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My Battle

My battle has been my burden
Only God knows how I have carried it over the years
At times it has dragged me down to be downtrodden
Other times it has swayed me but kept me grounded
Although it has been my daily yoke
It has kept me focused and woke.

My battle and I have been on a journey
It has travelled besides me
Along the way I have stumbled
Then it made me to be humble
It has triggered me to be strong
And kept me from taking a road so wrong.

My battle has been my salvation
It has guided me, it has healed me
It has been my source of knowledge
It has been my source of strength
It has taught me how to fight
In darkness, it has been my light.

My battle has been my circumstances
It has characterized my being, my stance
It has sustained me
It has maintained me
It has made me to bud into a flower
It has given me much power.

My battle has been my watershed
Only God knows my pain, my joy
Through it, I had shed tears
Yet I had to face my fears
Overtime it has made me bold
It is a story of my life that has to be told.

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Bill Baker Date: 4/3/2022 8:49:00 AM To be strong is to first know ourselves, our gifts and our weaknesses, then live our lives as authentically as we can. I appreciate your story, Mpho. It shows courage and strength. Your poem is well written and conveys the thoughts and feelings of your soul. That is what poetry is all about my friend. Write On! Bill Login to Reply

Robert Kinard Date: 4/3/2021 4:09:00 AM Your poem is nicely done and we all have our struggles to deal with. And some times being a poet is one of them. Login to Reply

Victor Buhagiar Date: 3/27/2021 9:34:00 AM Glad you visited my site. I hope to read some new poem of yours. Life can be hard but defeating evil makes you stronger. Login to Reply

Evelyn Judy Buehler Date: 10/20/2020 8:37:00 PM Your wonderful poem has much to say on how adversity builds strength and helps to shapes us in positive ways. Inspiring! Login to Reply

Rena Ong Date: 10/4/2020 5:30:00 AM Lovely honest poem( rap?) of overcoming. Very well said Login to Reply

Andrea Dietrich Date: 2/12/2020 3:07:00 PM this is a very nice expression of how you feel about your burdens. A positive way to view them with some good metaphors in here. You say "I don't know" for poetry form. But this is rhyme. It's just a rhyme that you did your own pattern to and that's a great way to do it. Login to Reply

M. L. Kiser Date: 3/21/2019 12:35:00 PM Our battles build our character; forge our futures and what we become, in the end. Beautifully penned. Login to Reply

Lawrence Sharp Date: 9/3/2018 10:18:00 AM A nicely expressed work of introspection, well written, Mpho. Login to Reply

Itumeleng Cangua Date: 5/7/2018 9:39:00 AM '' It has made me to bud into a flower '' I love that line and to be honest, it is a powerful imagery. Keep it up and well done. '' It is a story of my life that has to be told '' Login to Reply

Lunita Blanca Date: 3/17/2018 6:31:00 PM Good for you Mpho. Courage is not lack of fear; it is standing one's ground in spite of it. Login to Reply Mpho Kgaswane Date: 3/22/2018 8:00:00 AM Thanks for words of encouragement.