Misgivings Poems - Poems about Misgivings

Remember us? We were not invited to your plenty. Remember us? Our Bounty was far less than empty. Remember us? We tilled, we toiled, we too wiped our brows. Remember us? We sang, we joyed, we too danced our bows. Have you forgotten us? With what's left of our dollar thirty six. Have you forgotten us? A can of beans and toast for drumsticks. Have your forgotten...

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Having misgivings about things that you have done and did regretting your past Unfortunately and sadly is an unavoidable consequence and fundamental part of life Simply no way of avoiding it or getting away with it And if you have you have to ask yourself Exactly how have you managed that...

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What is forgiveness, good question if anything at all Forgives the adulterer, but did she make the right call Some crimes so egregious, there’s no second chance Unless we bury our heads, and go around in a trance Only the injured party, has the power to truly forgive Poured acid on my face, but at least then...

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sensations in the eye pulsate & generate leaping jumping back & forth in rhythmic visuals on a grand scale interactions migrate then ...

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Tasteless pelt whiffs of mundane air Against my nostrils numb with dread; Scarcely fathom I what spectacle fair Beyond this umbra curtain latent lies. Tetchy harbingers over dark corners Lurk under dismal mirage-like cloud; Tomorrow's dreams in eldritch lines Occlude wisest presages renowned. Each day's bleak bulletins present Chillily menacing brutish shadows, As jinxed year's tides forward hop Into ever-spiraling...

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Fitful gusts Occasional thunderstorms Sunless cannonades Refreshing breezes Little gusts Interesting seedpods Violent lusts Emotional whirlwinds, mistrust Strong misgivings 7/6/19 Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. ©2019...

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Though thine two grown former babes in crib age, now lead checkered lives, no longer monopolize my time as though their persons went backstage either one embracing, judging, and negotiating positive chutes and ladders with courage evoking glee...

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Sexual Misgivings There is this instinctive desire To fulfill one’s sexual craving; Programmed into the human psychic, Just like the beating of the heart Which, after millions of years of evolution, Resists the surgeon’s prerequisite To stop it before operating. One would assume that rest would be welcomed But instead, the heart rejects this procedure. The pulse once activated must never stop And beats faster with...

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Misgivings. The long road is a petrified asphalt river where it dips and falls into an abyss it’s boiling and steam arises, cars fall in disappear, never to be seen again I have warned them do not drive when the sun sets, but headless they drive into their own oblivion. Ancient sorrow, under...

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Has it come to this? Seeds that were ordain to blossom and harvest, however years have brought up darkness Constant reminders of the past misgivings, instead of moving on with faith and hope We find ourselves, on a downward slope Who can be the hardest and push the farthest ...

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Words often used to chide a child Grew deep within his soul Where, as their taste was never mild, They took a hefty toll. They never meant or mattered much To those who caused him pain, Yet, full of scorn, they swiftly touched And made him grieve in vain. From...

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Words shall fall upon deaf ears Touch shall feel upon unfelt Hours to only feel as long as years As of thoughts were for doubts Falling in love to unlove Understanding before it begins Doing so much for so little worth Losing ten folds over triumphing wins Leaving to once more come again Staying to fall apart without a place Leaving tomorrow for yesterday to...

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