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Koro
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REGRETS

Grace
IDryad
Tyrant of Words
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Joined 25th Aug 2011
Forum Posts: 16074

Poetry Contest

Your take on regrets
Do you have regrets in your life?
two poems per poet max
no collaborations
old or new work but not previous winners
moderate length

“One of the greatest regrets in life is being what others would want you to be, rather than being yourself.”
― Shannon L. Alder


“This world that was our home for a brief spell never brought us anything but pain and grief; its a shame that not one of our problems was ever solved. We depart with a thousand regrets
in our hearts.”
― Omar Khayyám

Grace
IDryad
Tyrant of Words
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Joined 25th Aug 2011
Forum Posts: 16074

Regrets 2


If only
the past could be be relived
the harshness smoother
the extra gesture done
the unsaid words spoken

I wish
I missed that phone call
I decided without counsel
I ignored the whispers
I walked away from it all

If only
I didn't pursue
I took a different route
I turned away
I didn't answer

If only...I wish.

-Not an Entry-

JOY
Joybell
Twisted Dreamer
Australia
Joined 13th Nov 2019
Forum Posts: 18

Lesson Learned

I trusted you
Believed your lies
Excused your actions
Defended your honour  

My home, yours.
My income, shared 
Your children, welcomed 
Supported without question

Overlooked red flags
Ignored warnings signs
Surrendered my power
Abandoned my standards

Manipulated
Isolated
Abused
Mocked
 
Crossing your path
Falling for your charm
Accepting your number 
My biggest regret 
Written by JOY (Joybell)
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Grace
IDryad
Tyrant of Words
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Joined 25th Aug 2011
Forum Posts: 16074

JOY thank you for kick starting the competition.

Samatha6971
Samatha-TheFallen-
Twisted Dreamer
United States
Joined 1st Oct 2012
Forum Posts: 2

2 minutes/2 long


I had a life
I had a home
I had a love,
To call my own
 
I was a Queen
I was a Wife
I was a need
I was your life
 
I was once wanted
I was once needed
I was once your one and only
Now all I am is defeated
 
Disregarded for the ones you need more
Left to feel worthless/useless; a passed over score
A check mark/checked out; a soulmate,snuffed out
Someone of no meaning; an old, pathetic used up whore
 
As I wither in pain
And mourn what we were
All you can do
Is feel me, no more
 
Because I was never the one
To make you see bliss
In this life, with me
In our own abyss
 
Because I'm not enough
And I see that now, so true
I'll never add up
To what they/her can do for you.
Written by Samatha6971 (Samatha-TheFallen-)
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TimWombles
Thought Provoker
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Joined 21st Sep 2020
Forum Posts: 22

Life with a Major Rewrite

If I was to go back in time to rewrite my life
Would I skip my first wife?
I tell people I was married for 13 years  
We shared our joys, and our fears
12 and half of them were happy ones
Do I throw those away now that they're gone?
That last 6 months were not so good
Would I change them, if I could?
Would I have traveled to Peoria to meet my future soul mate?
Would she have thought I was strange and not even given me a date?
Was I ready for her and was she ready for me?
Bad decisions are only half the story
If you hadn't made the decisions you made
And followed the stones that you so carefully laid
You would be so different than the you in the mirror
Let's see if I can make it clearer
We play the cards we are dealt, when we are dealt them, that's what we do
You made your choices based on what you knew
If I could change the past, and knew how
Would I take a chance of changing the happiness I have now?  
 
No, no, no, I don't think so
Written by TimWombles
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Grace
IDryad
Tyrant of Words
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Joined 25th Aug 2011
Forum Posts: 16074

Samatha6971 and TimWombles thank you for your respective entry.

slipalong
Dangerous Mind
United Kingdom 41awards
Joined 1st Jan 2018
Forum Posts: 822

Regrets

Tied but detached, stored dry and dusty  
concerns , swept where they're not visible
sometimes, half ripped photographs
discarded, in the pyres of mistrust  
 
Face value that can't be recouped
the faded dress, the threadbare suit
smouldering embers that could linger
residue of sparks amongst the clinker  
 
The priest hole, somewhere to hide
in contentment's point of solitude
to grind the teeth and rationalise
smooth, emolument where I was branded
 
And never, did what right intended
the stains that etched
to hurt when rubbed, a tear that can't be mended
the barrel plumbed  into its deep depths
 
there lies the realms of my regrets
 
Written by slipalong
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runaway-mindtrain
Dangerous Mind
United States 8awards
Joined 30th July 2017
Forum Posts: 752

Such a foolish heart

 
We wandered in the selfless mist  
Holding each other intensely tender  
Prevailing love till the lovelorn sits  
Born dreams, never deserved splendor,  

Such as a bitter unaquit taste  
As tears shower down my face  
Our most beautiful ardent embrace  
My sacrificed heart aches,  
 
Matching woman, I will never find  
This bereft soul tells me to undo  
The perfect crush angel in my mind  
As I breathe her essence still soon,  
 
Never an end, to cache her airy  
With a hollow unstinting spot  
In my universe set upon faery  
The width willing a tottering heart,  
 
So this sun sets unto a fallen night  
No beloved to ever come close  
Her moon to never again see rise  
My soul cry, forever tarry host  
 
Written by runaway-mindtrain
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Razzerleaf
Fire of Insight
United Kingdom 26awards
Joined 15th Sep 2019
Forum Posts: 487

A place on the mantlepiece

The gap behind the clock    
once kept pool coupons      
that changed dreams into      
lottery tickets when Albert      
left his wife, sloped off      
with thirty years of her life.      
     
