t be surprised
This was from wear and tear and his willingness to share

07/19/2016...

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coloured flecks
on the front door-
peeling away
of memories...
love’s dilapidation

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Writing Challenge 3, August 2019- Five Lines- Poetry Contest
Hosted by Dear Heart - Wiishkobi Ode
Placed 3rd
Posted 23rd August 2019...

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That's the number of toidy visits I've made in my 82 years
In my final years that number will increase dramatically I fear
Been averaging 5 visits a day
Gonna double that I'd say
Might install a port-a-potty on my chair to save wear and tear!...

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Wear and tear
Everyone stares
"Why do you look so tired?"
I save my breath 
Because its not like anyone really cares 
Shaking my head
I feel mostly dead
Over-exhaustion, I close my eyes
Always seems I 'm too tired to cry 
 I'm never going to change
So why do I still try?...

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J'aime la vie…I love life, with all that it brings
Alleviating the jarring pain of potholed roads
Labour uphill, thankful for easy descents, 
Observe the rules, most watchful for red lights
Plagued at times by ailments, wear and tear
Yet, like a defiant aging car, I chug on and on.


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11th July, 2023...

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Squeezing hands
  Winking eyes
Making faces
  Going places!

Delighting in found-gardens
  Wedged into settings urban
The world about us, wholly ours
  Strangers' smiles, no delusions...

Not too much wear and tear on this
  though it's surely miles and miles ago ~ 
But could it be that stretched before us
  lie many miles more to grow!...

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Relations steadfast, sincere
Bonds of love true, unbounded
Break up, rust, soon wear and tear
Over time out of no care;
With trust steady, unbroken
And respect unfeigned, so true
The cracks be mended, tended
To stave off much deeper rifts.


Visual # 2

IMPRESSIONS Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Nette Onclaud
Date: 10/20/2020

Second Place...

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I'll make the Western world cringe
Cause they can't detect, define
Or impregnate
What can't be seen
Is driving metal minds crazy

It's ok, all is not what it seems
Time shreds all doubt
Where moving heart to heart
Hand to mouth

All up in the air
Phosphorous wear and tear
You mount as prosperity shingles
Where we go from here?
I'll let molten minds mingle...

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H-appy birthday, Rexy, 
A-ccept my wish so true; 
P-ray to thank the Almighty, 
P-ray to Him to always bless
Y-ou.

B-ig celebration of the day
I-s reserved for the good lady; 
R-exy Painaga is her name, 
T-hrill is brought by ecstasy.
H-appy birthday, Rexy, 
D-ark shadows shall disappear; 
A-ugust twentieth early morn, 
Y-our eyes shall wear no tear....

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Night is here and am ready to sleep

but my pillow is not ready to weep

Everyday it wipes away my tears

But every night I have my fears

I struggle each day to smile

Sometimes it seems forever, for a while

The agony doesn’t ends here

each new moment is a wear and tear 

Inside I fight a constant war

But again love is my only hope I am living for....

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(The Lincoln Memorial)

Out into Space, does He seem
to stare
This once noble being fixated in
his chair
After Our fore-fathers of their fate,
he came to spare
Putting on the "Old South" a little
"wear and tear"
When He to challenge the law, had the
nerve to dare
Making for Him to abruptly, end up in the
Lord's care
Just for Changing History, now tell Me, is
that fair??...

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(The Lincoln Memorial)

Out into Space, does He seem
to stare
This once noble being fixated in
his chair
After Our fore-fathers of their fate,
he came to spare
Putting on the "Old South" a little
"wear and tear"
When He to challenge the law, had the
nerve to dare
Making for Him to abruptly, end up in the
Lord's care
Just for Changing History, now tell Me, is
that fair??...

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If the mirror shows the truth
Then the mirror scares the hell out of me
It shows how much I've aged
I can see the bitter defeat in my eyes
The wear and tear of my experiances have caught up with me
I can barely recognize myself
But no one else seems to notice
With acceptance a million miles away
And ignorance right in front of me
I'll choose to be blind like all the others....

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Weeping on the window sill.
A long pass love to give.
A doll that with stand time.
Like wear and tear on its strings inside.
The sand that flows in an hour glass.
Is a way to find a love that pass.
My mother holds it once again.
A cool person who love to give.
She gives it to my brothers daughter.
With it sitting on a spindle it can spin.
To thread it back into its former self.
It begins a new love with in....

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puente’

Mid callous deeds so cruel
kindness serves as nurse,
risk-takers help those injured
by evil doers’ curse. 
Summoning the golden rule
when the lights go out,
civilians move in concert

~ reversing the darkness ~

volunteers take care of needs
showing spirits rare.
Tireless effort will rebuild
whirlwinds’ wear and tear.
After nature’s forceful deeds,
unseen stars appear
as refuge in the night....

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I struggle here
To catch a glimpse
Of precious cheer
In fading dream


I face my fear
With simple gaze
That focus steers
In this mind maze


I struggle then
To ease the pain
Of broken plans
That now seem vain


I face the gall
With migraine nerves
That rise and fall
With nasty serves


Feel wear and tear
Push to the edge
Beyond the stares
Of a blank page




Leon Enriquez
06 December 2014
Singapore...

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Nothing left to fear,
 it seems that everything fades and disappears,
 money, love and everything between
 slips through time unmeasured scenes.

Gone away the simplicity of days
 when life was so easily played
 and all experiences once counted 
 slipped into the past surmounted.

Nothing left in life's wear and tear 
 as meaning and importance are not spared
 from the actions forgotten and recalled
 when memory is lost in time's fall....

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