If I have squandered your gifts, O Dear Lord,
and glorified myself with hoarded wealth;
if I have crucified the Lamb and Word,
and planned against my righteous neighbor's health,
then a rebellious son swift to repent
will not corrupt truth, nor forever break
the law or second-highest commandment;
instead, your talents now will all awake
in him and in these written lines of rhyme:
what I am endowed with, I will employ
and with love make the most of my short time,
and on earth spread and multiply Christ's joy.
For whilst some lust for power or live for blood,
I was formed to see my songs lift Death's hood!
Categories:
squandered, death, god, inspirational love,
Form: Sonnet
Memories worth pearls
much of my past was wasted.
Until sickness struck
My soul felt ecstatic now.
My wife is aware I'm there.
Categories:
squandered, analogy, anniversary, appreciation, dream,
Form: Tanka
Extravagance Squandered
David J Walker
Each in its own bubble as
A singular life
Clinging together in a
Mountain of dirty detergent
Flowing on turbulent rivers as
A not so well thought out experiment
Meant to cleanse
it poisons and
Pollutes everything it touches but
The bubbles meld and grow
Eventually exploding into nothing
With nothing to show but
The residue of extravagance squandered
Categories:
squandered, extended metaphor,
Form: Rhyme
Thinking back there was a time,
so very many years ago;
we were young and love was in its prime.
She told me she would always need me so,
but rumors left me so dismayed,
talk said my wife was hiding in the shade,
and stepping out while leaving me betrayed.
In search of thrill she always wandered
seeking pleasures that she conquered
as I sat alone and pondered…..
My life was doomed and sadly out of rhyme,
and her betrayal came as such a blow,
while claiming always true was her charade.
I now lament the love she squandered…..
November 9, 2018
Categories:
squandered, betrayal, lost love,
Form: Rhyme
Time of our youth squandered wasted
In vast incomprehensible quantities
Ah to get that time back
To have made the most of
Those hours days months and years
Curiosity easily converted to passion
With the slightest encouraging push
Expanding the mind always pays off
Transforms futures and opens doors
AP: Honorable Mention 2020
Submitted on September 27, 2018 for contest LINES OF TEN THAT REMIND YOU WHAT IT WAS LIKE BACK THEN sponsored by SILENT ONE
Originally posted on March 11, 2018
Categories:
squandered, future, inspiration, motivation, passion,
Form: Free verse
Squandered, wasted, apathetic and distant
These are the words that describe my existence
Invisible, nobody, forgotten, unwanted
I try to move on as though I'm undaunted
Days end in nights alone in the dark!!
Categories:
squandered, absence, bereavement, divorce, eulogy,
Form: I do not know?
Squandered inky poetic renderings
blood ensued parchment's apertures
led astray in convoluted evolution
'tween muses fiery premonitions
and starlit descending skies' envy
Categories:
squandered, allegory, allusion, analogy, muse,
Form: Light Verse
Bring me salt from your tear stained eyes
to heal my wounds as I realize
that never and forever are similar taunts
making me crazy with a message that haunts.
Once we were new and we played it so well.
Yet in spite of some heaven we landed in hell.
So be gone with your kisses and coal black heart.
My soul was endangered right from the start.
I'll meander on towards the bright light of day
while you squander the dark as you go on your way.
Never did you know me or paint me quite true.
Now goodbye is all that I have left for you.
written by Deb Wilson
March 19th,2014
motif is romantic
for Giorgio's contest
Categories:
squandered, betrayal, break up, lost
Form: Rhyme