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"prioritizing" poems
Controller in his hands My body in his arms His eyes on the screen He's not being mean He's just prioritizing The games over me
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Apr 5, 2018
Apr 5, 2018 at 12:58 AM UTC
Prioritize
I hear the electricity fade The room is lit with the TVs black haze My body in your arms is no game But now I'm all you want to play
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Jun 12, 2018
Jun 12, 2018 at 12:37 AM UTC
Re-prioritizing
practicing freedom is allowing yourself to notice the beauty in each and every day practicing freedom is knowing that saying nothing or everything is perfectly okay practicing freedom is loving your skin in whatever color it comes in practicing freedom is wholeheartedly empowering both women and men practicing freedom is fighting for those who are oppressed practicing freedom is knowing even boys can wear a dress practicing freedom is breaking free of societal expectation practicing freedom is respecting those who live outside of normal presentations practicing freedom is declaring truth over lies practicing freedom is learning to leave fear behind practicing freedom is prioritizing people over money practicing freedom is realizing that human life is endlessly more valuable than the ******* economy practicing freedom is believing you are enough every background, ethnicity, and gender is deserving of love practicing freedom is striving for unity practicing freedom is recognizing the division that's destroying you and me practicing freedom is acknowledging your dreams practicing freedom is keeping hope alive despite all things the practice of freedom.
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Jan 29, 2018
Jan 29, 2018 at 3:46 PM UTC
the practice of freedom
Dear God. i hope You’re listening, i need to get close. im steady running in the same position. i can’t get close. my fingers hurt because i’ve been trying to pen down a letter to her & me & You for me. im trying to be good. these past few days i’ve been trying to get my thoughts in unison. working on harmonizing my processes & prioritizing my priorities. im going to be raw. i wrote letters to her but every single time i think of sending them to her, i remember that i won’t get much weight with my actions. so i throw them away. im steady running in the same position. she’s been thugging lately, in a good way. i won’t even try to make sense tonight, i’ll let words flow. ****** of the youthful mind, hold me. play softly, the strings at the back of my mind. be attentive, this tune will catch you. she’s stroking my medulla oblongata, painting vivid images of passion. steady running in the same position. ever looked at someone and feel a conversation going on between your souls? no verbal action, just distance & the space between the two of you. im steady running from nymphos of the youthful mind. Father, hope You’re listening. help me to not bend Your will. i’ve been good. dry cleaned my suit, im ready to walk with You. i need to get close. but i can’t get close to You. but im steady running in the same position. ****** of the youthful mind, tell me what do you want me to do to help you, help me, help you. she’s been straight thugging. ever been so close to a beautiful conversation yet words halt at the opening and you’re left stuck with regret? days later, you remake the scenario and polish on what you could’ve said. i wrote a letter to her & me & you for me. but i threw it away. wouldn’t have made a significant change anyway. ****** of the youthful mind, i need to get close. but im steady running in the same position. she’s been thugging. hat low, sweatpants low, afro hair, smooth skin, smooth **** dancing under the moonlight. scorpion eyes, deadly eyes. i need to get close. ****** of the youthful mind, my gangster, i need you to stroke my medulla and play a thousand songs at the back of my mind. im not trying to make sense, i was just trying to let thoughts flow. Dear Father, can i run away? i want to run away with her, to a place nobody knows. us. but please help me not to bend Your will. send me to a golden forest, to the Garden of Eden, so she & i can be Adam & Eve. we will be good. before then, i need to get close. ****** sing. sing me to sleep, sing away my troubles. i will run away with you. Father, hope You’re listening. i need to get close, help me not to bend Your will. but i can’t get close. to You. open the gates for me, im outside. i need to take control of me and pour out vibes so hard the universe capsizes. ****** of the youthful mind, run away with me. i wrote a letter to her & i & you for me. but then i threw it away. don’t even try and make sense of the words i wrote. don’t ask me how im feeling, just keep your eye on the poetry. TeddyBearTribe.
