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"complaint" poems
[I accidentally deleted this, so now I'm reposting it] This is not an attack, it is expression. *This apparently isn't a very popular subject, but then again, when has popularity changed anyone's mind..* -- **** the 'Selective Service System'; the SSS. It's neo-conscription. FDR made us a deal we couldn't refuse which included a stipulation that about half of us still cannot refuse: Selective Service also known as Peacetime Draft But only for males. Only the males. Not the females, though. Oh, no, not the females; We need the Females to bake the next batch of mindless soldiers/housewives/neoslaves. We need the women to uphold the status-quo. We need our women to remain passive, docile, and beautiful ******* doormats for our glorious and infallible western society. We need our women to be complaint, subservient, sex-starved, archaic-gender-role embodiments. I see it as overtly 'cherry-picking' as well as misogyny both ways; sexist, selfish, and prejudiced on both sides: 'Feminists' (read: Feminazis) claim to plea for true gender equality, but here is my plea: If such is true, where then are their demands for mandatory selective service? Why do they feel above reproach when it comes to the unsavory sides of society? Why do they turn a blind eye to the ******* Draft if they ***** up such a storm about equality? Why is it not a federal offense punishable by a $250,000 fine as well as up to 5 years in prison for a female to not sign their life away to the military from when they turn 18 until at least 25? How is that 'gender equality'? Huh? They, too, are cherry-picking. -
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Dec 1, 2014
Dec 1, 2014 at 5:22 PM UTC
Selective Service (Selcetive Reverse Sexism)
[I accidentally deleted this, so now I'm reposting it] This is not an attack, it is expression. *This apparently isn't a very popular subject, but then again, when has popularity changed anyone's mind..* -- **** the 'Selective Service System'; the SSS. It's neo-conscription. FDR made us a deal we couldn't refuse which included a stipulation that about half of us still cannot refuse: Selective Service also known as Peacetime Draft But only for males. Only the males. Not the females, though. Oh, no, not the females; We need the Females to bake the next batch of mindless soldiers/housewives/neoslaves. We need the women to uphold the status-quo. We need our women to remain passive, docile, and beautiful ******* doormats for our glorious and infallible western society. We need our women to be complaint, subservient, sex-starved, archaic-gender-role embodiments. I see it as overtly 'cherry-picking' as well as misogyny both ways; sexist, selfish, and prejudiced on both sides: 'Feminists' (read: Feminazis) claim to plea for true gender equality, but here is my plea: If such is true, where then are their demands for mandatory selective service? Why do they feel above reproach when it comes to the unsavory sides of society? Why do they turn a blind eye to the ******* Draft if they ***** up such a storm about equality? Why is it not a federal offense punishable by a $250,000 fine as well as up to 5 years in prison for a female to not sign their life away to the military from when they turn 18 until at least 25? How is that 'gender equality'? Huh? They, too, are cherry-picking. -
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They are always with us, the thin people Meager of dimension as the gray people On a movie-screen. They Are unreal, we say: It was only in a movie, it was only In a war making evil headlines when we Were small that they famished and Grew so lean and would not round Out their stalky limbs again though peace Plumped the bellies of the mice Under the meanest table. It was during the long hunger-battle They found their talent to persevere In thinness, to come, later, Into our bad dreams, their menace Not guns, not abuses, But a thin silence. Wrapped in flea-ridded donkey skins, Empty of complaint, forever Drinking vinegar from tin cups: they wore The insufferable nimbus of the lot-drawn Scapegoat. But so thin, So weedy a race could not remain in dreams, Could not remain outlandish victims In the contracted country of the head Any more than the old woman in her mud hut could Keep from cutting fat meat Out of the side of the generous moon when it Set foot nightly in her yard Until her knife had pared The moon to a rind of little light. Now the thin people do not obliterate Themselves as the dawn Grayness blues, reddens, and the outline Of the world comes clear and fills with color. They persist in the sunlit room: the wallpaper Frieze of cabbage-roses and cornflowers pales Under their thin-lipped smiles, Their withering kingship. How they prop each other up! We own no wilderness rich and deep enough For stronghold against their stiff Battalions. See, how the tree boles flatten And lose their good browns If the thin people simply stand in the forest, Making the world go thin as a wasp's nest And grayer; not even moving their bones.
