Facing Decrepit Stage Courageously
Becoming decrepit is an inevitable occurrence
Challenging wellness of its real consequence
Oldness evidently attacks, confronting my denial’s insistence…
Now, I must be ready midst time's persistence
To face frailty courageously with joyous iridescence!
Undoubtedly obvious
Physical debility shows how life is precious
Prodding me to value moments, being cautious
Warning me that I can be both anxious and oblivious…
Thus; my strength
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Categories:
courageously, blessing, christian, courage, faith,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
FAMILY AND TRIBE
Family is not anything
But everything
Family the root
You the offspring
God chosen
To walk side by side
Through all seasons without leaving.
Tribes not a language
Rather your people
With same
Heart and spirit
But different goals
Sharing same dreams
Supporting each other relentlessly
Family and tribe
Never to be traded
Neither be disputed
But to
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Categories:
courageously, africa, brother, family, father,
Form: Epic
still surviving - courageously alive
still surviving, courageously alive
Thrive to survive on
Wait till the dusk turns to dawn
Arriving undone...
We welcome the sun
We welcome the son as well
Yes, Godly time tells...
Wait till the day's done
Negative vibes..almost gone
Still worried a ton
Hoping for bright days always
Gloomy, gray fog fades
No doubt -- faith these days!
I hold on to hope
I want cheer instead of
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Categories:
courageously, angst, encouraging, endurance, fear,
Form: Senryu
Coming Courageously Home
I'm returning home
from a bag it yourself grocery,
and listening to an African-American novelist
respond to questions,
actual open-ended real NPR questions,
like old school inquisitive journalists once asked
before the polarizing days and nights
of fake right/wrong answer questions
and their concomitant fake avoid entrapment non-responses.
Anyway,
I don't hear his name,
or the title of his latest published work,
although it may be The
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Categories:
courageously, conflict, courage, health, hero,
Form: Political Verse
Create Courageously
create a non cohesive fantasy
whimsical and demented
entwine legend with reality
let craziness be invented
celebrate all dysfunction
put it in the spotlight
see
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Categories:
courageously, perspective,
Form: Rhyme