They had a son John who      
bit his lip for far too long      
hated his mum for what      
he thought she’d done      
the reason dad was gone,      
he packed, never came back.      
     
And so her routine went by,      
tablets to ease and sometimes      
to cry, too much time  
missing her son, happy alone  
but wants some fun.      
A once meek wife lost in life,      
with rent to pay each week.      
     
Suitcase in the taxi, meter      
running upstairs for one last      
look at the sum of all nothings,      
left house keys on the table      
and all the cheap belongings,      
takes a deep breath then  
pulls the door shut.      
     
As the driver pulls away,      
the answer phone says its thing,      
then, hello mum; Its John  
sorry I haven't called sooner  
I really regret not keeping in touch  
I heard your news,      
give me a call when you get in.     
     
She enters her Pin  
into the High Street    
cash machine.      
Mini statement gets printed out      
her finger moves along with the count,      
it touches on 4 million dreams,    
and a million places    
she’s never been, before.
Written by Razzerleaf
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poetOftragedy
Dangerous Mind
South Africa 3awards
Joined 13th May 2018
Forum Posts: 79

Sorry for now

To all the perfect moments I've ruined
To all the pretty smiles I've hurt
To all the loving hearts I've hurt
To all the dreams of you and I I've killed,
I'm sorry for now
I was afraid to dive right in
I was afraid to leave myself open
I too have been hurt before
Always felt safer behind my walls.
For all the words I've left unsaid
For all the missed I love you I should have said
For all the goodbye I was too quick to say,
I'm sorry for now
Please try and understand
Sometimes the ones we love are those we feel compelled to hurt
I should have told you how I really felt
But I was just a little bit too scared
I should have let you in
I should have realized there's no point in fighting it and I should have let it win
My dear I know just why we here
I choose to succumb and give in to my fear
I built walls around My Heart
To try not to open up to anyone
Never loved even a little bit close to enough
Afraid of what you'll see inside
Afraid you'll know the scars I've learnt to hide
I chose the easy way out
I chose to run
I wish I knew back then, what I know now,
I'm sorry for now.
Written by poetOftragedy
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Grace
IDryad
Tyrant of Words
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Joined 25th Aug 2011
Forum Posts: 16074

Slipalong, poetOftragedy,Razzerleaf and runaway-mindtrain thank you for your entry.

Dre_k47
AnDre James
Thought Provoker
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Joined 18th Dec 2013
Forum Posts: 35

She Ruined Me

She seems to have a heart so pure
A conscience and mind seemingly so true

How bare could evil be
The beauty of no fear
Luring me into her sinful delight
Corrupting my innocent heart
Without enchanting spells
With lustful charms

My world blanketed with scary clouds
I become bitter restless
Shackled in her abyss of gloom
With no hope
Not a speck of light

Begged for mercy
But her dark clouds wouldn’t go away
So the moonlight could find
A way to my darkened soul

With her tricks and deceit
She ruined my eternal hope
My heart called out to be healed
Even as I kissed her bare feet

Hoping for a warm breeze to embrace
Hoping for her grace
Hoping for mercy
Hoping the sunlight will purify me
Hoping the songs of the darkness
Heal the brokenness within
Written by Dre_k47 (AnDre James)
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Numer90
Numer0-un0
Thought Provoker
Nigeria 4awards
Joined 12th Dec 2020
Forum Posts: 82

Mama mia..

Intro
 
Dear God,  
Even if I can't put my feelings into words You know exactly how i feel..  
  
Dear Lord! Dear Lord! Poor me..  
I am of service I serve for You..  
I'll be of service submitting services to You..  
I am a sinner I have sinned to You..  
I am a believer.. I believe in You..  
I am a liar, I lied today..  
I am a liar, I lied yesterday..  
I am cheating, I cheat today..  
I am a cheater i cheat all the day..  
Am all teary throughout the night..  
I've been laughing all around during the day..  
It's all feary my deeds per day..  
I can't sleep coz it fears me...  
I can't walk coz it follows me..  
I can't run coz it hunt for me..  
Nightmare! Nightmares in my dream..  
It was frying every day in the night..  
   
So I keep on calling..  
Mama mama mia me..  
Mama mama mia for me..  
Mama hear me Mama far from me  
Mama cheer me Mama smile for me...  
   
