Stress Son Poems

you're the king in my jungle,
Peace in my world.
You're the sunshine blossoming my life,
The healthiest air I breathe.

You're my most important person.
The moon in the...

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We’re worried about your son.
He’s missing too much school.
If his attendance drops below 90%,
It will break all our rules.

I can’t go to school today, Mum.
My...

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the floor smashes into her wrist
twisting the limb
she didn't see the floor, wet

aged 100
her mobility is stress heavy
like being priced out of a home
her fall...

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I had a happy childhood at first
Yeah I played with dolls to a tragic
Extent. It was a dream of some
Type of female existence.  I...

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May all sacred,
but not quite omnipotent,
fathers learn this day
as we impatiently correct
our stress-disordered sons

That respect is earned,
so maybe disrespect is too
positive and negative layered
for and...

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(I have two sons- late arrivals after long years of waiting. My elder son left home for his studies relatively at a young age. My...

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It’s elko noice to be back in the sprawling, claustrophobic infinity of college.

I love the energy, the hubbub, the moving ins, the lines for everything...

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My son has taken up flying lessons… go Jake!
But I can’t push away my natural, motherly fear.
It’s the stress and the worry that I can’t...

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nothing holds him back
no worries, no stress just life
wild and free he is




Harley James
my 15 yr. old son...

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In his mid-30s but still a boy

Given $14.50 an hour and 12 hour shifts
Six days a week

His driver’s license confiscated
For five slung beers over a...

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*Image of Thunder & Lightning by Pixabay.

The Stranger
My life warps by its beasts of woes
depression dogs my day
at night, stress drains my restless soul
the wrongs...

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Panic


At a young age I was given eyes to see something I could not comprehend.
Given ears to hear things unbelievable. Unimaginable.
Things that exist in movies,...

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I grew to fear my dad
            he’d often beat me for the slightest thing.
A...

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Do not blame the bearer of the bad news –
A gun doesn’t kill by itself or a knife,
Nor a video game or hostile views;
An evil...

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My child
God’s gift…

his quirks
mirth-filled…

bath spree
glee flows…

meal times
burps great…

play hours
ease stress…

art shows
truths learned…

thumbs up
love sign…

blest pray’r
thanks*, Lord!

gestures
waves praise…

let’s sleep
sweet dreams!

*Psalm136:1 O give thanks unto the LORD;...

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