Tom Ato's
Original Poetry

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A Reason Why	Bubba Goes To The City	Kindness
My Only Love	My Rabbit Is A Star	Oh, Jesus My Savior
Riding The Dirt Bike	The Old Man	War
Links To Other Poetry Sites	Copyright	I'd Like To Thank...

A Reason Why

Sometimes I wonder why I am here.
On a world so hostile and full of things to fear.
Where people fight, and more die.
Where people cheat, steal, and lie.
Where "good help is hard to find".
And people are rarely ever kind.
But right when I am stuck, not knowing what to do,
I stop thinking about everything but me and you.
And the world is suddenly a better place to be.
With nothing else, just you and me.
Holding each other in a tight embrace,
Or dancing around with the greatest of grace.
But then again that’s all I feel,
When I am holding you for real.
Like no one else is even there,
Just you and me in a world so bare.
I am never alone,
And never cold,
As long as you are with me,
For me to hold.

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Bubba Goes to the City

Bubba was a happy ape,
In his cave shaped like a dome,
It was a place with his friends,
He liked to call home.

He liked the babes and bananas,
Both buried in his mind,
He liked to boogie and dance with flying squirrels,
He was very good at vines.

He was too tied up in his life,
To see the hunters with knives.

Again, Bubba was a happy ape,
Until some hunters caught him,
He liked the jungle better,
Then the city where they brought him.

The city was louder,
The city was meaner,
Even the dirt in the jungle was cleaner.

So Bubba made a daring escape,
The hunters were soon minus one ape.

Bubba climb the tallest building,
Because from there he’d see,
How far the jungle was,
From the middle of the city.

So Bubba took passenger in a passing plane,
But the captain didn’t wait for him to explain.

When he got back to the jungle,
He told his friends in their lair,
“The city’s Ok for a visit,
But you couldn’t make me live there.”

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Kindness

Kindness is a virtue,

Something not to be wasted in life,

Not to be put on the shelf and forgotten.

Kindness is a virtue,

To be used for friendship and good deeds,

Not to be used as a weapon.

Kindness is a virtue,

Use it with respect,

Or it will go BOOM!

In this world of ours,

Kindness is overpowered by hatred and anger,

September 11th was the result of this.

In this world of ours,

We need kindness in these tragic times,

To comfort families and friends and everyone.

And in this time of terror,

We need to be kind and caring,

To comfort others who are alone and frightened.

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My Only Love

The only love I ever had,
That love that only came once,
The one and only love that comes my way,
That jewel in the middle of the heart,
That love is no more.

I was an average guy in my college days,
A bachelor, like everyone else,
Took all women for granted, like everyone else,
Went to bars and got drunk, like everyone else,
Until I met my love.

I knew right away she was special,
The smooth, pink skin that seemed to shine,
The wavy, brown hair that seemed to flow,
The gentle, intellectual talk that seemed to brighten peoples minds,
And I asked her out.

We went on dates for a while,
She looked into my eyes with a caring face that only love can give you,
I looked into her eyes with a caring face that only love can give you,
We both had feelings inside that only love can give you,
And we got married.

We had some blessings throughout our love,
We still loved each other as if we were still dating,
We still loved each other as if we were still in our 20s,
We still loved each other through good and bad,
But then a terrible accident happened.

We were driving home from our anniversary party,
We were looking into each others eyes with love,
We were looking into each others eyes with care,
We were looking into each others eyes with happiness,
And then we crashed.

She didn’t make it out alive,
The doctors told me she was dead,
The doctors told me she was dead,
The doctors told me she was dead,
And then I cried.

So now I sit here alone,
Thinking about our love,
Thinking about what I could have done different,
Thinking about why this happened,
All alone.

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My Rabbit Is A Star

I once was in the fourth grade,

At Blanco Elementary School,

We had to bring something for Show and Tell,

I thought this was going to be way cool.

I brought my newborn rabbit,

It did a trick or two,

Every one loved my crazy rabbit,

Even the media, too.