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Oct 31, 2013
Oct 31, 2013 at 3:51 PM UTC
Nymphos
Dear God. i hope You’re listening, i need to get close. im steady running in the same position. i can’t get close. my fingers hurt because i’ve been trying to pen down a letter to her & me & You for me. im trying to be good. these past few days i’ve been trying to get my thoughts in unison. working on harmonizing my processes & prioritizing my priorities. im going to be raw. i wrote letters to her but every single time i think of sending them to her, i remember that i won’t get much weight with my actions. so i throw them away. im steady running in the same position. she’s been thugging lately, in a good way. i won’t even try to make sense tonight, i’ll let words flow. ****** of the youthful mind, hold me. play softly, the strings at the back of my mind. be attentive, this tune will catch you. she’s stroking my medulla oblongata, painting vivid images of passion. steady running in the same position. ever looked at someone and feel a conversation going on between your souls? no verbal action, just distance & the space between the two of you. im steady running from nymphos of the youthful mind. Father, hope You’re listening. help me to not bend Your will. i’ve been good. dry cleaned my suit, im ready to walk with You. i need to get close. but i can’t get close to You. but im steady running in the same position. ****** of the youthful mind, tell me what do you want me to do to help you, help me, help you. she’s been straight thugging. ever been so close to a beautiful conversation yet words halt at the opening and you’re left stuck with regret? days later, you remake the scenario and polish on what you could’ve said. i wrote a letter to her & me & you for me. but i threw it away. wouldn’t have made a significant change anyway. ****** of the youthful mind, i need to get close. but im steady running in the same position. she’s been thugging. hat low, sweatpants low, afro hair, smooth skin, smooth **** dancing under the moonlight. scorpion eyes, deadly eyes. i need to get close. ****** of the youthful mind, my gangster, i need you to stroke my medulla and play a thousand songs at the back of my mind. im not trying to make sense, i was just trying to let thoughts flow. Dear Father, can i run away? i want to run away with her, to a place nobody knows. us. but please help me not to bend Your will. send me to a golden forest, to the Garden of Eden, so she & i can be Adam & Eve. we will be good. before then, i need to get close. ****** sing. sing me to sleep, sing away my troubles. i will run away with you. Father, hope You’re listening. i need to get close, help me not to bend Your will. but i can’t get close. to You. open the gates for me, im outside. i need to take control of me and pour out vibes so hard the universe capsizes. ****** of the youthful mind, run away with me. i wrote a letter to her & i & you for me. but then i threw it away. don’t even try and make sense of the words i wrote. don’t ask me how im feeling, just keep your eye on the poetry. TeddyBearTribe.
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January 25, Im grateful he messaged an escort during my panic attack I’m grateful he was acting weird with his phone I’m grateful he kept me up all night till 6am drunk I’m grateful he slammed doors yelling at me I’m grateful he screamed in my face while wagging his finger I’m grateful I questioned him I’m grateful the escort cooperated I’m grateful his brother warned me about the drugs and drunk driving I’m grateful there were no accidents I’m grateful he was so drunk I could check his phone I’m so incredibly grateful that the escort responded in the morning so I could see it. I’m grateful the escort answered my call and consoled me I’m grateful I was shown and got out I’m grateful I was so badly mistreated on Canada Day Otherwise I would not have been suspicious I’m grateful your family showed their true colours specifically his mother’s blinded and dangerous loyalty. I’m grateful that I can function I’m grateful after considering all this, I now know I do not need closure. Closure was him messaging an escort. Closure was him continuing to prioritize himself after being caught. Closure was me prioritizing my safety. Closure was accepting that he is in fact an abuser despite his outward disposition. He’s an abuser dressed like a butterfly: flighty, scared and beautiful. But he was really a moth eating away at the fabric of my life. I’m grateful for my resilience and strength I’m grateful for my friends and family What is best for my soul is to wish you well and live my own life. I wish you well, please don’t do this to anyone else. I would be grateful for that.
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Jan 29, 2025
Jan 29, 2025 at 3:33 AM UTC
Grateful
January 25, Im grateful he messaged an escort during my panic attack I’m grateful he was acting weird with his phone I’m grateful he kept me up all night till 6am drunk I’m grateful he slammed doors yelling at me I’m grateful he screamed in my face while wagging his finger I’m grateful I questioned him I’m grateful the escort cooperated I’m grateful his brother warned me about the drugs and drunk driving I’m grateful there were no accidents I’m grateful he was so drunk I could check his phone I’m so incredibly grateful that the escort responded in the morning so I could see it. I’m grateful the escort answered my call and consoled me I’m grateful I was shown and got out I’m grateful I was so badly mistreated on Canada Day Otherwise I would not have been suspicious I’m grateful your family showed their true colours specifically his mother’s blinded and dangerous loyalty. I’m grateful that I can function I’m grateful after considering all this, I now know I do not need closure. Closure was him messaging an escort. Closure was him continuing to prioritize himself after being caught. Closure was me prioritizing my safety. Closure was accepting that he is in fact an abuser despite his outward disposition. He’s an abuser dressed like a butterfly: flighty, scared and beautiful. But he was really a moth eating away at the fabric of my life. I’m grateful for my resilience and strength I’m grateful for my friends and family What is best for my soul is to wish you well and live my own life. I wish you well, please don’t do this to anyone else. I would be grateful for that.
