They Said He'd Change
...I held on like the world would end
If I let go of the man I called a friend
He broke me slow with gentle lies
And wiped my tears while making me cry
I made excuses I covered the scars
Told mys...
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Categories:
wiped my tears, abuse, culture, emotions, for
Form: Rhyme
Molly
...at some point in my life molly was my best and only friend.
molly showed me my life didn’t have to end.
molly gave me confidence, i didn’t know i had in me.
molly filled me with excitement and gl...
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Categories:
wiped my tears, addiction, best friend, depression,
Form: Rhyme
Broken Loop
...About two on a Friday morning
Here I am lying on the floor
My reflection on a tilted photo seeping
Through the frame while I'm laying
still, weighed down by guilt to the core
of not being a...
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Categories:
wiped my tears, art, beauty, cheer up,
Form: Free verse
To The Ones I Carried
... I get up every day with the life I thought is mine
And before I get my share done,
watched you silently asleep and I smile
I knew that the moments of me walking alone the house is limite...
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Categories:
wiped my tears, childhood, children, mother,
Form: Free verse
I'll See
...I'll See
(Instrumental of Angel
Celine Dion &R. Kelly
No task is too much
For me to do
All I have to do
Is find the clue
Focus
Look in the front
Don't keep looking behind
Thing...
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Categories:
wiped my tears, beautiful,
Form: Free verse
Another Day's Journey
...Author Dana Redricks
August 23, 2023
I’m thankful for another day, blessed to witness the sun’s golden ray. For many have departed, before their prime, leaving behind memories, frozen in time.
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Categories:
wiped my tears, blessing, christian, confidence, dedication,
Form: Free verse
Teach Me
...I want to hear the music in your heart.
I want to see the sunset.
Then look into your eyes,
Seeing you smile as the angels sing and,
The heavens open up.
I just want one day to spend with you.
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Categories:
wiped my tears, blessing, destiny, devotion, emotions,
Form: Free verse
Coast of Arizona
...Show me shimmering light
With your utmost might
Couldn’t fight the fright inside
There’s nowhere I can hide…hide…
I cried aloud in the middle of the night
For you to be my delight tonight, ton...
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Categories:
wiped my tears, deep, desire, earth, emotions,
Form: Lyric
In the Grass
...Intimations of Immortality (excerpt)
Though nothing can bring back the hour
Of splendor in the grass, glory of the flower
We will grieve not; rather find
Strength in what remains behind
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Categories:
wiped my tears, memory,
Form: Rhyme
Under The Rain We Fall
...Can't believe we met
In a place never been set
Can't believe we get
Drops from rain and got wet.
Raindrops in your head
I wiped and dried with open hand
You thanked me and touched my head
I ...
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Categories:
wiped my tears, emotions,
Form: Ballad
U , Me and He
...Since birth it was between *U and Me*.
*U* hold my hand at the time of frights.
*U* pat my shoulders to admire my strive.
*U* wiped my tears while drowning into ebb and flows of woes..
Then th...
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Categories:
wiped my tears, confidence,
Form: Verse
Him and I
...I went to see him after years in his place
He was there waiting for me
I started walking towards him a bit nervous
He was there on call with me giving directions
I saw him finally with my hear...
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Categories:
wiped my tears, blessing, care, fantasy, how
Form: Free verse
My Life Lessons
...As I went through the process of understanding
What people are capable of
I wiped my tears and understood the lesson
Moving forward was the only option
And I did just that
As I went through th...
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Categories:
wiped my tears, adventure, africa, betrayal, blessing,
Form: Free verse
Jingling Anklets
...it was not the creaking door that scared me so,
not the nightly thunder and that lonely crow,
what gave me shivers was jingle of anklets,
as I hid deep under cover of blankets,
they passed me by ...
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Categories:
wiped my tears, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Happy Birthday Mom
...Hello mother.
I did not forget that today is your birthday. There is just so much that I w...
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Categories:
wiped my tears, birthday, mom,
Form: Verse
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