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The Thin People
They are always with us, the thin people Meager of dimension as the gray people On a movie-screen. They Are unreal, we say: It was only in a movie, it was only In a war making evil headlines when we Were small that they famished and Grew so lean and would not round Out their stalky limbs again though peace Plumped the bellies of the mice Under the meanest table. It was during the long hunger-battle They found their talent to persevere In thinness, to come, later, Into our bad dreams, their menace Not guns, not abuses, But a thin silence. Wrapped in flea-ridded donkey skins, Empty of complaint, forever Drinking vinegar from tin cups: they wore The insufferable nimbus of the lot-drawn Scapegoat. But so thin, So weedy a race could not remain in dreams, Could not remain outlandish victims In the contracted country of the head Any more than the old woman in her mud hut could Keep from cutting fat meat Out of the side of the generous moon when it Set foot nightly in her yard Until her knife had pared The moon to a rind of little light. Now the thin people do not obliterate Themselves as the dawn Grayness blues, reddens, and the outline Of the world comes clear and fills with color. They persist in the sunlit room: the wallpaper Frieze of cabbage-roses and cornflowers pales Under their thin-lipped smiles, Their withering kingship. How they prop each other up! We own no wilderness rich and deep enough For stronghold against their stiff Battalions. See, how the tree boles flatten And lose their good browns If the thin people simply stand in the forest, Making the world go thin as a wasp's nest And grayer; not even moving their bones.
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If only I could make you feel the pain that you cause me to feel. Do you not understand that your screams make me feel ill? I hate that we have no real relationship, and that you treat me like a slave. I'm at the point where I want to run away. It's not like you'd take action after anyways. You'd probably enjoy the attention you'd recieve, Take me for granted.. won't you please? Not only do I feel alone right now, The people who said they'd be there are finaly slipping out. That's probably my fault though, I trusted them too much. Complaint after complaint. I shouldn't have told them so much. I guess that shows to prove that it's really just you in the end. I've begun to vent here. It's as if words and rhymes are my only friends.
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Dec 13, 2014
Dec 13, 2014 at 4:01 PM UTC
Take me for Granted
I arise from dreams of thee In the first sweet sleep of night, When the winds are breathing low, And the stars are shining bright I arise from dreams of thee, And a spirit in my feet Has led me—who knows how?— To thy chamber-window, sweet! The wandering airs they faint On the dark, the silent stream,— The champak odors fall Like sweet thoughts in a dream, The nightingale’s complaint, It dies upon her heart, As I must die on thine, O, beloved as thou art! O, lift me from the grass! I die, I faint, I fall! Let thy love in kisses rain On my lips and eyelids pale, My cheek is cold and white, alas! My Heart beats loud and fast Oh! press it close to thine again, Where it will break at last!
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I Arise From Dreams Of Thee
Stop resenting me For the way I shop The things I do To make sure My food is fresh I confess I feel blueberries In my fingers To make sure they are firm Not too ripe I confess I shake Cans of spaghetti and ravioli So that I know The sauce is not Congealed I confess I pull frozen waffles From the back of the freezer Less likely that they thawed And refroze into Oddball shapes I confess I smell trout Before I buy it Placing it against my nose In the most unabashed Way Spare me your hate About my consumer habits When I know it has nothing to do with Food As long as I bring you warm release In the darkness of your desires Pull your tangled hair the way You like Bite your darting tongue In mad hunger Deep appetite As long as I reawaken the Woman Primal animal hidden Within Turn your heat into a river For a long passionate Swim As long as I attend quickly to your Every ***** command The craving of your ****** Insatiable Demand Then I can squeeze french bread In quiet and peace I can sniff cantaloupes Without suffering ire Or grief I’ll take you tonight In that filthy way You like Until then Leave me alone I’m shopping.
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May 25, 2014
May 25, 2014 at 6:15 AM UTC
Consumer Complaint
Already over the sea from her old spouse she comes, the blonde goddess whose frosty wheels bring day. Why do you hurry, Aurora? Hold off, so may the birds shed ritual blood each year for Memnon's shade. Now it's good to lie in my mistress's tender arms; if ever, now it's good to feel her near. Now drowsiness is richest, the morning air is cool, and birds sing shrilly from their tender throats. Why do you hurry, dreaded by men and dreaded by girls? Draw back your dewy reins with your crimson hand. The sailor marks the stars more clearly before you rise, not raoming aimlessly across the sea; the traveller, though weary, arises when you come, and the soldier sets his savage hand to arms; you're first to see the farmers wield their heavy hoes and to call slow oxen under the curving yoke; you rob boys of their sleep and give them over to schools, where tender hands must bear the savage switch; and you send reckless fools to pledge themselves in court, where they take ruinous losses through one word; the lawyer and the pleader take no delight in you, for each must rise and wrangle with new torts; and you ensure that women's chores are never done, calling the spinner's hands back to her wool. All this I'd bear; but who would bear that girls must rise at dawn, unless himself he has no girl? How many times I've wished Night would not yield to you, the stars not fade and flee before your face! How many times I've wished the wind would smash your wheels, your steeds would stumble on a cloud and fall! Jealous, why do you hurry? If your son is black, it's since his mother's heart is that same color. How I wish Tithonus could still tell tales of you: no goddess would be more disgraced in heaven. Since he is endless eons old, you rise and flee at dawn to the chariot the old man hates, but if some Cephalus were lying in your arms, you'd cry out, 'O run slowly, steeds of night! ' Why should this lover pay, if your husband withers with age? Was I the matchmaker who brought him to you? Remember how much sleep was given to her loved youth by Luna - and she's beautiful as you. The father of gods himself, to see you all the less, joined two nights into one for his desires. I'd finished my complaint. You could tell she'd heard: she blushed; and yet the day rose at its usual time.
