Success Sorrow Poems

I hugged her lightly.
Never having a sister before,
I was scared I’d break her.
Turtle, the best name I decided.
A shelter from harm always near her.

She grew...

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There’s a loneliness to her style, it’s true.
No sense of direction or means of success.
A cautionary tale for men with no clue. 

With icy tone...

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This morning
whilst brushing my teeth
and trying
with very little success
to obey the dental profession's plea 
to brush in a circular motion 
and not 
in a side...

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Struggles come in many forms,
Some are manifest, some are hidden,
But no matter what the shape,
They can be hard to bear and seem unending
The path of...

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On the surface, Tina, I disagree.
Without limbs, is it really a tree?
With electric lines, it's a light pole.
Without such power, it's a pole in a...

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Tangled shackles ,
finite spaces.
From life to end,
One hope in the eyes,
To meet infinite ways.
The needs and the breads.....
We only care.
Who constantly stare....
Seeking liberation.
Times facing nastiest...

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At rock-bottom is my self-image
I dejectedly walk on life-road
My own self I often disparage
And so carry mentally a heavy load
I try to build up enough...

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(To Armstrong)
Remember those days when mists of uncertainty
Shrouded our timid hearts.
We never left the hearthstead,
The fire of which burned from our silent prayers
And our hopes...

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It was a dangerous liaison
We’d meet in no mans land
Engage in one quick tango
Then I’d quickly kiss her hand
And each of us would slip
Through our...

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I understand that my values have changed. In ways to frame a point we can't help complain. Distract a conscience with tasks to entertain. As...

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OBLIVION IS THE PRICE

Oblivion is the price to be paid
When attempts all fail to engage the mind
And the key that’s lost you can never find
Even...

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Tonight I lay in bed in dread 
of returning in the morning 
to the beige building on that dead end street 
that floods like the...

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We learn from our mistake, 
From the friends who are fake, 
From the wrong paths we take, 
From false decision we make, 
From the trust...

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The mind wants to believe in positivity around the globe & when this desire sets its roots, what happens next is a world wide disease...

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Without pain, there is no pleasure 
Without greed, one can't find success
Without sorrow, the value of joy is never realized 
Without morrow, this day shall...

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