Long Birthday Poems
#birthday
dear, 17
17 years
or 6,210 days
or 149,040 hours
or 8,941,136 minutes
or 536,457,600 seconds
that's how long i've lived
and how long i’ve been on this earth
i'm officially 17
numerically speaking--
that's a long-ass time
realistically, i blinked and it happened
a flash, and here i am
i know i have many years ahead
and many sleepless nights in my bed
but i feel so incredibly old
what feels like
2 seconds ago i was going into high school
and...
or 6,210 days
or 149,040 hours
or 8,941,136 minutes
or 536,457,600 seconds
that's how long i've lived
and how long i’ve been on this earth
i'm officially 17
numerically speaking--
that's a long-ass time
realistically, i blinked and it happened
a flash, and here i am
i know i have many years ahead
and many sleepless nights in my bed
but i feel so incredibly old
what feels like
2 seconds ago i was going into high school
and...
#depression
#hope
#childhood
#birthday
#aging
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[ Birthday 2020 ] Light Day
It feels like forever
since the last occasion
I gifted you a poem
---wasn't so long ago
or a special day at all
I recall
but simply a pond'ering
I felt froggy about --- leaping
legal pads in pretend leather
binding together my usual
croaked absurdities ( hardly
ribeting reading material )
during what seemed
an insufferable summer
due to climate changing
a global virus rearranging
our notions of normality
...
since the last occasion
I gifted you a poem
---wasn't so long ago
or a special day at all
I recall
but simply a pond'ering
I felt froggy about --- leaping
legal pads in pretend leather
binding together my usual
croaked absurdities ( hardly
ribeting reading material )
during what seemed
an insufferable summer
due to climate changing
a global virus rearranging
our notions of normality
...
#love
#BestFriend
#birthday
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Mm.. You May Sink Into The Sweetness Of Your Cake
#love
#friendship
#birthday
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Between the Warrior and the Witch
another trip around the sun
my yearly reckoning beckons
groaning, heavy
with unanswered questions,
swirling like distant galaxies
it’s past time to explore
did I love without conditions?
my soul shouts, yes!
but the bodies stacked
out back by the shed
of my selfishness
would speak otherwise
if they could still speak at all
my mother used to say
the heart wants what it wants
but I’m guessing she didn’t know
she’d given birth
to a black hole
did I accept love given to me? ...
my yearly reckoning beckons
groaning, heavy
with unanswered questions,
swirling like distant galaxies
it’s past time to explore
did I love without conditions?
my soul shouts, yes!
but the bodies stacked
out back by the shed
of my selfishness
would speak otherwise
if they could still speak at all
my mother used to say
the heart wants what it wants
but I’m guessing she didn’t know
she’d given birth
to a black hole
did I accept love given to me? ...
#birthday
#aging
#SelfReflection
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Happy Birthday Dear Trash, Happy Birthday to me....
Happy Birthday to me,
Happy birthday to me,
Happy birthday, dear traaash,
Happy birthday to me....
*Xbox beep* Achievement Unlocked "One Year Closer to Death" -Description: "Get your living streak up to twenty-three years."
Is this what I've become?
Earth scum.
I've achieved some great things throughout my life,
I've been in five local art shows, was an extra in an unreleased movie "Ninety-Nine Killer Clowns", and best of all, met the most perfect person I've ever had the pleasure to meet in my entire life,
I've also started...
Happy birthday to me,
Happy birthday, dear traaash,
Happy birthday to me....
*Xbox beep* Achievement Unlocked "One Year Closer to Death" -Description: "Get your living streak up to twenty-three years."
Is this what I've become?
Earth scum.
I've achieved some great things throughout my life,
I've been in five local art shows, was an extra in an unreleased movie "Ninety-Nine Killer Clowns", and best of all, met the most perfect person I've ever had the pleasure to meet in my entire life,
I've also started...
#depression
#regret
#hope
#birthday
#shame
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Unpopular Expressions (questions and Facts about Christmas)
Is it right or wrong to celebrate Christmas?
If you ask the average persons about Christmas,
Their response would surprise you.
You would undoubtedly get an incorrect answer.
Many people celebrate Christmas because they see others do it.
And some observe Christmas because they grew up in a false tradition.
How many people know the roots of Christmas?
Where and when did it begin?
Do you know what sort of persons originated Christmas?
Were they honest worshipers of the true God?
Far from it!
In fact, they had no...
If you ask the average persons about Christmas,
Their response would surprise you.
