Angst Success Poems

a smashing success -
diamonds and emeralds
in the jaws of thieves
left to sweep up shards of glass
eyes wet and red as rubies
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Brave little turtle,
Crossing the road.
Dodging traffic,
Shelling the load.

Slow and steady,
Forever hunched.
Always praying,
Never crunched.

The price of life,
Yes, you've paid it.
Now safe across,
Hurray! You made it....

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Too Much

“Make something of yourself,” they say
“You need to make yourself known,” they say
“Doing well isn’t good enough,” they say
“Run for every leadership position you...

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Global warming
Jealousies
Me: cool :)

25/5/2022...

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Our parental will has been broken
The dreams we had for our children are lost
We had the best of intentions 
Now we’re incurring the cost

It happens...

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Kids do not understand how losing works 
perhaps they don't know what endeavor means.
Some coaches play around with youngsters' minds
by setting goals which cannot be...

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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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The blade in my hand has been honed razor sharp by reality
I wield it with the careful precision of a skilled physician
who was accrued decades...

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I feel out of place…out of place
I dream of floating in space…
Away from the darkness below
I hide my eyes from the undertow

We couldn’t see cuz...

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Left alone in a dreary mood, utterly broken
With none to lean on and look for,
She tethered her soul to sordid gloom,
And chained her fancy, never...

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Often she is at the end of her wits
Trying to understand herself
Trying to understand others
And why, 
She is a dunce at life
It is said, life...

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I walked into a room
  full of angst and gloom
Assignments not done
  books left at home

Said to myself 
  Be pleasant, like...

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Panic’s on the prowl and I’m about to cower;
surely my sanctuary is a strong tower!

There ample assurance abides to meet my need;
there relief returns, from...

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So many words, such boring waffle
Posturing peacocks, whispering snakes,
Actions so twisted doubtful if lawful
A bunch of connivers, dithering flakes.

In the House which they rule
They pointed...

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I wielded my sword
And slayed the foul dragon,
Then crammed the vile beast
Right back in his flagon.

Pickled and sodden
There will he lie
Few to remember
Fewer to cry.

Obnoxious...

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