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Rated: E · Poetry · Contest · #1482892
one for Stormy's "free-for-all" contest
The Poets Dilemma

In the free-for-all of life
and "scramble to survive"
there are no easy answers
on how to stay alive.
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Each breath is but a gasping
that tears the soul apart
as the helpless hand desires
to reach into the heart.
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The mind in endless waiting
and desperation knows
that strength of mind is something
a poet always shows.
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And even in the scramble
it takes to stay alive
a free-for-all is courage
demanding to survive.
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