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Morning
Already over the sea from her old spouse she comes, the blonde goddess whose frosty wheels bring day. Why do you hurry, Aurora? Hold off, so may the birds shed ritual blood each year for Memnon's shade. Now it's good to lie in my mistress's tender arms; if ever, now it's good to feel her near. Now drowsiness is richest, the morning air is cool, and birds sing shrilly from their tender throats. Why do you hurry, dreaded by men and dreaded by girls? Draw back your dewy reins with your crimson hand. The sailor marks the stars more clearly before you rise, not raoming aimlessly across the sea; the traveller, though weary, arises when you come, and the soldier sets his savage hand to arms; you're first to see the farmers wield their heavy hoes and to call slow oxen under the curving yoke; you rob boys of their sleep and give them over to schools, where tender hands must bear the savage switch; and you send reckless fools to pledge themselves in court, where they take ruinous losses through one word; the lawyer and the pleader take no delight in you, for each must rise and wrangle with new torts; and you ensure that women's chores are never done, calling the spinner's hands back to her wool. All this I'd bear; but who would bear that girls must rise at dawn, unless himself he has no girl? How many times I've wished Night would not yield to you, the stars not fade and flee before your face! How many times I've wished the wind would smash your wheels, your steeds would stumble on a cloud and fall! Jealous, why do you hurry? If your son is black, it's since his mother's heart is that same color. How I wish Tithonus could still tell tales of you: no goddess would be more disgraced in heaven. Since he is endless eons old, you rise and flee at dawn to the chariot the old man hates, but if some Cephalus were lying in your arms, you'd cry out, 'O run slowly, steeds of night! ' Why should this lover pay, if your husband withers with age? Was I the matchmaker who brought him to you? Remember how much sleep was given to her loved youth by Luna - and she's beautiful as you. The father of gods himself, to see you all the less, joined two nights into one for his desires. I'd finished my complaint. You could tell she'd heard: she blushed; and yet the day rose at its usual time.
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Said the king to the colonel, 'The complaints are eternal, That you Irish give more trouble Than any other corps.' Said the colonel to the king, 'This complaint is no new thing, For your foemen, sire, have made it A hundred times before.'
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The Irish Colonel
He was not one of wealth and fame And no one even knew his name. He was just known as dad, the only father they ever had. He worked long hours for very little pay Yet their clothes were clean every day. He never lost hope, yet he learned to cope. He worked at night so he could stay with his children during the day. He would give them breakfast then take them to school So that they could learn the golden rules. His routine was always the same- it would hardly ever change. Clean the house, take a nap, and for the children prepare a snack. Then start to prepare for dinner, which wasn’t always a winner. Yet they ate healthy and never went without Of that there is no doubt. In the afternoon pick up the kids and bring them home During the day they were never alone. They would change their clothes then have a snack While he took another nap. They did their homework when he slept In the softness of his bed. He would then wake up and dinner he would serve And not a complaint was ever heard They would say grace and he would ask:” how was your day?” Wash the dishes and put them away. They could watch TV. until it was nine Take their showers and then bedtime. This was the life of a single DAD , and it was the best part of his life he ever had. CHILDREN ARE A BLESSING!
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Oct 1, 2014
Oct 1, 2014 at 10:47 PM UTC
single dad
To my Mom and Grandma, whom I love so dear, It’s time to celebrate you on this great day of the year. To have you both in my life, I truly am so blessed, Some moms and grandmas might be great, but mine are actually the best. … There’s a reason why all our friends call my mother a saint, She’ll take care of us through good times or bad with never a complaint. Her sense of empathy astounds me, it’s a very special gift, She’s always there to show support and give our spirits a lift. She doesn’t take things for granted and shows amazing gratitude, We all wish we had the ability to adopt her attitude. Our road trips and vacations are memories I’ll always keep, I still dream about them sometimes when I go to sleep. … Another blessing we all count is my amazing grandmother, Her strength and good nature help bring us closer to each other. She points us in a wholesome direction and gives us all her prayers, So that when we get to Heaven we’ll have a row of reserved chairs. I love going to visit grandma because she’ll take good care of me, She’ll cook her delicious pasta and meatballs because that’s her specialty. We’ll have a good laugh while we both sit and chat, And she’ll always remind me if I’m ever being a brat. … There’s a good reason why Mother’s Day is a day for celebration, Because my mother and my grandmother are a winning combination. They really are two special gifts from the Big Man up above, And from the bottom of my heart I can’t thank you enough for showering me with love.
