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Gratitude

TIG
Fire of Insight
United States
Joined 28th Mar 2018
Forum Posts: 43

Poetry Contest

What are some things in your life you are grateful for?
No it is not Thanksgiving, nor Christmas, nor memorial day, nor  any holiday, just mid-August and wondering, what is it that brings you joy and Gratitude? Of course it can be multiple things.
Rules:
1entry per human
No collabs, lets keep it personal to you.
No Erotica
New or old writes accepted
I do love rhymes( but not required)
Since: I will be judging it
please keep the word count reasonable
no more than a 5 min. read

Let me know if you have any questions, I have never done this before.


AspergerPoet56
Tyrant of Words
Scotland 33awards
Joined 4th Dec 2018
Forum Posts: 1901

Thank you

You cared enough  
To give me your time  
When I needed it most  
 
Time is precious  
Once gone  
Can never get back  
 
Yet you let me  
Take it  
Like it was no big deal  
 
Made me human again
That I wasn’t alone  
Felt important  
 
Yes you freely let me rant
Without judging  
It lifted a great weight  
 
No more feeling  
Of being dragged down  
Was able to stand  
 
The wreckage inside  
Will never be fixed  
But you helped patch it  
 
Just by giving time  
The most valuable of things  
You saved me  
 
So simple  
By listening  
You gave strength
 
Much need strength  
In a time when I was weak  
Now I am still here  
 
To say thank you
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da_poetic-edifier
Damon
Dangerous Mind
United States 13awards
Joined 11th Aug 2016
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Princess Alaya

I saw paradise when I looked into your eyes
Filled with sunshine, rainbows & blue skies
Causing a rise in my happiness & pure joy
Like a kid at Christmas with a brand new toy

Immeasurable joy that only a child can bring
More precious than gold or a diamond ring
Inspiring me to sing you a lullaby
The first sight of you brought a tear to my eye

The sound of your little cry is like a falsetto
Echoing in my ears with a rhythm & flow
I'm going to show you unconditional love
You're a blessing bestowed from the Lord above
Written by da_poetic-edifier (Damon)
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PittinixDesigns
Fire of Insight
Jamaica 3awards
Joined 8th Feb 2020
Forum Posts: 85

Thank You, Sweetheart

For Cali

I’m thankful that you gave me your heart
You were there for me when I needed a wife
Cali, I’m filled with gratitude for your love
You’ll always be the woman in my thoughts
And I want to say, thank you, sweetheart

I’m thankful that you loved me sincerely
Darling, you were never discontented or sad
You didn’t complain when things got bad
I’ve spent many hours thinking about the past
And I wish we could go back to the start

I’m thankful that you brought joy into my life
You took the time to listen to my problems
And you understood the sadness in my eyes
Cali, I’d repay you for your kindness if I could,
But I can only say, thank you, sweetheart
Written by PittinixDesigns
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TIG
Fire of Insight
United States
Joined 28th Mar 2018
Forum Posts: 43

I am thankful for you all kicking off the comp with this entry AP56, Da_poetic-edifier, and PittinixDesigns. All wonderful spills and heartfelt.

Thetravelingfairy
Fire of Insight
United States 15awards
Joined 12th July 2017
Forum Posts: 286

The Teacher

Thank you for
Being you which is
All my heart and body needs
To be filled with love


Thank you for
The ups and downs
That made me celebrate
Our relationship even
When it seemed impossible


Thank you for
 Teaching me
What commitment  
And patience looks like
And that to
 Me looks like love
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Numer90
Numer0-un0
Thought Provoker
Nigeria 4awards
Joined 12th Dec 2020
Forum Posts: 86

Mum Sample!

On mummy day we just jubiliate..  
On mummy day we don't barricade..    
On mummy day we don't infiltrate..    
On mummy day we post no bille..    
On mummy day we don't replay..

 
I stand by the north 12 o'clock..    
Behind my back south    
6 o'clock..    
From the right east    
3 o'clock..    
By the left west    
9 o'clock..

    
With this tears how we pay..    
Volunteer for replay..    
Inside the mind we foreplay..    
Outside the mind afterplay..    
    
It's free world mummy play..    
Don't mind the time use your delay..    
There must be something you replace..  
    
All prepaid plans that we pay..    
All postpaid plans we downplay..    
This only shows how we miscalculate..    
I don't know why we barricade..    
Only on alert we refrain..    
    
 
At sunshine I make my hay..  
I joke around everyday..    
Go ask around low I lay..    
Simple we keep it that is the way..    
Don't boss around me am not at bay..  
Rarely am denied from open play..    
Don't bomb blast me coz I lay..    
I strike aback I don't delay..    
All that matters is what Mummy say..  
Goal is wide open lay me play..    
Lay me up I will make a play    
    
Mummy play until holyday..    
It's time to shine mum no delay..    
For every claim I proclaim..    
I wanna live to dominate..    
Just don't smile coz I formulate..    
I strike aback as I prepare..    
I dominate since I figured my sample play..   Mammy relay free is the way..    
Don't pull on your brakes mammy race..


