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New Beginning   Leave a comment

When an old beginning ends,
A new beginning life portends.
With new experiences and brand new friends.
New colors match your personal blends.

When the new beginnings start,
The old ones do not fly apart.
They stay as beautiful pieces of art;
Locked away safely with your heart.

So when a beginning begins anew.
Remember all the things that you’ve been through.
Think of all the things that you’ll go on to do.
Of all life’s demons that you slew.

Hold those thoughts with you and smile.
You just made it through life’s trial.
The next one starts in a short while.
So when you live, live life in style.

-Shaman Romney 2014

Posted 10/12/2014 by Shay in Poetry

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Here to go, there to stay   Leave a comment

Here to go, there to stay.
My best friend had to leave today.
Back to his life of thrills and glory
And my life here, the same old story.

Here to go, there to stay
I wish there was another way
To have you stay a day or two
So we can do the things we do.

Here to go there to stay
I know there is no other way
You have life to live that’s yours,
Of shining streets and open doors.

Here to go there to stay
There’s just one thing I want to say.
Live your life, pursue your dreams,
Walk upon life’s balance beams.

Search for love and always laugh,
So when they write your epitaph
They’ll know that this one thing is true:
You lived the life you wanted to.

-Shaman Romney 2014

Work is kicking my butt, so here is a poem I started working on in September that has been sitting in my drafts, gathering dust. Thanks for reading!

Posted 10/04/2014 by Shay in Poetry

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The Knight   Leave a comment

I didn’t ask to be the hero,
I didn’t ask to be knight.
To lose my life in battle
For what others think is “right.”

To forfeit my life for them,
To fall upon the sword,
They think the opportunity
Is its own reward.

Doesn’t anyone give a damn
About how I think or feel?
Am I just a tool to you?
A Currency in your deals?

Did you know that I’m a person
With feelings and goals?
Maybe I’ve grown tired
Of being raked across your coals?

Will you even stop to listen
To what I have to say?
Of course you never will,
Empathy gets in the way.

So I am without options,
I no longer have a voice.
My arrows all point to lose,
I’m left without a choice.

One day I’ll break the cycle,
One day I’ll win this fight
Until then, I’ll play the martyr;
I will be the knight.

-Shaman Romney 2014

Posted 09/17/2014 by Shay in Poetry

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At Work (4 Tanka)   2 comments

At Work

Thoughts come in so fast
Readily, I grab at them
They slip through my hand
Because time stops for no man
Especially here at work.

No time for the things.
Things I need more time to do.
Things that I love most.
Can’t do what I want to do
Especially here at work.

When I stop for breath
Only a moment’s respite
And then I’m pulled back
There is no time for a break
Especially here at work

I give up and wait
For the day to be over
For the time to go
I do not want to stay here
Especially here at work

-Shaman Romney 2014

(Sorry for not posting all of last week. Work was, and still is, extremely busy. Hopefully it will slow down soon. Thanks for reading.)

Posted 09/03/2014 by Shay in Poetry, Weekly Writing Challange

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24 Years   Leave a comment

24 Years

24 years I lived on this earth.
24 years I have learned
24 years to prove my worth
24 years I’ve yearned.

24 years of triumph I’ve earned
24 years of failure too
24 years of opportunity spurned
24 years of my demon’s I slew..

24 years I’ve questioned what is true.
24 years few answers I know
24 years of life I’ve gone through
And many more years to go.

-Shaman Romney 2014

Posted 06/25/2014 by Shay in Poetry

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Misery Is My Muse   Leave a comment

Misery Is My Muse

Misery, she is my muse
For she is what will start the fuse,
A spark to make creativity ignite
And bring all of my thoughts to light.

Ideas now frolic, leaping, bounding;
Lovely melodies resounding.
Flowing forward, more and more,
Forming into a perfect score.

Then, at once, a sudden crash;
My muse’s departure is like a lash.
Scattering brilliance; once alive.
Leaving nothing to survive.

Now, I am left here to wonder.
Depressingly I’ll sit and ponder
The moment my muse again will embrace
and welcome me into her space.

