by Njeri Hunjeri |
Categories:
poetry, poets, write, writing,
She calls and calls to me she cries
I hear her I hear her and for that am daring
For a friend and an enemy she has become
That soft kiss on my forehead
The phantom curse of our passion
How is it I and her have these conversations
The late night chats of our sorrows
The innocent depths of our dawn
By midday we play tug of war
I trying to chase her away
And she holding tight to me
We love and we cry
Sobbing on each other's shoulders
The ink undying
Fresh with each stroke
The poetry in me
The poem and the poet
by Lin Lane |
Categories:
lost love, memory,
I cannot brush away tiny grains of sand
as the waves can reclaim them for the sea,
nor sweep clean my memories of a man,
as if love we had was not meant to be.
A mystery it is to those who are
questioning the moon for ruling the tide.
After years of passion, now a tug of war.
His spoils of battle are tears I can't hide.
In weak moments, I drift in reveries
of walks on this beach, of holding his hand,
time spent in laughter; loving memories.
He threw us away, I don't understand.
Footsteps leave prints, washed out by ebb and flow.
I cry in vain, caught in love's undertow.
by Anita Lovelace |
Categories:
animals, funny, dog, dog,
Jake's as purty as a Boston terrier can be.
Grinning and jumping each time he sees me.
He’s happy to be fed and he dearly loves to fetch.
We use a little stuffed bear when we play catch.
I got him as a puppy and instantly could tell
He was a dog I would love and never ever sell.
He chewed on the corners of furniture and stuff.
He loves to play “tug of war” because we played so rough
Now he’s almost six years old, my friend Jake
He never fails to greet me, my day he does make
A good dog and companion for the whole family.
“Feed Jake” if I can’t, is my heart-felt plea.
by Herzel Poshiwa |
Categories:
fun,
With a rough tug.
Pain transcends through my body,
Like an angry hurricane.
A black hideous mark.
A trace of recurring agony.
Left permanently to remind me.
Falling to the floor.
A thud to my sides.
A soft cry of hurt and laughter.
A swollen limb.
Marks the end of every day.
Sleeping on a pill eases the pain.
Dear sprained ankle.
I’m tired and it’s been long
Can we end this tug of war? I want to dance freely again.
© Herzel Poshiwa
by Johnny Rhinem |
Categories:
bullying, creation, humorous, inspiration, love,
Still the bone remained....
Pulling on his chain; ever snarling
A tug of war with, her tree as meat loaf
Became his dreams and gobble said the turkey
Unto her queen bee ? Blue bishops atop pogo sticks a fly
With one big eye siphoning the marrow from time's sparrow; slobbering
Their madman howls holy cow his orange cat meows wow, where has Alice gone.
by Rose Yohn |
Categories:
hate, life, love, self, word play,
The difference between love and hate,
is a small invisible line.
Some don't know it,
till they've crossed it.
While some have a foot planted on either side.
Love it changed to hate by,
rejection, lies, and tragedy.
Hate it turned to love by,
Forgiveness, enlightenment, and new memories.
People observe it everyday,
and it will never truly go away.
Both sides playing a game of tug-a-war,
fated to be tied.
No one side wins
No one side loses,
Because love and hate are one in the same
a double sided coin.
were one falls the other is always close behind.
by Daniel Turner |
Categories:
love hurts,
This tug of war we're playing is no game
Especially when my love is the rope
The back and forth is causing such a strain
That all I'm holding on to now is hope
It seems that's all of you that's left to hold
When once I had you in these loving arms
But love gets slippery when it gets cold
Your chill has even frozen all my charm
To think that you could love someone like me
Whose only treasure is a broken heart
I was a fool when I dared to believe
And should have known it from the very start
Though it is broken. my heart is still gold
If you can't see it's value, let it go
an original poem by Daniel Turner
by Linda Smith |
Categories:
confusion, girlfriend-boyfriend, happiness, love,
It is not a choice you see,
for this is how God made me.
My emotions in a tug of war.
To my psyche, she was a savior.
Out of the closet I did run.
The battle for my sanity was hard won.
A lifelong journey I made for her.
