Short When The Going Gets Tough Poems

'When the going gets tough
the tough get going'
Why don't they stay?
They must be afraid...
To safe spaces they head out
where they sulk and they pout
They can't stand the heat
so they get out of the kitchen
  ~ Enough of their bit-chin...

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To hope for the unattainable.
To dream when hope is gone.
To strive for dreams remaining.
To die when strive’s too long.

To wish for things unseen.
To believe that wishes come true.
To pray when beliefs are tarnished.
To die when praying is through.

To live for days gone by.
To struggle when living gets rough.
To get going when it’s not worth the struggle.
To die when the going gets tough....

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A
                               Dreamer
                           Never sleeps
                       Always wide-eyed
                   Walking past darkness
                        Into a ray of light
                 Embracing all challenges
                  Quelling every adversity
     Pushing on when the going gets tough
      And nothing or no one gets in the way


Date written and posted: 02/16/2019...

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M-O-T-H-E-R

“M” is for all the material things she gave me
“O” means only she sees the real me
“T” is for tears she shed
“H” is for heartfelt words in time of need
“E” is for her emerald eyes, filled with love so indestructible;
“R” is for her remarkable perseverance when the going gets tough
Put them all together; it spells 
‘MOTHER’
A job that has so much devotion, and evolvement is the hardest jobs of them all....

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When all seems lost and you’re hopeless.
When it’s like nothing possible could be done 
for the helpless.
When it seems like mistakes cannot be corrected.
When you feel like letting go 
cause you can take it any longer.
When you begin to ask yourself why, 
is there anything still left worth the try.
When you think know it and you don’t.
When nothing happens like you want.
It is when the going gets tough, 
you get tough going....

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A tragedy John’s life was so short.
Alone, his beautiful young widow,
In mourning for their tender love,
Holds his photograph and cries.

Alone, his beautiful young widow,
Pining for his strong, loving arms,
Holds his photograph and cries,
Her memories keep her company.

Pining for his strong, loving arms,
In mourning for their tender love,
Her memories keep her company:
A tragedy. John’s life was so short.

In Memory of John D

For Deb’s When the Going Gets Tough contest...

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Don't give up when times are hard against the graft
Don't give up when breaking the mold you pause for a laugh
Don't forget all the good times that you had
Don't remember the bad times you were mad
Don't forget the struggle and the strain
Again and again and again and again
Don't be crying when the sun is shining again
Don't be the one hiding when its time to ascend
Don't give up when the going gets tough
Don't be destroyed when the times are rough
Don't give up....

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Come judgment day 
y'all niggaz tryna run away 
Hidin' behind the clouds 
from niggaz with much clout 
But, as they say: 
when the going gets tough, 
the tough get bombed. 
Stuffin' the leafy rod 
with a sticky green wad. 
A concoction that burns  
and blows sweeter than 
fine Eastern incense 
Open a fortune cookie, 
what's it say: 
I gotta hit dat. 
And to be honest, I think 
it's just what you needed. 
A reality check to the forehead 
to stop the mental bleeding....

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