No Guarantees

 

 

 

Losing faith in what I believe, dire straights

wiped upon my sleeve. Dubious choices

read and react, a plus is a minus when you

have to subtract.

Trials and tribulations scattered debris, I

treasure the memories that keep taunting

me. It hasn't always been this way, but I've

run aground sending out a mayday.

Prospering chaos is all that I see, when it

comes to the good life there's no guarantee.

No answered prayers no wishing well,

south of Heaven I only find hell...

Reviews

[Loner]

How do you manage to write so well?
a great emotional punch hidden in this emotional poem.

[Enigma]

Your words and the image grabbed my attention with force till the last word. They shed light on the dark expanse of our mind where hopelessness and despair resides. Last four lines are my favourite. Well done. :)

[Joiedevivre]

sadly true.

a plus is a minus when you

have to subtract.

Cutting and well transmitted.

[Ladysue]

I agree with the others too, you have capture the lost of hope all too well. penned very well, but so sad...

[KimLove "The Beautiful ..]

I agree with the others, I could feel the angish and call for help. From both the writter and the reader. There are those of us who come to the end of a long road. A journey that has lead us both through heaven & hell. Now we have to turn left or right to continue forward or settle in and stay with what we know. We may not have happiness, but I suppose one could say you have become comfortably numb. That and sometimes it's just easier to leave things alone. Once in a while something may break or need mending...just get a little bit of scotch tape it will till next time. ; )

Besides we were never promised our own Rose Gardens. And I was never taught that everything in life comes with guarentee's. But what I have been told is that sometimes.... DREAMS DO COME TRUE.....

[KATHY SUE SILLS]

I felt like crying as I read this! A sense of saddness and loss hope was greatly expressed! It can make one feel helpless when they feel there is no hope left! Well written

[Liza]

as a libra - that you are - i wonder if the scales on the ground have been found - heaven or hell - i just wanna look into their eyes without bowing down in unworthiness or looking up in adoration -your insight is always thought provoking - you're a gem.

happy early birthday or belated birthday -

[Lily Mae]

I felt my life and all hope leave me as I read this.. Even though there we calls for help the spiral downward was still there.. You penned these emotions all to well my friend..x

[emmajoy]

And, the saddest of all is the man or woman without hope . This reminds me of a slowly deflating balloon .. as if life's fading and night's growing darker by the minute. Your writing varies so much, maybe that's how it should be, but so often a sadness jumps out and hovers around, weeping - this is such a one. ' .. but I've run aground sending out a mayday.'