Best Upliftingheart Poems
To awake the spiritual eyes in me,
I must die to myself, though unnatural it be.
Wake up soul, and see with new eyes,
how something lives why'll something dies.
Prune now my heart from bitter thorns.
Blow the trumpet, sound the horns!
Death to my will, my heart I give,
to the one who died so that I might live.
I worship you for the plan made for me
From the beginning you knew the tree
The sun, moon, stars nestled at height just right
An atmosphere that surrounds with good light
Through the centuries you knew when to come
To redeem humanity and touch man some
Bringing hope to a lost and dying world
With your teachings, blood, sweat, tears earth did swirl
The guider, comforter, holder of my heart
Omniscience, all knowledge from the very start
Capturing my heart with all that you made
Creating it from your words needed no spade
Exalt my redeemer, friend, comforter
Valentine, my heart is an admirer
(Second attempt at a sonnet. This is for the "I love you because" contest.)
In purple majesty now
The lignum vitae bloom
Across the arid plains
Moths and birds swim
Upon its rare perfume
And tourists stare
Upon the short and stocky tree
With rugged heart and strong roots
That suckle water from a droughted land
They look but do not understand
It is the symbol of the man.
My people up through rough times
Come laughing each new dawn
The wind blows them ragged
But never a sigh, they just go on
Without care for the world's rich things
Each little blessing is enough
To make the rugged heart sing
And as this tree, the national flower
Bloom beauty out of arid dust
My people bring productivity
From barren times
With only God to trust.
We are a model of the lignum vitae
A sustained strength
A permanent sanctuary of beauty
A happiness that never relents
Yet delicate in human caring
As each purple pannicle of flower
A Lignum vitae love
Drawing each separate goal into one:
O Jamaica, bloom forever.
This cold air fills my lungs.
I can see it in your eyes.
You're so fragile and weak.
Your hollow chest holds empty nothings.
You won't even fight.
Put the lies to rest.
Darling open those precious eyes.
When will you realize that I'll never leave your side.
Your heart has been broken so many times.
Your eyes like diamonds have cried so many tears.
I won't give up on you.
Darkness has surrounded your mind.
Your torn at the seams.
Life is nothing more than a bad dream to you.
If you give me one last fighting chance, I'll pull you through.
Powerless.
Blood stains your dress.
Put down your scissors.
You must learn the word forgiveness.
Open up inside.
If you give me this chance, I'll open your eyes to a new life.
I'll breathe hope into your lungs.
I know what you have been through.
Just trust me.
I won't hurt you.
If you're gonna believe in something, darling believe in me.
When everyone has left you here, look who is still standing beside you for an eternity.
You'll make it out.
Your heart has graced your sleeve.
Follow your heart and no longer grieve.
I've meant every word I've said from the start.
That'll never change.
I'll hold your hand through this all.
Can't you see the words I've engraved on this wall.
I love you.
Repel
The sounds of hate
Fate, voices of fury
That grip the heart in an icy
Embrace.
Repeat
The sounds of love
Words, songs and special gifts
That lift the heart upon the wings
Of doves.
Return
The sounds of joy
With a voice filled with songs
That seize the heart, no longer wronged
Royal.
Rejoice
With sounds of cheers
For here comes the new sun
And all hearts can be lifted up
In peace.
By CarolineCécile
Copyright © 08/18/10
Dear God,
She arrived with tears in her eyes.
Knees locked.
I whispered, "Leave your past at the door."
I dried your tears with my thumbs.
I took a breath deep into my lungs.
I felt my heart press up against my ribs.
I felt your soul brush up against my lips.
My angel of integrity!
With every step that you take with me,
I promise you sincerity.
Your soul has been battered.
Your heart turned into a cold cadaver.
You graze your fingers in between mine,
feel the warmth of my skin as it penetrates through your blood stream.
You are my angel of integrity!
Breathing life into the lifeless.
Like a match, we lock eyes, set fire, and ignite this.
Let it burn.
