Poems about Life Struggles - Page 3

41. An Unpredictable Life

• By Lyndell Muirhead
• Published by Family Friend Poems October 2014 with permission of the Author.

I sit here now in darkness, living on my own,
A life of existence, white walls, my home
With rooms that sometimes resonated with laughter
Saw also tears of much sadness, pain, suffering, and anger.

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42. How Did You Die?

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• By Edmund Vance Cooke

Did you tackle that trouble that came your way
With a resolute heart and cheerful?
Or hide your face from the light of day
With a craven soul and fearful?

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43. A Rhapsody Of Empowerment

• By Vaishali Vishnukandan
• Published by Family Friend Poems March 2018 with permission of the Author.

Come on, women!
Must rise to the challenges
Of your enhanced responsibilities.

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44. Loss And Gain

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• By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

When I compare
What I have lost with what I have gained,
What I have missed with what attained,
Little room do I find for pride.

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45. Before The Reaper Comes

• By Mitchell Browder
• Published by Family Friend Poems February 2011 with permission of the Author.

before the bullet it bit
before the candle is lit
before the last call
before the curtain falls

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46. You're Not Alone In This

• By Lauren Bowman
• Published by Family Friend Poems February 2021 with permission of the Author.

You’re not alone in this; you know that, right?
There are others like you.
Hiding. Running. Wishing
for a desire they keep hidden

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47. I Will Protect And Love My Inner Child

• By Patricia A Fleming
• Published by Family Friend Poems June 29, 2023 with permission of the Author.

A single flash of a camera
And a moment frozen in time
Can never truly tell the tale
Of that child left behind.

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48. Undergrowth

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• By Douglas Malloch

It ain't the trees that block the trail,
It ain't the ash or pine;
For, if you fall or if you fail,
It was some pesky vine

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49. The Ghost

• By Misty Keene
• Published by Family Friend Poems June 26, 2023 with permission of the Author.

I look around for myself,
But a ghost is all I see.
I only see this ghost of a person I used to be.
I don't know who you are, but I know why you are here.

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50. 50th High School Reunion

• By William B Watkins
• Published by Family Friend Poems June 6, 2023 with permission of the Author.

We gather here once more
To remember a younger day,
When life was mostly before us
And the future a game to play.

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51. Beauty Unattainable

• By Cynthia C. Naspinski
• Published by Family Friend Poems May 2, 2023 with permission of the Author.

Tummies flat and waists so tiny,
Perky breasts and cleavage shiny,
Photoshopped into 'perfection,'
On display for our inspection.

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52. Pain's Bitter Sting

• By Jenny M Frye
• Published by Family Friend Poems March 7, 2024 with permission of the Author.

In the depths of despair, where shadows dwell,
a pain poem emerges, a tale I must tell.
For pain, my dear friend, is a universal theme,
a haunting melody that shapes our dreams.

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53. It's Hard, Sometimes

• By Sierra S. Emrick
• Published by Family Friend Poems January 1, 2024 with permission of the Author.

Getting up in mornings for my usual day,
Though I really I just sit and think and lay,
It's hard, sometimes.

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