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George Krokos Apr 2023
I seem to have aged twenty years over the last two
especially since turning seventy - a personal view.
From the outbreak of the ****** virus two years ago
there's been a gradual decline in health for this I know.
Although testing negative in the last week of November
other health issues have been cropping up in December.
I somehow think that my time may be coming around
for where the body is to be laid to rest in the ground.
Morbid thoughts such as the above are dominant today
and with some people they don't easily just go away.
In my particular case my right side has been affected
and hobble around like some disabled person detected.
I wonder how long it'll be before I won't be able to cope
with doing all of those various things that range in scope
from washing and cleaning to the other domestic chores
which need to be done on a regular basis and time scores.
Unless I can afford to pay for someone to help with it all
if circumstances don't improve and my back's to the wall
I may have to consider going into an old people's home
or in some place where you're restricted to freely roam.
Another possibility would be to invite someone else in
that's compatible to shack up with and share the 'load-in'
or even perhaps the other way around that is practical
without being negative and deemed unjustly skeptical.
Someone in whom similar interests and ideals are found
all those things that are decent, life enhancing and sound.
Already it's getting to the stage when I'll need to cut my hair
something I used to be able to do by myself in the past there
but now I can barely raise my right hand up to my head
and the whole thing is a procedure I'm beginning to dread.
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As everybody gets older and experiences the change
they may notice their movements are becoming restricted in range.
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Written in December '21 describing one of the main reasons I haven't posted anything on HP for quite a while. Please say a heartfelt prayer and send a kind thought for me and others in the same boat. Thanks to all for reading.
Sarah Aug 2022
You are so beautiful
that I would move mountains
just to get a better view.
She Writes Aug 2022
Open or closed
My eyes only see you
I am convinced
It is the best **** view
Deep Feb 2022
Take a gun
And shoot the one holding
the contrary view, with sword
Slice head and torso in two,
If that is not enough, dig graves and
bury them alive, dig it again give them
momentary light and life, then bury again,

Your view and perception are perfect,
you should not allow others to contradict you?
Alan S Bailey Jan 2022
Gimme a wink, gimme a view...

And I will like all of your poems!

n' that means YOU!
Rama Krsna Oct 2021
the world calls you a beauty
and me the beast.
you call me a pagan,
while i smirk knowing you’re the crusader.
society says you’re the intellectual and i a mere lowbrow,
what is night for you, feels like my day!
and what you deem so ugly,
my darling
i find intricately beautiful!

this is the sum total of our lives.


© 2021
It’s always amazing to me how the lens we wear colors our world
Big Virge Sep 2021
Now In This Day And Age...  
of... Cancel Brigades... !?!  

You Can’t Afford To Be Afraid...  
To... HAVE YOUR SAY... !!!

Our...  Freedom of Speech...  
Is A Basic Right... RIGHT... ?!?
  
Or Is It Being DENIED...  
When Certain Websites...  
Are Now DICTATING...  
What People Are Saying...  
On Their Website Pages...  
  
From Average Heads...  
To... Ex-Presidents... !!!  
  
Free Speech Dumped...  
And Stumped Liked Trump... !!!  
  
When It Comes To Airing Views...  
That Don’t Have Proof...  
Or Hold Values...  
That Are Proved To Speak TRUTH...  
  
But... Is THAT TRUE... ?!?
  
Cos’ Who’s Fooling Who...  
When It Comes To The News... ?  
  
And Speech On Vaccines...  
Because Any Kind of Speech...  
Linking Them To 5G...  
  
Is QUICKLY Deemed...  
To Be Some Kind of THEORY...  
That Is... PURE FALLACY... !!!
  
And A Conspiracy That...  
Has NO Basis In FACT... !!!
  
But That Shouldn’t Mean...  
That Those Whose Beliefs...  
Do Not Agree...  
With Those Who Lead...  
And Speak On TV...  
  
Now Should NOT Be Heard...  
Or Be Allowed To Be Seen... !?!  
  
So Folks HAVE YOUR SAY... !!!  
..... WITHOUT DELAY..... !!!  
  