 
I am a deceiver I trick per se..  
But am not a teacher, I learn every day..  
I am a player, I date all the girls..  
I am a dater, I date every day..  
Blind dates one night I stand..  
Mind games and dirty games with the maid..  
High gaze i can't lower my gaze..  
I went so wayward going out of a range..  
I am so dosed up am losing my sight..  
Am freezing coz am very cold..  
Am grieving coz am very sad..  
Am screaming coz am running mad..  
Am freaking coz am terrified..  
Phantoms hunt me in the day..  
My ghost ride with me every night..  
Am losing racing with my mind..  
Nightmare! Nightmares in my dream..  
Leaving me dreadful everyday before night..  
   
I keep on crying..  
Mama mama mia me..  
Mama mama mia for me..  
Mama cover me Mama shower me..  
Mama come save me Mama demons on me..  
   
Dear you Mama..  
Mama bear me..  
Oh My Dear God mama zombies on me..  
   
I guess I'll keep on crying....  
Mama mama mia me..  
Mama mama mia for me..  
Mama dear me Mama near me..  
Mama hear me Mama far from me..  
Mama cover me Mama shower me..  
Mama oh Mommy mama demons on me..  
   
Am so cold mama cover me    
Am shivering mama cover me..  
It's soooo hot mama shower me..  
   
Am on a transit transit in my dream..  
Am flying coz am very high..  
Am landing now am going low..  
   
Every time am racing mama race with me..  
Every time am sitting mama sat with me..  
Every time am pacing mama pace with me..  
Every time am standing mama stood with me..  
   
Forgive me Mama.. I caused so much pain for you..  
I love you mama.. Mama dear to me..  
 
I keep on screaming..  
Mama tear me Mama wear me..  
Mama hear me Mama cheer me..  
Mama poor me Mama care for me  
Mama assist me Mama bear with me  
   
 
   
Mama mama mia me...  
Mama! mama mia for me.
Written by Numer90 (Numer0-un0)
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Numer90
Numer0-un0
Thought Provoker
Nigeria 4awards
Joined 12th Dec 2020
Forum Posts: 82

Warri0rs!

I once read some where..  
"The sum of a person's actions in this and previous states of existence is viewed as deciding their faith in future existence..  
 
  
Pick of your pen take down a note  
War of words!  
Get this from me    
Right down for you    
Warriors!  
   
In the day  
It is when you feel haze  
In the night    
It is when I feel gaze  
 
 
In the night    
It is when I engage  
In the day    
It is when you relate  
Everyday!
 
   
Ninah Masaj I needah massage  
Hear me out, I'm ma needah healer  
There's a mirage in my niqab  
I needah mean lie for my fiancé..  
   
Hear me out there's a sound  
Forcing me out from inside a box  
Inside the box I saw my face  
What me be like, it was the day..  
   
Inside my mind I was detained  
With a bit of a luck I just escaped  
Warriors!  
Taking my chance I can debate  
Still I need me a time to make a case..  
   
A little recap fortnight ago  
Taking me out to walk a mile  
There's a life in my Utah  
Hullabaloo in my U-tah  
U-topia!..  
   
Until we match and match to Nile  
Hear me love you are alive  
Before I be late we need to set  
Dear My Lord am good to wait..  
   
You have a sea to navigate  
I have a heart to take attack  
Inside my mind I can recall  
I had these scenes a year ago..  
   
A Déjà to Vu I have a thought  
I mastermind in your demand  
Illuminate in chasing my ghost  
Dear My Lord give me a ride..  
   
I was into a comatose  
I tried to recall I am at lost  
I can't tell a tale of    
Every bit piece of life I ever had..  
   
   
   
In the day  
It is when you feel haze  
In the night    
It is when I feel gaze  
 
 
In the night    
It is when I engage  
In the day    
It is when you relate  
Everyday!
 
   
   
I have a nine give me a five  
Stitch in a time saves me a nine  
I have this pills for my relief  
I need me refill to make a relapse..  
   
Popped up my pills I got fuddled  
My pupils enlarged I overdosed  
Where am I?! Am in a daze  
What have I done? I may be late  
I am gone!..  
   
Hey you my doc give me a bed  
Am ma settle my bills I won't awake  
I will be gone till I engage  
Along with my ghost    
I will be fade..  
   
We gonna ride and ride along  
With all the mishaps it will entail  
I have a way to explore  
In this regard at your behest..  
   
Keep me alive and kid me alike  
Ironically we are alike  
Whenever I got tempted to pop  
I remember the time I was in chains..  
   
Gems master Jay I missed a beat  
Help me step a little bit me  
Java de Vu am Deja Vu  
I simulate and imitate  
Everyday!..  
   
Java's my world I got to go  
Hear me belove I know you hurt  
In the time you must relate  
Karma's a bitch!  
I will amend  
Afterlife!..  
   
Circle around your papers around  
What goes around will come around  
Read up your notes when the sun rises  
Applaud with a round and go to bed  
When night falls..  
   
Written by Numer90 (Numer0-un0)
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