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Please Do Not Abandon

Please don't abandon this life so soon
Before blossoms spill their sweet perfume
Wait with me for morning's garden song
that gently reminds we each belong.

Watch as sun dances over each hill,
waking sleepy fields, lilac and still.
We'll run through a field of marigolds,
splash in a stream that defies control.

We are so lucky to have this chance
to share such beauty in a small glance.
Don't abandon hope, for there is more
waiting on sandy sparkles of shore.

Love and beauty are everywhere
just hoping to find someone to share.
Please stick around for joy is random,
and it will find you. Don't abandon!

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Sara Kendrick Date: 5/25/2025 3:32:00 AM Creative way to go for this contest. So nice to see it on the winners' list. Way to go. Congratulations. Sara K Login to Reply

Anne-Lise Andresen Date: 5/24/2025 10:35:00 AM - Congratulations on your win in the contest "Abandon", Ann :) - hugs Login to Reply

Paula Goldsmith Date: 5/24/2025 10:26:00 AM Back with Congratulations. I enjoyed reading this powerful write again. Have a blessed weekend writing away......... Login to Reply

Anne-Lise Andresen Date: 5/21/2025 12:20:00 PM - In the challenging times we live in, many are struggling with the darkness, Ann - Often even small things can bring a lot of joy ... which can give strength, new hope, and help on the way forward - A beautiful and sensitive poem - Best wishes in the contest :) - hugs Login to Reply Ann Peck Date: 5/22/2025 7:55:00 AM Thank you, Anne-Lise. This is a very disturbing time, and it's easy to see the youth become discouraged. I wish everyone could find beauty in the things we poets do. Thanks for commenting.:)

Paula Goldsmith Date: 5/21/2025 10:35:00 AM What a powerful write you have here. Great Ending... "Good Luck" I also did this contest. Have a blessed day writing away......... Login to Reply Ann Peck Date: 5/21/2025 11:11:00 AM Thank you, dear Paula!

Valsa George Date: 5/21/2025 9:49:00 AM These days people easily get fed up with life and recklessly decide to end their life. This poem is an exhortation to look around and feast on the beauty, life parades before us. Do not abandon life, but live every moment. Great advice, dear Anne. Login to Reply Ann Peck Date: 5/21/2025 11:09:00 AM Thank you, dear friend Valsa. My grandson by marriage killed himself at 21, ten years ago. Such a sad waste. This world has become a discouraging place, so people may have to recognize beauty around us, as we poets do. Thanks for commenting.