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Best Poems Written by Alexander Ross

Below are the all-time best Alexander Ross poems as chosen by PoetrySoup members

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Family

They say that time's a healer
And many things will mend
But we are running out of hours
To sort it in the end
There has been too many bruises
Too much damage has been done
Is it really worth fixing?
Or should we turn and run?

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Learning To Swim

Pushing through the carnage
That others leave behind
Straddled by emotions
When alone,
you will always find

Trapped by all your feelings
And shackled by the pain
Fighting through the heartache
In the hope,
you can start again

Drowning felt so easy
When you started to let go
Now you've learned to swim again
The sinking,
starts to slow

All this makes you stronger
Growing day by day
Courage grown through hardship
Helps you,
on your way

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The Smile

My smile hides my story 
The one you will never see
Of where pain destroys everything
And will never set me free

Of hiding in the darkness
Watching the world exist
Of looking back at happiness 
And my dreams I now resist

Of running out of energy
Even before I start my day
Of answering ‘how are you feeling?’
With a shrug and ‘Yeh......I’m okay'

Of returning party invites
With ‘sorry I cannot attend'
Of crying in the corner
Screaming ‘when will this end'

Of running away from friendships
Rejecting help and attention
Of losing out on making memories
Too many times to mention

Of making lifestyle choices
Not for pleasure, but to combat pain
Of climbing many mountains
With nothing there to gain

Of looking for the answer
Never giving up hope
Of battling through the turmoil 
And finding new ways to cope

If I don’t answer your phone calls
Or the messages don't arrive
Please don’t think I’m ignoring you
I’m just struggling to survive

Living with this invisible demon
Is slowly destroying me
I’m not hiding behind a bandage
As there is no scar to see


(I must stress that this poem is about someone getting through through life with chronic pain/illness and not how I feel atm. I am totally fine ??
My illness has been with me for several years and I am away to undergo yet another operation and I have just been looking back at how I have coped ??)

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Tears In the Rain

Tears in the rain

This lonely heart of mine
Has forever lived upon my sleeve
As a commentary to my life
As I watched the precious ones leave

Building walls to protect me
With my blood on every brick
Rarely venturing beyond them
For the fear....
Of the path that I may pick

When I’m standing in the darkness
Struggling with the pain
I watch my blackened tears
Disappear, into the rain

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Peace Not War

Just trying to live life in peace
The bullies bring you to your knees
They send the fickle off to war 
Not knowing what they are fighting for 

We hear what they want us to hear
We fear what they want us to fear
Like animals that are penned
They control us til the end

Marching to the tune and pulling the trigger
Brainwashed to make the powerful bigger
Then tossed on a heap with mind fatality
Left to die with no grip on reality

The weak have no fight and have no say
But maybe they are happy and want it that way
Watching the freaks fight for control
As they live life with a hollow soul

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Love and Peace

Love and peace
Is in short supply
Some hold their anger
Until the day they die

People of the world
Should live as one
Instead of destroying the planet
Until one day, it is done

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Summer

Sun setting through the window
Shadows fading on the floor
Orange glow on the carpets
Warm breeze at the back door

Summer has gently started
We have been waiting all winter long
For days of endless sunshine
And the sounds of birds in song

Colour has arrived in the garden
The grass is a beautiful green
Lovely scents fill the air
In this bright summery scene

The winter brings it’s beauty
With clean and pure white snow
But nothing beats the summer
When the greenery starts to grow

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The Demons Haven'T Won

Battling demons in the dark
Behind the light of a smile

Hoping to find a precious spark
To make the fight worthwhile 

Evading the relentless attack
Coming in wave after wave

Trying hard not to crack
Your existence is there to save

Life outside is a blur
There is nothing clear to see 

Desperately seeking the spur
To find the energy to flee

Loved ones don't know of the struggle
Or of the warfare in your head

Of the pressure of trying to juggle
Between happiness and dread

Although the conflict carries on 
The demons haven't won

Your passion hasn't gone
Exhausted, but you are not done

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Me

I am the darkness
Emptiness is my friend

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Gone

The edge has gone
I feel no fear
What once gripped me
I now hold dear

About to destroy it all
I need to breathe
Dark feels safer than light
When hiding underneath

I had the chance to take it
But chose the sorrow
No chance to turn back
Fading towards tomorrow

I had it standing in front of me
But as usual, I just couldn't see