Jeff Rushton Poems

Fear, trepidation, bewildered by expectation
Traveling through your home in darkness,
Worries of the table, chair and your shins painful echo
Anticipation of an unknown score, perfection, rejection, nothing more
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Where do you turn when all road maps are burned?
What do you do when the vision is blurred or esque?
What direction do you follow when your transportation is swallowed
The path is clear
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You can talk, listen and read everything about someone
Until you see their reactions to daily challenges and successes
You never know the person until you know their frustration and elation.
You never know the person without seeing them serve without condition.
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Dawn doth bear the burden and joy of every generation
Rising in brightness and glory, dispelling all darkness and gloom
Hiding behind the clouds waiting for the moment to burn away all doubt
Closer it seems than at any other time during its season
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The journey for one is the pace for another
The strength for one is the leverage for another
The beauty for one is the boredom of another
The magnificent for one is the slight for another
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Why the sense of derision
Why the feeling of lost impression
Why the want for past compassion
Why the desire to feel as though I was uninspired
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The only thing that transcends
The perfection’s we obtain in life's trends
Bringing life into the world
Raising them with agency and the
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Big brother is watching
Everything we do, keeping track of everything we know
He sees you at your best, at your worst, and in the privacy of your own home
Big brother is watching...and waiting for a chance to step in
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