Short Not Good Enough Poems

Not powerful enough
Not strong enough
Just not good enough
Surrendering my will
Passion is gone
I'm defeated...

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Honorable mention, a clever invention
To stifle "not good enough"s blow 
An ego, conceited, though truly defeated
"So I am the champion?!" NO...

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I love you so much it hurts inside
I hate when we fight and all the days and nights I cried. It seems no matter what I do is not good enough for you because I tried and tried....

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This may be the last time
That I will try
I gave my best to everyone
And I did my best
If it's not good enough
For anyone, I'm sorry 
Because I've always used
My heart to lead me....

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I didn’t think
I would feel this way.
All of my original feelings are still here.
They will always be here.
Why did you tell me to stay?
How can I forget?
I believe I’m not good enough....

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Ever Feel Like…

You’re good…but you’re just not good enough?
You’re pretty...but you’re just not pretty enough?
You’re smart…but you’re just not smart enough?
	 
 Well…I’m tough…and I AM tough enough....

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No matter what I do
I will never be good enough
I feel I'm going to fail 
as an artist
I'm going to **** up my life
I know I am not good enough
to be worth anyones' time
energy
or life
only their sympathy...

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her naked body kissed by the sun's rays - she blushes scarlet


Contest my best monoku – Sponsored by PD Linda
04~02~16

(New poem as I consider my other entries are not good enough to be my best)...

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Only I would call u a million times and you would not care 
Only I would say to you that I love you 
Only I would write I poem for you 
And I am still not good enough to be with you 
What more do you want from me 
I can only give u so much...

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People mistake my mainstream depression for a sunny disposition.  I am not good enough to be seen with myself.  The girl of my dreams is everywhere and nowhere close.  I'm in love.  Love will kill me.  I am the architect of my own demise.  Stop me...

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I'm just me
As you can see.
If that's not good enough for you,
What else can I do?
I can not change for you
If I don't want to.
So, let me be who I am,
And please understand
That you are you, I am me,
And that's how it's supposed to be!

(1988)...

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Mrs. Generosity gives me Kleenex, but that’s not good enough.
She offers me pencils, markers, stickers and other school stuff.
Some people do not know her as well as I do. Too bad for them.
She is a friend to me, a cousin, a delight, a wonder and a gem....

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Dimmissed, defective, unimportant,
Discounted, unworthy,
Unnoticed, undervalued,
Guilt-ridden, under-employed,
Underpaid, misunderstanding,
Unempathetic, overwhelmed,
Under duress, under siege,
Over-whelmed,
Over-dose, undertaker, underground

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Apology
not good enough
Intention
still to blame
The road to hell
left burning red
its deviance
in flames

Excuses
rolling off the tongue
with lie
compounding lie
A higher power
judgment bound
the devil
— in denial

(Bryn Mawr College: July, 2024)
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the 'i'm not good enough' is messing with you again.
you are. you are good enough.
you are you & no one else can match your authentic self.
why doubt what you are capable of?
why doubt the skills you have & have yet to develop?
stop doubting.
you were made for hope....

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I walked in the house.
you were on the couch.
the whole family was there.
you said to me i was not good enough for you.
i said what are you talking about?
he said i dont love you anymore your just not good enough.
so i left the room crying.
then it was all a blanck....

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My shrink says I haven't any..
self esteem that is.
Not good enough or smart enough
I thought the ugly duckling would
turn in to a swan.. didn't happen.
Just  living life in the slow lane.
Gray and unattractive, old too
But my mother loved me..
that's something, right?...

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When my heart started ticking in rhyme,
And the three arms ran around and chime,
I ran faster and fast,
Then got slower at last,
And now not good enough for a dime.



Honorable Mention in STRAND SELECT K, any form,any theme Poetry Contest sponsored by Brian Strand...

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Tiny and small 
they fly around. 
Hoping to find a place to call home.
Not good enough for the heavens above 
and too good for the devils home.
These creatures continue to roam.
Far and wide they are known 
With the stories they have to share.
Fairies are everywhere....

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Why?
Back Off
Get Out
Not Good Enough
Stupid
Leave
Ugly
Retarded
I Hate You
You’re Not Worth It
You Arn’t Good Enough
Try Me

Can’t Breathe
Can’t Talk
Alone
Trapped
Angry
Upset
Hurting
Wishing
Scared
Hoping for a Second Chance

Crying
Cutting
Pulling
Breaking...Why?...

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whats interesting about giving up
is that it is my fault,
my choice to stop putting in the effort
to make things better.
i allow myself to have this
fictitious sense of control.
because what else am i 
supposed to do?
what happens when what i have to give,
who i am
is not good enough?...

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How could this happen to me?
What have I done wrong? 
I can't believe this has happened. 
I was trying my best. 
Maybe my best was not good enough. 
Well, I guess I will have to go back and do it again. 
I have to, it is the only way
to graduate. 
I failed the biology test.  
What a bummer....

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What am I, not good enough,
doing all this terrible stuff.
You put me down to much, I always ask why,
It's like I hit the floor, and then I cry.
So should I pick myself up again,
trying to erase all of these sins.
You always push me away,
but what if I want it my way.



DONT READ NOT FINISHED...

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I toil and push myself. Hide my pain. Both physical and emotional. Tell myself out loud that I don't matter. My pain pales in comparison to yours. I know I'm not good enough for you. So I accept any role I'm allowed to have to keep you in my life. Any label is fine with me. I'm a fool I know… a fool in love....

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When the world
Tells you, 
Your not good enough.
Don't listen.
Remember you matter 
More then anything.
When people hurt you,
Remember your loved.
We need kind hearted people 
In this world. 
So don't lose yourself
To evil people.
You matter in this world,
People like you
Can change this world....

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