Purpose Poems
Ocean Floor
by Steve Otieno
Find the one thing that boils the blood in you
and let it keep you warm in the coldness of nights,
Should the passion be love,
let it not be the kind of infantile love that you seek
to save you from victim-hood,
And let not your blood boil from a buffoon's competition,
or envy,
or a hypocrisy of your detriment,
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Life
by Sihle Mjobo
Birth, life and death
The knowledge of this earth
Neither before nor after present
Following their select ascent
Part pursuing purpose
As sole intent
Part pursuing pleasure
Till life is spent
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Things Hard to Understand
by Richard Randolph
A love letter no one reads,
a strange man no one needs,
a seed dropped upon the sand,
a starving child in a barren land--
Why trees reach toward the sky,
and grown men forget how to cry,
why a bird sings to its mate,
though she's gone and it's too late--
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Struggling in the desert of life
by Baramundi Roy
Struggling in the desert of life wondering why
the way was so barren and my throat was so dry.
The bright sun was beating down with heat so intense
and I was wondering why my life made no sense.
Stuck in the wasteland and trapped in that lonely place
I felt lost and alone there in the human race.
"What is my poor life all about?" I said to myself
"Is it just having sex or gathering great wealth?"
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Life battle
by Karpop Riba
We start with great intentions.
But wobble around
Over and over again
Feeling inadequate
Feeling hopeless.
There are things we would like to change,
But very often than not we fall Short of our dreams & hopes.
Oh! What could be the reason?
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Life and Misery
by Safi A
Arising with a flicker of hope
Desperate attempts at perfection
Failing, falling deeper with each leap
Only to fade into oblivion
Seeking futile validation, for the sense of dignity
Replacing dream with duty, for the prize of power
Bittersweet memories forging the journey
Is there a purpose, I ponder
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Purposefully
by Arvin Dassad
Wake,
feel the sheets,
no,
truly feel them,
that first breath,
the one that woke you,
the one that carries you, unequivocally,
without question,
it holds you,
suffer in ignorant bliss, you know not what comes ahead,
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Hope of a Child
by Kailey Norris
The mindset of hope and of a child are much alike,
as if true serenity and innocence are connected.
The comfort of a child in their mother's arms is what we long for inside ourselves,
a sense of safety and peace within our own body.
Treat every moment like you are still a child,
Cherish the most insignificant things in life.
Put that shiny rock in your pocket, it may be gold!
With thought, the smallest thing can bring peace and understanding to a life.
Every tiny aspect of nature is a beauty.
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Hope or Hoax
by Mayank Nirala
I contemplate why you came into my life.
Is there a reason!
Why do I feel a relevance
Why do you remind me of me
What purpose do you hold
Why do I want you to have one
Are you a ray of hope
Or Is this a hoax
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A Tale of Reason
by . Trevortni
A quest for a reason, is to seek a labor of love.
fear not, said thy youngin, for love, love is infinite.
but to find for thy a reason, is a journey from the sure,
through to the unknown, for the promise of all.
Yet to seek what no person can see;
one must understand a language no person can speak,
for in the mind of eye, how glorious is we,
yet in the quest for love, lest not we forget the importance of he and she.
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