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Best Poems Written by Tanis Troutman

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Untruths

No lies are sweet
Except the ones to lesson harm
These lies are cheap
The ones meant to charm

Lies are usually for self gain
To avoid telling the truth
Not willing to take blame
Commonly done in youth

Lies of fabrication
An imagination out of control
Lies of exaggeration
Are told to strengthen the goal

Whatever the circumstances
 no one can disguise
You may not know by their actions
But You can tell by their eyes

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Wood Wide Web

Wood Wide Web

Entwined beneath our feet
Is a world so discrete

A society laughing and crying
Families living and dying

Sharing all that sustains,
Life coursing through their veins 

Touching, feeling and connecting 
Existing, surviving and protecting 

They feel when neighbors are hurt
The air for them is the dirt

They're roots hold the secrets of creation
Overlooked by the greed of our nations

March 2017

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Gone

Released from their mortal form,
to the dimension of the unborn 
They are not lost nor taken,
not in heaven, not forsaken 
They exist in another dimension, 
one beyond our comprehension
Where we’ve always been and never began
Where there's no desire to understand 
Don't see death with fear and confusion,
enjoy life, 
for it’s only an illusion 

October 2017

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The Rabbit

The rabbit 
Two houses side by side
One couple had a rabbit
One couple had a dog
The dog loved the rabbit
Was next door all the time 
The couple with the rabbit 
Went away on vacation 
Before they left 
Their rabbit died
They buried it in their backyard 
The dog was very sad 
Dug it up and brought it home
The dogs owners were mortified 
Thought their dog had killed 
The neighbors rabbit 
So they washed the mud off
Fluffed it up and put it back in the cage
When the neighbors returned 
They were astonished 
To see the rabbit back in the cage
All white and fluffy as though never been buried !

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Panic Attack

Buzzing in my ears
I've got to get out of here
In a cold sweat
It's away from these people I have to get

I can't just bolt, they would wonder why
Now I can't see, I'm going to die
I can't breathe, I can't hear
Are you alright ?  Faces appear

I've collapsed to the ground
Faces talking, making sounds
Im moaning from the pain of the fear
Men from an ambulance appear

I'm white as a sheet
The writhing is starting to cease
cold, clammy hot and moist
I'm very tired but I can use my voice

I've just returned from edge of hell
How long it went on I cannot tell
I don't what happened I was just very sick
I needed lie down on these cool bricks

Another place I can't ever come back
Never back to the place of a panic attack

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An Ipoem

I'm tired of passwords, user names
Codes for this, codes for that
What ever happened to the good old days
When people actually used to chat 
A time when you really did laugh out loud 
When a blue tooth would probably fall out
A time when all heads weren't bowed
You needed a map for your route
It used to be all about the hifi
Mail didn't have an e or a g
Now it's all about the wifi
And what apps are free
There's been a lot of changes in these years
And I've come to this conclusion 
I must say that I'm glad I was hear
For the technological revolution

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So Horribly Sad

Sifting Through Loss

My dad left this world, 
And it kept all his possessions

I'm forced to go through all his belongings
Every box is heartbreaking
The memories are so close

I'm the only child of an only child
My dads life in boxes, I can't believe
I wasn't ready for him to leave
All I can do is stare a the boxes piled

His shoes, his drawings
Everything's here except him
It's so personal
I feel like I'm bleeding tears
I feel so horribly sad

August 31, 2016
Contest: Challenge - Write One

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Facebook

Facebook is an all year Christmas letter
A contest to see who's life is better

The pictures you have that flatter you the most
You pick the most glamorous one to post

The picture showing your brand new car
Telling everyone how successful you are

1800 friends, wow you must be set
But only 18 you've ever really met

How many happy birthdays does a person need 
How many would've remembered without the Facebook feed

You don't see much of...my son is going to court
Or my husband wants a divorce 

My hair is going grey
My bills are not getting paid

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Lack of Respect

Lack of Respect

The truth was concealed with many branches 
The knowledge hidden within the creature
Experience gives countless advances
More than just their rings can be our teacher
They've witnessed the human revolution
From our logging to our air pollution 
Peace and wartime, loving and murder
Learning, watching he is the observer
He could answer any questions man has
The wisdom from his centuries is vast
If we don't kill him he'll live forever 
Other than us its lightening in weather 
When your chainsaw is ripping through the tree
The tree will be screaming please don't kill me

July 4, 2016

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Connected

She talks to him in her sleep
She says "I love you too"
It's a secret she has to keep
"Can I come see you ?"

She sleeps to see her special friend
He doesn't have a name
She says he's real and not pretend
She says they are the same

She's five years old 
And the day she arrived
She has never been told
Her twin brother died 

January 2017