Short Wipe The Slate Clean Poems

Sometimes life leads us to start over and wipe the slate clean...

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All your life you've been pushed around,
Always having to look up from down on the ground,
Your body now surges with sorrow and rage,
Deciding your lifes book is on the last page,
A single shot rings out in December,
Maybe now everyone will remember,
How dangerous it is to be so mean,
Everyone now wishes they could go back to wipe the slate clean...

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January is a time to wipe the slate clean,

And start anew facing the unforeseen!

New and exciting challenges lie ahead;

Undoubtedly, we'll face seasons of dread,

Although, cherish the sweeter times to be had!

Relive yesterdays' good times and forget the bad;

You've a brand new year ahead so enjoy it and be glad!

Entry for Michelle Faulkner's "January" Contest
(3 January 2019)...

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What a year this has been
How refreshing it would be
If we could wipe the slate clean
Then perhaps we could see
A better future eventually

A better life for everyone
Without a thought of Virus or gun
A life where we would share and care
Making problems for the less fortunate 
Easier to bear

It's unrealistic to think this way
When the world we knew
Has gone astray
All of us have a need
For Peace on Earth
Without Power or Greed...

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Sometimes the most critical reflection,
Resides in your own mirror.

Self doubt cripples all inflicted,
Self confidence is earned daily.

Some must tear others down,
Just to build themselves up.

Some will raise others up,
To share in their glory.

Kindness is a free gift,
Cruelty pays a heavy toll.

Choose a path forward,
Or forever look backwards.

Tomorrow is just another day,
But is guaranteed to no one.

But tomorrow grants the chance,
To wipe the slate clean....

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What should I write about?

Truth, that is all!

But there is mine,
yours...

and then His of course:

compassion
unbending--
forgiving
unending--

though we are inclined
to weakly compromise;
change only when 
uncomfortably pressed;
(having tilted, after being lavishly blessed)
wipe the slate clean
reluctantly, for forced
by self-created 
negative circumstance
to heavily lean--

His love is faithful
regardless our fault,

Divine Witness
the crucified Christ....

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