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Jun 15, 2015
Jun 15, 2015 at 3:02 PM UTC
To Mom and Grandma: Thank You
To my Mom and Grandma, whom I love so dear, It’s time to celebrate you on this great day of the year. To have you both in my life, I truly am so blessed, Some moms and grandmas might be great, but mine are actually the best. … There’s a reason why all our friends call my mother a saint, She’ll take care of us through good times or bad with never a complaint. Her sense of empathy astounds me, it’s a very special gift, She’s always there to show support and give our spirits a lift. She doesn’t take things for granted and shows amazing gratitude, We all wish we had the ability to adopt her attitude. Our road trips and vacations are memories I’ll always keep, I still dream about them sometimes when I go to sleep. … Another blessing we all count is my amazing grandmother, Her strength and good nature help bring us closer to each other. She points us in a wholesome direction and gives us all her prayers, So that when we get to Heaven we’ll have a row of reserved chairs. I love going to visit grandma because she’ll take good care of me, She’ll cook her delicious pasta and meatballs because that’s her specialty. We’ll have a good laugh while we both sit and chat, And she’ll always remind me if I’m ever being a brat. … There’s a good reason why Mother’s Day is a day for celebration, Because my mother and my grandmother are a winning combination. They really are two special gifts from the Big Man up above, And from the bottom of my heart I can’t thank you enough for showering me with love.
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You carry a weight that's so heavy A caravan filled with so many You journey along, the sand is your song And heat filled with sun rays aplenty With your guidance we soon will become Unified with God's grace and God's love Your knowledge is great, sufficient in strength Standing small as you tower above You feel pain just the same as we do You will cry tears of sadness for you Tune into the light, your spirit is bright You reflect what sunlight shines in you Teaching us to heal and to move on Even dark times when sadness has won To listen up close, is what I have chose Especially when life comes undone Spirit Camel, you never run dry Capabilities keep you alive You're a natural at heart, playing the part Mother Nature intended you by To ride on with you makes me feel safe With you there is no rush and no haste Taking our time, learning how to decide With a rhythm of peaceful-like pace Self sustaining without an ego Spreading love every place that we go We survive day and night, sharing your plight We are one with your wandering soul As your milk provides food for your calf You have cared for us on your behalf Without a complaint, and in your restraint It appears that you smile and laugh You must see how humans sometimes seem Like a nightmare and not like a dream Yes we can be, idiotic you see We have so much to learn from your scheme I am honored to know you great one May your message be carried with love Through winds and life's storms, may we be reborn With your courage and gentle wisdom © tHE tERRY tREE
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Dec 4, 2014
Dec 4, 2014 at 5:22 PM UTC
Camel Spirit
You carry a weight that's so heavy A caravan filled with so many You journey along, the sand is your song And heat filled with sun rays aplenty With your guidance we soon will become Unified with God's grace and God's love Your knowledge is great, sufficient in strength Standing small as you tower above You feel pain just the same as we do You will cry tears of sadness for you Tune into the light, your spirit is bright You reflect what sunlight shines in you Teaching us to heal and to move on Even dark times when sadness has won To listen up close, is what I have chose Especially when life comes undone Spirit Camel, you never run dry Capabilities keep you alive You're a natural at heart, playing the part Mother Nature intended you by To ride on with you makes me feel safe With you there is no rush and no haste Taking our time, learning how to decide With a rhythm of peaceful-like pace Self sustaining without an ego Spreading love every place that we go We survive day and night, sharing your plight We are one with your wandering soul As your milk provides food for your calf You have cared for us on your behalf Without a complaint, and in your restraint It appears that you smile and laugh You must see how humans sometimes seem Like a nightmare and not like a dream Yes we can be, idiotic you see We have so much to learn from your scheme I am honored to know you great one May your message be carried with love Through winds and life's storms, may we be reborn With your courage and gentle wisdom © tHE tERRY tREE
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In ruck and quibble of courtfolk This giant hulked, I tell you, on her scene With hands like derricks, Looks fierce and black as rooks; Why, all the windows broke when he stalked in. Her dainty acres he ramped through And used her gentle doves with manners rude; I do not know What fury urged him slay Her antelope who meant him naught but good. She spoke most chiding in his ear Till he some pity took upon her crying; Of rich attire He made her shoulders bare And solaced her, but quit her at cock's crowing. A hundred heralds she sent out To summon in her slight all doughty men Whose force might fit Shape of her sleep, her thought- None of that greenhorn lot matched her bright crown. So she is come to this rare pass Whereby she treks in blood through sun and squall And sings you thus : 'How sad, alas, it is To see my people shrunk so small, so small.'
