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I am Me. Survivor not a victim. I have been writing poetry since my youth. I work in animal rescue. I am a mother of 4. I love that we can all express ourselves through art, whatever type it may be to let them feelings free Sunshine

  November 2023     1 day ago

Submitted Poems 55 total

Being Human

At times life can throw some cold blows
Make you feel your lowest of lows
Being a human carries it's own shame
For so many take this life for the fame
Ashamed of who we are sometimes
Only God knows our countless crimes
You have to have dark to...

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Today We Honor The Dead

A day to honor those who have passed
No grief or anguish
A blessing to live
One life to the next
Forever in our hearts
Your memories and wisdom
Forever in my mind
Your riddles to this game of life
My hope one day
To feel you again
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He Loved To Make Her Cry

There is an evil in that man no one can see
In front of the world he wears his mask
He loved to make her cry
Never giving her the chance to try
He found her already broken
Wanting to finish the destruction
He loved to make her cry
If he...

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For This I Pray

For this I pray,
You open your blind eyes. Perhaps if the world wouldn't have turned a blind eye to those suffering we would have changed the world long ago. It is so sad to me knowing so many suffer abuse and do not say a word. More sad knowing so...

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I Love Him So

More then my lover
More then my friend
The day we kissed
Our hearts began to mend
I love him so
Together we can only grow
There is no comparison
He is my champion
We exchanged souls
Away our hearts flew

ALK
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Yes :) sometimes we need a reminder

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God made the good and the bad. If we didn't know sin How would we learn forgiveness. Nice write!

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In love's eternal dance, such a beautiful write!

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Beautiful!!!!

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Thank you for reading and thank you for feeling me

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Thank you my friend :)

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an thank u

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Thank you so much

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This is def a new fav for me. Great write my friend!

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Thank u!

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Beautiful

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United, One love. Agree with you completely

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100

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Such a powerful write. Truth is truth. I keep hearing how terrible things are becoming. Looking at history there's always been a dark side. Thank you

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Yes! Speak truth always . Great write

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