Trying Poems - Poems about Trying

I'm really, REALLY tired. I'm grasping at straws. I've lost myself. I'm alone so often, I've got nowhere I can go. I try to talk to people but I know I'm just bumming them out. I didn't want to be like this. I wanted to be able to laugh with my friends. I wanted to feel courageous. I...

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Getting up after the fall, Standing again and accepting the call. Giving it the proverbial 'college try' Burning the midnight oil and remembering his 'why'… Standing in the batter's box again after strike three Readying himself for another at-bat, standing in the box confidently… Picking himself up off the canvas after the big left hook Shaking the cobwebs and learning from the...

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I am unsure when I stopped trying to please everyone else at my own expense When I was young I had a need to be liked by everyone I did whatever I could to get them go beyond mere approval Was I in my thirties when I stopped this? I am not sure But I know why I stopped it. Some...

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OF MASTERING TODAY’S TIMES Controversy has its place, as to disagree does not necessarily mean to disavow; save in the event 0f conspiracy to subvert justice, and void the rights to life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness:- Today’s controversy over power in America, has become so conspiratorial that it has reached the point of bastardizing much ideology of the founding constitution of our...

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I'M A UNSUCCESSFUL PERSON, WHO CANT EVEN TAKE STAND FOR HERSELF. I'M A QUITE PERSON, WITH THOUSANDS OF THOUGHT RUNNING, IN MY MIND. I'M A TOUGH PERSON, WITH FULL OF EMOTIONS BEATING, MY HEART FAST. I'M THE FACE OF HAPPY PERSON, WITH UNHAAPY FEEL, MAKING ME HURT. I'M STRONG PERSON, WEAK FROM INSIDE, HIDING MYSELF TO THE WORLD....

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The following account predicated on partial fact and a healthy dose of prevarication with an attendant overactive imagination. Trying to REM ember the waking stage of an emotionally tormenting dream One week later still dog-tired after jarring telephone ordeal (seven days ago from April 30, 2025) with fake government employees, yours truly still emotionally haggard trembling and wretched closely following on the figurative...

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Have you ever talked with God? At first it might feel very odd. Please move your feelings out the way. And let your heart do the talking today. You're not just talking to the air. The One that created you is there. If you're not sure how or what to do. Let the Bible be the guide for you. Open it up and...

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I’m not whom You may think I am But am the who That I am And the coming To being more As the belly Of my soul ...

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My husband likes chicken fried steak I am not fond of it But I like the potatoes and gravy on top I decided to give the chicken another try It was not for me, so I cut it into sixths for our dogs. They both turned up their noses at it. Is it that they are too well fed Or their taste...

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started out soft singe then there was a taunting twinge revealing revenge Horn Turbulent Trying Haiku...

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The window glass is a new look — Curtains shy against the pane's ribs. A reflection of me she took By thermal eyes' surface wires shook Where comeback fire, bottomless stood. My face like the glass, Stygian The window glass is a new look — Curtains shy against the pane's ribs. ...

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Loud crazy-sounding hullabaloo in the center of town Carnival? Fiesta? Mobsters? Balloon-shaping clown? We could not wait for our parents to slumber Creeped out of our windows, hid behind piles of lumber Ran down there to see whatever mischief we could The square was empty except for a lone pile of pine wood Our parents’ cameras had shown them what we...

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Wind cannot shatter your tree of glass Your performance of involvement pushes you afar A moon can shine with euphoric light It shines and tries to avoid its dark side But you stand, shifting, alive and in place Hands steady Shakes buried Somewhere not today. Your breath a sign of angels Your soul not out of place A beauty in your angles And not a...

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A bat, quite a nocturnal chap, Tried to fly with a brand-new top hat. He looped and he swirled, Then his hat was unfurled, "Perhaps hats and flight," he said, "don't quite map." ©bfa031025 ...

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Only if I were a special person, I'll have love that would heal my heart I'm just a loner walking through life, and I'm falling apart Settling down looking at everybody live I'm all by myself trying to get healed Mental is going astray, it's leaving me crazy Being alone with no one to talk to while my body...

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