By Markie Doczi | Featured Contributor
Love and compassion, sorrow and strife
An uneven rhythm, this opus called life
Fate she is fickle, one day you’re stuck
And the next you may have a stroke of good luck
Sometimes you’ll be sad, when we lose those we love
We evaluate life and the frailty thereof
Often the small things make living worthwhile
The laugh of a baby, a hug or a smile
Yesterday’s gone, tomorrow’s a bet
The heart can’t survive that is torn by regret
So follow your dreams, learn from mistakes
And always think twice on decisions you make
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Author Bio
Markie Doczi is a 33-year-old author and poet from Middleport, Ohio. She aspires to relate to people with her poetry, touching on many real life issues and situations. Markie is the author of Beneath the Old Oak Tree, a collection of original poetry, and she is also currently pursuing professional publication of her historical fiction, Blue Heaven’s Tent.
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Love the line, “The heart can’t survive that is torn by regret.” Great poem Markie! And thanks for posting more thought provoking poetry Phoebe!
Thank you sir! I’m so pleased you enjoyed it. Stop by my blog for more! I’m still working on visiting everyone’s blogs who took the time to comment 🙂
Markie I love this It is truly the way I live my life Thanks And Thanks to Phoebe for bringing it to all of us
Keep Laughing People will wonder
Thank you for reading, and for such a nice comment! I try to live my life this way as well. I hope you’ll stop by my blog and read more of my poetry!
Thanks again.
I will Please feel free to stop by mine
I plan to visit everyone’s blogs who took the time to comment! 👍
Thank you
A thoughtful poem. Thank you for the chance to read it.
I appreciate that, thank you for reading! I hope you’ll come see me on my blog for more 🙂
Reblogged this on The South Paw Poet.
A relevant and beautiful poem. 💕
Thank you Michele 🙂