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The day is overcast From an ogre blast Of the covert class Giving a motor mass About a potent past Building a molten mask To avoid the token task Of fighting the coldest clash To break our coated cast They only help If it's for wealth Then they stealth Once it's dealt Until they melt Into their belts Providing welts Prioritizing financial impunity Over helping their community Then asking for social immunity After all they do to me Being so rude to be Hopelessly glued to greed Until we are blue and bleed They kick up dirt and flee Into sandy eyes that plead But as far as I can see Vultures are flying free Over the uprooted trees Conquering overseas A manifest destiny They claim is for me They won't take a leap of faith Life for them is keep and take Saying let them eat cake Over the bones we break Because the serious stake Is our entire life's fate Yet they can't relate So we live in a state Of being an inmate Of their opulent hate So they can feel great Clouds cover the sky As clowns suffer and die Because we suffer from lies Of the ***** drawn flies Blocking the sunrise
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Jul 20, 2018
Jul 20, 2018 at 2:54 PM UTC
Overcast
No latte no "three men walked into a bar ..." no sun salutation can give me that reinvigorating boost no melody (and for that matter no harmony) no pedicure no crisp fall walk can ease my anxious state I am unsettled, trying to find a surface to settle on so I settle down to the lowest parts of Maslow's mountain searching for comfort in edible bites and physical bits, deep in the valley where I should not be "How  ya  doin'?" "OhI'mgood!" Ain't got time for the real answer Ain't got time Ain't got time   cause I won't give it to myself      I was never good at prioritizing Cause if I knew my priorites I would remember what a priority it is to bend to my knees sink into the ground and reverently gaze UP I have not imagined the answers and peace I have recieved You have to open your mind to see His work He is visible    in earth and sky Sometimes He has to remind me but when He does ... well, I can enjoy the melodies and lattes and jokes again P.W.C.
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Nov 9, 2012
Nov 9, 2012 at 5:56 PM UTC
P.W.C.
What if, the moon and stars appeared on sunny skies well, i've seen God's wisdom, they're fine the way they are, their time, their distance, their glittering presence.....their habit of twinkling at night, not day, is justified, they're lovelier more dazzling on a darker blue sky.....i gaze at them in awe, no words uttered...just sighs. also, i've seen God's wisdom about life's many roads. i'm fine, i have survived......earthly existence is decked with many paths........busy, or less traveled...always lead to new ones, after the other, then to another......life goes on.......it's where, it's when, the day's challenges start. so.... i leave the house...start my daily trek in life prioritizing familial and personal errands i walk right to the corner.....to where noisy turkeys turn so red, when i get close to the fence...to my left, the open road.....peopled noisy...busy, humming with activities...my connection to the world outside the village rain or shine, day or night, if i need to hear breaths of life...of noise, a tad of change in atmosphere, cups of good coffee, a bowl of soup and crackers, bond with good friends bond with my Creator in a nearby church. when not too tired...i retrace my way back home. God guides me....through long and faded red unscrubbed sidewalks, grasping mossy fences, lest i fall on slippery concrete...lest i miss my quiet, my sacred space for good. it's never easy, finding God's wisdom, in pain and suffering.......yet after each road taken i gaze at the dark blue sky.....tell the moon and quivering stars................"i'll be fine." Sally Copyright October 18, 2017 rrab
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Oct 17, 2017
Oct 17, 2017 at 8:02 AM UTC
Open Roads
What if, the moon and stars appeared on sunny skies well, i've seen God's wisdom, they're fine the way they are, their time, their distance, their glittering presence.....their habit of twinkling at night, not day, is justified, they're lovelier more dazzling on a darker blue sky.....i gaze at them in awe, no words uttered...just sighs. also, i've seen God's wisdom about life's many roads. i'm fine, i have survived......earthly existence is decked with many paths........busy, or less traveled...always lead to new ones, after the other, then to another......life goes on.......it's where, it's when, the day's challenges start. so.... i leave the house...start my daily trek in life prioritizing familial and personal errands i walk right to the corner.....to where noisy turkeys turn so red, when i get close to the fence...to my left, the open road.....peopled noisy...busy, humming with activities...my connection to the world outside the village rain or shine, day or night, if i need to hear breaths of life...of noise, a tad of change in atmosphere, cups of good coffee, a bowl of soup and crackers, bond with good friends bond with my Creator in a nearby church. when not too tired...i retrace my way back home. God guides me....through long and faded red unscrubbed sidewalks, grasping mossy fences, lest i fall on slippery concrete...lest i miss my quiet, my sacred space for good. it's never easy, finding God's wisdom, in pain and suffering.......yet after each road taken i gaze at the dark blue sky.....tell the moon and quivering stars................"i'll be fine." Sally Copyright October 18, 2017 rrab
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I have set the priorities in my life, You're my top priority future wife, What bothers you is my top strife. I chuck those parts out of my life, You should not worry future wife, What in front of you is such a strife. Over me I give you exclusive rights.