Because It’s Okay To Disagree...  
With Mainstream Teams...  
And What They MANDATE... !!!
  
As Well As DICTATE...  
Pretty Much EVERYDAY... !!!
  
Into Peoples Pysches...  
And In Turn Their Mind States...  
  
As Being What’s RIGHT...  
And The Truth About Why...  
We’re Needing Lockdowns...  
And Vaccinations To Get Around...  
And Have Vacations In NICE Locations... !!!  
  
So... HAVE YOUR SAY...  
Because THEY Have THEIRS... !!!  
  
Those With FAME...  
And These WEALTHY Heirs... !!!  
  
Who Speak FREELY...  
EVEN When Their Speech...  
Is HATEFUL And MEAN... !!!!!  
  
Like PM’s... MP’s...  
And Presidents Seen...  
In... TWENTY TWENTY... !!!  
  
And As For The Blender...  
of Modern Day Genders...  
Are People NOT FREE...  
To Air The Kind of Speech...  
That Doesn’t Agree...  
With How They Be... ?!?  
  
Anti Hate Laws...  
Have Come QUICKLY... !!!  
  
While Racists Seem...  
To Just Make Apologies...  
And Don’t Get As Much Grief...  
From These Cancel Police...  
  
When They Use Terms...  
Like... “ Piccaninnies “... !?!
  
Double Standards And...  
...... MUCH HYPOCRISY...... !!!
  
Go With Policies...  
That Now SUDDENLY...
Have Come To The FORE...  
In A Time Where Disease...  
Is RUINING MORE...  
Than Economies... !!!  
  
Freedoms SHREDDED...  
Whilst Normalcy’s Presented...  
  
... In A Whole NEW Way... !!!  
  
So HAVE YOUR SAY... !!!  
Before It’s TOO LATE... !!!  
  
And BEFORE Things Sway...
Towards Police States...  
Being What We Face...  
ALL OVER The Place... !!!  
  
Don’t Delay And Wait...  
And THEN COMPLAIN... ?!?
  
When You Are Told...  
To Keep Your Mouth Closed...  
By Those Who Control... !!!  
  
Who Don’t Seem To Know...  
How They Should Behave...  
In Political Zones... !?!  
  
They’re Being Exposed...  
And Being Shamed...  
More And More Nowadays... !!!
  
So Before They Make Claims...  
And Laws That Change...  
How People Can Relate...  
Their Views On Their Ways...  
And Demands That They Make...  
  
That Are Found To Be FAKE... !!!
  
Don’t Make The Mistake...  
of Choosing To WAIT...  
Because Your AFRAID...  
To Voice Your Opinion...  
On Things Like Dominion...  
Gender And Prescriptions...  
Now Causing Divisions... !!!  
  
RESTRICTIONS To Living...  
And FREEDOM of THINKING...  
  
I Suggest You Make SURE...  
That You DO NOT DELAY...  
  
When It Comes To The FREEDOM...
  
To...  
  
..... “Have Your Say”..... !!!
When it comes to freedom of speech, it should never have become, one rule for one, whilst being different for another !

So, as the poem suggests, have yours, before you can't !
Amanda Kay Burke Sep 2021
Protecting heart with armor of steel
Advances don't break through
Is safer not being able to feel
Than risk allowing to be hurt by you

Yes I enjoy time we spend
(At least I like it so far)
Part of me is genuinely scared when
It is because I don't know who you are

And even with best intentions
Odds are we will not last
I may have captured your attention
Things can change so fast

Growing smarter the older I get
Scars teaching lessons to keep
I view everyone as a potential threat
Refusing to wade deep
I don't want to get over my head again
Jeanmarie Sep 2021
It’s a city in the mountain view
**** I’ve never seen something quite like you
So fun and free, yet peaceful-
A constant reminder of nature’s beauty.

For some the growing happens after high school
For others, the change happens in graduate school
I was nervous to make the transition alone
However, him leaving turned out to be the best **** thing since edible cookie dough
This poem is about my transition to graduate school! I love the location and I don’t feel trapped here! I was also making this transition with someone who had recently left my life, but it turned out to be for the better.  I hope you all enjoy! :)
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