You would undoubtedly get an incorrect answer.
Many people celebrate Christmas because they see others do it.
And some observe Christmas because they grew up in a false tradition.
How many people know the roots of Christmas?
Where and when did it begin?
Do you know what sort of persons originated Christmas?
Were they honest worshipers of the true God?
Far from it!
In fact, they had no...
#lies
#Christmas
#birthday
#mythology
#tradition
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mAmA 107
Another Apronsong for my Mother, Blanche Medorah Cunningham Bowen
on the 107th Anniversary of her Birth (1913 February 06)
“Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also,
and he praises her.” Prov. 31:28 ESV
your eyes are looking back
a hundred years
although no longer can
they see my tears
you led me by the hand
when I was small
now I am vowed to lead
you, lest you fall
if I could smell the flow'rs again
that nestled on your garden path ...
on the 107th Anniversary of her Birth (1913 February 06)
“Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also,
and he praises her.” Prov. 31:28 ESV
your eyes are looking back
a hundred years
although no longer can
they see my tears
you led me by the hand
when I was small
now I am vowed to lead
you, lest you fall
if I could smell the flow'rs again
that nestled on your garden path ...
#love
#mother
#relationships
#birthday
#memories
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MY EARLY BIRTHDAY GIFT
#anger
#dark
#birthday
#frustration
#disappointment
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BIRTHDAY WHISPERS NANCY'S 2019 BIRTHDAY POEM
Another year has come
Another age has begun
Another new chapter to be done.
The blessings of the sun
Is beautiful while the fog surrounds
And will end when its morning dawn
Its mist blinds me looking around
Pleasant ambient that caresses like a song.
I hear them all say my birthday wishes
As I whisper back in sweet essence
Doesn't matter how far their distance
Humble words that inspire my existence.
Happy dreams happy smiles happy bugs
That long in my heart
Invitation of warm aspiring hugs. ...
Another age has begun
Another new chapter to be done.
The blessings of the sun
Is beautiful while the fog surrounds
And will end when its morning dawn
Its mist blinds me looking around
Pleasant ambient that caresses like a song.
I hear them all say my birthday wishes
As I whisper back in sweet essence
Doesn't matter how far their distance
Humble words that inspire my existence.
Happy dreams happy smiles happy bugs
That long in my heart
Invitation of warm aspiring hugs. ...
#happiness
#strength
#birthday #respect
#birthday #respect
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Self Portrait of a Poet in Midlife
To turn out a true portrait, I had to discover the story that must be painted. Only then could I get the ball rolling.”
Killing Commendatore, Haruki Murakami
..
Slide, I
Across the
Surface
Circumference,
Around, the turbulent
Umbra, of your
Magnificent
Mind, cradled
In tremulous
Palms of private
Obfuscation, the locked
Impregnable
Vault, of your
Secrets
The low
Rumble
Of a storm
System,
Your heart,
Gathered, upon a
Central
Rotating ...
Killing Commendatore, Haruki Murakami
..
Slide, I
Across the
Surface
Circumference,
Around, the turbulent
Umbra, of your
Magnificent
Mind, cradled
In tremulous
Palms of private
Obfuscation, the locked
Impregnable
Vault, of your
Secrets
The low
Rumble
Of a storm
System,
Your heart,
Gathered, upon a
Central
Rotating ...
#birthday
#confessional
#LifeAsAWriter
#myself
#aging
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Your day
I know you're not awake, and you still sleep
But let me help you have, your little dream.
'Cuz this is my sincere gift
That i truly made.
We know each other now ,
It's quite a long time,
But I dont think you know
How good it is,
to have you around.
First i wanna say
Thank you for, every-thing
We made
The nights full of laughter
I couldnt dream better
Than talking to such a kind loving soul
And i dont regret it at all!
I'm proud and you should be too!
'Cuz there is no-one that s like...
But let me help you have, your little dream.
'Cuz this is my sincere gift
That i truly made.
We know each other now ,
It's quite a long time,
But I dont think you know
How good it is,
to have you around.
First i wanna say
Thank you for, every-thing
We made
The nights full of laughter
I couldnt dream better
Than talking to such a kind loving soul
And i dont regret it at all!
I'm proud and you should be too!
'Cuz there is no-one that s like...
#happiness
#hope
#birthday #uplifting
#birthday #uplifting
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Feminist Fable
#women
#men
#BDSM
#birthday
#feminism
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DU Poetry : Long Birthday Poems