Tough Poems

The Weight of Adversity

The devil's presence looms, a constant shadow on my back,
As I toil and struggle, my dreams stuck on repeat, never to crack,
The more I strive, the further I drift from the shore,
My knees tremble beneath me, worn from the weight of prayer and more.

The doors that once promised hope now stand closed and grey,
My heart,

Tough Love

mom fed baby birds
      pushed out of the nest by mom
they must learn to fly

Revised Nursery Rhyme No 3 - Little Miss Tough

        Little Miss Tough
        Sat on her duff
           whining ‘bout ‘The Amerikan Way’

         Along came a missile
      

How Now Slough

Although
it’s a hard row to hoe
a rough furrow to harrow
and a tough trench to plough
there’s many a meadow to mow
I hereby avow
and tho' it may be news to you
farmers have the need
to sow their seeds
where milkmaids milk the cows
swineherds feed their sows
and shepherds have their pie
and eat it too
in Slough now

Tough Question

I'd like to know who was the brain
who invented pain.

While Building Up Through A Supposed Tough Date

Red eyes might grow...
What pure mind don't show.
White eyes might cook,
What dirty mind can't hook.

Clean hands could build of fold...
What plan A can barely withhold,
Filthy hands might weigh of cheers,
What plan B does rarely adheres.

Crazy heart might run bloody metre... 
While calm vein don't shy as repeater.
Lovely heart could walk lonely garden,
While lousy vein can't

Cyrano de Bergerac 1619-1655

Cyrano de Bergerac
entered a race
not fleet of foot
but hoping to place
tho' quick off the mark
the competition so tough
kept him on his toes
when the going got rough
yet setting the pace
he won by a nose...
the schnozz on his face

With apologies to Edmond Rostand (1868 – 1918)

Do me wrong

Why u do me dirty, like I'm so ing dumb, u out here tryna play, but u ain't having much fun. You got me at the house, lying to my face, then go back and do it again, so this  can take  my place. Your trash to me now, there's no turning back,

A Tough Pill to Swallow

Bitter truth descends,
Hard to take, the medicine,
Acceptance dawns slow.

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Tough World

I know this  world is tough
I know it's hard to face
Pressures are pushing you
And you need a little space

It feels like late at night
Things seems to be  there worst 
Worry fills my thinking
And my hearts about to burst

That's when I have to take a breath,  and look back at my life
At challenge's,

Born by the Hoods, Class, and the Tough, Cold Streets

Bound by the Streets, where the poor Class prevails,
With Cold, hardened hearts, some are born by jail
With slicked-back hair and a comb in our hands,
We Greasers survive in a rough, Tough land
Through thick and thin, Hoods are roots in the ground,
A bond like steel, unshaken and unbound
No matter the odds, we won’t face defeat
Born by

A Tough Nut to Crack

Violet Smith lived in Center Kingdom. Her neighbors were Jack and Jill;
Like orange sun, of a pink morning, when it's just peeking over blue hills.

With Mother and Father and sister, Ava, Violet enjoyed life on Sage farm;
Just as lilac breezes, from out of the south, only rove to keep you warm.

Theirs was a land that

Paul Talked Tough

Paul talked tough, said he wanted to pulverize his enemy
But didn’t have one as far as any of us roommates could see
I’d mangle and maim them like a warrior wrecking ball
His only enemies are on video games, our friend Paul

Tough talk

How important are family and friends, 
Times of real trouble the outcome depends,
Depends on the numbers the more we recruit, 
Together we help to resolve a dispute, 
Our heads put together to plan our way out,
Intimidate the enemy where in with a shout,
We can beat every problem fight to the end,
Our strength is in numbers

TOUGH TIMES

When things start getting tough
Everything start getting rough 
Many will say, you're lazy
Some will say, you ain't working hard
Like it's by power or myth
Only few will understand, due to their awareness.

When the night starts coming 
The sun start going
Time always make the difference.
When everything starts crumbling 
You start stumbling and fading 
Everything becomes very crazy

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