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Jun 10, 2015
Jun 10, 2015 at 1:45 AM UTC
Prioritizing
I knew it would not last forever But the future was unseen Watched it slip out of our grasp Before we could intervene Season after season is passing Golden transforms to white Misty mornings exchanged for snow While I wait to feel alright Rose up through the ashes But my heart's still burned and charred And fear has formed an armor around Every place it has been scarred I search for symbols on my body Yearn for meaning to be revealed To understand length of our relationship Yet answers all remain concealed Shoulder the weight of rejection Through time though tough to carry Heaviness a consistent warning That of intimacy to be wary Like a little alarm silently blaring Begging me to stay alone Prioritizing safety over company Love is hell unlike anything I've ever known Portal straight to madness No one is exempt So if you want your sanity intact Don't bother making an attempt Desire turns willpower to vapor As you steadily lose control Until you cannot function in their absence Need their affection to even feel whole But when the flashes of electricity Vanish from your partner's skin But for you are stronger than ever That's when the real torture begins Color disappears from sight The whole planet fading to grey Happiness drained from all you touch As you desperately clutch onto yesterday Now waking up is a daunting task Try to avoid facing reality Solitude stings like a salted wound Haunted by what we will never be Then I stumble across your photo For a moment don't feel so sad As nostalgia rushes over me I escape briefly into the love we once had I close my eyes and block out the hurt Memory tasting bittersweet And when I finally open them Feels like I'm falling to my feet Desolation has become my home Misery my only friend I've learned the hard way caring is pain So I swear I'll never care again
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Sep 23, 2021
Sep 23, 2021 at 11:14 AM UTC
Swear To Uncare
I knew it would not last forever But the future was unseen Watched it slip out of our grasp Before we could intervene Season after season is passing Golden transforms to white Misty mornings exchanged for snow While I wait to feel alright Rose up through the ashes But my heart's still burned and charred And fear has formed an armor around Every place it has been scarred I search for symbols on my body Yearn for meaning to be revealed To understand length of our relationship Yet answers all remain concealed Shoulder the weight of rejection Through time though tough to carry Heaviness a consistent warning That of intimacy to be wary Like a little alarm silently blaring Begging me to stay alone Prioritizing safety over company Love is hell unlike anything I've ever known Portal straight to madness No one is exempt So if you want your sanity intact Don't bother making an attempt Desire turns willpower to vapor As you steadily lose control Until you cannot function in their absence Need their affection to even feel whole But when the flashes of electricity Vanish from your partner's skin But for you are stronger than ever That's when the real torture begins Color disappears from sight The whole planet fading to grey Happiness drained from all you touch As you desperately clutch onto yesterday Now waking up is a daunting task Try to avoid facing reality Solitude stings like a salted wound Haunted by what we will never be Then I stumble across your photo For a moment don't feel so sad As nostalgia rushes over me I escape briefly into the love we once had I close my eyes and block out the hurt Memory tasting bittersweet And when I finally open them Feels like I'm falling to my feet Desolation has become my home Misery my only friend I've learned the hard way caring is pain So I swear I'll never care again
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How many of you serve the world? You know? Your friends? Your REAL friends? Prioritizing your time by your wants. Self over family and friends. Partying over School. If so, Raise Your Hands. COME ON RAISE YOUR HANDS! No? Well how many have lied? That teeny tiny white lie? It never hurt anyone. No big deal! LIARS!! If you're not raising your hand, You're lying. Want help? Try to change your ways? Sorry. Because I know That this side has a gravitational pull Too strong for you to deny. And no need seekin out the big guy. He'll just tell you what you don't wanna hear anyways! Still wanna reach out? Okay. Go ahead. Raise your hands in song! Praise his "Holy Name" But you'll be back. I know it. YOU know it. So why try? You're just gonna keep walkin back and forth between this line. Back and forth. Back and forth. Why do you walk the line? Scared to commit? What's stopping you? Oh yeah. You. YOU'RE stopping you. Why? Because you're so easily distracted. Swaying from side to side. Never really committing. Doing what you believe to be just enough. So tell me. If I own this side. And HE owns THAT side. Who owns the line you like to walk on so much? You decide.
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Mar 28, 2013
Mar 28, 2013 at 2:35 AM UTC
Walkin On The Line.
