There are words spoken , to be commenced
It is never good in situations to be silenced
A wrongful demand from another steals rest
Yet other times in life, silence is best
Words of truth are to be forever honored
Even coming from any path that is wandered
This is when the choice made is pertinent
knowing there are people who won't repent
These choices can change a moment or life
They can calm chaos or ignite strife
In time with practice, it is learned
How to bring good things or to be burned
When the sun shines or the thunder rumbles,
Remember this choice to prevent stumbles
Heidi Sands
9/2/26
(C)opyright
poetry left me
got all clogged up
in ego
the words stopped
I was asleep
I didn't know
even though
I wanted to
wake up
before I die
I mean
go to sleep at twenty six
and get buried at eighty seven
let the media
eat your brain and
you walk with dead
fake it
love falsely
and you're a zombie
you can't hide
from the Universe
it still has you're back
even as you choose fear
over love
split me open
like a chicken
stop my heart
and detour the dead
I want to live
no matter how much
it hurts
if for nothing more
than to finally learn
to trust the Universe
choose love
and be awake when
I die
We will all die, we will all cry, we will all win if we conquer sin.
Sin can come in many forms, it can lead us to places that make us feel bad and sad, it can take hold of all of our life, and make us live in a negative life.
We can win and repent, we can choose to live a life that wins with no sin.
We will all fall, like Jesus did, but we can all choose to get up and continue on.
Life will lead us to many places, we may suffer, we may have all we need, we may just be getting tested to see if we are truly good or bad.
May we all keep going, never give up, forgive, love and always choose life.
For God told us of the struggles we will have, the choices between good and bad.
Lifting prayers to God, today and always.
I don't choose the muse
the muse chooses me
and when she appears
between my ears
I adopt the writer's role
and follow her
down the rabbit hole
never knowing
what I may find
is on my mind
but in time if I'm content
when penning punny poetry
with what passes for a poem
then it's good enough for me
With apologies to Lewis Carroll (1832 – 1898)
They are dirty, they are unclean, they need to be exterminated she explained to me. I was a ride share driver and picked up a women, she explained she came from a ….. country to get educated and was now living in Boston area, she supported abortion and other forms of human extermination of unclean people, she explained that since these children and people were created uncleanly they therefore needed to be exterminated. Today I still think about this conversation with her, and I pray for the many she will try to influence to die for her belief. Always choose life and protect it,life is a gift and a blessing, so value it, protect it, and cherish every day. Lifting prayers to God, today and always.
One vote, one person, one can change it all, making others fall or rise.
One vote can change the direction of life, it can cause the end of life and other issues that affect all.
One person can change the world, like God and Jesus taught us.
One group, one vote, one person, has the ability to make things happen that can lead us to heaven or hell.
One is a force, it can be a way that leads us to feel well, so move together as one, and remember the force of one.
So, value the one, choose life, value each other, learn, grow, forgive, and remember that we are all one in God.
Lifting prayers to God, today and always.
In a garden of words
Be careful how you choose your seeds
Be careful not to plant them
Not to plant them among the weeds
Do not scatter them into the wind
Because in the wind they will be lost
But in the wind
They will be jumbled and tossed
There are seeds of discontent
That are allowed to grow
But remember this
You reap what you sow
Here in the garden of words
What seeds did you find
Did you choose wisely
To be of service to mankind
You ask for the stars
But I give you the moon
Seemingly that's what you'll choose
Scattered around, Yet still in place
Only I know, you love the chase
But oh my mistake
Quiet you is pretty you
Social you is not you
All I want is to count the blues
if you'll join me, but you wouldn't
Tell me how Oh tell me how
I'd give my all, yet you wanted more
I gave you more but it wasn't enough
Then I realized I wasn't the one
Broken pieces on the ground
Made to look like you
Only I'm able to figure out
Why you do what you do
You could've chose me
But you didn't
Running through the woods
Like you'll miss it
Counting the stones
Like it's given
But you didn't choose me
You didn't
In every distance away
from you,
I'd still choose you.
Today i lay before a choice, its that simple.'
And always is..What will you decide.?
Loving you is a choice I make daily.
There are moments I’m in love with you, and moments I hate you,
but in the end, I still choose you.
I choose to stay by your side,
not because it’s easy — most times it’s difficult to stay,
but I choose you every second of the day.
There are days the smile leaves my face
and all I can embrace are tears,
but I still choose you.
The journey has many roadblocks.
I get silent, but I still choose to keep walking,
knowing I’ll need to carry you part of the distance.
The weight is heavy, but I choose you still.
Respect and honesty *keep* us firm.
My heart chose you,
my mind understood the mission of love and commitment,
so I choose you.
To run this race, patience is key,
forgiveness is necessary.
Loving you isn’t easy,
but I choose you.
Nobody's raining on my parade.
Not yesterday today or any other day.
Love dancing in the rain.
Wordku: 5-7-5 words
AP: 1st place 2026
I know it’s a shame but isn’t it clear
That I have no possibility
To change a thing in what’s going on here
Maybe others have that ability
So either they work it out fine
Or they’ve just given it up
Whatever happens I keep my line
Preferring to drink from my cup
The private life is by far the best
Invention of the Englishman
Stuck to your own, leave all the rest
To choose what is chosen for them
To hell with that new and old rubbish
My privacy sends me stuff
That I dare sometimes to publish
You’re entitled to cry or laugh..
Of all the devices and doo-dads
on this crazy planet
I’d never choose to be a balloon
For you simply cannot top
their odds of being popped ~
or of landing successfully on the moon
Choose to forgive, release heart’s pain,
viewing life as a dream,
where we bled to cleanse our soul’s stain,
thus inner light redeem.
To be here and now free,
acceptance holds the key,
to wander earth carefree.
Breathe easy, live ~
Choose to forgive
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