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Stop it!! Just say Yes!!

by Michael Charles Messineo — Read all 96 poems by Michael Charles Messineo

Stop hiding and take a chance...

Monday, July 5, 2004


This is to you, you know who you are.
You with the dreams of near and afar.
When handed the chance to make the big switch
your mind takes a turn like a car for a ditch.

Here is the road of which you do dream.
Why do you turn, you just make me scream.
When shown the new way of getting your wish
you swim away blindly like a bowl trapped fish.

You bitch and complain and want all to know
your life is so bad with nowhere to go.
But given the chance to accept something new
your defenses kick in and your goals are all through.

Stop being so sweet, so innocent and teary.
You are your own enemy and isn’t it eerie
that you get what you want but you really don’t know
it is you that’s the problem cause you always say no.


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Reviewed by Nordette Adams
Reviewed on September 28, 2004
Yep, self sabotage is the name of many a person's game. We often don't even know we're doing it until someone points it out. A good poem, Michael.

Reviewed by Chanti Niven
Reviewed on August 15, 2004
Hear hear!
Such hard hitting words and something that needed to be said. You have such a gift.
Thanks
Chanti

I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers.
Khalil Gibran

Reviewed by Amira van Kerk (Reader)
Reviewed on July 13, 2004
Bravo !
Excellent write.
My motto: Rather say yes than no.

Reviewed by Kay P Devenish
Reviewed on July 9, 2004
Yes.

Yes it is one of the best poems I have read recently...tricked you didn't I?

Reviewed by Ch'erie de Perrot
Reviewed on July 9, 2004
Excellent write Michael, I certainly will take this into consideration.
TY
**Ch'erie**
TY for Reviewing me :)

Reviewed on July 7, 2004
Rhymed to poetic perfection - excellent piece!

Reviewed by Tami Ryan
Reviewed on July 5, 2004
Bingo. This should be read by all. Good work, Michael.

Reviewed by jude forese
Reviewed on July 5, 2004
a powerfully lucid poem that embodies the essence of non-action ...

Reviewed by La Belle Rouge (Reader)
Reviewed on July 5, 2004
A very powerful statement! Great rhyme and flow as well.

Reviewed by Thomas Lanechanger (Reader)
Reviewed on July 5, 2004
If this doesn’t put the fire under their feet to move about, nothing will!!! Excellent poetry, Poet!!!

Reviewed by E T Waldron
Reviewed on July 5, 2004
This is fantastic! You put into words with such clarity
what people who procrastinate and can't really make
decisions do continuously! Usually blaming others for it!
Bravo on this splendid poem!

Reviewed by Ed Matlack
Reviewed on July 5, 2004
Hey, Mike, how do you know me so well, have you been rooting around in my cellar or my attic? Empty down there and dusty up there, hope you used a mask, while taking up that task...? I swear you have coined or described me to a tee, I don't know how you did it, but this is yes, definitely ME!

This was a really great one, Mike, as it says so much to me, now I am going to have to go out and buy that battery for this beast and get it running, at least I can move if I want to then or have the wherewithall to do so...someday we will meet, as I will be traveling again with Rufuz and Rene'...thanks for the push...Peace, Ed & Rufuz


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