My love, she did concur.
by Stacy Stiles |
Categories:
husband, introspection, lost love, sad,
Spent energy
No drive
Droopy eyelids
Must revive
Need sleep
Too much to do
Running errands
Losing you
Cradling memories
Yesterday’s past
Sensing distance
Falling fast
Love for life
Children first
Endless devotion
Now we’re cursed
I won’t change
This is me
Lost in a tug of war
Amidst this jubilee
© Stacy Lynn Stiles
by Dalila Agtani |
Categories:
love
LABORIOUS LABYRINTH OF LOVE
Love must be complementing
It’s not a “tug of war”
That each side, end of the rope going against each other,
Instead of complete understanding
Not of a perplexing or confusing…laborious labyrinth of love.
Wherein the center, there is a gravitational force!
At any rate, even the wisest war tactician fails
If not possessed with solid know-how, diplomacy and good judgment
Lovers or protagonists must sit conform to each other.
They give and take
Study the problem
Solve the problem and not attacking
And not a squid or guerilla tactics or hide and seek process
But to a sharp contrast: to success
Rather than to a laborious labyrinth of love!
by Daisy Reilly |
Categories:
best friend, cancer, cat, dog, quinceanera,
I love you when your quiet
I love you like this
Chilled and laid back
Peace at long last
I love you when your playing
I love you wrestling too
Pulling on a sock
A tug of war is cool
Archies giggling and the snorting
You'd think he was a horse
Snorting and sniffing at the cat
Upon the wall
Barking Mad
She swaggers her tail
walking tall
Archies just a young lad after all
Uncle rocco takes it all in his stride
His coat of black and white
A look of peace and pride
Bounding like a big puppy through the music hall ...
Here comes Rocco
For some Rock and Roll ....
by Nkully Mpoyiya |
Categories:
absence, break up, confusion, lost love, love,
Uncertainty...
Back and forth in time.
Ups and downs seem to be all we have.
A tug of war in our love time.
Im lost in all the yes and no moments.
I want us to be in my mind and heart.
A part of me says let go for better coz I have seen your worst.
If I could hide the pain in my eyes I would.
Every thought of us brings floods of mixed emotions through me.
Uncertainty seems to weigh heavier on me than all the other trials ive faced.
The love was real.
The love was true and alive in every sense.
Im uncertain if I really want it back.
You see the lows over rided all the good we had.
Im tired, maybe im too afraid too move on.
Im babling I see.
by Becc Kim |
Categories:
love, love hurts, poetry, sad love,
In desperation they claw
too impatient to wait for one above all others
Recklessly tearing apart a whole for crumbs
Tasting aimlessly at any other
Thoughtless for the one
before their own
salvaging leftovers post tug of war
only taking while staking a claim for
self not the other
Minds eye will always wander
Unhappy while happy just like
every other
Luck will let loose those untrue
Until that day comes left
stuck in the mud they are
but like others
Take care and thought
for the one that trumps all
Or choose mediocre and
end up failing and flailing
floundering love not love
faking it like all the others
by Jo Bien |
Categories:
introspection, love
yesterday tethered to tomorrow
caught in a tug-of-war 'tween the two
going back holds nothing but sorrow
my future now a rosier hue
stuck in mud caused by the storm
the past corroded from rain
anticipating your next jump
love factored with the pain
the sun shines now from behind dark clouds
the rainbow that arcs 'cross blue
riding in on a silver horse
a hero to bring me through
dreams of the past may bring it back
quickly they fade with dawn
'til yesterdays face is just a blur
in the morning when I stretch and yawn
by Amber Moultry-Harrison |
Categories:
betrayal, conflict, fantasy,
Standing here at this alter
I don't know what to do
I'm suppose to be happy
But I'm feeling sad and blue
Torn between what I want and what I need
Lord, give me some mercy please
Looking into your eyes, makes me realize
That I have been lying to myself
Because I'm in love with someone else
Someone you trust and knew
But still you have no clue
Of this passion I have for another
I'm sorry to say he's close like a brother
So I join my hand with you
Knowing that our love will never be true
Before God and man
I have to take a stand
And do what is right
Even though its a hard fight
So I will close this door
Still in a tug of war....
by Timothy Mattson |
Categories:
education, wisdom,
It's a delicate, often difficult balance,
With what is learned day-to-day.
As if an informational tug-of-war,
Targets perception, through work or play.
Whether wisdom prevails or ignorance,
Sometimes depending on just how fast.
Some will quickly look to the future,
While others may be slowed by the past.
This knowledge comes with a price tag,
That can exchange one's view and belief.
