Poems of Inspiration and Hope

Words to Live By, Hope
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I Can Do Anything / World Without Limits
Lift Up
Read Something
A Sonnet for World Peace
Sonnet for Firefighters
A Lens of Inspiration and Spirituality
Paradise
Read The Poem "Windows and Doors"
On Kindness
Take the Bull by the Horns
Things Are Looking Up
What Happened to the Energy
The Labyrinth of Life
Falling, Falling
If You Like Sonnets
Whisk Away the Cobwebs
A Hidden Message
Happy Today
A Happy Lens

This world without limits beckons me on
To contribute wisdom though wondrous words
Opening windows to sights that were gone
And fanciful flights like countless birds

Protected by the surety of the flock
There's no need to worry you will lose you way
For the rhyme will guide you to safely dock
At your interpretation of what I say

The beauty of the language lets me permute
Its words into my very singular thread
To be enjoyed by those naïve or astute
As marks appear on the page from out of my head

Lift up your face to be infused
....With the glow of spectral light
Lift up your heart to be bemused
....By humor in your sight
Lift up your mind which is confused
....By worries left and right
Lift up your soul to be perused
....By God and angels all in white

Holding hands, praying, singing Kumbayah
Won't itself make the world a better place
You might as well wait for the messiah
To bless sinful man with eternal grace

It'll take the teaching of generations
To dispel the myths believed of others
The ragged and the rich populations
Understood as children by their mothers

Accepting ways of life that injure not
Of age-old tribal customs that enhance
Let land disputes, etcetera be forgot
And not bring girls of ten to wedding dance

We will slowly, through knowledge understand
That our differences do not wars demand

Floral Inspiration - All Things Grow with Love
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Inspiration
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Paradise is a locale of perfection
That describes a place like heaven
One may know it quickly or through reflection
Achieved slowly like bread allowed to leaven

Please hold open this door for me
I've a burden I cannot put down
But if you are tired I hold no blame
Though I sweat and make a frown
Should you assist, I'll thank you much
For the lending of your arm
Someday you may have bundles such
And I shall keep you warm

Words to Live By: Learn Live Hope
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Take the bull by the horns
Before you're skewered meat
Walk through thistles and thorns
By fighting and not in defeat
Nothing comes easily any longer
Civility, respect are not the norm
Our defenses must get stronger
As we weather this societal storm

We are seeing not the "me" generation
But the "I am supreme" generation

Take some time to teach your own
To logically approach a situation
To weigh all sides from the known
Transpose themselves to that location
In the end, they'll come to a fair resolution
That's hopefully a win-win for all
They won't stubbornly hold for retribution
Or be demanding, petty and small

Add some kindness to the compromise
The whole lot of us will be better off
and much more wise

Things are looking up, money be damned
We have considerations, we have plans
Spend the winter someplace warm; a beach
Options for adventure within our reach
We can look for jobs as it behooves us
Not allow hurt egos to ooze with puss
One month, maybe four, to reinvigorate
Wide eyed wanderlust through open gates
Give us this day our daily bread
Yes we'll eat and lay upon a rented bed
There are new trails to walk upon
New bends to conquer in the waiting yon
And when we tire of the vagabond life
Our home remains a welcoming wife
So we will joyful drink of future's cup
Money be damned, things are looking up

What happened to the energy, the drive
Not just having the basics to stay alive
To make things better, to create
Assuage the blahs; ameliorate
It's there! It just needs to be tapped
Don't be a zombie; don't get zapped
Try new things; a class, a craft, a dance
This isn't your last but it's your best chance

Follow the labyrinth of life
Winding inward to your prime
Then outward to your greatness

Falling, falling into this abyss
With nary a ladder or rope
I should have noticed my world amiss
So I could better cope
But that's how it often ends
A sane world turns chaotic
It's not too late to make amends
I need not go neurotic
If I twine my ideas into a cord
Up and up I may yet climb
Scale the steep cliffs of this fjord
Arm over arm just like a mime

Whisk away the cobwebs of the mind
And concentrate on the clarity you'll find
A new ability heretofore unknown
In thought or creativity will be shown

Only I will be privy to
When I hear it I will feel it
When I know it I will be comforted
All the pain will be but a wisp
And I will continue, stronger

I'm not pulling my hair
Not so disgusted or in despair
A positive day, I'll say
Progress made today
I'm enjoying this small win
A compromise, to my chagrin
Unlike other wrenching days
When a pit in my stomach just lays
Heavy, heavy, leaving no room
For happiness; just a pallid gloom
Yes, this feeling of well being
Can't be momentary, fleeting
If I work at the beneficial
And ignore the superficial
More days will be happy ones
And the nasties, fewer reruns

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