I wish you wouldn't feel any regret Regret because you follow what the people around you told you what to do so I wish you wouldn't feel any emptiness Emptiness because you think prioritizing others first than yourself is okay I wish you wouldn't feel any pain Pain because you always choose to shut up when your significant other hurts you I wish you wouldn't feel any anger Anger because you can't accept the fact that your ex is happy with your best friend I wish everything I said will remain just a text and will not happen in real life
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Nov 12, 2015
Nov 12, 2015 at 9:30 AM UTC
Five Wishes For You
In the grand tapestry of teaching, oh what an irony, Heavy workloads and limited time, a teacher's reality. The demands of planning and administrative tasks, Leave little room for professional growth, an ironic mask. Standardized assessments hold their prominent sway, Personalized instruction often pushed astray. In the pursuit of measurable student success, Oh what an irony, tailored learning becomes less. Creativity yearns to dance with the curriculum's frame, But guidelines and standards can stifle its flame. Balancing innovation and prescribed requirements, Oh what an irony, creativity often expires. Assessment-focused teaching takes center stage, Holistic development may find itself in a cage. The pressure to achieve desired outcomes so keen, Oh what an irony, limiting the broader learning scene. Teachers, pillars of education, yet often unrecognized, Their impact immense, but acknowledgment minimized. In the realm of recognition and fair compensation, Oh what an irony, undervaluing their dedication. Autonomy, a cherished gift for teachers to possess, But administrative constraints can hinder their success. Top-down decisions and rigid schedules in place, Oh what an irony, limiting their teaching grace. Work-life balance, a delicate tightrope to tread, Nurturing students' well-being while their own is spread. In the pursuit of equilibrium, an ironic juggle, Teaching others to thrive, their own balance a struggle. Outcomes become paramount, their value held high, Yet the process of learning can sometimes pass by. Prioritizing scores over growth and lifelong skills, Oh what an irony, neglecting the learning thrills. In the world of teaching, ironies abound, Navigating the contradictions, often profound. But amidst these challenges, educators endure, Oh what an irony, their passion remains pure.
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May 15, 2023
May 15, 2023 at 2:48 AM UTC
Oh what an irony in academics
In the grand tapestry of teaching, oh what an irony, Heavy workloads and limited time, a teacher's reality. The demands of planning and administrative tasks, Leave little room for professional growth, an ironic mask. Standardized assessments hold their prominent sway, Personalized instruction often pushed astray. In the pursuit of measurable student success, Oh what an irony, tailored learning becomes less. Creativity yearns to dance with the curriculum's frame, But guidelines and standards can stifle its flame. Balancing innovation and prescribed requirements, Oh what an irony, creativity often expires. Assessment-focused teaching takes center stage, Holistic development may find itself in a cage. The pressure to achieve desired outcomes so keen, Oh what an irony, limiting the broader learning scene. Teachers, pillars of education, yet often unrecognized, Their impact immense, but acknowledgment minimized. In the realm of recognition and fair compensation, Oh what an irony, undervaluing their dedication. Autonomy, a cherished gift for teachers to possess, But administrative constraints can hinder their success. Top-down decisions and rigid schedules in place, Oh what an irony, limiting their teaching grace. Work-life balance, a delicate tightrope to tread, Nurturing students' well-being while their own is spread. In the pursuit of equilibrium, an ironic juggle, Teaching others to thrive, their own balance a struggle. Outcomes become paramount, their value held high, Yet the process of learning can sometimes pass by. Prioritizing scores over growth and lifelong skills, Oh what an irony, neglecting the learning thrills. In the world of teaching, ironies abound, Navigating the contradictions, often profound. But amidst these challenges, educators endure, Oh what an irony, their passion remains pure.
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Everyday, A New Person Stop! Lest you think, This is some poem, of a nature serious I warn you with supercilious contempt This is a mischance, a contretemps, This is a dumb poem, like Suntan Lotion^ Inspired by that silliness's Broadway success, About how everyday, I awake, A New Person, With a new designer hair styling O Yeah, I gotta grip the sink counter, When I see how my pillow friends^^ Have revenged themselves the night prior, Upon awakening, I contemplate suicide by pills But more labor saving for the undertaker I usually choose Setting One's Hair On Fire It be awful, it be ridiculous That my hair defies gravity Standing straight up, After a night of lying down, This is the product of rocking out to the Hardest of hard rock n' roll. Now I am a man, Re hair and grooming I ain't usually Prioritizing and swooning, But get this, It takes a tube daily, Of alcoholic gel, To get my pop, To do the 'lie flat down flop' When my woman strokes my hair, She doesn't think I notice, How she subtle slides her hand down my shirted arm, To dispose of the newly acquired kitchen grease, I sometimes, on really bad hair days, Need to employ to encapture my Grayed Fleece No faking joke, my mind out strokes When I look at what handiwork Has worked me over, Multi-directional, punk sensational, I swear it also has changed colors! No unrequited love, just requited hate For my torqued, drugged, twisted hairy fate, Two minutes to write this idiotic ditty, Ten minutes to nerve to open my eyes to look twice At what the hairie fairies mischievously hath wrought, Is unbalanced, demand a recount, a fair fight sought Soon it will be clear, if you think this poem amusing, Be in readiness for an Ode to the Haircut upcoming, Be in readiness for an opera, entitled naturally, Get Thee To The Barber of First Avenue As soon as I get the nerve to leave the bedroom.
