10 Thursday Apr 2014
Why does it seem
Just yesterday
I held your hand
I watched you play
The time’s flown by
You’ve grown too fast
Please slow it down
Please make it last
As you get older
I do, too
Let’s back it up
Let’s start anew
I guess it’s time
To let you go
To find yourself
To let you sow
And show the world
Your shining star
A fine young man
Who will go far
And I will smile
With tears of joy
And proudly state
Yes! He’s my boy!
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10 Thursday Apr 2014
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Why are there so many
Who copy this and that?
They try so hard
To be like you
But never wear the hat
They say it’s a form
Of flattery
They really have no clue
You see, no one can ever imitate
The person who is you
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09 Wednesday Apr 2014
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Betraying you
For living
The attack is sudden
Relentless
You fight
But it grows stronger
You scream
And it laughs back
You will not let
This constant defeat you
And the battle ends
And you win
Until the next conflict begins
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09 Wednesday Apr 2014
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awake, insomnia, insomniac, Night Owl Poetry, no sleep, poems, poet, poetry, sleep, wee hours, writing
Why am I
So wide awake?
I went to bed
For goodness sake!
I shut the light
And close my eyes
And pray the sandman
Won’t pass me by
My mind’s still going
It’s on a tear
I toss and turn
And get nowhere
It’s no use trying
With all my might
A poet never sleeps
So I get up and write
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06 Sunday Apr 2014
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clock, death. moments, life, minutes, Night Owl Poetry, poems, poetry, time
We are clocks
All of us timed
Not really knowing if
We are early or late
We wind our lives
Around minutes
Instead of moments
Always in a hurry
Eventually, our batteries
Run out, our electric cord
Unplugged
And we realize
It’s too late to recharge
Stop looking at your watch
Instead watch what you’re looking at
Take in all the beauty
For we are never promised
Another day….
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