Jon M. Nelson Poems

As we journey through our lives,
We all take separate paths.
Sometimes they're filled with sorrow,
Other times they're full of laughs.
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Once again, it's that time of year,
When the world should be full of cheer.
This is the time for peace and love,
As the angels watch from up above.
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You can't expect me to be something I'm not,
This is who I am and this is what you've got.
I won't pretend to be someone else's dream,
So that I can help with your self-esteem.
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I awake in my own bedroom,
Have I been in here before?
I need to use the restroom,
But I cannot find the door.
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The tortured screams echo
From the endless abyss below.
From the wretched souls the ashes rise,
And disperse into the amber skies.
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I've burned too many bridges,
To go back across the river.
I could try to swim back across,
But the coldness made me shiver.
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Nobody wants to learn anything anymore,
Since everything is found on the internet.
There's no reason for them to study now,
Since the information is so easy to get.
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So many treasures of this nation
have been lost and will never be found

There is no justice kept at the borders
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I hope that when I leave here,
It won't be without a trace.
Hopefully at some point in life,
I put a smile upon your face.
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Walking endless miles has worn holes
into the souls of the shoes upon my feet.
No matter which way that I turn now
there seems to be a dead-end street.
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