This poem is ugly; it’s brutal too
But it’s my honest point of view
I love my city and will always do
So surely, this poem makes me blue
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Its outer bands, emissaries of des
A broad swath, it struck with merc
Funnel clouds spawned, trees uproo
Roofs blown, houses leveled with i
Then the heavens gushed; sheets of

Thin line betwixt turquoise sea; c
To naked eyes, just barely visible
In the horizon, sea meets heaven h
From his vantage, they appear misc
Big blue canvas; silv’ry clouds, c

The future looks bleak
As he stared into the abyss
For it will be a world
Where he will not exist!
But at least tomorrow

He hears the haunting whistle of t
And the hissing sound of shifting
While he crouched behind a craggy
Amid the wretched and barren waste
Sheltered from blistering rays of

The race is not won by the swift n
And battles fought do not belong t
Riches and mercies come to the wea
As much as the most distinguished
The giant Goliath fell to the you

When life’s problems overwhelm, I
As I watch happy, lucky folks; I’
At times I’d see red; for at the
But my heart’s never black wheneve
For you, my love’s pure, white as

Her steel grey eyes match the lead
And belie the raging flames deep w
The marble coldness of her unblink
Masks subdued emotions; that any t
She’s lived through pain and utter

When we grow old, how I wish you
You would love me just the same, p
When my head turns gray, you won’t
To stroke my thinning hair as you
You’ll hold my hand, gazing at the

The stagnant pond’s full of things
Covered with green algae; a putrid
From dead vegetation; but in early
White lilies bloom brightly in the
Quite mind-blowing how blossoms so

Each day I wake, I see your lovel
You’re my sunrise; the rays warmin
From the early morning chill; you’
Of blessings; thoughts of you I c
True, we’re apart, and I thirst f

Quickly, time moves forward!
All of the passing years
Have caught me unaware...
And soon the end appears
Have I enjoyed the laughter?