O my very dear and faithful friend
when are you ever going to extend
your heart and mind so to receive
all that is worthwhile to achieve?
_______________________________
“You can’t do that”.
“That’s too difficult for you”.
“You’re not intelligent enough”.
“You won’t know what to do”.
Please don’t take my dreams away
Don’t doubt me before I can even start;
I have confidence in myself
I believe in myself
My dreams come straight from my heart.
It’s hard for me each day to be optimistic
When you are repeatedly and dreadfully pessimistic.
Just let me have my dreams
No matter how impossible to you they may seem;
We all need to have belief in something
We all need to have a dream.
Who knows, maybe someday I’ll make my dreams come true;
I will have a smile on my face while I say,
“See? My dreams ARE achievable!
I told you”!
Let them think you're not worth it.
Let them think you're not enough.
But know this:
Mediocrity isn't for me.
I dream,
I try,
I speak,
I fly.
My spirit will not run dry
For I am blessed to reach the sky.
The Compass trembles — still —
Though Wand’rers cross the Field —
A Needle — bent — may falter —
Yet Secrets are revealed —
The Brook forgets its Channel —
And cuts a curious Line —
Yet — reaches Sea — regardless —
Oblivious — of Design —
The Sparrow — takes the wrong Branch —
Yet — Sings the Morning true —
Perhaps — the Path we dreaded —
Was Destiny’s Avenue —
For Fate — is not a Footstep —
But Silence — in the Sand —
That gathers — in its quiet —
The Will — we never planned —
My dear Souper Sara Etgen-Baker
tastes bittersweet moments.
Sweet, because she's riding
on a beautiful horse
to be a number one.
Bitter, because she doesn't
have the same time
to spend in the PoetrySoup
with her brothers and sisters.
We've already missed you
my Texan friend,
you must know.
Let me give you my advice
my dear friend:
Ride well on this race
that life offers you,
don't miss what you always can have.
Be brave, because your horse
is the best.
You can only expect
to reach the goal of your dreams,
the summit of that high mountain
you've been trying
to climb so hard for years.
I just want to wish you
the best of luck
to achieve what you deserve.
Growing up
I knew I needed more
This was a reality of my destiny
There was a need
To break the scope of misery
While rewriting the history books
Since I was little
I knew I wanted something bigger
I woke up hungry for hope
Walking the streets knowing there was a need to cope
I became a nightmare to those who thought I wouldn’t achieve
But I received strength and went
Into the lion’s den and took the cubs!
The realm of possibility exists
There was a need to persist
I became a nightmare to those who thought I wouldn’t achieve
Because I conceived a new idea
Mark Frank
Copyright 2023
Dreams can come easily anytime anywhere
Before and behind reality
But success may not come anytime anywhere
Before reality
You must put in extra effort anytime anywhere
Before and behind reality
Dreams form easily but not success
Dreams form easily
This is so called reality
Success is hard to achieve
This is also called reality
And if you fail
There hardly any choice
Reality is to be accepted
As the best solution
A sense of knowing
Being content in my individualism
A sense of fulfillment
Being able to accept what I cannot change
A sense of belonging
Being able to recognize what love can or cannot achieve
A sense of maturity
Being able to distinguish what is best for me
A sense of achievements
Being able to be a true leader.
When one desires something to achieve with his whole heart
Nothing would be possible to keep him from his success apart!
© Demetrios Trifiatis
11 May 2022
Do your best and try much harder than before
Otherwise, you will see doing nothing is a terrible bore,
and unless you want to get your bottom wet
In the end, you might have deep regret
Visions
So, what are your visions?
What do you see?
Before you answer that question
Are you even in God’s army?
What are your visions?
What are your hopes and dreams?
Do they line up with God’s plan?
Does it go hand in hand
With God’s promises?
Is your vision for promotion
In your life or for others?
Is your vision to build
So you can help you sisters and brothers?
Is your vision to become financially free?
That way you can help more people
Like me, who want a hand up not a handout
Who wants to continue living for God with my own visions
And achieve my callings in life.
We don't give up due to breakfast.
Birds
chirp sweet
with the sun
on the dawn perch
Life starts to achieve the sweetness
inside
©Mahtab Bangalee
Chattogram
01.07.2021
Four
police
escorting,
a tomato
thrown at her, still she walks with a calm face,
unperturbed by surroundings, determined
to bring about
a change for
good of
all.
13th February 2021
Written for Double Tetractys contest by Eve Rooper
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Ingredients To Achieve A Dream - Panagiota Romios
Dream Recipe: Ingredients
Have a huge dream that seems unachievable!
Be fearless and put up pictures of that dream all over your house.
Invite your God to mentor you and then close your ears.
As the world is replete with nay-sayers out to choke you with fear.
You think I am supercilious or dallying in a game?
No, this is so real, if you don't do this, you will find others or
circumstances to blame.
Most importantly, do go on a total news diet.
Total abstinence, please, oh please, just try it?
Read and listen to only things that uplift you heart.
Be very careful as what enters your mind, as all that
becomes you.
And if suffering from any illness, do the best you can to not let
it define you!
Don't let anyone ever steal your dream.
Then your life can be the Creme de la Creme!
February 19' 2020
3:30pm PST
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