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The Queen's Complaint
They whine and cry- "This country is going to the dogs." They complaint and protest- "Down with this corrupt government." They crib and blame- "Pull down those lazy thieving ******** But when it's time, on Election day They take the day off, they holiday The Whining Losers, they say - "Ah, let a few Morons go and vote I am above politics, What matter's it to me." Dare you not raise another finger, Dare you not whine and complaint. You're not a part of democracy. You're what this country bears in vain.
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Apr 24, 2014
Apr 24, 2014 at 3:52 AM UTC
Whining Losers
The missus bought a Paperback   ...at Val Village, Saturday,   I had a look inside her bag;   ....T'was "Fifty Shades of Grey".   Well I just left her to it,   And at ten I went to bed.   An hour later she appeared;   The sight filled me with dread…..   In her left she held a rope;   And in her right a whip!   She threw them down upon the floor,   And then began to strip.   Well fifty years or so ago;   I might have had a peek;   But Mabel hasn't weathered well;   She's eighty four next week!!   Watching Mabel bump and grind;   Could not have been much grimmer.   And things then went from bad to worse;   She toppled off her Zimmer!   She struggled back upon her feet;   A couple minutes later;   She put her teeth back in and said   .....I am the dominater !!   Now if you knew our Mabel,   You'd see just why I spluttered,   I'd spent two months in traction   For the last complaint I'd uttered.   She stood there **** and naked   Bent forward just a bit   I went to hold her, sensual like   and stood on her left ***   Mabel screamed, her teeth shot out;   My god what had I done!?   She moaned and groaned then shouted out:   "Step on the other one"!!   Well readers, I can't tell no more;   About what occurred that day.   Suffice to say my jet black hair,   Turned fifty shades of Grey.
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Sep 4, 2014
Sep 4, 2014 at 8:30 PM UTC
50 shades of gray - a husbands view written by john summers
Whan the turuf is thy tour anonymous Middle English poem, circa the 13th century AD loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch When the turf is your tower and the pit is your bower, your pale white skin and throat only sullen worms shall note. What help unto you, then was all your worldly hope? *** Original Middle English text: Whan the turuf is thy tour, And thy pit is thy bour, Thy fel and thy whitë throtë Shullen wormës to notë. What helpëth thee thennë Al the worildë wennë? “Whan the turuf is thy tour” may be one of the oldest carpe diem (“seize the day”) poems in the English language, and an ancestor of Andrew Marvell’s “To His Coy Mistress” with its virginity-destroying worms. Keywords/Tags: Middle English, translation, medieval, anonymous, rhyme, rhyming, medieval, lament, complaint, lamentation, turf, tower, pit, bower, skin, throat, worms, note, help, worldly, hope
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Feb 28, 2020
Feb 28, 2020 at 2:56 AM UTC
"Whan the turuf is thy tour" translation
PROMETHEUS (alone) O holy Aether, and swift-winged Winds, And River-wells, and laughter innumerous Of yon Sea-waves! Earth, mother of us all, And all-viewing cyclic Sun, I cry on you,-- Behold me a god, what I endure from gods! Behold, with throe on throe, How, wasted by this woe, I wrestle down the myriad years of Time! Behold, how fast around me The new King of the happy ones sublime Has flung the chain he forged, has shamed and bound me! Woe, woe! to-day's woe and the coming morrow's I cover with one groan. And where is found me A limit to these sorrows? And yet what word do I say? I have foreknown Clearly all things that should be; nothing done Comes sudden to my soul--and I must bear What is ordained with patience, being aware Necessity doth front the universe With an invincible gesture. Yet this curse Which strikes me now, I find it hard to brave In silence or in speech. Because I gave Honor to mortals, I have yoked my soul To this compelling fate. Because I stole The secret fount of fire, whose bubbles went Over the ferrule's brim, and manward sent Art's mighty means and perfect rudiment, That sin I expiate in this agony, Hung here in fetters, 'neath the blanching sky. Ah, ah me! what a sound, What a fragrance sweeps up from a pinion unseen Of a god, or a mortal, or nature between, Sweeping up to this rock where the earth has her bound, To have sight of my pangs, or some guerdon obtain-- Lo, a god in the anguish, a god in the chain! The god Zeus hateth sore, And his gods hate again, As many as tread on his glorified floor, Because I loved mortals too much evermore. Alas me! what a murmur and motion I hear, As of birds flying near! And the air undersings The light stroke of their wings-- And all life that approaches I wait for in fear.
