Here I am, brought to heel
by poor choices and destiny,
to learn a well-earned lesson
of respect and humility.
Here behind this concrete veil,
my hope is born anew.
All thin facade and curtain call,
a life sentence, all askew.
Surrounded by the worst of souls,
(of which I am one, you see).
My brothers are the least likely relatives
I would ever want or need.
Their remorse is not equivalent
to the guilt and shame I feel.
Their self-motivation is not equal
to the self-hatred that’s in me.
True mercy is a learned response,
a cognitive form of truth, indeed.
Here I will languish long and hard,
face the judgement of my peers.
Here I will walk, work, rejoice,
for here my God will show me
the grace and everlasting spirit
that I truly need to see.
My first book of poetry, The All or the Nothing, is available now as an e-book from most online distributors. To find out more, click here.
Love this piece, especially the part of relatives. Excellent writing!
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Thanks so much, Beckie! A particularly dark time in my life, but one I can write about now with gusto lol 🙂
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Hey! You vent in any way possible to get it out. That one was really good!
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Cheers! Vent over. Phew! That feels much better 🙂
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I thoroughly enjoy every piece you write. ♥️ – Well, Fiddlesticks!
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Very much appreciated, wellfiddlesticks! Though I am but a humble man, my ego likes the occasional praise lol! If you like my poems you will quite likely love my book of poetry, ‘The All or the Nothing’. Just follow the link at the bottom of this poem to find out where you can get it (shameless plug!) 🙂
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Really enjoying your writing and this poem- particularly the last stanza.
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Thanks so much, Candy! I love writing and my website is almost my favourite thing ever 🙂
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I can certainly believe that 😊it really shows
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I found your page through a post Follypen wrote. I can see why this is her favourite blog post! Loved it.
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Thanks so much! Glad you liked the poem. If you like, have a look at some others—just click on ‘poetry’ in the menu 😃
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