In our bloods we coagulate..    
So physically we sophisticate..    
Race all along we post no bille..    
With such a grace Ma display..    
Mum you the color of my ray..  
Mum this is your sample play..    
Mummy play just for today..    
Mum you claim coz you proclaim..  


    
I don't know this your chamber flow..   Mum please play your sample flow..    
Mum let's play before horn blow..    
Mum keep me close before we close..    
Mumy please sit on your throne..    
In God's glory you keep ur throne..    
Mum you will never get dethroned..    
Mum you will never get destroyed..    
I wanna bow before you dose..    
I don't wanna ride before you close..
 
    
Mummy chill lay before horn blow..    
With only mummy I clutch..    
Mummy face is my wall clock..    
Everything they asked me Ma o'clock..    
Shuffle around me Mummy claw..    
Topple aside me Mummy clutch..    
Mammy you earned this hall mark blow.. Mammy you earned this title throne..
   
    
Written by Numer90 (Numer0-un0)
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personanongrata
Astral Gift
Thought Provoker
Greece 5awards
Joined 8th June 2015
Forum Posts: 276

chocolata

Your chocolate skin
has made me addictive
my endorphin
levels are raised.

There is no ache
expect the one missing
your constant flow
of touching thrill.

What is this thing
I can't explain it!
Divinely linked  
and merged inside;

the flesh plays games
immensely kissing
I ruminate
I'm mystified.
Written by personanongrata (Astral Gift)
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TIG
Fire of Insight
United States
Joined 28th Mar 2018
Forum Posts: 43

Thanks all for keeping it going, TTF great message within the spill.

Razzerleaf
Fire of Insight
United Kingdom 27awards
Joined 15th Sep 2019
Forum Posts: 525

Potpourri and paint

Yes it’s true that materials play their part,
bricks and mortar, wood and glass,
a colour you found for the front door
that makes the Maple burn its brightest,
but they are all just pieces of a collective,
It’s formed in layers not
specific things or places.
 
It’s the wet nose of a dog that
that nudges onto tears,
a strip of morning sunlight that makes
the dust dance and finds the cat curled,
a coffee mug and its coaster rings
that briefly fog the glass.
 
It sits beside us all for family TV,
stretches out when someone leaves the settee,
kisses in the kitchen waiting for the kettle
and echoes round a Sunday table leaving
laughter on dried up peas and gravy drips.
You can see it breathe as curtains lift,
Its heart is found on the mantel piece,
tracking life in time-checked glances.
 
It’s in that box with all the bits
the drawer with batteries and paper clips
the photographs with aging styles
the turning pages that make us smile
the garage cobwebs and fluorescent light
the tins of screws and moths at night
it’s under the sink at the back of a cupboard,
a vessel of life to be discovered.
Written by Razzerleaf
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TIG
Fire of Insight
United States
Joined 28th Mar 2018
Forum Posts: 43

Thanks Razorleaf and Northern soul solid ink.

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TIG
Fire of Insight
United States
Joined 28th Mar 2018
Forum Posts: 43

Thank you flower for contributing your always purple hue of gratitude

Zaynab_kamoonpury
Fire of Insight
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Joined 4th Dec 2017
Forum Posts: 69

The value of life & oxygen

Dear God I thank you    
for every single precious breath  
And when you'll place us in paradise    
   We shall thank you then for death.    
   
People round the world gasping for breath, breathless,    
short of breath, some unable to catch their breath,    
      some breathing their last,    
some on artificial costly breathalysers .    
How many times do we thank God    
for the countless free breaths we breathe our entire life??    
Oxygen o2 more valuable and scarce than diamonds nowadays.    
         Respiration, the main need of all life    
Those who eventually recover from covid and find their breath again    
             can finally breathe a sigh of relief.    
Yet heavenly sights in paradise  will be sure    
  to take our breath away anyway.    
   
           Life or afterlife    
      Here and hereafter    
   Life's a gift from God    
Now and thereafter    
Why end it here and now    
Why not extend fun and laughter?    
When my DNA and RNA expires with me    
  May God Resurrect and revive it in me    
I live and die for an extension of life in afterlife    
   God grant me that part eternity    
To search for the meaning and purpose of life    
   is to search and find the Creator of all life    
      i know there's out there somewhere    
     in Allah's universe, a heavenly portal    
      that will lead me to eternal bliss    
            designed by Allah the immortal.    
Imagine a perfect heavenly life with no fear , death or problems    
That's a life to die for, when Allah transports us to those realms.    
   
    An abode with no sickness or illness    
Only peace and total eternal happiness    
No viruses but rather real flying horses like real Pegasuses    
   We could get to ride and fly the universe    
   with angelic wings without planes or buses    
But you have to work to earn and deserve that heavenly paradise    
        Just follow God's latest holy book, so perfect and so wise.[/b][/b][/font][/font]
Written by Zaynab_kamoonpury
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