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Best Poems Written by Sarah Walker

Below are the all-time best Sarah Walker poems as chosen by PoetrySoup members

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No Man Is An Island

Smiles brighter than the Sun on a fragrant summer day
Two kids, a boy and girl, go out to play
Only do the threatening storm clouds wipe that joy away
Like a mop across a sticky kitchen floor
The rain washes away that light and declares for war 

Children’s sparkling laughter dissipates beneath the drops of silver rain
Their bubbling jubilee turns around into pain
With a heavy heart, their mother explains
Without the rain, there can be no rainbow

If there weren’t any storms, there could be no more Sun
She plants kisses on their precious heads with a bottomless passion
And sends them back into the world, a blanket of shimmering diamonds
These two find it true that no man is an island

Above, an eagle soars and swoops and the birds still sing
Rabbits frolic in the field among the flowers blooming
Inside the youngsters, something unknown is blazing 
A seed of hope begins to sprout within their hearts 
That little sprout peeks up from the dirt

Blossoming, it comes to fruition and is ripe
What happens next, pictures can’t depict and words cannot write 
A ray of Sun bursts forth from between thunder and lightning
Hope becomes faith, for the children trusted their mother
She trusted in One above, another

Streaks of pink and gold are painted in the sky
Holding hands, brother and sister begin to cry
Mingled with rain, their tears water the lively earth
Which whispers to them with life and peace and warmth
Bare feet float across the soft grass towards the horizon 
It is true that no man is an island

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Drama

It’s a messed up world out there, we all got trauma 
Real question is, do you avoid the drama?
When someone tells you secrets, do you blab em to the world?
Or keep ‘em locked up like you should?

I keep yours and I keep mine deep down
They build up over time, I’m gonna drown
Up to my ears in this mess that I can’t change 
Deep in the waters of the bad days 

I hate going through stuff alone, but that’s the way it goes
The days are bright and the nights are cold
Fall is coming but I fell long ago
Even the high temps leave me low

But I cover up and wear a mask
Pushing the real me further back
Forget who I really am, short term memory
Cuz I lost the good ones from the last century 
I reach out to my friends so our relationship doesn’t end
Then if I stop them texts, I’ll never hear anything  

Do what I can to keep myself sane
But still have these thoughts every day
Doc said that and Doc said this
Asked me what’s good and what’s amiss

We pay you good to do your job
Why can’t you tell me what’s going on?
Nobody knows, there’s no diagnosis 
I’d rather be told I have scoliosis
Cuz this pain is a constant, sometimes worse 
Never better, always hurts 

Smile like it’s good, drive through the hood
To my one day a week job, it’s not very good
Losing my sanity quicker than I’m getting money
You can’t tell if I’m joking, cuz it all sounds funny
Welcome to my life, it’s kinda strange

But I cover up and wear a mask
Pushing the real me further back
Forget who I really am, short term memory
Cuz I lost the good ones from the last century 
I reach out to my friends so our relationship doesn’t end
Then if I stop them texts, I’ll never hear anything

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Clocks That Don’t Keep Time

They say life’s not a race and I’m not behind 
But my biggest enemy is the clock that keeps time 
I fall down and fall short and try to catch up
But it seems that I’m just never enough
I know it’s a lie and that I may not be right 
We’re all on different journeys, we live different lives 
Walking paths that turn and bend and turn again
I just can’t seem to get out of my head 
Days turn to months and months into years 
Until yesterday is a memory of laughter and tears 
Still it seems that I’m left in the dust the world made
While everyone else is ahead on the roads that they paved 
Maybe when I’m older, I’ll live in a house by the sea
Sit by the window where I can see
The waves crash in and roll back out 
I’ll stay in that house that is mine 
With a clock that is broken and doesn’t keep time

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Worm

Wiggle flop, wiggle flop
Rat a tat, rat a tat
The falling rain goes pitter pat
I’m not a rabbit, I can’t go hop
All I can do is wiggle flop 
Wiggle and squirm 
I’m only a worm, wiggle squirm 
I tried to be fish and say blub blub
But I almost became a fish’s grub
I tried to be a horse and prance
But I couldn’t dance or neigh
I almost got eaten like horse’s hay
So wiggle flop and wiggle squirm 
I can only flop because I am a worm   
I’ll stay in these puddles and watch the rain come down
I’ll dig in the dirt and stay golden brown