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NaPoWriMo 2017 - 2. Days 8 to 14
April 8, 2017 Prompt: Repetition (Repeat a phrase or word throughout)
That’s Why I Cry
There are things you never get over,
Times you never forget: that’s why I cry.
There are people I love, who have left
This mortal coil: that’s why I cry.
There are wars and fighting
Things we cannot stop: that’s why I cry.
There are sunsets and rainbows
The beauty in our world: that’s why I cry.
There is ignorance and apathy but also
There is pathos and cultivation: that’s why I cry.
There are those who assume much,
Think they are god-like but are weak: that’s why I cry.
There is you, the one who cares, and loves me
Though I’m in pain and lash out: that’s why I cry
April 9, 2017 Prompt: write a 9 line poem
So often I wonder what is life?
But there is no answer is there?
We come and go but there’s no reason
There is no purpose under heaven
We work and build and procreate
Leave things worse than we found them
We amass our chattel and our riches
To what end, what’s it for?
This is why fruit flies don’t build.
April 10, 2017 Prompt: Write a portrait – but not a person’s looks.
She was perfect in my young eyes
The only woman I’d ever truly love
Gentle, yet with the strength of ten
She guided us with a firm hand
Protected with a lioness’ fervor
Fought and died heroically
April 11, 2017
The cruelty of man will never abate
For he is not happy unless he can hate
Kill this one and that, if they’re different
We are victims of their skewed judgement
The world must stand together and say
All of us have value, black, white or Gay
April 12, 2017
Will Spring ever make her way
Will she ever win the day?
Mr. Freeze just won’t keep away
He wants to move in and stay
When the Sun sends her rays
We all want to say hurrah
April 13, 2017
I wish time could be rewound
So many mistakes I’d erase
But mostly I’d sweep away
What I’ve done to you
If it cost me ten years of life
I’d happily just pay it
April 14, 2017
When I am alone
on this planet filled with people
and all is sliding from under me
When the mirror does not reflect
and sound is muted
Your hand on my shoulder
is everything
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