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Journey Journal Page ON A BAD DAY By Leon Enriquez To know the way True purpose seek As truth now plays When vision peaks Pique your own think In fruitage ripe The right verge brink Hides in sad gripe ~~~~~~~~~ When people see you In a bad light Unleash and do What creates right In tint and hue Your true colours Paint and mint cues In pure flavours ~~~~~~~~~ Your hue and cry Creates new sights For as you try You find the light When abuse surge Upon your way Glimpse your fond urge Within fair play ~~~~~~~~~ Your wounds you hide As you bear hate Bury vain pride Dare live your fate They now conspire To bring you down To curb your fire To cluster frowns ~~~~~~~~~ They say bad things And point fingers With words stifling In harsh plunder They smear your name With plain malice Put you to blame In vile short list ~~~~~~~~~ They take you out As vain pride cuts With petty shouts In messy rut Here and there feel Your fear ooze tears To crush goodwill As gall draws near ~~~~~~~~~ Here lies odd fate As people hurt Your placid state With heaps of dirt In caustic haste They sculpt in blood To render waste As anguish floods ~~~~~~~~~ Look deep within To your soul stage To see unseen Divine image As you create Your inner life Sculpt your own fate Beyond mad strife ~~~~~~~~~ Know then your peace Lies in purpose As poise knows lease That you immerse In the lost age Fun-mirrors trace Loss and vain rage In time and space ~~~~~~~~~ Carry your heart With faith and hope For end and start Live vibrant scope Go deep within To your soul core To touch unseen For love and more ~~~~~~~~~ Be at peace now For faith knows hope True love endows To help you cope The middle way Offers pure choice To live your stay With vibrant voice ~~~~~~~~~ So style worthwhile You focus here Now frame fond smiles As joy keeps cheer The pain you feel Tells of your fate Put on goodwill For love’s not late ~~~~~~~~~ On a bad day Look deeper still For dark times play As light moves will Do live your best When times feel hard Anchor your quest Word verse dear bard ~~~~~~~~~ Leon Enriquez 27 January 2024 Singapore
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