DARE TO BE TRUE
DARE TO BE FREE
DARE TO BE YOU
DARE TO BE ME
A powerful message I’ve found in my in-box
It reads, “If you’re losing friends lately
~ try changing your socks"
For more than eighteen hundred years
Israel tried living in the Diaspora
Chased from one town to the next
Pogroms there were more and more of
Jews now live in their own land
Finally responding to pogroms
They’re accused of genocide
Don’t you dare fight back! says the world
~ Instead, commit suicide
Now, mankind is an arrogant lot
they really think they're above everyone
no other planet is near them, they think
all of the rest must bow before them, bar none
They don't recognise divinity at all
God doesn't exist, they would say
Creation is a joke, or so they think
what arrogance they have not to pray
One day God will show who's boss
on that day, He'll bring them to account
every word and thought they must answer
the great judge will call without a doubt
Remember, God is the holy sovereign Lord
in Christ alone, created everything
the creation can't question its creator
for only He who creates is King
So how dare you ask?
mere man, who are you at best?
before Almighty God nothing
for the Lord God rules supremist
(Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?)
Romans 9: 20 (KJV)
I don't believe in half measures,
to live by such is solely to live but not to be alive.
I want to experience the beauty of life in all of its manifestations.
I want to feel the spray on my face as I sail through singing along with the Sirens.
There is no past and no future wherein we live,
only an eternal present, and within this I want to love you; to love you fully, strongly, and steadfastly.
If my love doesn't melt your heart then all you need say is stop.
For to live alive is to embrace all things, and
No matter how great there is no pain which out weighs the joy of love shared by those who dare.
Try not to play with your food
AP: Honorable Mention 2026
Sure to lose if I don't try
AP: 2nd place 2026
Dare to venture.
It's a small thing.
It's a different thing,
But has great dividends.
It's practically painless,
And is absolutely priceless.
Dare to venture.
For just a little while,
Break from the norm
Like a mild rainstoSea.
Dare to venture.
Sometimes, continuity
Adversely affects our sanity.
So, for just a little while,
Insert a little adventure, and
Get out, take off and breakaway
From the drudgery of normality.
Dare to venture.
Take a flight you've never flown,
At least 2000 miles from home.
Take a cruise on the deep blue sea.
Take a long slow ride by railway,
Where timelines are hard to tell.
Board a bus and relax a while.
Take a ride on a route that you
never planned, in a vehicle
That you've never driven.
that chip, Mark!
It will scare the cardinals
away and then I'll have
to lure them back again.
Jen, when is this bird
obsession going to end?
You get weirder everyday.
I do not!
Ben, what do you think?
You are weird mom,
dad's right.
Fine. Everyone be quiet
so I can watch the birds
in peace. Silence.
Crunch!!!
Dare to be different
young lady,
don't get caught up
in this world of deception.
You are more precious
than diamonds,
pearls or gold.
Think about
that for a moment.
Diamonds
are found deep in the ground,
covered and protected until
they are found.
Pearls
are found deep in the ocean,
covered and protected until
they are found.
Gold
is found deep in the mines,
covered and protected until
it is found.
point being,
you have to dig deep
to find these treasures.
Every valuable thing
God placed on this earth,
is well covered and hard to see,
until it's discovered.
Dare to be different
young lady,
because
you are God's greatest
treasure,
and your body
is a temple,
discover the inner you,
the treasure that
is covered and protected.
Dare to be different
young lady.
Free to be spontaneous and finally dare.
AP: Honorable Mention 2026
Dare we celebrate
An evil dictator deposed
Yes, it took military might
A daring strike
Freeing an oppressed people
is not accomplished with
mild blandishments
It take guts, strength, faith
and leadership
Something we haven’t seen
in decades
Thank you, Mr. Trump
They said it could not be done,
No one dared, not even one.
The jump was death, the risk too high,
A feat no man would dare to try.
Then came a fool from far away,
With no fear to guide him, he leapt anyway.
He ran, he soared, he touched the ground,
Turning his ignorance into a crown.
Dare to dream all things, mild to mighty,
Yielding to no artificial bounds!
You’re the one who gives meaning to them.
Others claim how foolish it all sounds.
Life sometimes hangs heavy on your dreams,
Tarnishing bright ideas with “rust.”
Keeping their flickering flames alive
Takes vision, courage, will, and self-trust.
Believe in lofty ideals, and
Don’t be trapped in your life, day-to-day.
Steady work on your dreams makes them real
And will keep them from fading away.
All I saw was Marcus run into a portal holding the gold. He shouted, its the end.
You have paid and will never see you again.
That was the end. What my family did to me will happen to them.
He showed me the seal of fulfilment as he ran in.
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