Poems About Choices Seeking Honest Critique
#choices
NotAHero
JS
JS
Poem Published
1st Oct 2024 10:42am
1st Oct 2024 10:42am
Intuition
Illusive observations
Illogical, absurd
Formal trust violated.
Visceral forces founded in faith
Deflecting the balance of fate.
Value, values
Spiritual terms
Reflecting knowledge
Gifted from God.
Illogical, absurd
Formal trust violated.
Visceral forces founded in faith
Deflecting the balance of fate.
Value, values
Spiritual terms
Reflecting knowledge
Gifted from God.
#choices
49 reads
2 Comments
cabcool
Poem Published
22nd Sep 2024 4:38pm
22nd Sep 2024 4:38pm
compromise
The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion
and the will to help others.”—Albert Schweitzer
it is unwise
to compromise
the truth,
whether the time
be of your prime
or youth.
the ways of man,
whether by plan
or chance,
mark well from birth,
upon the earth,
his dance.
it is unkind
to wear a blind
passport
to shield the eye
from those who cry:
in short,
turn not aside
those who must ride
the storm;
reach out and bless
those who know less ...
and the will to help others.”—Albert Schweitzer
it is unwise
to compromise
the truth,
whether the time
be of your prime
or youth.
the ways of man,
whether by plan
or chance,
mark well from birth,
upon the earth,
his dance.
it is unkind
to wear a blind
passport
to shield the eye
from those who cry:
in short,
turn not aside
those who must ride
the storm;
reach out and bless
those who know less ...
#CallToAction
#choices
#kindness
#LifeGoals
#sacrifice
78 reads
2 Comments
cabcool
Poem Published
12th Sep 2024 5:01pm
12th Sep 2024 5:01pm
torn between two choices
Your choices are made in a moment, and yet their
consequences transcend a lifetime.”—M. J. DeMarco
choice leads me on:
sorely am i divided.
a hopeless pawn?
a future predecided?
no parliament
convened, tho scant a hearing?
chance to repent,
ere naked flames come searing?
the evil eye
blindfolds the will of reason,
...
consequences transcend a lifetime.”—M. J. DeMarco
choice leads me on:
sorely am i divided.
a hopeless pawn?
a future predecided?
no parliament
convened, tho scant a hearing?
chance to repent,
ere naked flames come searing?
the evil eye
blindfolds the will of reason,
...
#choices
#faith
#LifeCycle #wisdom
#LifeCycle #wisdom
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2 Comments
OyateInyanNajin
Poem Published
3rd Sep 2024 2:50am
3rd Sep 2024 2:50am
QUESTIONS ? (8-9-1996; Galveston Island Texas)
questions
it s time for action
last chance
for my strength and hope
have already flown
where is the energy
to move my good
out into this much greater
larger world around
and beyond me here
where i am presently
puzzling over vehicles
in which i can either choose
or not
to continue using
my same old shame and fear based
dysfunctional discretion
or maybe now at much too long last
try something else
all together
completely different
something much more spirit driven ...
it s time for action
last chance
for my strength and hope
have already flown
where is the energy
to move my good
out into this much greater
larger world around
and beyond me here
where i am presently
puzzling over vehicles
in which i can either choose
or not
to continue using
my same old shame and fear based
dysfunctional discretion
or maybe now at much too long last
try something else
all together
completely different
something much more spirit driven ...
#choices
#death
#identity
#SelfReflection
#spiritual
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ArnoMalan1
Poem Published
31st Aug 2024 5:56am
31st Aug 2024 5:56am
Living for
Who am i living for?
for you who wished me gone
You who beat me up
punished for what I've done
You who never cared
who wished I wasn't born
even if the skin healed up
young memories stay torn
Who am I living for?
for you who stabbed me in the back
So much for being a friend
when you jumped into the sack
Now you go around and say
go live your life without regret
for you it's so much easier
there's no betrayal to forget
Who am I living for?
for you who say but never do
Each...
for you who wished me gone
You who beat me up
punished for what I've done
You who never cared
who wished I wasn't born
even if the skin healed up
young memories stay torn
Who am I living for?
for you who stabbed me in the back
So much for being a friend
when you jumped into the sack
Now you go around and say
go live your life without regret
for you it's so much easier
there's no betrayal to forget
Who am I living for?
for you who say but never do
Each...
#acceptance
#choices
#memories
#mirror
#SelfWorth
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buddhakitty
Poem Published
29th Aug 2024 3:44pm
29th Aug 2024 3:44pm
recovery
recovery has bestowed
two gifts upon me
I neither experience
boredom or
loneliness
no approval can build
me
no disdain can break
me
I am my own best
friend
my own best
company
far too many people
running desperately
in circles
like gerbils on a
flaming wheel
like a gun turned
the wrong way
like a cure searching
for a disease
seeking an answer
that already
exist
but rejected for
it's...
two gifts upon me
I neither experience
boredom or
loneliness
no approval can build
me
no disdain can break
me
I am my own best
friend
my own best
company
far too many people
running desperately
in circles
like gerbils on a
flaming wheel
like a gun turned
the wrong way
like a cure searching
for a disease
seeking an answer
that already
exist
but rejected for
it's...
