Best Falling Short Poems

I'll always, forever
be just falling short
hopelessly hopeless
with angry retorts

I'm tired of losing
it's always the same
I'm finished with playing
a bottomless game

I'll never be stronger
or good enough, too
I can't reach expectations
that no one can do

insult me or taunt me
the matter won't change
failure is nearing
and I'm in it's...

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Steam from a passing train funnel 
wrapped under and over the footbridge 
like regret around a jilted lover. 
We were walking home from school 
(people walked places, then). 
Afternoon sun was glittering 
on the maturing wayside grass, 
tall and feathery. 
Term was ending. 
I was...

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childhood memories
daddy says get the lead out--
pencil tip shatters...

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Needing again to find the
words to convey—where
did the need come from?

Unreliable thoughts that 
birth the damnedest 
feelings yet lack the 
cognizance to see
reality—

it hurts to breathe 
when all I can do is 
exhale and anticipate 
failures—

I'm tired of needing
Meaning.
I'm sick of 
Falling Short....

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emperors run empires
kingdoms are for royalty
religion owned by paedophiles 
and numpties run the countries 

democracy is a mockery
communists and conning tricks 
socialists are emotionalists 
and dictators are just total pricks 

people need controlling
but never trust control
conspiracies are interesting
what do cover ups up hold 

a story...

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It feels like no matter how hard I am trying 
I keep falling short of the expectations of others

I'm hurting not helping those I love
And I can't seem to make anyone happy at work.

Life goes by fast and it just isn't possible to
please everyone and...

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He should have loved his children
more than himself

He should have shared his dreams
with somebody else

He should have left a trail
that a blind man could find

He should have been more than just
 —one of a kind

(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2020)...

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