KICKED TO THE STREETS IN AMERICA -Poetry /

  KICKED TO THE STREETS IN AMERICA 

He goes to the counter and presents the money.

He does not understand the currency.

The clerk could take advantage.

He wanders the grocery store, unaware of the foods.

If he bought them, how would he prepare them?

His clothing is odd.

He is out of place.

He doesn’t know the language.

With signs, he tries to communicate.

He cannot access his documents or his licenses.

He struggles to navigate the city.

People belittle him; they make fun.

They see him as lower class,

Yet he is trained as a doctor.

An upstanding member of his old community.

But here, in America

No one will give him a job.

Here, in the land of opportunity,

He sifts through garbage.

Back home, he served others.

In America, they treat him as a nothing.

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Kicked to the Streets in America

by Stephanie Daich

BREAKING THE RULES- Poetry /

 BREAKING THE RULES

As she tries on the dress,

As she lets go of stress,

As her life she redefines,

She throws away their guidelines.

She followed the rules for too long,

She tried to fit in, tried to belong.

Removing the blinders, she can now see.

Letting go, she’s finally free.

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Breaking the Rules

by Stephanie Daich

YOU AND NOTHING ELSE-Poetry /

 

 YOU AND NOTHING ELSE

I wanted to love you; I did.

I gave you my entirety.

I put you above all.

I didn’t see your greedy ways.

It’s you and nothing else.

Why did you have to push everything else in my life away?

I could give you devotion while still loving other people and things.

But you did not allow it.

I didn’t see your conniving ways.

It’s you and nothing else.

You dazzled me.

Built me up.

I felt like I was the world with you while slyly pushing everything else out.

Why are you so selfish?

It’s you and nothing else.

As I thought you were making me better,

You were cutting out the most important parts of me,

Of my life.

Why are you so selfish?

It’s you and nothing else.

And now I am left with nothing.

Only you and nothing else.

I traded my soul for you.

Why are you so cunning?

It’s you and nothing else.

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You and Nothing Else

by Stephanie Daich

OBSESSION - Poetry /

 OBSESSION 

Obsession

I thought you were good.

You strengthened me and pushed me farther than I could achieve alone.

Obsession

You shaped me, molded me, strengthened me.

With you, I accomplished my goals; I went beyond.

Obsession

You grew me into a pillar.

Obsession

You beguiled me.

All I could think about was you and neglected everything else.

Obsession

I lost most of who I was to you, abandoned it.

I pushed everything else in my life out for you.

Obsession.

In the end, you ruined me.

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Obsession

by Stephanie Daich

CHASING THE CARROT -Poetry :

 CHASING THE CARROT -Poetry

The carrot dangles before me,

Tied on the line of a fishing pole,

A bait, an enticement, hanging to

Allure the donkey.

I am the Jackass.

It swings in front of me.

-daily; weekly; FOREVER!

I know I can never reach it,

Never yank it off the hook.

Only during small moments can I lick it,

But never-oh-never do I get it.

Yet, with it always there,

I chase, I chase, I CHASE!

I know it will never be mine,

But it owns me, controls me,

And I can’t stop chasing.

-chasing the carrot that

NEVER

SHALL

BE. 

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Chasing the Carrot

by Stephanie Daich

PICTURE PERFECT POLITICIAN -Poetry /

 PICTURE PERFECT POLITICIAN -Poetry

Are you tired of the corruption?

Change your life, the commercial prompts.

Shaking hands with widows,

And kissing baby’s cheeks,

The picture-perfect politician

Promised to fix everything.

 

Are you ready to be represented,

For someone to understand you? -the flyer in your box asked.

Visiting white-collar job sites,

And passing out food to the needy,

The picture-perfect politician

Promised to fix everything.

 

Now you watch their assurances crumble,

Corruption and lies on your newsfeed.

Economy tanking,

Freedoms halted.

The picture-perfect politician

Destroyed everything.

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Picture Perfect Politician

by Stephanie Daich

EKPHRASIS TO SOUTHERN UTAH -Poetry :

 

EKPHRASIS TO SOUTHERN UTAH -Poetry

Political madness ceases.

And petty problems don’t exist.

As the blackness of the heavens licks the red sandstone.

A dusting of glitter in the sky twinkles surrounded by colorful gas clouds.

The silence of the night, interrupted by the shrill coyote howl.

Tranquil Southern Utah! Where man ceases and nature rules.

I never want to leave.

Sun shines above the formations,

As rays of light turn orange and red.

The deep blue sky welcomes the day, pure and clean.

Snakes, scorpions, and feral dogs wander through the red dirt.

The wind blows and the Colorado river cuts, as they continue to reshape the land.

Tranquil Southern Utah! Where man ceases and nature rules.

I never want to leave.

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_Ekphrasis to Southern Utah

by Stephanie Daich