#choices
#SelfReflection
#SelfWorth
88 reads
8 Comments
Stoney223
WOLF BAY33
WOLF BAY33
Poem Published
18th Aug 2024 4:56am
18th Aug 2024 4:56am
TAKE THE COUCH
I know what I'm about to say is something, that you or someone might take it in their own way. BUT we are all truly entitled to our own opinions. 🤨 For as we really look at the visions before your eyes 👁️👁️ can you tell me and thyself, honestly what is it that you really see around you. 🙈 For has your life change with the way you live now and how you lived before the change happens in the wink of an eye.👁️👁️ As you are being lock in the same situations yet you have no freedom of speech. As America's women's and men's...
#choices
#LifeAsAWriter
#SelfDiscovery
#SelfWorth
#StreamOfConsciousness
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ArnoMalan1
Poem Published
9th Aug 2024 11:42pm
9th Aug 2024 11:42pm
Gravity
Gravity pull me down
it's all just gloom and doom
Take me far below
boxed up to a tomb
It's not worth holding on
already lost my grip
I'm ready to take the fall
on board the final trip
Prepped up for this ride
your high way under ground
I don't intend to stop
don't wanna turn around
Gonna just dive right in
right there I will stay
Long ago I just gave up
and booked my getaway
Gravity take me home
come on - set me free!
Make this wrong right again
had just about enough of...
it's all just gloom and doom
Take me far below
boxed up to a tomb
It's not worth holding on
already lost my grip
I'm ready to take the fall
on board the final trip
Prepped up for this ride
your high way under ground
I don't intend to stop
don't wanna turn around
Gonna just dive right in
right there I will stay
Long ago I just gave up
and booked my getaway
Gravity take me home
come on - set me free!
Make this wrong right again
had just about enough of...
#acceptance
#choices
#myself
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Cyndi_Moone
Poem Published
5th Aug 2024 9:46pm
5th Aug 2024 9:46pm
GRAPEVINE COCKTAIL OF THE HEART
INGREDIENTS:
Fruits: Labor, actions, and words
Fruit punch
Smoothies
cocktail mixes: Godly Purpose & Devilish temptation syrup
Sour limes
Encircling the rooftop of my mouth
lies the natural-enticing sweet flavors of the “fruits”
of my labor, actions, and even exchanged words.
Yet, the bitter-spiked “fruit-punch smoothies,”
found in Wisdom's Mystery Recipe
Funneled and strained by God’s divine revelation
of channeled learned experience and observation,
ooze all the way down my belly
reaching the very core...
Fruits: Labor, actions, and words
Fruit punch
Smoothies
cocktail mixes: Godly Purpose & Devilish temptation syrup
Sour limes
Encircling the rooftop of my mouth
lies the natural-enticing sweet flavors of the “fruits”
of my labor, actions, and even exchanged words.
Yet, the bitter-spiked “fruit-punch smoothies,”
found in Wisdom's Mystery Recipe
Funneled and strained by God’s divine revelation
of channeled learned experience and observation,
ooze all the way down my belly
reaching the very core...
#choices
#confessional
#confusion
#SelfDiscovery
#SelfReflection
5 reads
1 Comment
Pinkdreams
Poem Published
29th Jul 2024 3:46am
29th Jul 2024 3:46am
Deglittering
He was like an object that sparkled
I love things that sparkle.
They attract me,
even if their light
is not their own.
Even when he was the light itself,
he kept going dark on me.
all too often
when I was shining the hardest.
He did it with subtle cruelty
Without warning.
And after one too many times,
the scintillating, electrified glitter
that enlivened my tomorrows
scattered away
turned...
I love things that sparkle.
They attract me,
even if their light
is not their own.
Even when he was the light itself,
he kept going dark on me.
all too often
when I was shining the hardest.
He did it with subtle cruelty
Without warning.
And after one too many times,
the scintillating, electrified glitter
that enlivened my tomorrows
scattered away
turned...
#choices
#disappointment
#relationships #ThrillSeeking
#relationships #ThrillSeeking
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6 Comments
Vision_of_insanity
Poem Published
28th Jul 2024 12:31pm
28th Jul 2024 12:31pm
A Downward Spiral
So many need help
A downward spiral happened
Whose to blame for this?
A downward spiral happened
Whose to blame for this?
#addiction
#choices
#haiku
#homelessness
#poverty
72 reads
11 Comments
Pinkdreams
Poem Published
8th Jul 2024 1:06am
8th Jul 2024 1:06am
Bryce
Bryce's favorite color is green. Do not even think of implying that green is a Crayola eight pack color. Bryce knows dozens of shades and hues -hundreds- ranging from emerald to chartreuse, with responses to them ranging from wincing in distaste (deep teal) to taciturn approval (pistachio).
Bryce likes to think he isn't picky. Didn't he microwave a leftover Whopper last night and enjoy it just fine? Yes, he did. But color is fundamental to his wellbeing. Bryce harbors no compunction over breaking up with Lisa. Beautiful, brilliant Lisa who knew her oak furniture and...
Bryce likes to think he isn't picky. Didn't he microwave a leftover Whopper last night and enjoy it just fine? Yes, he did. But color is fundamental to his wellbeing. Bryce harbors no compunction over breaking up with Lisa. Beautiful, brilliant Lisa who knew her oak furniture and...
#choices
#home
#relationships
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12 Comments
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