Best First Step Poems
It takes the first step
I sit at home after losing a car
On a Sunday no way to church by far
You sent a friend who worships elsewhere
To gather a load in her car with no fare
I am delivered to attend church in the evening
To get rid of my hurt
My feelings are involved in this; I owe a debt
Did you know you helped me?
…It takes the first step
**By Carolyn Y Palmer
journey's amidst life
is it a monkey puzzle
reaching ones haven
many travels unravelled
the reward of a sweet rose
.
human for human
feel everyone as members
of same family
galaxies of undying love nonexistence until someone moves
1/27/2016
I was thinking, I was enjoying near the sea
but the sea was staring at me
I was surprise and he was pushing me back and back
What I had done?
suddenly I got a badlash from him
O my brother,my mother
Was it my dream?
I am still confused
how they can do this?
I am not there foe
but the truth was they didn't gave me place even in there toe
Is it so difficult to step in this world ?
Explain me! Explain me mother!
Brother you really don't want me?
What is my mistake ?
Was it my dream?
First Step
(KTHS Quartet)
It’s the first step towards getting somewhere
One bold stroke can change the day
Practice and just do it
You are on your way
make each day your masterpiece
use the gifts they bring
unlock your heartfelt desire
by doing what you enjoy
with friends and courage
heaven unlocks the doorway
blessings from above
always remember
the hearts peace comes from knowing
believe in yourself
KTHS Quartet-a four form poem, by Erich J.Goller 7.7.2013
The KTHS Quartet must be connected by theme and flow as one
Verse 1, Kimo, 3 lines, 10/7/6 syllables
Verse 2 Tanka, 5 lines 5/7/5/7/7 syllables
Verse 3 Haiku 3 lines 5/7/5 syllables
Verse 3, Senryu, 3 lines, 5/7/5 syllables
A woman walked past
A heart beats within
big jobs exhaust me
today I cleaned one table
one tiny first step
one step at a time stands still
when the ringing in the ears
and the haze and nausea clears
a broken body sighs
ready for the next
05/22/18
Julia Ward's
Rehabilitation -Poetry Contest
I am here on that brink again
I realize that I never left
Thought I had moved, but then
I realize I am once again bereft.
Why am I yet again on the brink
Feeling once more that I must always choose?
Why do I always seem to think
That I will be the one to inevitably lose?
Light is shining ahead of me
Darkness is to the back
Shadows in Light I see
Yet,Dark does attack.
I am tired of being lost
I want to finally, FINALLY find
Myself no matter the cost
And to leave Darkness behind.
Can I really do this?
Can I take that step?
I desperately want the bliss
So frantically I do so prep.
I lift my foot to go
Forward and Dark
Fights me, although
My journey does embark.
Can love be there?
May love I receive?
No longer unaware
I do now believe.
This is no mere affair
That he does so care
So Darkness BEWARE
I do now have my Bear.
Unprepared as ever,
I was scared.
My past proved I was no good.
But I wanted to believe the truth.
I shut my eyes and took a deep breath,
Watching the smoke disappear from my view.
This too had to stop.
I couldn’t break another promise.
So many unwanted thoughts clouded my head.
The song began to change,
And I still paid no heed to it.
I didn’t know what to feel yet.
Excitement bubbled here and there.
Happiness was just beyond the horizon.
Sadness rippled over the surface.
Above all I was afraid.
And unsure.
Twisting a strand of hair around my finger I thought to myself,
Seconds later a smile sprang to my lips.
This time was different.
Cause this time I wanted it.
He Took the First Step! He sure did! Then I followed suit! Something went terribly wrong because he was dancing the jitterbug and I just wanted to waltz. How could we have gotten our cues all mixed up? He was a ballroom dancer and I was the kind that twirled around in her bedroom in her church dress. We were meant to be together for all of eternity but we needed to take dance lessons together in order to not stumble and fall down upon each other. Oh it was a mess! You should have seen us trying to dance our own individual dances. We had to get on the same page and then we could dance together forever. Our first dance didn’t go very well but then we got better at it with much practice. It was a beautiful mess too! He held me in his arms and I tripped and fell on my face. He twirled me around in a circle and I made him dip and dive. Oh it was the most amazing date ever! After it was all over I figured out what went wrong. Oh you better believe I did! We were listening to two different kinds of music. He was on a fifties music station and I was listening to classical. We’ve got our acts together now and I think we can dance in public with a little bit of confidence and grace. I do have a moral to this quaint little story too. If you don’t want to dance with me then just say so or you could be placing your life at risk! Dancing with me is like a dangerous military maneuver! And secondly, before you begin dancing with your dance partner agree on the same music or someone could seriously get hurt.
Gwendolen Rix
11-8-14
This is an almost true story.
You don't have to go home
but you can't stay here
It's getting on closing time
Better drink up your beer
Lately I've been wondering
When my mind is liquor free
Am I drinking from the bottle
Or is the bottle drinking me
Those night's when I'm full throttle
Foot loose and fancy free
I'm too wrapped up in the moment
To really clearly see
When I crave a hair of the dog that bit
After an A one first class bender
My liver, or what is left of it
Is screaming uncle, I surrender
Why so lost Dear Friend
Lost in search of
Loss in your eyes
Can’t see with the veil you wear
Look at the hindrance you’ve placed on your path
Shuffling over your own feet
Disengage yourself for the moment
Look in at this thing you call life once again
Without a turned eye or such prejudice
It’s time to restructure the plan
Expose who lies beneath the layers
No need to rob yourself any longer
Foolish to seek so high?
Foolish to come so far?
Foolish instead to believe a crooked lie
Question it all, I say
Ask for reasoning, no doubt
Who sat the predictable standards anyway
Continue to discover you
Bring about your own path
Knowing time is of no friend to us all
Be passionate and unwavering
Busy and never stagnant
You are worth it ALL
You need only to take the first step…..
By- Kiki Huddleston
My legs wobbled,
Fell time and again;
With several attempts,
And rose again;
Then moved one leg
Ahead to walk;
Though was scary,
Fearing would fall,
Hurt my knees;
Never realized
That first Move,
Was decisive for
Long journey of my life;
Moved on the journey
Through its road;
Though was always difficult,
Scary, tiresome, confusing;
Journey was no so easy,
Enduring pain, sorrow and stress,
Together built my grit;
Never knew where, and,
What the journey meant for;
Would I reach or
Would retreat in the midst of life,
But step by step,
Stage by stage the path,
Began to familiar with my choice;
I too began to acquaint,
Ups and down of path;
© Sadashivan Nair