#heap
The straw that broke the camel’s back
A straw quite ordinary
Its weight did not mean very much
Not challenging to carry
But even though this measly straw
Was worthless on its own
It had a value and a strength
That was only timely shown
The straw itself, pretentious not
Had knowledge of its role
Quite useless was it by itself
This it could not control
But when it was allowed to be
A part of bale or heap
Its value all at once appeared
To be no longer cheap
And so one day to its surprise
It really didn’t know
It was the one who did the trick
Before anyone could say **
Wendy Nipas
Jun 29, 2020
Jun 29, 2020 at 8:57 AM UTC
Heap of failures
Resorted into something much too massive to play out
A catch from third base that became an error
Ending a King's reign of terror
Without a trace
Apr 15, 2016
Apr 15, 2016 at 4:26 PM UTC
Shoulder blades collapse;
Burdens seemingly falter.
Let the hours beware.
Jul 23, 2015
Jul 23, 2015 at 9:05 AM UTC
Ahoy Captain Courageous!
Cleave not thy ship from soul
Past heaving swell through
Stormy sleet this spellbinding
Siren to seek.
Away thee, Ahab! More than
Whale, this mistress heaps
Thy spirit to take thee
Deep ‘neath sandy shoal.
She sings... clings... captures.
Pour over rocks
Impudent-ass officer
Soon torn and tattered.
You know better than
Fools before thee!
Yea!
Your liquor lapses
Dead man dreaming!
Admirals and angels
Have fallen
Afore thee… oh wise one,
Ha!
Like notches on a barrel
Your soul… she’ll tow on her tale.
Jan 23, 2015
Jan 23, 2015 at 9:21 PM UTC
One day I found some treasure in a ******* heap
that I thought could be a thing worthwhile to keep.
Although at first it didn’t seem to be much at all
because of the simple fact that it was quite small.
The more I looked at it the less likely it became
something by which anyone could thereby gain.
It was so covered in dirt that it was hard to discern
just exactly what it was without handling to learn.
Not wishing to disappoint myself or let curiosity go
I picked the object up with a determination to know.
And after wiping the dirt off from it I could then see,
just what the thing was which completely amazed me.
The thought crossed my mind as to why it had been thrown away
along with all the rest of the garbage that was strewn around to lay.
I had a strong suspicion that it may have been discarded by mistake
which sometimes does also happen when people are not fully awake.
Or perhaps when people get so sick and tired of the same old things
by an act of desperation they try to get rid of whatever in life stings;
throwing away certain possessions which over the years have acquired
becoming such burdens in their life to the point of making them tired.
Another perspective is that it may have served its purpose up to that time
and the person possessing it had no further use for it regarding it as grime.
One too many things in a person’s life can really get to be too much to bear
and the situation becomes unhealthy for them to continue in that way there.
Whatever the case may have been for it to have ended up here
was now to my advantage which brought me some good cheer.
Something invaluable once deemed lost but since then found again
is what so many people hope for to progress and confidence attain.
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Dec 7, 2014
Dec 7, 2014 at 11:54 PM UTC