General Poetry posted October 23, 2021


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Updraft

by Senyai

I Am Not Perfect Contest Winner 




Updraft



"I am not perfect," speaks my conscience to my mind's eye
"I know that," is the short, curt and simply said reply


My spirit agrees as does my body, slouched now as one
I have a quick temper, speak abruptly,  for this  I am shunned


Mistakes said in haste, poor judgements run amok 
best laid plans splayed with dodgy decisions have sunk


my life in ruins, wearily I gaze about my rubbled walls
In piquant pain recall laughter still within these very halls


But time has passed, in mournful strides moved on, no turning
back, only one future open line - a silver streak of yearning


to make it right somehow, my pulse races at the thought!
Hope raises its phoenix wings, in the updraft I am caught




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Write a poem about a flaw that you see in yourself.
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2021


* This beautiful painting titled Updraft is by artist Sheila Finch on SheilaFinchfineart.com, on WikiArt and Amazon and displayed in private collections and galleries in the United States and Canada.
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