Shaman Romney 2014

Posted 06/18/2014 by Shay in Poetry

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Zero to Sixty in Four Sonnets   Leave a comment

Zero to Sixty in Four Sonnets

Now one is first, that is easy to see.
But don’t forget, that two is here as well,
And it, of course, is then followed by three
The next would be four, if you could not tell.
The one that comes after would be the five.
Then six goes by with but a furtive glance.
Trumpets blow loud, to have seven arrive.
For it grants people luck in games of chance.
Eight comes along, an infinity stands.
And three time three equals nine, don’t you know?
Ten comes along with two digit demands.
The first ten down, only fifty to go.
In getting this far, I am just like most
But I will do fine, not trying to boast.

Now, we start up again with eleven.
Then, a dozen, which is what twelve is called.
Make it thirteen, it’s a baker’s heaven.
Although, when some hear it, may be appalled
Fortnight, or fourteen, at least in Britain
Fifteen and sixteen, a young girl’s delight.
Seventeen, Eighteen, to be young again.
But Nineteen and Twenty; they are alright.
Twenty-one, full of inebriation
Twenty-two, responsibility looms.
Twenty-three, the years since my creation
Twenty-four, and maturity now booms.
My, now doesn’t your youth fly by so fast?
What once was the present, is now the past.

Twenty-five, twenty-six, twenty-seven.
Twenty-eight, twenty-nine, now those are done.
Thirty is here, your twenties were heaven.
Before you know it, you are thirty-one.
Thirty-two, thirty-three, thirty-four go.
Thirty-five, thirty-six, come up so fast.
Thirty-seven, thirty-eight, make a show.
Thirty-nine, forty, here at last.
Forty one, forty-two, what do I do?
With forty-three, forty-four, forty-five.
Forty-six, forty-seven, almost through.
Forty-eight, forty-nine, oh man alive!
Fifty and fifty-one, I’ve had enough!
This writing in sonnet is really tough.

Fifty-two here, not a moment too soon
Fifty-three too, which brings me great delight.
Fifty-four now, I feel like such a loon.
Fifty-five, why would I take on this plight?
Fifty-six, fifty-seven, fifty-eight.
We are nearly done, for here’s fifty-nine.
Sixty is here, and that makes me feel great.
Because reaching the ending feels divine.
Now, some may say, but what about zero?
How can you forget our circular friend?
But fret not, for your awaited hero
Decided to show up right at the end.
We now are finished, that’s enough of that.
Zero to sixty in four sonnets flat.

Shaman Romney 2014

Posted 06/11/2014 by Shay in Poetry

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Unfulfilled Excitement   Leave a comment

Unfulfilled Excitement
Forever the bystander
Experiences had by others
While life passes by,
A blur.

A negative experience
Destroys innocence
Disgustedly I only feel
“Why wasn’t it me?”
“Why wasn’t it me?”

Shaman Romney 2014

Posted 04/30/2014 by Shay in National Poetry Writing Month 2014, Poetry

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Oh no!   Leave a comment

Oh no, I need to write some poetry.
I’m going to try and do it cleverly,
But also with a sense of brevity,
Yes I am going to write some poetry.

Quickly I must write a second verse
Im pressed, but it could be worse.
I could be riding in a herse.
Finally a second verse.

Now we have reached the end.
I gave my brain an awful bend.
It finally broke, so now I shall mend.
Im taking a nap, so here’s the end.

Shaman Romney 2014

Posted 04/29/2014 by Shay in National Poetry Writing Month 2014, Poetry

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Giving Up (National Poetry Writing Month #28)   Leave a comment

Once again, giving up
The enternal loser chimes in.
Why are you even trying?
You’re never going to win.

I give up again.
I gave up again.

Falling down, covered up
the same puddle of shame
My pessimist just laughs at this
You’ll always be the same

I give up again.
I gave up again.

I guess I have to realize
Im staring a losers eyes.
The pessimist stares back me
Shows the world as grey, unclean.
My winning streak has gone away
The optimist won’t come today.
This pathetic loser is out of luck.
It time that I tried
Giving up.

Shaman Romney 2014

Posted 04/28/2014 by Shay in National Poetry Writing Month 2014, Poetry

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