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The Complaint Of Prometheus
PROMETHEUS (alone) O holy Aether, and swift-winged Winds, And River-wells, and laughter innumerous Of yon Sea-waves! Earth, mother of us all, And all-viewing cyclic Sun, I cry on you,-- Behold me a god, what I endure from gods! Behold, with throe on throe, How, wasted by this woe, I wrestle down the myriad years of Time! Behold, how fast around me The new King of the happy ones sublime Has flung the chain he forged, has shamed and bound me! Woe, woe! to-day's woe and the coming morrow's I cover with one groan. And where is found me A limit to these sorrows? And yet what word do I say? I have foreknown Clearly all things that should be; nothing done Comes sudden to my soul--and I must bear What is ordained with patience, being aware Necessity doth front the universe With an invincible gesture. Yet this curse Which strikes me now, I find it hard to brave In silence or in speech. Because I gave Honor to mortals, I have yoked my soul To this compelling fate. Because I stole The secret fount of fire, whose bubbles went Over the ferrule's brim, and manward sent Art's mighty means and perfect rudiment, That sin I expiate in this agony, Hung here in fetters, 'neath the blanching sky. Ah, ah me! what a sound, What a fragrance sweeps up from a pinion unseen Of a god, or a mortal, or nature between, Sweeping up to this rock where the earth has her bound, To have sight of my pangs, or some guerdon obtain-- Lo, a god in the anguish, a god in the chain! The god Zeus hateth sore, And his gods hate again, As many as tread on his glorified floor, Because I loved mortals too much evermore. Alas me! what a murmur and motion I hear, As of birds flying near! And the air undersings The light stroke of their wings-- And all life that approaches I wait for in fear.
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There is a change—and I am poor; Your love hath been, nor long ago, A fountain at my fond heart’s door, Whose only business was to flow; And flow it did; not taking heed Of its own bounty, or my need. What happy moments did I count! Blest was I then all bliss above! Now, for that consecrated fount Of murmuring, sparkling, living love, What have I? shall I dare to tell? A comfortless and hidden well. A well of love—it may be deep— I trust it is,—and never dry: What matter? if the waters sleep In silence and obscurity. —Such change, and at the very door Of my fond heart, hath made me poor.
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A Complaint
*Main Talkhi-e-Hayat Se Ghabra Ke Pi Gaya Gham Ki Siyah Raat Se Ghabra Ke Pi Gaya* **With the worry from bitterness of life, I drank With the grief of my darkest night, I drank** *Itni Daqiq Shai Koi Kaise Samajh Sake Yazdan Ke Vaqiat Se Ghabra Ke Pi Gaya* **Such delicate substance, how can one comprehend? With the fear of merciful moment, I drank** *Chhalke Hue The Jaam Pareshan Thi Zulf-e-Yaar Kuchh Aise Hadsat Se Ghabra Ke Pi Gaya* **Overflowing cups and beloved’s anxious tresses With the concern for such calamities, I drank** *Main Aadmi Huun Koi Farishta Nahi Huzur Main Aaj Apni Zaat Se Ghabra Ke Pi Gaya* **Human I am and no angel O’ respected Today, with the vigilance of my own being, I drank** *Duniya-e-Hadsat Hai Ik Dardnak Giit Duniya-e-Hadsat Se Ghabra Ke Pi Gaya* **World of incidents is an agonising song With the discomfort of this world of incidents, I drank** *Kante To Khair Kante Hain Is Ka Gila Hi Kya Phulon Ki Vardat Se Ghabra Ke Pi Gaya* **Thorns are yet thorns and there is no complaint With the scare from crimes of flowers, I drank** *Saghar Vo Kah Rahe The Ki Pi Lijiye Huzur Un Ki Guzarishat Se Ghabra Ke Pi Gaya* **Saghar they said drink O’ respected And with the care for their wishes, I drank** — Translated by Jamil Hussain, Poet Saghar Siddiqui, Sung by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
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Oct 26, 2016
Oct 26, 2016 at 6:08 AM UTC
I Drank
My good morning was followed by a statement In which she said "I stank." It was the cigarette stank That made her utter the obvious complaint. She doesn't know my struggle. A mind of potential with the heart of a saint. Yet bound by demons And voices that say "I can't". I wish to tell her. How they help my mind go blank And away from the thoughts That are as loud as voices. How they help me think straight sometimes And give me the courage To make the right choices. It's just remnants of my fall From when my mind Hit rock bottom and I was unable To make the right choices. All of my demons, I've fought them And this is the smoke from the battle In which they are engulfed In its flame. The ending of the cant's and aint's. The smoke from this cigarette. So please excuse, my cigarette stank. Oh How her complaint Will echo through my mind And never become faint. I can't take this So when I get the chance I will light another cigarette To forget all about this And make me become correct. **** I hate that I have to smoke another cigarette. My good afternoon Was followed by a glare. A glare that married women Should never think to dare. She could see into my soul