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Jun 23, 2013
Jun 23, 2013 at 9:09 AM UTC
Stylin': Everyday, A New Person
Everyday, A New Person Stop! Lest you think, This is some poem, of a nature serious I warn you with supercilious contempt This is a mischance, a contretemps, This is a dumb poem, like Suntan Lotion^ Inspired by that silliness's Broadway success, About how everyday, I awake, A New Person, With a new designer hair styling O Yeah, I gotta grip the sink counter, When I see how my pillow friends^^ Have revenged themselves the night prior, Upon awakening, I contemplate suicide by pills But more labor saving for the undertaker I usually choose Setting One's Hair On Fire It be awful, it be ridiculous That my hair defies gravity Standing straight up, After a night of lying down, This is the product of rocking out to the Hardest of hard rock n' roll. Now I am a man, Re hair and grooming I ain't usually Prioritizing and swooning, But get this, It takes a tube daily, Of alcoholic gel, To get my pop, To do the 'lie flat down flop' When my woman strokes my hair, She doesn't think I notice, How she subtle slides her hand down my shirted arm, To dispose of the newly acquired kitchen grease, I sometimes, on really bad hair days, Need to employ to encapture my Grayed Fleece No faking joke, my mind out strokes When I look at what handiwork Has worked me over, Multi-directional, punk sensational, I swear it also has changed colors! No unrequited love, just requited hate For my torqued, drugged, twisted hairy fate, Two minutes to write this idiotic ditty, Ten minutes to nerve to open my eyes to look twice At what the hairie fairies mischievously hath wrought, Is unbalanced, demand a recount, a fair fight sought Soon it will be clear, if you think this poem amusing, Be in readiness for an Ode to the Haircut upcoming, Be in readiness for an opera, entitled naturally, Get Thee To The Barber of First Avenue As soon as I get the nerve to leave the bedroom.
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If I were to elicit success's embodiment And to feel it's enrapture, like sin It's touch, coarse as salt to the fingertips? Would it smell like a rose on the wind? To risk, for a shared surreptitiousness That very boldness independence empowers, to instead announce allegiance to the flock of the age When drinking after hours Should it matter on the stage... As a coy rebuttal to loneliness In prioritizing what you need, by finding "circuitous" after a dip in the thesaurus for describing a sentence about trees ("When, obviously, it's actually describing something...far more potent...than any mere tree.") ...what fails to show up on the page? Such is the world that Art wanders into All big gestures 'round a clattering din ....but instead, "Success" has meant to me A home in my arms And she feels like a world resting beneath my chin A thought that cancels out Art's disappointments ...And her breath is a rose on the wind.
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Apr 22, 2014
Apr 22, 2014 at 5:58 AM UTC
Success
Every evening at dinner, My mom would tell us about school. She works there In fact, the same one my sister and I attended. She now tells us about education reform And how it is ruining her classroom. You see, She works with special needs children And teaching them multiple methods to do a math problem When they understand the first one Is like thrusting them into the middle of the ocean Telling them to learn how to swim And wondering why they are drowning. Having seventh graders who read at a fifth grade level Take the same standardized test as other kids their age Is like putting a dachshund in a cage And telling it to fight a pit bull. These students are being set up to fail And yet, the schools and the government are asking "Why are test scores dropping?" "Why aren't they up to par?" "We're going to lose our money" What quality teacher signed up to be an educator With the idea that money would be more important Than the children in the school system? Who gives a **** about dollar figures When you are pushing kids to the edge of the cliff And getting angry when they fall off? The game doesn't change until the directions do But the people writing them are prioritizing the end result Not the players. So tell me, Will anybody win a game that is this corrupt? Will anybody win this game at all? People like my mom, my English teacher The students Did not agree to play this way. But if we do not set these kids up and place them in a position Where success is possible The future will go up in flames.
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Nov 24, 2014
Nov 24, 2014 at 10:41 AM UTC
Fire Hazard
Every evening at dinner, My mom would tell us about school. She works there In fact, the same one my sister and I attended. She now tells us about education reform And how it is ruining her classroom. You see, She works with special needs children And teaching them multiple methods to do a math problem When they understand the first one Is like thrusting them into the middle of the ocean Telling them to learn how to swim And wondering why they are drowning. Having seventh graders who read at a fifth grade level Take the same standardized test as other kids their age Is like putting a dachshund in a cage And telling it to fight a pit bull. These students are being set up to fail And yet, the schools and the government are asking "Why are test scores dropping?" "Why aren't they up to par?" "We're going to lose our money" What quality teacher signed up to be an educator With the idea that money would be more important Than the children in the school system? Who gives a **** about dollar figures When you are pushing kids to the edge of the cliff And getting angry when they fall off? The game doesn't change until the directions do But the people writing them are prioritizing the end result Not the players. So tell me, Will anybody win a game that is this corrupt? Will anybody win this game at all? People like my mom, my English teacher The students Did not agree to play this way. But if we do not set these kids up and place them in a position Where success is possible The future will go up in flames.
