Start from square one
Pick the low hanging fruit
Work smarter not harder
Drill down to the root
Dive deeper going forward
Get a swat team, touch base
Square the circle, value added
Reach out - save face
Game changer, deal breaker
No brainer, ad hoc
Move the dial, close the deal
Plant the seeds, walk the talk
Get the metrics, crunch the numbers
Roll the rock up the hill
Make the forecast robust
And may the variance be nil
Pump up the expenses
Relax from your flap
Keep an eye on the audits
But don’t worry about GAAP
Plan B with your A game
Ahead of the curve
Drink the Koolaid, baked in
Take a risk, get a nerve
Low ball it, blue sky it
Step off the grid
Use buy-in and win-win and
Get a core competency, kid
Manage up, manage down
Then pull up your sox
And at the end of the day...
...at the end of the day…
think outside the box !
She had a lump
In her throat
Voice choked
As if
Someone had
Drained her life
Out
He could feel
Her recent ordeal
Listening intently
Face turning crimson
Heart beating fast
As if
Someone had
Drained his life
Out
So many similarities
So much love
Unlike yesterday night
With its
So many dissimilarities
So much ‘lust'
With he bent on
'I must'
Legal backing
Calling it
Domestic rape
Naturally then
Affinities and likes
Pegged elsewhere
With comforting words
And all his care
The only bright spots
In her failed relationship
His only concern
‘Hope she realises it
And doesn’t make
The cardinal error
Of taking his
'So near, yet so far presence'
For granted
Thus, unwittingly failing
Another relationship
Because, after all,
True love is
A committed, silent progress
Not a game of chess
To be lost or won
Going back to square one
Disaster has once again struck
my heart that harbors no luck,
And in my own melancholy
I once again face a harsh reality.
Months ago, I met a dazzling flame;
A phoenix who put me to immediate shame,
who lit my heart with a golden ember,
and gave me hope of a possible forever.
Now, here I am again,
back to square one with my pen.
I'm still happy about this opportunity
to search for another ephemeral eternity.
Baren dispair I'm barely even here in this desolate town I call my mind, broken and bent outa time ,actions have been outa line ,left the town in mess an distress,the waste land I created,the self I've hated, the monster I'm become,heart broken, sharp with my tounge, made vacancies for disrespectful guests,now I'm back to square one on my spiritual quest
Research of an introverts passion and finding a relationship.
Delusion is my work base.
Everyone else forgot to come.
Stuck in my mind the relationship breaks down due to the weather changing.
Creating dramatic heart break.
Seeing lots of effects and technologies advancing.
Reborn going back school education to a certain degree to figure out the math.
Nothing stops in an introvert mind as i begin my research.
Searching for passion.
this
liminal
utopia
a vapid
vapour
implodes
before our
eyes:
we stand
fixated
in gravitas,
the sublime
in retreat,
our mood blunt:
in fugitive mode
we clutch at hope
naked
in our essence
Falling in love, "I love you".
Three magical words open a new world.
In childhood, an intrigue.
In adolescence, a fantasy.
In adulthood, a freedom of expression.
In middle age, a hope to live.
In old age, the reminiscence of youth.
First mum and Dad.
Then Brothers and sisters.
Then cousins, then friends, then others and others ...
And how many of them!
Oh when will it be my time...
And finally came my divine day
I lost count of everything...
I relish every seconds.
Repeated those fantastic words
in different tune to different music.
But lo! the music stopped one gloomy day.
And then, so many times
was I to fall in and out of love.
As if there was nothing more important
to do in this whole world!
And great, this is where I never
learnt a new lesson.
Every new time my
counter is set to zero.
And here, I'm back to square one...
I've fallen in love again!
It seems you’ve already made up your mind
Rescinded decisions is what u made of l see
Something you need to know pretty well
Before you single out your property and leave
That l got no compunctions at all for the path l took
I won’t even curse the day l met u
Neither shall l even consider forgetting
The very moment when love got sour
But cherish l will the moments we had
Some of those we held too dear
I hope you'll get the compulsory ingredient 4 your recipe
Cope, cope and cope
Cope with your life devoid of me
Cope with your sleep without my arms around you
Cope with your sorrows without me for consolation
Cope with your joys without me to give it the life it takes
I guess you got a message for me
The bells already ring loudly with clarity
To remind me that my time is over
Back to the drawing board l have to return it seems
Now club Monaco awaits me
To hit the pool balls one at a time
As l swallow one, two or more for the road
As l premeditate ma life without you
And get back as you sent mi.....
TO SQUARE ONE!!
Crawl,walk,run,leap
Wake,work,eat,sleep
Yell,scream,laugh,cry
Speak,listen,smile,sigh
Renounce,relinquish,defy,resist
Succumb,surrender,continue persist
Think,ponder,question,believe
Sing,dance,revel,relieve
Fall,stagger,stumble,slip
wane,waver,falter,trip
coax,cajole,crash,burn
Withdraw,retreat,live n' learn
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