Non Children Poems

I found this stuck in a folder, originally written in 1986 for my Literature & Composition class. I got an 87% on it, because it was lacking a refrain. Well, I just didn’t see that as working with this story, so forget the grade, I did it my way. Take that. Anyway, I dusted it…

Tears Of Krypton He fell from the sky, To live, or to die. To set things right. Superman cried. He fought for good, Did all he could. How hard he’d tried. Superman cried. The people chose To grace oppose. Honor defied Superman cried. So darkness fell, Brought pain, brought hell. Loosed lethal tide. Superman cried.…

Yesterday’s man Has an obsolete plan. Squandering what he could become Pondering what he should have done.

Stop Using Speech As A Weapon  Words can be a poison pen, Thoughtlessness stabs again, again. Speech can strike with lethal force, Killing the spirit without remorse. If what you speak is a hateful dart, It has betrayed what’s in your heart. Turn back your ways, or soon your ear Will hear words you don’t…

So quickly the miles add up, How swiftly the days go by. How slowly we learn to say sorry, Too soon we say goodbye.