Life Simile Poems

IN THE EVERGREEN OF HOPE

In the forest of despair,
The evergreen of hope,
Firmly rooted,
Stands in the mist
Of the saws
Of injustice:
Her tired body
Having withstood
The fires of debilitation
And...

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OF LIFE AND ROSES

Life is like roses,
our petals and thorns tested
daily in our lives:-
Keep bloosoming and blooming :
enduring life’s naturing:-
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collaterally speaking...

war is like plowing...
don't like peace...hell!...bomb-plow it:
life...collateral......

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THE WAKE WITHOUT VIGIL
           

Time longer than rope
Chokes hearts dangling
In the reality of struggle:-

Grieving mothers...

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When love is working,
hate is busy challenging;
faith, busy winning:-

Where love is working,
melting away all despair,
hate is as ice in the sun:-

In labors of love,
injustice is...

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Back in school, it seemed time was at a standstill. In hindsight, it seemed
like a hell we needed to to go through and survive as...

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Night is pending.
Not even the most anxious
can avoid time.
Day after day I dread the
the death of nothing
that the night spawns.
The TV becomes my 
best friend~
a...

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Rivers always flow…
Let life be like a river…
Wet in flowing grace…


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Urgent is the will,
The self is as still as the night;
Apathy controlling;
Urgency calling, 
The will remains imprisoned;
And apathy, keyless;
Urgency calling,
Apathy, shedding useless tears;
Fear controlling action:-

Genesis...

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What's the big deal
Why do we always have to be serious
Or well adjusted and stuff like that
That's no freaking fun

Why can't we run amok through...

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Be not like lost leaves,
blowing around in dry dirt;
be as frothing waves…:-
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Life is like a rose;
it has its thorns, as well as,
Sweet petaling days:-
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Today is as quiet 
As a crowded graveyard
Empty of life:-
Yet, the green of nature,
Shines in springing glory:-

As a brief breeze
Warmly passes by,
Silence retains its control
And...

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Life mirrors the ocean's flow, skimming,
turning, burning, and then churning
below it thrusts and bursts forth
impatiently, then spreads,
searching and reaching
for the unknown,
befuddled,
baffled,
dazed
by
seeking,
pursuing
secret corners,
returning to light
our pathway...

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I am Buddha...

         w a l l o w i n g 
in the refreshing stillness,
A lone...

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