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Dear 2019,                       Please be kind.                       The only thing I am wishing for is:                       to be happy.                        I am going to take time to heal.                        I am going to learn( You never quit                        learning no matter the age ). 2019 will be a year of complete  surrender  to  who I once  was  and  who I want to be and  this  will  be a year I  stop putting  off  prioritizing me. I  will  take time  for myself and that doesn't mean taking baths and eating healthy. ( but I still intend to eat healthy ). I  am  going to  start  focusing  on  bettering   myself. This  means  exercise  in  whatever  form I   like  best, pushing  myself,  managing  my time  and  saving   money  for  my  future. ( YES, a 70 year man DOES  have a future, at least this one DOES and you can bet on that! ) My future is so bright, I have to wear sunglasses at night. I am going to fall in love with taking care of myself, fall in love with the path of deep healing, and fall in love with becoming  the  best version of  myself  with  patience, with respect for my own journey. My SPECIAL THANKS and compassion and respect go to those special friends, relatives,and loved ones who know me, know what I have been through and am going through (a war I am still fight in my head ) and how I have suffered, they all loved me enough  to witness and feel my pain and get me to 2019 in good health. (you know who you are).  THANK YOU        Jon York   2018
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Dec 27, 2018
Dec 27, 2018 at 10:13 PM UTC
2019 RESOLUTION 2019
Dear 2019,                       Please be kind.                       The only thing I am wishing for is:                       to be happy.                        I am going to take time to heal.                        I am going to learn( You never quit                        learning no matter the age ). 2019 will be a year of complete  surrender  to  who I once  was  and  who I want to be and  this  will  be a year I  stop putting  off  prioritizing me. I  will  take time  for myself and that doesn't mean taking baths and eating healthy. ( but I still intend to eat healthy ). I  am  going to  start  focusing  on  bettering   myself. This  means  exercise  in  whatever  form I   like  best, pushing  myself,  managing  my time  and  saving   money  for  my  future. ( YES, a 70 year man DOES  have a future, at least this one DOES and you can bet on that! ) My future is so bright, I have to wear sunglasses at night. I am going to fall in love with taking care of myself, fall in love with the path of deep healing, and fall in love with becoming  the  best version of  myself  with  patience, with respect for my own journey. My SPECIAL THANKS and compassion and respect go to those special friends, relatives,and loved ones who know me, know what I have been through and am going through (a war I am still fight in my head ) and how I have suffered, they all loved me enough  to witness and feel my pain and get me to 2019 in good health. (you know who you are).  THANK YOU        Jon York   2018
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Sorry for not smiling, Sorry for not talking, Sorry for being someone's friend, Sorry for not liking what you like, Sorry for being cautious, Sorry for being simple, Sorry for being happy, Sorry for not being smart, Sorry for having my own opinions, Sorry for trying to be better, Sorry for prioritizing myself, Sorry for being to attached, Sorry for knowing what I know, Sorry for being fat, Sorry for not being funny, Sorry for being poor, Sorry for not being cool, Sorry for existing, Sorry for breathing, Sorry for being me, And sorry for thinking you would say sorry too. -MCJ
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Oct 7, 2015
Oct 7, 2015 at 9:38 AM UTC
SORRY
I've been encapsulated with a difficult time and I've had my strength repeatedly put through rigorous test lately and I'm always left alone to suffocate on my insecurities and feel helpless at the knees of the Lord I can't find peace in my skin or in my mind and my first thought was to sleep away my troubles before I realized the simplicity of bathing in the privilege given to me by God I pray for a comfort found only in one person and I pray strictly for their repent as one day they'll be forced to face a struggle bigger than any of us I pray for solitude in my life and in their happiness I so heavily rely on I pray I can sacrifice myself in the eyes of the lord in exchange for them and their lack of faith and I cant remember when I started prioritizing their prayers over my own but the Lord is just as thankful in rewards as he is in appreciation
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May 13, 2019
May 13, 2019 at 8:11 PM UTC
God have mercy on the unfaithful
There's power to the almost To the action of leaning in but containing yourself enough to avoid There's power to letting go To prioritizing what's rightful, Instead of focusing on what felt wrong To put your feelings aside, To focus on disciplining your mind There's power to not allowing yourself to even imagine it To soak up all the knowledge acquired through time and its period And rather than act as a hero, to dodge the bullet
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Dec 5, 2017
Dec 5, 2017 at 3:48 PM UTC
Power
If you can still feel it- The warm wind that rushed into our lungs, while we drove straight into an inevitable iron judge- Please let me know. Because your deadly silence pulls the green, rancid thoughts out of my mind- Prioritizing comeback-arguments and glass-shattering-jealously over our lost harmonies and simplicities. To open my eyes, To remove the black and white filters of staged Polaroids, To realize the naïveté of dying campfires, And to strip the layers of paint from our canvas, Calls for forgiveness. Forgiving you. Forgiving me. It calls for change and allowing the dams I’ve artificially placed immeasurable love into, to wither, So the natural rivers can flow. To allow the ecosystem to thrive. To move on- I put on my old sweater. It smells of loneliness, heavy browns, and protection- A wall to my heart. Please forget the combination to the lock on my dreams, If you can hear my silent tears. I beg of you in the key of F major.