Where prior ideas become aged & tarnished . . .
Even love & hate may expose new grief.
The ongoing pursuit is critical, as
Our nature demands answers to use.
So that growth maintains some improvement,
Wisely adoring, what we can't afford to lose.
by Justin Debrosse |
Categories:
girlfriend-boyfriend, love,
Want to hold you and kiss you
And bite your neck until
You fall to pieces
by Gershon Wolf |
Categories:
father, love, mother, relationship, son,
He tugs dad this way
He tugs mom that way
They forget he is there
And quarrel with each other ...
Driven to distraction
They speak freely, candidly, even brutally
Their son learns that marriage is not always a bed of roses
And that they love him -- and each other -- more than ever
by Kendra Cantrell |
Categories:
confusion, life, love, sad, teen, heart, heart, life,
Today it became apparent
While yesterday I wasn't sure
My heart pulled in two directions
A fight to win, a tug-a-war
My first love, my first everything
The past, back to haunt me ounce more
My new love, my new life
Another game of tug-a-war
Another tear shed
Another lie said
When finally the truth is spoken
I am no longer sure
Which way my heart will pull me
In this game of tug-a-war
My life now seems so bleak
What am I still here for
Torn apart at the seams
Please end it, this tug-a-war
If it was really meant to be
Wouldn't it still be
Or maybe we just don't see
That it wasn't meant to be
That's all it was
It is no more
In this game
Of tug-a-war
by Melani Udaeta |
Categories:
angst, dark, love,
I’ve been hit with a mack truck,
or maybe i’ve just been punched in the gut;
Being brave is a recipe for pain;
Better to slice up your thoughts,
may keep you relatively sane.
I’ve been sent to the gas chamber,
my hearts at a million beats a minute;
Why can’t it just short circuit?
I’m done with every bit of it.
Slice up my lip,
make sure you leave a scar;
Just wipe my memory clean
with that can of kerosene;
Sever the ties between my heart and my head,
tug o war is no way to treat a friend;
l swear you take that knife to my heart,
I promise to never bleed on you again.
by Linda Smith |
Categories:
life, loss, love, passion,
I go through my day
and wade through my dispair.
I put up a veiled front
for all to see.
But I am only
lying to myself.
My friends say,
through my eyes,
my book is read.
I have struggled
with this delimma,
a tug of war between
my heart and soul.
Between my heart's desire
and my duty.
How much I want to escape
this stockade that
imprisons my heart.
To be the one
who lies deep within.
by Jane Vandoe |
Categories:
courage, tribute, word play,
To Paul - whose words depict our times
Within melodic runic rhymes
As woven lyrical designs
To Paul - your Tug of War in life
Inspired you to pen Peace Pipes
For a world besieged with strife
To Paul - the idol of our youth
Who sang of love in words of truth
And suffered much undue abuse
To Paul - whose music paved the way
For Sargent Pepper’s Band to play
And gave us dreams of Yesterday
To Paul - whose Wings taught us to fly
By granting hope and leave to try
With joy that begged to touch the sky
To Paul - whose sadness now we see
In loss of love through destiny
Our prayer for him is Let It Be
by Jessica Renee Dawson |
Categories:
anxiety, hate, love, peace,
hearts crumpling
all around us hate/love
in a tug of war
by Karen Jones |
Categories:
angel, poetry,
Tears from heaven fall as rain
Softly against white window pane
From the angels who watch in vain
As some of us live so insane
Did you miss your calling
Kiss of love keep you falling
In a tug of war with your soul
Are you aware or do you know
Someone lost their life today
A man woman kid or babe
While some of us simply fade
Living our life with little faith
Yet there’s one in the crowd
Who lifts up angels hearts right now
You hear their heart hopes and prayers
Living as though you know and care
For the raindrops are not in vain
Softly falling as soul saving rain
Be the flower of the golden light
With the blessings and courage to live life right
by David Crandall |
Categories:
childhood, dog, friend, fun, memory, pets,
I was only four,
running out the kitchen door.
There she was -
a ball of pep -
first sight love, and yep,
her fur like fuzz.
In circles she would run,
for us brothers, fun -
four legs of joy.
We played tug of war,
and whatever more
is needed for a boy?
She was my best friend
until it had to end
in ten years time.
She made childhood sweeter,
my rhythm and my meter,
she was my rhyme.