And knew that all isn't fair. Her beauty was one That I could never compare. So right back I would stare Until something broke my attention And again I begin to stare. Until I pictured her bare And being lost in lust Covered in each other's hair. Her eyes were flames of a flair Flickering off in the distance and Shining through the night air. I want to reach you And see what's up with that glare But life isn't fair. It has lead us to where we both Are a separate pair. Attempts to become close Will be followed by no's or I can't And how our meeting was too late. Which will be her complaint. The agony, I can not bare So I will let it fade away with The smoke from this cigarette. So please excuse, my cigarette stank. Oh How her complaint Will echo through my mind And never become faint. I can't take this So when I get the chance I will light another cigarette To forget all about this And make me become correct. **** I hate that I have to smoke another cigarette. Another cigarette Another cigarette **** I have to smoke another cigarette. My good evening Was followed an expression In which it looked like I stank. Her face was the face that God makes when we all sin. Disappointment cloaked in forgiveness And love. She smiles as she gives me a hug. I look at my daughter And even with her I can feel the love. When I'm alone I sigh. My mind is a puzzle And my true thoughts are shielded with a muzzle. So I let them fade away with The smoke from this cigarette. I just hope they excuse, my cigarette stank.
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Nov 19, 2014
Nov 19, 2014 at 12:11 PM UTC
"Cigarettes"
My good morning was followed by a statement In which she said "I stank." It was the cigarette stank That made her utter the obvious complaint. She doesn't know my struggle. A mind of potential with the heart of a saint. Yet bound by demons And voices that say "I can't". I wish to tell her. How they help my mind go blank And away from the thoughts That are as loud as voices. How they help me think straight sometimes And give me the courage To make the right choices. It's just remnants of my fall From when my mind Hit rock bottom and I was unable To make the right choices. All of my demons, I've fought them And this is the smoke from the battle In which they are engulfed In its flame. The ending of the cant's and aint's. The smoke from this cigarette. So please excuse, my cigarette stank. Oh How her complaint Will echo through my mind And never become faint. I can't take this So when I get the chance I will light another cigarette To forget all about this And make me become correct. **** I hate that I have to smoke another cigarette. My good afternoon Was followed by a glare. A glare that married women Should never think to dare. She could see into my soul And knew that all isn't fair. Her beauty was one That I could never compare. So right back I would stare Until something broke my attention And again I begin to stare. Until I pictured her bare And being lost in lust Covered in each other's hair. Her eyes were flames of a flair Flickering off in the distance and Shining through the night air. I want to reach you And see what's up with that glare But life isn't fair. It has lead us to where we both Are a separate pair. Attempts to become close Will be followed by no's or I can't And how our meeting was too late. Which will be her complaint. The agony, I can not bare So I will let it fade away with The smoke from this cigarette. So please excuse, my cigarette stank. Oh How her complaint Will echo through my mind And never become faint. I can't take this So when I get the chance I will light another cigarette To forget all about this And make me become correct. **** I hate that I have to smoke another cigarette. Another cigarette Another cigarette **** I have to smoke another cigarette. My good evening Was followed an expression In which it looked like I stank. Her face was the face that God makes when we all sin. Disappointment cloaked in forgiveness And love. She smiles as she gives me a hug. I look at my daughter And even with her I can feel the love. When I'm alone I sigh. My mind is a puzzle And my true thoughts are shielded with a muzzle. So I let them fade away with The smoke from this cigarette. I just hope they excuse, my cigarette stank.
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Beware the bitter idiot-- That fellow with the sour     Mind, Cankered by disillusion, And feelings of Left behind. So life may not be everything As planned-- It does, after all, arrive in Installments called the day. One of these is enough to try     To understand, One enough for this thin Vessel of stardust clay. His voice is but a drone, Nothing but rancor and filth     Ride upon his tongue. Complaint the engine of his     Tone, The wormwood ballad of Pitiful woe he sings and has     Ever sung. He will not be mistaken, For the street tough is at his     Very core. He will not allow to awaken The malleable man of his     Youth and yore. And so this fellow who has Shut his soul off, Stands in front of his mirror and cries. He's too proud to unhand the Lance of the scoff-- Boldness is his favorite lie.