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Oct 22, 2019
Oct 22, 2019 at 7:29 PM UTC
In the key of F major
The story of their life is nearing the *** end, The graph of the health has a sharp descend..... The world is rushing it's own race, Their lives don't flow at that pace... Possessing a rich and gorgeous past to share, But hardly find anyone to give an ear..... Chicks flew away in pursuit of their quest, The elder couple is lonely in their nest.... Meditation, yoga and the doctor's visits Are prioritizing their "to do" lists.... Waiting for festivals, when kids pay visit. Their childhood moments, the minds revisit..... Memories fading, limbs poorly coordinating. Hearts are weary, heavy, yet pulsating.... Unknown emptiness, deep melancholy. Splendid dwellings, screaming loudly..... Eagerly wait to meet with other elderly, To accompany on the walks, and to talk heartily...... Relaxing and rejuvenating laughter at the sunset. The sun sets daily, the hopes are alive yet...........
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Jul 6, 2017
Jul 6, 2017 at 8:33 AM UTC
Hopes are alive at the sunset
Today is the day I leave I'll watch as they load each item I claim and I will try not to cry It's me again, prioritizing your comfort Finding a solution to the problem you created You'll come home and surely feel relieved And I'll watch as they put each item in a new home that isn't really mine Today is the day I leave
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Jan 31, 2022
Jan 31, 2022 at 8:36 AM UTC
Moving Day
Invisible people Figment of my imagination Borrowed in my subconscious touching and reaching grabbing and pulling whispering and fueling Fear and doubt Insecurities and pain Every second Of every day. Their whispers perforates my self-esteem withers my self-belief deteriorates my self-image. My mind feels like a battlefield A constant fight of not caring of what they think or say. For there are days When I set my mind In to prioritizing my moment passion, purpose, fun, and life And not care. But some days they encroach into my mind Seep through the cracks Diffuse between the synapses firing terror. Letting me stare once more at my own abyss.
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Dec 2, 2018
Dec 2, 2018 at 3:57 AM UTC
People of my imagination
its an incredible feeling getting to know everything about someone and falling in love with them, they become your everything, the reason behind your smiles and the reason for waking up in the morning. everyone always supported me and him and told us we made each other happy but nobody ever told me about the bad stuff. when things started getting bad, all i could think about from the moment i woke up is who hes with and if hes having fun without me. i wondered if he still cared about me like he used to say he did. I wondered if truth was he didnt think about me at all anymore. I became focused on trying to keep my relationship going as long as i possibly could, prioritizing him over actually important things. i ended up pushing him away without realizing because of how controlling i became. i started to get worried, and lose my confidence, thinking it was something i was doing that he didnt like. he became the reason behind fighting to hold back tears and the reason i didnt eat because i was just too sad. I stopped sleeping because i would wait for him to text me and let me know he was ok or that he was sorry or couldnt sleep without me, even though he never did. love hurts. it can be amazing and it will be until someone starts changing and stop showing you how much they care or want you. youll feel like youre the one whos in the wrong and might even start to change the way you look hoping to get their attention, but truth is nothing stays perfect forever. The thing i regret the most was how i made excuses for the way he would let me down or become busy the minute i needed him most just because i didnt wanna let go of someone who wasnt sure about me.
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Jan 6, 2018
Jan 6, 2018 at 10:22 AM UTC
Untitled
its an incredible feeling getting to know everything about someone and falling in love with them, they become your everything, the reason behind your smiles and the reason for waking up in the morning. everyone always supported me and him and told us we made each other happy but nobody ever told me about the bad stuff. when things started getting bad, all i could think about from the moment i woke up is who hes with and if hes having fun without me. i wondered if he still cared about me like he used to say he did. I wondered if truth was he didnt think about me at all anymore. I became focused on trying to keep my relationship going as long as i possibly could, prioritizing him over actually important things. i ended up pushing him away without realizing because of how controlling i became. i started to get worried, and lose my confidence, thinking it was something i was doing that he didnt like. he became the reason behind fighting to hold back tears and the reason i didnt eat because i was just too sad. I stopped sleeping because i would wait for him to text me and let me know he was ok or that he was sorry or couldnt sleep without me, even though he never did. love hurts. it can be amazing and it will be until someone starts changing and stop showing you how much they care or want you. youll feel like youre the one whos in the wrong and might even start to change the way you look hoping to get their attention, but truth is nothing stays perfect forever. The thing i regret the most was how i made excuses for the way he would let me down or become busy the minute i needed him most just because i didnt wanna let go of someone who wasnt sure about me.
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