Watch as our whole world turns.
I will always meet you with grace and the simplest sincerity.
my heart cries out in agony and pain
bleeding for two men whose losses were in vain
praying for them to gain their sense of normalcy
to get back to where they used to be
please dear God help them to mend
so they can be cleansed and whole again
let them no loose the part of them
that makes them who they are
because of extenuating circumstances
of their intergrity thus far
sometimes things are not what they seem
walking around helpless in a life full of dreams
like poison from their system free them please
help them to stay humble and get down on their knees
in life when they are in their darkest hour
restore to them strength with your higher power
so who will cry for these two men
I'll cry for them father for their heart and spirit to mend
so I will cry again and again
and pray that these two find their strength again
AMEN!
In a little corner of my heart I hold
Sounds and sights that I behold
Stories and tales I have never told
Fond memories I will have when I grow old
In my memories I see a face
So beautiful and charming, so full of grace
A face that changed my life in its entirety
A face I may never ever see
My memories are of an autumn glow
Of a palace, a garden, where time tends to slow
Where a church bell tolled and in prayer I knelt
Where the loving touch of an angel I felt
I was tired and dreary and full of sorrow
I had nothing to give, no love to borrow
My heart ached as punishment of my sin
My life had ended before it could begin
The angel dared me to dream anew
To mend my life’s torn muscles and sinew
To find love and share it with one and all
Not to lose heart and stand up if I fall
Since then I have learnt to live
Learnt to be happy and not to grieve
Learnt that a day always follows the night
Learnt that survive, I just might
My thoughts always go back to you
Oh Angel! What would I be without you?
All my happiness is a tribute to you
So let me just say, Thank you
Hello my love, it's dawn's first light
Time to end this time called night
I wish I may, I wish I might,
I did...Hold my love asleep so tight
Caring about nothing, having no fear
Just being together with those I hold dear
Silent shadows disappear with the thought of them
Bringing remorse and sad feelings, to a victorious end
Hopes are high, dreams are big
Heart is pumping like an oil rig
Closing in near, near so to touch
Never had ambition endorse thought so much
Raising the flag of victory, over this barren heart
It's not easy to mend it, after being broken and torn apart
But this heart has found its tailor, who has sewn it back to one
And now, when this heart sleeps, it stays loved for millenniums
This heart has grown,
This heart has been sewn,
This heart is now owned,
This heart.....may be happier than it's ever known
A whisper in the wind.
Ears deafened.
Failure to listen.
Rain falling from the sky.
Tears from the angels.
Heartbroken cries.
I met you in the darkness.
Standing in silence.
We were invisible to the light.
I could see the hopelessness in your eyes.
Your screams echoed in my dreams.
It's time for you to stand up and fight.
You have felt like you had nothing left.
Trust had faded from your depths.
I can promise you something more than companionship.
We can make it.
If you just try.
Breathing life into battered lungs.
Giving your heart deliverance.
What you've given me is more than words can say.
I don't know if I'll ever be able to thank you properly.
Life as we once knew it is dead!
This meeting place isn't the end.
Just a place of middle ground.
It's time to change the courses of your life.
Bring your heart to the table.
I will restore what it has desired.
We will no longer forsake what has been placed at our feet.
This is living.
Two hearts beating.
Four lungs breathing.
Your innocence no longer betrayed.
You're looking truth directly in the face.
Once alone.
Once a broken fragment of yourself.
Brought into your life to be a savior of suffering.
This is what it feels like to mean something.
Together we'll shine brighter than a million blazing stars.
Graceful emotion.
We have saved one another from the darkness.
I can see you, can you feel me?
You are my angel of integrity.
I met a sweet lady today
who has a heart as big
as can be.
She has a heart
of gold.
She was all and more
of what I had heard
about her.
She made me feel
so at ease, as I talked
with her.
She raised her son Dale
right, with old fashion
ideals and morals
grounded into his
soul.
She has been through
some rough and sad times
as of late, but this dear lady
still marches on,
because she has a heart
of gold that refuses to
give up and yield to defeat.
