Jesse Ellsbury Poems

A Christmas party,
a discarded coat,
shunned from the shoulders of its freezing host
and amidst the cheers and each kiss,
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Tomorrow is the day of judgment, brought before the king
unelected, forever protected
he thinks by years,
he thinks the tears
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You will underestimate
and you will overcompensate
and for every word that leaves my lips,
you will have some little quip
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The greatest thing about a job well-done,
a war that’s won,
or a song well-sung
is the knowledge that you tried,
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I don’t want another chance to fail; I’ve proven I can do it,
I’ve had plenty of chances to succeed, and with every one I blew it.
Why when things are looking up do I always look down?
I tell myself I want to fly but I’m staring at the ground.
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When morning light comes streaming,
Touching on your eyes and gleaming,
And the birds outside start screaming,
And dew in the grass starts steaming,
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I see them aging every day,
and every day it breaks my heart:
the people who raised me,
the people who saved me
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The lessons I have learned I'm still trying to confirm,
through the fog of my mistakes that cling tight to all I make.
But with the fog of inebriation lifting, I now see what I've been missing,
that the potential I so treasured was the potential that I severed.
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Strange ghosts stalk the city,
Haunting up from sewer grates.
Scarcely recognized memories
Traverse the park in autumn.
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I refuse to let this nightmare win,
I’ve done and am doing all I can,
death ends here so life can begin.

Some people phrase it in terms of sin,
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