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Apr 19, 2018
Apr 19, 2018 at 10:08 PM UTC
The Favored Lie
A woman is perfect in her own eye when the mirror tells her that the curvy reflection is no lie A woman is perfect in the public eye when she cooks and she cleans and she saves money when she buys A woman is perfect in a family’s eye when she teaches the girls and she bathes the boys and her only complaint is an exasperated sigh A woman is perfect in a man’s eye when she celebrates his victories and manages the bills and keeps his ego riding high But a woman is only perfect in the inside when her man is at his lowest and all hell has broken loose the money’s all gone and the house they’ll lose and the children are wearing hand-me-down’s and worn out shoes the car’s broken down and all the unemployment ‘as been used and yet she still has the strength to pick up her man and carry the family on her back and get them all to stand with chin’s held high and still give her man a kiss and look him in the eye to tell him the she loves him and everything will be alright
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Nov 14, 2011
Nov 14, 2011 at 9:00 PM UTC
A Perfect Woman
Pushing me, Wanting me requiring me to be more than I want to be. It just will not leave me be can’t it see that I just don’t want to lead. Grow the seed, that it want to see. I can’t believe that it won’t leave me alone. It won’t condone, always telling me to hold the phone. All the restraint, without a complaint can’t be done, this battle will not be won. But I must, always resist the lust of that bust, resist the gust of temptation, in my relations. In my conversations, on all occasions or be punished, banished, to this outlandish request. I feel possessed, oppressed who would have guessed, that I would have to do the best. All the time, expected never to whine, when no rest I can find. I hurt and am pained, drained from all this restraint. I want to let loose, get my golden egg laying goose. Not be hung by the noose of responsibility. Constantly dictating what I must be doing no fooling allowed, my head must be bowed. I grow tiered, just let me go I don’t wish to be admired I just want some rest, and peace of mind.
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Dec 8, 2011
Dec 8, 2011 at 12:58 PM UTC
Responsibility
Being lazy digs a huge grave For our peace and won't save A lazy fellow is never brave He is to fate a submissive slave Taking action he will shun Success shows him no affection God gives him no protection He belongs to the losing section A lazy man gets no sweats Tears become his constant assets He uses buts and loses guts He is depressed for lack of outlets He lies lethargically in his bed To be passive, thinks his head Mentally he is almost dead His is a very negative blood Great chances he regularly misses He is deprived of victory's kisses A working mind, he does not possess He never gets success as a bonus His brain is so lazy *** idle Everything is to him a riddle He is afraid of every hurdle His life, fate will finely meddle Work makes him fear and faint Gloom only his thoughts paint Against him accumulates complaint His mind, laziness will strongly taint Progress tells him good-bye He is an unattractive guy His life-river is ever dry Only laziness, he can supply Idleness may be initially jolly But it is not at all holy Angels like it not wholly Unless he starts a venture newly If laziness is away kicked Losses can be wisely licked If laziness is wrongly picked By fate, lazy man is tricked. M V VENKATARAMAN
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Mar 24, 2010
Mar 24, 2010 at 6:25 AM UTC
Being Lazy Makes Life Lousy
I don’t understand ****** for power I don’t understand Complaint without solution I don’t understand Ego without accomplishment I don’t understand Action without reason I don’t understand Judgment without experience I don’t understand Advancement without merit I don’t understand Worship without thought I don’t understand Belief without proof I don’t understand Love without kindness I don’t understand Want without need I don’t understand Talk without meaning I don’t understand Celebrity without talent I don’t understand A white lie I don’t understand Falsehood without challenge I don’t understand Might over right I don’t understand Beauty without soul I don’t understand Law from faith I don’t understand Victory at all costs I don’t understand An end by any means I don't understand Commerce over spirituality I don't understand Greed over giving I don’t understand Hurting a child I don’t understand Reward for failure I don’t understand Too big to fail I don’t understand The Virtue of Selfishness I don’t understand Too powerful to question I don’t understand Arrogance from vicarious pleasure I don’t understand Ambition without empathy I don’t understand The sale of loyalty I don’t understand Money over honor I don't understand Ignorance over education I don't understand Cheating I don’t understand Hate I don't understand Why the good die young I don't understand Do you?
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Mar 16, 2012
Mar 16, 2012 at 11:43 PM UTC
I Don't Understand