She helps others, before she
thinks of herself.
She really reminds me of my
own mother, this is why
I admire her so much, with
just one meeting I learned a
lot from this fine lady.
She gives out love just
as my own mother did,
this lady was and is my
Grandson Brandon's other Grandmother,
and now I can see where he
gets the love that sparkles
in him that he tries to give to others,
I will say one thing, I sure
am glad that I got to meet
this lady with a heart of gold.
written 5-1-11
Dale is my son-in-law and Brandon's father) I met his mom for the first time today, she is visting here from Florida.-
(Sonnetina Rispetto)
You must return to the very start
Just look into your mind and heart
And so you can be born again
Heed my words for I do not lie
To be born again old must die
Free from all the pain and the sin
You must return to the very start
Just look into your mind and heart
For,if I may be really bold
The new is born out of the old
And so you can be born again
Free from all the pain and the sin
You must return to the very start
Just look into your mind and heart
Dorian Petersen Potter
aka ladydp2000
copyright@2009
September 19,2009
~Author's note:
The Sonnetina Rispetto is a new poetry form
created by Dorian Petersen Potter
on September 8,2009.
This form has 14 lines with 8 syllables each.
It can be written in 3 quatrain stanzas and a couplet or
with an Octave(8) and a Sestet(6) lines.
The rhyme scheme is as follows: A1,A2,B1,c,c,B2,A1,A2,d,d,B1,B2,A1,A2.
The capitals A1,A2,B1 and B2...stands for the refrain lines in the poem.
Any subject.
Hope you enjoy this form and that you give it a try.
her heart is an open book,
pages torn and frayed,
tossed round so carelessly,
beaten up and played.
If a bandage could cure the hurt,
if actions didn't sting,
those pages might not fade away,
her heart just might take wing.
Nobody said you cant get up,
once you've been pushed to the ground,
no one said that hope wont guide you,
and help your trust be found.
she found resilience in her weakness,
now she can be strong,
she may seem frail and quiet,
but she will show you that your wrong.
Simply walking away from them,
and refusing to glance back,
passes the test of will that she has,
self control she does not lack.
With a grin on her face,
and the wind in her hair,
her heart is an open book,
so be nice to it, be fair.
Some days are harder than others,
being shoved to the ground,
but she still has light in her eyes,
and refuses to stay down.
If what I feel is true
Don’t know how to explain
That my heart was heavy once
And didn’t know what to do
I was gloomy and darkness fell
over me, all at once
I thought that I was through
And was going straight to hell
Chorus
But then you came to me
And entered in my heart
And now that I am free
Promise with you to never part
I need you, Lord, to know
How desperate I did feel
Didn’t think that I would make it
And saw it all so real
The bad became the worse
And the worse became so real
And their teachings that I heard
Never happy would make me feel
Chorus
But then you came to me
And entered in my heart
And now that I am free
Promise with you to never part
My heart became a stone
Didn’t know that I could feel
This LOVE that you give me
And my sins away you peeled
Now I’m grateful, Lord
And full of love I feel
Not only for you, God
But I feel I love the world
And most important, Lord
I feel I Love myself
Because
You came to me, Oh Lord
And entered in my heart
And now that I am free
Promise never from you to part
And become so lovingly
And stretch out my hand to thee
No matter what it is you feel
Prayer will set you free
So believe and faith will never fail
And let God’s love in you prevail
Though my many belongings be now gone
My family members be scattered in distance and in heart
Illness has fallen upon my body holding me captive
In my heart ... deep within my soul
I cry out ... ‘All is well’
For I cannot count my thoughts as good
Nor my ways as upright
For God’s thoughts are higher, His ways are perfect
He is above all ... deep within my soul
I cry out ... ‘All is well’
For everything is the Lord’s
Thus I am also, therefore because I am His
He gets the first fruits of my love and life
In my heart ... deep within my soul
I cry out ... ‘All is well’