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via Daily Prompt: Rapid

Rapid

His rapid pulse, his pounding chest
Was this a heart attack?
He suddenly was brought to his knees
He felt a sharp pain cross his back.

His mind was racing, out of control
He feared his own demise
He grabbed his chest as he went down
He lost vision in one eye.

Someone called 911,
EMS was on the way
The ambulance was heard in the distance
He thought he heard someone say.

“He won’t make it, it’s over now”
He watched them look away
He wanted to cry out for help
EMS was on the way.

He layed there helpless, unable to move
There were tears falling from his eyes
He knew now… the end was near
He was in pain and paralyzed.

Transported to the hospital
With IV, and O2 mask
Leads in place, paddles charged
It all happened really fast.

He never thought he would survive
He woke up in the ICU
His wife was there to hold his hand
She whispered, “I love you”.

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He sold drugs on his doorstep
So many people came around
Some drove a distance to get to him
Some came right from our town.

Some came by foot or motorbike
The money was rolling in
You’d think the police would be watching
That they’d be on to him.

But years had passed… he did quite well
He drove a fancy car
He made friends with everyone around
They came from near and far.

We lived across the street from him
I often worried there’d be trouble
A drug deal that had gone awry
Could end up in a struggle.

Bullets flying, knives and chains
I often worried about the danger
But still, no one would call the cops
No one dared to be a complainer.

He was such a friendly, likable guy
Like Willie Wonka, he had had the candy
He distributed the pills they needed
Was always accessible and quite handy.

Downers, uppers, tranquilizers
Just to name a few
Muscle relaxants, opioids
He’d sell them all to you.

Then one day a mother came by
She was incensed and looked quite crazed
She took out her 357, fired it once
Leaving the dealer dazed.

Down he went on the porch
Just like her son who had OD’d
Justice had now… finally been served
She took him out so easily.

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via Daily Prompt: Flaunt

Flaunt

Don’t flaunt your wealth and arrogance
It doesn’t suit you well
Get down from that high, high horse
Step off that carousel.

Come down to earth, breathe in the air
Remember your family, your roots
Stop thinking you are so much more
Cause you’re wearing an Armani suit.

Money isn’t everything,
You’re no better than any other
Stop looking down your nose at us
We all bleed the same red color.

Be kind to those who have less than you
Use your wealth to make a difference
Show the world that you are better than this
By helping others thru love and kindness.

Lend a hand, be the first to say
“Let me help, don’t worry I’ve got this”
You have the means to change the lives
Of the poor, those in need, the helpless.

The feeling this will give to you
Is worth more than any treasure
It will make you feel so good inside
It will surely bring you pleasure.

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via Daily Prompt: Mentor

Mentor

Everything about you
Inspires and delights me
You’re a mentor and a poet
Your art and philosophy.

Brilliant and charismatic
You foster and exemplify
The height of creativity
It makes me want to cry.

Aspiring to greatness
You seem to set the stage
Tempting and teasing
As we try to make the grade.

Captivating and interesting
You leave me completely dazed.
You take my breath away
As you dazzle and amaze.

via Daily Prompt: Bubble

Bubble

Ideas bubble up inside of me
From deep within my core
Dying to come out of me
Oozing out of every pore.

Thoughts for me to ponder
Experiences give way
So many stories and poetry
So much I have to say.

Imagery and imagination
Fantasy and dreams
Everything I write about
Isn’t always what it seems.

Sometimes facts and truths be told
Sometimes fictious tales
Thoughts and words mingle and rhyme
In a story only I can tell.

Here it comes a poem about
Some silly words and notions
Hoping you will enjoy my script
Filled with thoughts and pure emotion.

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via Daily Prompt: Tide

Tide

The tide so fiece, emboldened
It got ahold of me
I felt the surge, the force
It pulled me out to sea.

No chance to swim away
No hope of breaking free
I was captured, overtaken
No one to rescue me.

I saw the face of darkness
I felt it swirl about
The sound so loud, like thunder
No point in crying out.

The salt and sand engulfed me
It had filled my every pore
The stinging, gritty liquid
Consumed me to the core.

Though I struggled, I was helpless
So unimaginably immersed
I had been pulled so far from home
I was fatally pulled off course.

The tumbling, the turning
My lifeless, now twisted corpse
Had succumbed to death, no mercy
Such a firece, unyielding force.

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My NeeNee is my everything
She takes good care of me
She’s always there to fix my hurts
To fix my scraped up knees.

We color and we cut out
We paste and use the glue
We pretend that we are princesses
She knows just what to do.

We play house and cook our dinner
We eat chicken nuggets by the pound
She’s always there to care for me
She’s my favorite to be around.

We watch TV and videos
We eat cookies and ice cream
I like to sleep at her house
Where I have the best of dreams.

She loves Nemo, Bambi and Pooh Bear
We watch FROZEN on DVD
She’s going to take me with her
We’re going to visit her, MICKEY.

We’ve packed our bags and wristbands
Mommy and PopPop, too
We’re heading out to Disney World
We know just what to do.

Going to see Uncle Don and Aunt Libby
Aunt Debbie and Aunt Patty, too
We’re all going to be having fun
Wish you were going, too!

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I dusted off my old guitar
Wrote a song about my lady
Every word I sang was from my heart
She is my love, she is my baby.

We cuddle by the fire at night
We walk along the beach
We stand shoulder to shoulder, day to day
There’s no star that we can’t reach.

Every move and every word she says
Makes me stop and realize
The love that she has given me
Brings tears to these old eyes.

A mother and grandmother
“Granny Lee” I hear them say
She rocks them till they fall asleep
And at night I’d hear her pray.

God take care and bless my kids
Their own and all you shelter
Give me the strength to hold my own
To be there and never falter.

A good woman’s a treasure, worth more than gold
Each day that passes by
I appreciate just what I have
And will till the day I die.

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via Daily Prompt: Observe

Observe

As I stood back, and watched you two
I couldn’t help but observe
The looks exchanged, the glances too
How could you have the nerve?

Did you think that I was deaf and blind?
Did you think I wouldn’t notice
When he brushed up next to you
When he tried to stand between us.

If you want him, then go for it
But, don’t make a fool of me
Pack your bags and walk away
Then you’ve got to let me be.

You’re not mine to own, or keep
If you want someone else
You have the right to live your life
To do what’s right for you, yourself.

But let me go, don’t expect me
To have to stand here and to watch
You pine for another’s hand to hold
This charade has got to stop.

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A breath of fresh air
Breathing life into my bones
Giving me a reason
To stand up on my own.

To return to what I once knew
As innocence and rebirth
Not wanting to be ridiculed
Condemned and feeling hurt.

The power of the beauty
That lies within your soul
Reaches out to touch me
A hand that I can hold.

The spendor and the magic
I feel re-energized
Reaching out to touch the sky
I’m feeling mesmerized.

Spontaneous elation
New worlds we can explore
New heights so high above us
Nothing else that I want more.

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