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Steve Page Feb 7
“You’re big and ugly enough,” he meant it kindly
as he passed me a wrench and continued to guide me.

“You’re big and ugly enough, to handle this truth.  
It’s now time that you learned that it’s just what we do.
We take the rough every day along with the smooth.
You will learn that the world will expect this of you.”

And so, each year upon year I took on rough truths,
until my battered strong hands were no longer smooth.
I grasped the sharp nettles, and I braced for disputes
until each opposition decided to move.

I ignored muscle pains and maintained my strong grip,
all the much tighter as life continued to shift.
Through my gritted cracked teeth, sometimes expletives slipped
as I beat mounting odds with dulled cries of relief.

Now a few decades on, I’m still big and I’m ugly,
but I’ve got a light touch for words that hold beauty.
There’s a time for raw strength but space for what’s lovely
and the lovely gifts strength to meet each day’s duties.

My dad did mean well when he passed on his insights,
but there’s much more to my strength than winning each fight.
I’m no longer a big, ugly stereotype -
The best part of me now can be found when I write.
If my dad saw me struggling he would say that I was big and ugly enough to handle it.
The Big Dipper
An asterism of the constellation
Ursa major
Seven bright stars that
Have been there
For the best and worst
Of my life that I can remember
Over the age 3
That is why I want to take a picture
Of the group of stars
As it has guided me through
Everything
Not just telling me where north is
To me the Big Dipper
Is proof of god and his/her will!
Tell me it’s just stars
And I will say that it is more than that it’s art
To be 
rich one should be
either business owner 
or an investor, becoming 
both gives 
Utmost joy to its possessor. 
Dreaming big will make it 
possible, so
I dream
Jia En Dec 2024
Because being tall
Also means that you have to be big all
The time for those that are small.
You bend
Down to comfort a friend
Who's being
Vulnerable. All you're seeing
Is the top of their head
While you look like a god to them.
And instead
When you look for
Comfort, reassurance,
Nothing matches your size anymore.
I miss how things were before.
i'd give anything just to be able to feel small again
ZACK GRAM Sep 2024
Ill Write A Poem
ON
ALL FRONT PAGE...
you erase me
Z-Pac Ban Em All
No Threat
MY PAGE DONT LOAD
***
CANT BAN ME
*******
NEW POEM
FREEDOM OF SPEECH
Noone Safe
Malia Sep 2024
“don’t make yourself
small for anyone,”
You say to me.
i say nothing but i
think to myself,
“i used to be larger than life,
i used to be big as the house,
the stars,
i used to reach for the sky
but then
You told me to be quiet.”
“don’t let them push you around,”
You say—
but You told me not to fight.
don’t question, don’t argue
don’t cry, til i choke
on the tears that i swallow
down, down, down.
You tell me to be strong
but where do You think
i learned how to make myself weak?
i went and i made myself weak
for You.

is that not how i’m supposed to be?
Jeremy Betts Sep 2024
My biggest regret
Is when I forget
That in a troubled mindset
A good outlet
Is an irreplaceable asset

©2024
Having a big heart, we think it's enough. 
The fruit of the spirit is love, joy, and peace, which are not rough. 
Forbearance, kindness, and goodness belong to the spirit. 
Faithfulness and self-control have their merits.
A big heart is not a burden or a bluff. 

Take it lightly; it is not tough. 
It should be practiced to get that stuff. 
Empathy and care for others we should inherit 
Big heartedness

By lifting up others moods, you look buff.
Liberal thinking releases you from the cuffs.
Big heartedness should well be in limit
So everybody can cheer it
Kindness and goodness belong to the tuffs. 
Big heartedness
Amanda Kay Burke Oct 2023
Live as if flying
Good things are coming your way
Goals within your grasp
Taking an optimistic approach for once
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