Soon everyone had heard about my rabbit,

Even TV directors in Hollywood,

Soon he was doing movies with me,

Everyone knew he could.

But like everyone else eventually,

His ratings began to drop,

Soon he hit rock bottom,

And then his career stopped.

So now I tell you all,

Fame doesn't last forever,

So enjoy it while it lasts,

Because once it's gone, it will never come back, never.

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Oh, Jesus My Savior

Oh, Jesus my Savior,

I love everything about You,

You came from heaven to earth,

You came to save us from Satin,

You came to save us from Hell.

Oh, Jesus my Savior,

I love everything about You,

You went from the earth to the cross,

You went to die for our sins,

You went because you love us,

Oh, Jesus my Savior,

I love everything about You,

You care about us,

You love us,

You died for us.

Oh, Jesus my Savior,

I love everything about You,

You're the Son of God,

You're the King of Kings

You're my Savior.

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Riding the Dirt Bike

As I ride down the steep trail,
I wonder if it's going to hail,
I see the clouds in the sky,
I look at them and wonder why.

Why does this happen to me,
I see that the rain is coming for me,
Then I go and find a tree,
And I hide there until three.

After that I get my bike,
I start down the trail called "Mike,"
In the distance I see the creek ,
Then I go and hear some feet.

When I get there it's only a frog,
Down the creek I hear a dog,
So I go and see who it is,
I see my dad and the dog is his.

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The Old Man

There was an old man,
Who’s name, I don’t know,
But everyday he talked to me,
I used to respond, “So?”

He walked up Main St.,
Begging people for money,
Sometimes I wondered if he’s homeless,
But I always see him buying honey.

So one day,
In my leisure time,
I went up to him and asked him,
And he said, “Can you spare a dime?”

And then I knew,
I had to act,
Because if this guy doesn’t get a home,
I knew what would happen for a fact.

So I went down to my grandmothers,
And I asked if he could stay,
She said, “I’d be happy to help,
And I know you feel the same way.”

So I went to pick him up,
But I found out terrible news,
He died half an hour ago,
And then I had the blues.

And now I want to tell you,
Help when you can,
Because when the chance is gone,
It will be just like if you ran.

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War

We’re wrapped up in war,
All we think about is war,
School shootings, bomb threats,
All add up to war.

Peoples lives are risked everyday,
Knowing that we could be killed,
We shouldn’t have to worry about this death,
We should think about God and our work.

Too many people die each day from natural causes,
We don’t need to increase the chances with war,
We had over 6,000 people die last year,
And it only was the beginning.

All we hear is BOOM, BOOM, BOOM,
Bombing and shooting Afghans,
They die more and more each day,
And then we lose a couple of good men.

Even a hundred and fifty years ago,
We had a Civil War,
The acid-like smell of gunpowder and human blood,
The same thing in Afghanistan.

But animals don’t have to worry about this,
They are nearly always peaceful,
If animals could talk,
I’d bet they’d say, “Why can’t you be like us.”

So I tell you now,
Stop with the killing,
Stop with the war,
Be like the animals and be peaceful.

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Links To Other Poetry Sites

www.favoritepoem.org - A site that has all of a guys favorite poems that he's written.

www.poetry.com - A poetry website for people to share there gift of poetry.

www.el.net/poem/ - A site where many people posted their poetry on the same day about world peace.

www.members.accessus.net/~bradley/page11.html - A page with other links of poetry sites.

www.poetry4kids.com - A site about a person who writes poetry to kids.

www.ldisd.net/LMC/poetry/poetry.html - A site with a "forum" to post your poetry.

www.poets.org - A site that has all the latest news on poetry.

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All my poetry is copyrighted and is MY property. If you would like to use my poetry, please don't. Thank you for your cooperation.

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I'd Like To Thank...

I would like to thank C. Sir Salad for helping me with this page. Without him, this page would not be possible. I'd also like to thank the good people at www.oocities.org. I didn't have to pay a cent for this website. And I'd also like to thank you good people for you took the time to visit this website. This shows me how much you care.

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